At least 469 people were killed and 1,280 others were injured in 469 road crashes across the country in October this year, according to a report of the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh.
Motorcycle accidents caused significant numbers of deaths, said the report released on Wednesday.
It said that 176 people (37.52 per cent of the deaths) were killed and 137 people (10.7 per cent of the injured) were injured in 170 road accidents (36.24 per cent of the accidents) involving motorcycles.
In 52 railway accidents, 47 people were killed and 30 others were injured.
In 11 waterways accidents, 12 people were killed and one remained missing.
The association issued a press release with a summary of its monthly report, which was based on tallying the incidents reported by the media.
Regarding the occupations of those who died, 147 were transport workers, including drivers, 99 were pedestrians, 35 students, 14 political leaders and activists, 13 teachers and six were members of different law enforcement agencies.
Of the fatalities, 35 were children.
Division-wise, 126, the highest number of road accidents, occurred in Dhaka division killing 130 people and injuring 343 others.
In Mymensingh division, the lowest number of road crashes, 20, happened, killing 27 people and injuring 37 people.
Regarding the nature of the accidents, the highest, 49.89 per cent, were caused when vehicles crashed onto other things. Next comes 25.15 per cent by head-on collisions; 19.61 per cent by vehicles falling into roadside ditches as the drivers lost control over the vehicles; 4.69 per cent by other reasons; and 0.63 per cent by collision with trains.
According to the report, the highest, 42.43 per cent road crashes took place on national highways, followed by 27.29 per cent on feeder roads and 23.66 per cent on regional highways.
Out of total crashes, 4.69 per cent occurred in the Dhaka metropolitan city and 1.27 per cent in Chattogram metropolitan city.
The association said that CNG-run auto-rickshaws and battery-run rickshaws should be controlled to reduce the number of road crashes.
