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Bangladesh Road Transport Authority

NATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

REPORT 2007

BRTA RTA Annual Report 2007

Prepared by 1. Mr Sunil Kanti Bose, Chairman, BRTA.

2. Mr Md. Abdur Rauf, Director (Enforcement), BRTA.

3. Mr Syed Muhammad Mujibul Hoque, Deputy Director (Enforcement), BRTA.

4. Mr A.B.M. Abubaker Siddique, Accident Data Analyst, BRTA.

This report has been produced with assistance from the Transport Sector Management Reform (TSMR) Programme. TSMR is a governance project supported by DFID, UK.


PREFACE This document presents data on road traffic accidents in Bangladesh for the year 2007.

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has collected and analysed road traffic

accident statistics since 2001. The system of accident data collection and analysis was set up at

that time with assistance from the Institutional Development Component (IDC) programme which

was funded by the UK Department for International Development. Since 2005, the Bangladesh

Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has been continuing this process of data collection and

analysis independently, without international assistance.

The data presented in this document represent a valuable and consistent source of information

about the casualties caused by traffic accidents. BRTA is aware that the actual number of traffic

casualties on the roads in Bangladesh is undoubtedly higher than the records reported on these

pages.

But the conclusions from the data that are shown in this report are clear: too many accidents

occur needlessly and take the lives of innocent people, mainly through the reckless behaviour of

the drivers of buses and trucks.

We strongly urge government agencies involved in roads and traffic as well as the road using

public to do everything possible to reduce this terrible toll.

Sunil Kanti Bose Chairman

BRTA


Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................. 1 2 THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATABASE .................................................................. 2

2.1 DATA COLLECTION ....................................................................................................... 2

2.2 REPORTING.................................................................................................................. 2

2.3 INTERPRETATION OF DATA ............................................................................................ 3

3 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS .................................................................................................... 4 4 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF COLLISION ......................................................... 8 5 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF JUNCTION........................................................ 19 6 TYPES OF VEHICLE INVOLVED IN CASUALTY ACCIDENTS ....................................... 25 7 CASUALTIES .................................................................................................................... 35 8 FATALITIES....................................................................................................................... 39 9 FATALITIES IN DHAKA METROPOLITAN AREA............................................................ 44 10 HOW TO ACCESS THE NATIONAL RTA DATABASE.................................................... 47

10.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................... 47

10.2 CONTENT OF THE RTA DATABASE............................................................................... 47

10.3 ACCESS TO THE RTA DATABASE................................................................................. 48

11 COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION....................................................................................... 49 11.1 FATAL PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS .................................................................................. 49

11.2 MULTIPLE FATALITY ACCIDENTS.................................................................................. 49

11.3 BUSES AND HEAVY VEHICLES ..................................................................................... 49

12 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................... 50 12.1 LOW COST INTERVENTIONS......................................................................................... 50

12.2 ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES .......................................................................................... 50

12.3 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ................................................................................................. 51 List of Tables Table 3-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Division and City..........................................................4 Table 3-2 : Change in Recorded Casualty Accidents, 1999 - 2007....................................................5 Table 3-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by District (Zila) ................................................................6 Table 4-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision..........................................................8 Table 4-2 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Time...........................................................................10

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Table 4-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Working Day..............................................................12 Table 4-4 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Month.........................................................................13 Table 4-5 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City .............................15 Table 4-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City as percentage of

total fatal accidents in Division or City ............................................................................15 Table 4-7 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision, 1999 - 2007 .......................16 Table 4-8 : Fatality Rate by Type of Collision ...................................................................................16 Table 4-9 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by District (Zila)....................................17 Table 5-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Junction ........................................................19 Table 5-2 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City ......................21 Table 5-3 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City as percentage

of total fatal accidents in Division or City ........................................................................21 Table 5-4 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction, 1999 - 2007 .......................22 Table 5-5 : Fatality Rate by Type of Junction ...................................................................................22 Table 5-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction by District (Zila) ....................................23 Table 6-1 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road

Environment and Road Class.........................................................................................25 Table 6-2 : Types of Registered Vehicles in Bangladesh .................................................................28 Table 6-3 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of

Collision ..........................................................................................................................29 Table 6-4 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road

Environment and Road Class in Dhaka Metropolitan Area ............................................32 Table 7-1 : Recorded Casualties by Division and City......................................................................35 Table 7-2 : Change in Recorded Casualties, 1999 – 2007...............................................................36 Table 7-3 : Recorded Casualties by District (Zila) ............................................................................37 Table 8-1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age.....................................................................................39 Table 8-2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex.............................................................................40 Table 8-3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex.............................................................................41 Table 8-4 : Number of Motor Cycle Driver Fatalities by Age and use of Helmet ..............................42 Table 8-5 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol.............................................................43 Table 9-1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age for Dhaka ....................................................................44 Table 9-2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka............................................................45 Table 9-3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka............................................................46 Table 10-1 : Number of accidents recorded in the National RTA Database.......................................47 Table 12-1 : Recommendations for Road Safety Initiatives................................................................52

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List of Figures Figure 3-1 : Casualty Accident Rate by Division and City....................................................................4 Figure 3-2 : Casualty Accident Rate 1999-2007 .................................................................................5 Figure 4-1 : Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision and Road Class......................................................8 Figure 4-2 : Accidents by Time ..........................................................................................................11 Figure 4-3 : Total Accidents by Month ...............................................................................................14 Figure 5-1 : Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and Road Class ....................................................19 Figure 6-1 : Comparison of motor vehicle types involved in fatal accidents ......................................28 Figure 7-1 : Casualty Rate by Division and Metropolitan Area ..........................................................35 Figure 7-2 : Casualty Rates, 1999-2007 ............................................................................................36 Figure 8-1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age...................................................................39 Figure 8-2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex...........................................................40 Figure 8-3 : Number of Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex...........................................................41 Figure 8-4 : Number of Motor Cycle Driver Fatalities by Age and use of Helmet ..............................42 Figure 8-5 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol.............................................................43 Figure 9-1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age for Dhaka ..................................................44 Figure 9-2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka ..........................................45 Figure 9-3 : Number of pedestrians Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka.........................................46

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1 INTRODUCTION

This National Road Traffic Accident Report for the period 2007 is the seventh consecutive

annual report on road traffic accident statistics produced and published by BRTA.

Since its inception in January 2001, BRTA has been preparing reports based on the National

Road Traffic Accident (RTA) database. BRTA and the Police have been working closely together

to safeguard the integrity of the database and to promote its statistical accuracy. It is recognised

by road safety practitioners in Bangladesh, including the BRTA and the Police, that this Road

Traffic Accident database is neither complete nor entirely an accurate record of all road

accidents that have occurred during 2007 in Bangladesh. In other words, a level of under-

recording of RTAs must be accepted. Since the end of the technical support by DFID to BRTA in

early 2005, the BRTA has not had the means to continue with the training of the police on the

collection and entry of road traffic accident statistics. It is therefore probable that the level of

accident recording compared to the number of actual accidents has been further reduced.

Previous reports have included a commentary on certain aspects of road safety in Bangladesh,

in addition to the standard statistical reporting as described above. This report will help

researchers compare safety condition prevailing in Bangladesh with other countries.

This report presents a database that different research organisations and scholars may use to

contribute to the field of accident management. BRTA believes that, despite their shortcomings,

these data and their analysis will help in the formulation and enforcement of policies aimed at

reducing the number of road traffic accidents in Bangladesh.

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2 THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATABASE

2.1 DATA COLLECTION

Road accident data are reported by Police working at the thana level in an Accident Reporting

Form (ARF) which was introduced nation-wide in 1997. This form, which is written in Bangla and

published by the Government of Bangladesh, is a mandatory part of the investigation First

Information Report (FIR) completed by the Investigating Officer for each road accident case.

Completed ARFs are compiled at the Accident Data Units (ADUs) in six Ranges and four

Metropolitan Police offices (Dhaka Metro, Dhaka Range, Chittagong Metro, Chittagong Range,

Rajshahi Metro, Rajshahi Range, Khulna Metro, Khulna Range, Sylhet Range and Barisal

Range) where the data is entered into an electronic database.

The software used to compile and later interrogate the database is known as MAAP (for Micro-

computer Accident Analysis Package, developed and produced by TRL, UK). The database is

commonly referred to as the MAAP data. From these regional ADUs, the accident data is

transferred by computer diskette (floppy disk) to the National ADU at Police Headquarters,

Dhaka. BRTA collects these data from the Police Headquarters and enters it into its own master

database.

The MAAP software, which is used to compile and interrogate the electronic accident database,

resides on the computers in each of the Police Range and Metro ADUs, the ADU at Police

Headquarters and at the BRTA Resource Centre. The software is a DOS-based version.

2.2 REPORTING

This Report, the National Road Traffic Accident (RTA) Report 2007, is the seventh annual report

produced by the BRTA. The previous reports set the standard for annual RTA reporting with full

and comprehensive tabulation of national statistics for road accidents in which casualties are

involved, and for casualties (fatalities and injured persons).

As with the previous reports, the annual report for 2007 presents data on the following:

• Casualty Accidents

− by Divisions and Cities

− by type of collision

− by type of junction

− by type of vehicle involved

− by month and time of day

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• Casualties

− by Divisions and Cities

− fatalities by age and road user group

− passenger fatalities by age and sex

− pedestrian fatalities by age and sex

− driver fatalities by age

The cities reported herein are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi. RTA data for the cities

of Sylhet and Barisal is not separately reported herein as, in the database, the data for these two

cities are not fully differentiated from those of their respective districts. The RTA data for these

two cities are included with the data for their respective Divisions.

Additionally, a safety profile which reports the rate of fatal accident occurrence for various links

on the National Highway road network is presented. This analysis enables links to be ranked

according to their safety performance which can provide a criteria for determining a road

reconstruction and development programme and a criteria for prioritising and selection of road

sections for road safety improvement.

2.3 INTERPRETATION OF DATA

For targeting road safety improvement initiatives, interpretation of the accident data presented

herein can be undertaken with a measured degree of confidence when establishing accident

profiles or when comparing accident rates by District, Division or City. Caution is advised

however when making comparisons of safety performance with that of other countries or when

trying to determine an absolute value of total accident occurrence.

As stated elsewhere, it needs to be recognised that these recorded RTAs only represent a

fraction of the total number of accidents that occur on the roads in Bangladesh. Under-reporting

of RTAs has a number of reasons, of administrative, social or political nature. One important

circumstance is that accidents only tend to be recorded if they result in immediate fatalities.

Many incidents in which a victim of an accident dies away from the scene of the accident (such

as in hospital) will not be recorded. Similarly, in multiple-fatality RTAs, only those that died

immediately at the scene of the accident will be recorded in the police report.

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3 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS

Table 3-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Division and City

number of accidents 1 accident rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n) Division or City

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accidents Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal 105 19 1 125 8.860 0.119 0.141Chittagong 410 76 30 516 22.713 0.181 0.227Sylhet 210 46 12 268 8.628 0.243 0.311Dhaka 830 199 37 1066 36.368 0.228 0.293Khulna 179 30 10 219 14.958 0.120 0.146Rajshahi 562 124 35 721 32.338 0.174 0.223total 2296 494 125 2915 123.865 0.185 0.235Cities Chittagong City 116 15 12 143 3.498 0.332 0.409Dhaka City 417 151 25 593 5.874 0.710 1.010Khulna City 31 8 8 47 0.844 0.367 0.557Rajshahi City 33 11 2 46 0.419 0.788 1.098total 597 185 47 829 10.635 0.561 0.780TOTAL 2893 679 172 3744 134.500 0.215 0.278Notes: 1. This is the recorded number of accidents involving casualties (fatal and injury). Property damage only accidents

are not included. 2. Year 2007 populations are derived from statistics published in the 2000 Statistical Yearbook and the Population

Census 2001 Preliminary Report.

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Table 3-2 : Change in Recorded Casualty Accidents, 1999 - 2007

number of accidents 1 accident rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n) Year

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1999 1984 595 170 2749 110.057 0.180 0.250 2000 2129 579 160 2868 111.735 0.191 0.257 2001 1688 407 117 2212 113.414 0.149 0.195 2002 2087 557 158 2802 115.092 0.181 0.243 2003 2241 602 183 3026 116.772 0.192 0.259 2004 1994 462 170 2626 118.524 0.168 0.222 2005 2047 452 121 2620 120.278 0.170 0.218 2006 2140 436 116 2692 122.058 0.175 0.221 2007 2296 494 125 2915 123.865 0.185 0.235

Cities 3 1999 448 391 134 973 9.449 0.474 1.030 2000 394 450 49 893 9.593 0.411 0.931 2001 341 235 20 596 9.738 0.350 0.612 2002 512 347 42 901 9.882 0.518 0.912 2003 511 319 56 886 10.026 0.510 0.884 2004 453 202 41 696 10.176 0.445 0.684 2005 377 179 21 577 10.327 0.365 0.559 2006 528 174 11 713 10.480 0.365 0.680 2007 597 185 47 829 10.635 0.561 0.780

Bangladesh 1999 2432 986 304 3722 119.506 0.204 0.311 2000 2523 1029 209 3761 121.328 0.208 0.310 2001 2029 642 137 2808 123.152 0.165 0.228 2002 2599 904 200 3703 124.974 0.208 0.296 2003 2752 921 239 3912 126.798 0.217 0.309 2004 2447 664 211 3322 128.700 0.190 0.258 2005 2424 631 142 3197 130.605 0.186 0.245 2006 2668 610 127 3405 132.538 0.201 0.257 2007 2893 679 172 3744 134.500 0.215 0.278

Notes: 1. This is the recorded number of accidents involving casualties (fatal and injury). Property damage only accidents are not included.

2. Year 2007 populations are derived from statistics published in the 2000 Statistical Yearbook and the Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report.

3. Cities are Chittagong, Dhaka Khulna and Rajshahi.

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Table 3-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by District (Zila)

number of accidents 1 accident rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n)

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grievous simple injuryBarisal Division Barguna 21 4 0 25 0.915 0.229 0.273Barisal 23 6 1 30 2.546 0.090 0.118Bhola 18 2 0 20 1.831 0.098 0.109Jhalakati 13 0 0 13 0.760 0.171 0.171Patuakhali 14 6 0 20 1.577 0.089 0.127Pirojpur 16 1 0 17 1.230 0.130 0.138Total 105 19 1 125 8.860 0.119 0.141

Chittagong Division Bandarban 9 3 1 13 0.320 0.281 0.406Brahmanbaria 40 6 4 50 2.584 0.155 0.194Chandpur 33 6 2 41 2.414 0.137 0.170Chittagong District 109 23 11 143 3.650 0.299 0.392Chittagong City 116 15 12 143 3.498 0.332 0.409Comilla 74 10 4 88 5.010 0.148 0.176Cox's Bazar 13 0 0 13 1.919 0.068 0.068Feni 40 7 1 48 1.306 0.306 0.367Khagrachhari 14 6 2 22 0.573 0.244 0.384Lakshmipur 32 5 2 39 1.616 0.198 0.241Noakhali 35 6 0 41 2.767 0.126 0.148Rangamati 11 4 3 18 0.554 0.199 0.325Total 526 91 42 659 26.211 0.201 0.251Dhaka Division Dhaka District 114 33 3 150 3.492 0.326 0.430Dhaka City 417 151 25 593 5.874 0.710 1.010Faridpur 85 14 3 102 1.872 0.454 0.545Gazipur 112 14 2 128 2.213 0.506 0.578Gopalganj 23 7 1 31 1.236 0.186 0.251Jamalpur 31 8 1 40 2.282 0.136 0.175Kishoreganj 38 10 1 49 2.758 0.138 0.178Madaripur 8 1 0 9 1.242 0.064 0.072Manikganj 28 7 2 37 1.392 0.201 0.266Munshiganj 20 5 2 27 1.413 0.142 0.191Mymensingh 117 27 10 154 4.848 0.241 0.318Narayanganj 77 11 5 93 2.336 0.330 0.398Narsingdi 46 20 1 67 2.066 0.223 0.324Netrokona 23 10 1 34 2.122 0.108 0.160Rajbari 25 15 2 42 1.027 0.243 0.409Shariatpur 8 2 0 10 1.155 0.069 0.087Sherpur 8 4 0 12 1.361 0.059 0.088Tangail 67 11 3 81 3.554 0.189 0.228Total 1247 350 62 1659 42.242 0.295 0.393

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Table 3-3, continued

number of accidents 1 accident rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n)

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grievous simple injury Sylhet Division Hobiganj 66 6 4 76 1.919 0.344 0.396 Moulavibazar 36 8 6 50 1.752 0.205 0.285 Sunamganj 39 16 0 55 2.150 0.181 0.256 Sylhet 69 16 2 87 2.807 0.246 0.310 Total 210 46 12 268 8.628 0.243 0.311 Khulna Division Bagerhat 11 5 0 16 1.655 0.066 0.097 Chaudanga 27 4 2 33 1.078 0.250 0.306 Jessore 19 5 3 27 2.666 0.071 0.101 Jhenaidah 43 7 0 50 1.698 0.253 0.295 Khulna District 22 2 3 27 1.705 0.129 0.158 Khulna City 31 8 8 47 0.844 0.367 0.557 Kushtia 11 2 1 14 1.871 0.059 0.075 Magura 16 1 1 18 0.886 0.181 0.203 Maherpur 8 0 0 8 0.633 0.126 0.126 Narail 4 1 0 5 0.753 0.053 0.066 Satkhira 18 3 0 21 2.013 0.089 0.104 Total 210 38 18 266 15.802 0.133 0.168

Rajshahi Division Bogra 85 15 8 108 3.264 0.260 0.331 Dinajpur 19 4 1 24 2.925 0.065 0.082 Gaibandha 29 5 3 37 2.313 0.125 0.160 Joypurhat 15 4 1 20 0.923 0.163 0.217 Kurigram 8 4 1 13 1.881 0.043 0.069 Lalmonirhat 22 3 4 29 1.189 0.185 0.244 Natore 43 10 3 56 2.596 0.166 0.216 Nawabganj 32 4 0 36 1.662 0.193 0.217 Nilphamari 13 5 0 18 1.550 0.084 0.116 Naogaon 42 6 1 49 1.694 0.248 0.289 Pabhna 33 5 0 38 2.352 0.140 0.162 Panchgarh 13 6 1 20 0.906 0.144 0.221 Rajshahi District 42 9 3 54 2.052 0.205 0.263 Rajshahi City 33 11 2 46 0.419 0.788 1.098 Rangpur 46 16 1 63 2.768 0.166 0.228 Sirajganj 96 25 7 128 2.956 0.325 0.433 Thakurgaon 24 3 1 28 1.307 0.184 0.214 Total 595 135 37 767 32.757 0.182 0.234 TOTAL 2,893 679 172 3,744 134.500 0.215 0.278

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4 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF COLLISION

Table 4-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision

Table 4-1 (a) : Fatal Accidents

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road environment road class Collision type

urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total

Head on 99 268 367 192 58 73 28 25 376Rear end 122 144 266 125 33 39 12 65 274Right angle 2 4 6 2 2 1 1 0 6Side swipe 43 89 132 60 25 36 7 7 135Overturned vehicle 55 141 196 91 27 58 22 10 208Hit object in road 10 19 29 15 3 4 3 5 30Hit object off road 10 28 38 20 7 7 2 3 39Hit parked vehicle 9 21 30 22 2 5 1 4 34Hit pedestrian 622 1,008 1,630 720 226 293 151 274 1,664Hit animal 1 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 5Other 39 72 111 45 14 25 15 14 113Unknown 27 56 83 2 2 2 1 2 9

TOTAL 1,039 1,854 2,893 1,297 401 543 243 409 2,893% total 36% 64% 100% 45% 14% 19% 8% 14% 100%

Note: Collision type is the primary accident event.

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Table 4-1 (b) : Grievous and Simple Injury Accidents number of accidents

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Head on 50 112 162 72 30 38 8 19 167Rear end 84 65 149 56 21 23 4 46 150Right angle 5 5 10 3 0 3 0 4 10Side swipe 33 40 73 38 7 13 5 12 75Overturned vehicle 17 59 76 42 8 18 7 3 78Hit object in road 5 4 9 5 0 1 0 3 9Hit object off road 6 14 20 12 2 3 2 1 20Hit parked vehicle 8 13 21 13 2 3 0 3 21Hit pedestrian 123 153 276 99 31 58 21 72 281Hit animal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 24 14 38 10 4 2 4 19 39Unknown 7 10 17 1 1

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Table 4-1 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents

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Head on 149 380 529 264 88 111 36 44 543Rear end 206 209 415 181 54 62 16 111 424Right angle 7 9 16 5 2 4 1 4 16Side swipe 76 129 205 98 32 49 12 19 210Overturned vehicle 72 200 272 133 35 76 29 13 286Hit object in road 15 23 38 20 3 5 3 8 39Hit object off road 16 42 58 32 9 10 4 4 59Hit parked vehicle 17 34 51 35 4 8 1 7 55Hit pedestrian 745 1,161 1906 819 257 351 172 346 1,945Hit animal 1 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 5Other 63 86 149 55 18 27 19 33 152Unknown 34 66 100 3 2 2 1 2 10

TOTAL 1,401 2,343 3,744 1,648 506 705 294 591 3,744% total 37% 63% 100% 44% 14% 19% 8% 16% 100%

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Table 4-2 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Time

Table 4-2 (a) : Fatal Accidents number of accidents

road environment road class Time


0/01 50 57 107 70 9 15 4 13 11102/03 64 61 125 62 14 23 1 27 12704/05 74 89 163 98 21 14 6 27 16606/07 95 149 244 107 35 44 21 43 25008/09 109 210 319 126 56 69 33 45 32910/11 136 274 410 183 64 85 37 57 42612/13 111 236 347 164 48 70 31 40 35314/15 82 205 287 125 41 74 27 26 29316/17 90 229 319 128 49 77 40 33 32718/19 64 133 197 93 31 30 23 27 20420/21 80 94 174 70 24 22 16 45 17722/24 53 44 97 58 6 12 3 23 102

Unknown 54 50 104 11 4 6 5 2 28

TOTAL 1,062 1,831 2,893 1,295 402 541 247 408 2,893% total 37% 63% 100% 45% 14% 19% 9% 14% 100%

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0/01 18 16 34 16 6 3 1 8 3402/03 11 14 25 14 2 1 3 5 2504/05 15 24 39 14 10 6 3 6 3906/07 30 37 67 31 3 12 6 17 6908/09 48 43 91 32 16 16 2 26 9210/11 50 78 128 50 23 24 8 26 13112/13 50 64 114 54 10 21 5 24 11414/15 37 69 106 46 14 27 5 15 10716/17 35 59 94 35 6 29 9 19 9818/19 18 38 56 23 8 11 7 10 5920/21 23 19 42 17 3 7 1 16 4422/24 20 13 33 15 3 4 1 10 33

Unknown 13 9 22 3 1 1 0 1 6

TOTAL 368 483 851 350 105 162 51 183 851% total 43% 57% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 22% 100%

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number of accidents



0/01 68 73 141 86 15 18 5 21 14502/03 75 75 150 76 16 24 4 32 15204/05 89 113 202 112 31 20 9 33 20506/07 125 186 311 138 38 56 27 60 31908/09 157 253 410 158 72 85 35 71 42110/11 186 352 538 233 87 109 45 83 55712/13 161 300 461 218 58 91 36 64 46714/15 119 274 393 171 55 101 32 41 40016/17 125 288 413 163 55 106 49 52 42518/19 82 171 253 116 39 41 30 37 26320/21 103 113 216 87 27 29 17 61 22122/24 73 57 130 73 9 16 4 33 135

Unknown 67 59 126 14 5 7 5 3 34

TOTAL 1,430 2,314 3,744 1,645 507 703 298 591 3,744% total 38% 62% 100% 44% 14% 19% 8% 16% 100%

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Table 4-3 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Working Day


road environment road class Day in a week


Monday 122 258 380 180 73 58 36 45 392Tuesday 165 232 397 174 57 75 36 68 410Wednesday 140 263 403 183 55 83 35 57 413Thursday 153 281 434 193 59 95 41 57 445Friday 125 258 383 191 39 79 28 56 393Saturday 161 221 382 180 47 65 30 68 390Sunday 146 287 433 194 69 86 40 56 445Unknown 35 46 81 2 1 1 0 1 5

TOTAL 1,047 1,846 2,893 1,297 400 542 246 408 2,893% total 36% 64% 100% 45% 14% 19% 9% 14% 100%





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TOTAL 1,412 2,332 3,744 1,647 505 705 297 590 3,744% total 38% 62% 100% 44% 13% 19% 8% 16% 100%

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Table 4-4 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Month


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January 57 161 218 105 25 50 22 21 223February 75 135 210 94 27 36 22 34 213March 85 204 289 131 32 57 30 44 294April 87 164 251 112 30 47 24 44 257May 69 141 210 81 36 48 24 25 214June 81 84 165 74 25 27 14 28 168July 96 146 242 134 37 45 11 28 255August 85 140 225 102 30 37 18 46 233September 88 134 222 101 40 38 19 34 232October 95 183 278 139 41 56 22 31 289November 91 152 243 124 35 42 13 35 249December 103 156 259 98 41 58 27 37 261

Unknown 30 51 81 1 1 1 1 1 5

TOTAL 1,042 1,851 2,893 1,296 400 542 247 408 2,893% total 36% 64% 100% 45% 14% 19% 9% 14% 100%

Note: Collision type is the primary accident event.





Unknown 6 10 16 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 361 490 851 350 105 163 51 182 851% total 42% 58% 100% 41% 12% 19% 6% 21% 100%

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Table 4-4 (c) : Total Casualty Accidents number of accidents




Unknown 36 61 97 1 1 1 1 1 5

TOTAL 1,403 2,341 3,744 1,646 505 705 298 590 3,744% total 37% 63% 100% 44% 13% 19% 8% 16% 100%

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Table 4-5 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City

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Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal 14 8 0 2 2 1 3 1 67 0 7 0 105Chittagong 80 30 3 17 47 9 10 7 192 0 13 2 410Sylhet 32 21 0 4 18 1 0 5 122 0 5 2 210Dhaka 95 66 1 40 71 8 14 12 488 2 33 0 830Khulna 43 21 1 8 7 2 0 0 86 3 8 0 179Rajshahi 71 42 1 47 50 4 9 5 309 0 24 0 562total 335 188 6 118 195 25 36 30 1,264 5 90 4 2,296

Cities Chittagong City 14 16 0 2 5 4 2 4 61 0 8 0 116Dhaka City 19 65 0 1 7 2 1 0 314 0 8 0 417Khulna City 5 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 13 0 4 0 31Rajshahi City 4 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 14 0 3 0 33total 42 88 0 16 13 6 3 4 402 0 23 0 597

TOTAL 377 276 6 134 208 31 39 34 1,666 5 113 4 2,893

Table 4-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by Division and City as

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Cities Chittagong City 116 12% 14% 0% 2% 4% 3% 2% 3% 53% 0% 7% 0%Dhaka City 417 5% 16% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 75% 0% 2% 0%Khulna City 31 16% 10% 0% 19% 0% 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 13% 0%Rajshahi City 33 12% 12% 0% 21% 3% 0% 0% 0% 42% 0% 9% 0%total 597 7% 15% 0% 3% 2% 1% 1% 1% 67% 0% 4% 0%TOTAL 2,893 13% 10% 0% 5% 7% 1% 1% 1% 58% 0% 4% 0%

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Table 4-7 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision, 1999 - 2007


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1999 26 71 4 19 12 1 2 1 302 0 10 0 4482000 22 76 3 8 9 4 4 1 255 0 12 0 3942001 25 66 10 1 14 1 5 0 211 0 8 0 3412002 26 70 9 12 10 1 3 7 353 0 19 0 5102003 28 66 5 10 9 0 5 6 363 0 20 0 5122004 27 49 5 15 12 4 1 4 308 0 28 0 4532005 21 52 2 11 8 4 6 5 254 0 14 0 3772006 42 74 1 17 7 6 9 2 357 0 13 0 5282007 42 88 0 16 13 6 3 4 402 0 23 0 597

Bangladesh 1999 288 268 10 113 244 12 52 40 1,296 0 107 2 2,4322000 296 329 14 86 235 10 50 37 1,329 3 134 0 2,5232001 232 253 14 70 225 15 36 37 1,045 1 100 1 2,0292002 333 305 38 121 258 37 68 83 1,270 24 129 24 2,6902003 357 314 12 116 274 14 58 67 1,423 0 113 4 2,7522004 337 258 12 118 208 17 36 52 1,333 0 92 4 2,4472005 332 228 15 113 211 35 86 35 1,275 2 85 7 2,4242006 349 281 12 147 208 35 50 35 1,470 2 75 4 2,6682007 377 276 6 134 208 31 39 34 1,666 5 113 4 2,893

1. Cities are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi.

Table 4-8 : Fatality Rate by Type of Collision collision type number of

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accidents fatality index

Head on 527 377 1.40 Rear end 313 276 1.13 Right angle 8 6 1.33 Side swipe 154 135 1.14 Overturned vehicle 269 208 1.29 Hit object in road 33 30 1.10 Hit object off road 49 39 1.26 Hit parked vehicle 40 34 1.18 Hit pedestrian 1,714 1,666 1.03 Hit animal 6 5 1.20 Other 132 113 1.17

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Table 4-9 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Collision by District (Zila)


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Barisal Division Barguna 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 21Barisal 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 12 0 2 0 23Bhola 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 4 0 18Jhalakati 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 13Patuakhali 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 14Pirojpur 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 11 0 1 0 16Total 14 8 0 2 2 1 3 1 67 0 7 0 105Chittagong Division Bandarban 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 9Brahmanbaria 2 6 0 2 9 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 40Chandpur 4 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 22 0 0 0 33Chittagong District 30 11 1 7 6 4 1 1 46 0 2 0 109Chittagong City 14 16 0 2 5 4 2 4 61 0 8 0 116Comilla 25 6 0 4 8 1 2 3 20 0 4 1 74Cox's Bazar 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 13Feni 8 2 0 0 4 1 3 2 18 0 1 1 40Khagrachhari 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 14Lakshmipur 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 1 0 32Noakhali 4 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 22 0 1 0 35Rangamati 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 11

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Dhaka Division Dhaka District 7 7 0 4 5 1 0 1 81 1 7 0 114Dhaka City 19 65 0 1 7 2 1 0 314 0 8 0 417Faridpur 12 4 0 7 16 0 1 1 42 1 1 0 85Gazipur 9 10 1 1 4 0 4 0 82 0 1 0 112Gopalganj 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 9 0 3 0 23Jamalpur 4 3 0 2 8 1 1 0 12 0 0 0 31Kishoreganj 7 3 0 2 4 1 1 0 19 0 1 0 38Madaripur 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 8Manikganj 1 4 0 2 3 0 1 1 16 0 0 0 28Munshiganj 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 20Mymensingh 13 11 0 1 8 0 4 0 72 0 8 0 117Narayanganj 7 8 0 3 6 1 0 1 50 0 1 0 77Narsingdi 6 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 31 0 1 0 46Netrokona 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 12 0 4 0 23Rajbari 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 14 0 2 0 25Shariatpur 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8Sherpur 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 8Tangail 13 7 0 6 6 0 0 5 27 0 3 0 67Total 114 131 1 41 78 10 15 12 802 2 41 0 1,247

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Table 4-9 , continued number of fatal accidents

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Sylhet Division Hobiganj 8 9 0 1 6 0 0 1 39 0 1 1 66Moulavibazar 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 25 0 0 0 36Sunamganj 5 2 0 1 5 1 0 1 23 0 1 0 39Sylhet 14 6 0 1 7 0 0 2 35 0 3 1 69Total 32 21 0 4 18 1 0 5 122 0 5 2 210Khulna Division Bagerhat 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 11Chaudanga 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 1 0 27Jessore 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 19Jhenaidah 6 9 1 6 0 0 0 0 18 0 3 0 43Khulna District 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 2 1 0 22Khulna City 5 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 13 0 4 0 31Kushtia 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 11Magura 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 16Maherpur 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8Narail 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4Satkhira 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 18Total 48 24 1 14 7 2 0 0 99 3 12 0 210Rajshahi Division Bogra 12 7 0 6 13 0 1 0 44 0 2 0 85Dinajpur 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 19Gaibandha 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 14 0 5 0 29Joypurhat 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 15Kurigram 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 8Lalmonirhat 1 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 22Natore 6 6 1 1 7 1 2 0 17 0 2 0 43Nawabganj 5 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 18 0 1 0 32Nilphamari 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 0 1 0 13Naogaon 3 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 25 0 3 0 42Pabhna 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 33Panchgarh 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 13Rajshahi District 5 4 0 2 2 1 2 1 22 0 3 0 42Rajshahi City 4 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 14 0 3 0 33Rangpur 4 5 0 3 7 0 0 1 26 0 0 0 46Sirajganj 14 9 0 5 7 1 1 1 53 0 5 0 96Thakurgaon 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 0 24Total 75 46 1 54 51 4 9 5 323 0 27 0 595TOTAL 377 276 6 134 208 31 39 34 1,666 5 113 4 2,893

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5 CASUALTY ACCIDENTS BY TYPE OF JUNCTION.

Table 5-1 : Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Junction


road environment road class Junction type

urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total Not at junction 608 1,116 1724 844 203 327 105 270 1,749Cross junction 63 49 112 47 10 16 11 34 118Tee junction 84 101 185 84 19 23 18 48 192Off-set tee junction 17 22 39 15 12 7 2 3 39Roundabout 5 3 8 5 1 1 0 1 8Railway crossing 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 3Other 222 419 641 254 137 139 80 49 659Unknown 85 96 181 82 10 8 6 19 125

TOTAL 1,085 1,808 2,893 1,332 392 522 222 425 2,893% total 38% 62% 100% 46% 14% 18% 8% 15% 100%

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urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total Not at junction 206 310 516 230 57 111 19 106 523Cross junction 36 15 51 19 2 5 1 24 51Tee junction 33 19 52 18 3 4 2 25 52Off-set tee junction 4 10 14 2 2 5 3 2 14Roundabout 6 1 7 1 0 1 1 4 7Railway crossing 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1Other 64 98 162 65 35 30 20 18 168Unknown 19 29 48 15 7 6 3 4 35

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urban rural total national regional feeder rural road city total Not at junction 814 1,426 2,240 1,074 260 438 124 376 2,272Cross junction 99 64 163 66 12 21 12 58 169Tee junction 117 120 237 102 22 27 20 73 244Off-set tee junction 21 32 53 17 14 12 5 5 53Roundabout 11 4 15 6 1 2 1 5 15Railway crossing 1 3 4 2 0 1 0 1 4Other 286 517 803 319 172 169 100 67 827Unknown 104 125 229 97 17 14 9 23 160

TOTAL 1,453 2,291 3,744 1,683 498 684 271 608 3,744% total 39% 61% 100% 45% 13% 18% 7% 16% 100%

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Table 5-2 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City

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Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal 62 8 13 5 1 0 16 0 105Chittagong 135 15 39 3 2 0 128 88 410Sylhet 67 17 14 2 0 0 78 32 210Dhaka 675 12 17 8 1 2 115 0 830Khulna 143 6 8 0 0 0 22 0 179Rajshahi 260 20 33 15 2 0 232 0 562total 1,342 78 124 33 6 2 591 120 2,296Cities Chittagong City 66 13 7 2 0 0 28 0 116Dhaka City 311 23 54 3 1 0 25 0 417Khulna City 13 3 3 0 1 0 11 0 31Rajshahi City 19 2 4 1 0 1 6 0 33total 409 41 68 6 2 1 70 0 597TOTAL 1,751 119 192 39 8 3 661 120 2,893

Table 5-3 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction and by Division and City as

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Table 5-4 : Change in Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction, 1999 - 2007

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1999 296 49 70 3 23 0 6 1 4482000 292 39 51 1 3 4 3 1 3942001 254 22 38 2 7 2 14 2 3412002 335 39 72 4 12 4 32 14 5122003 336 41 45 5 16 3 59 6 5112004 281 28 52 9 29 1 52 1 4532005 250 31 54 2 17 2 21 0 3772006 344 58 67 9 7 2 41 0 5282007 409 41 68 6 2 1 70 0 597

Bangladesh 1999 2,061 84 171 13 27 1 73 2 2,4322000 2,150 76 163 34 4 4 90 2 2,5232001 1,695 63 115 17 9 2 121 7 2,0292002 2,168 88 143 16 16 4 144 20 2,5992003 2,080 86 168 26 18 3 303 68 2,5982004 1,778 84 158 28 32 8 304 58 2,4472005 1,687 98 155 20 25 3 350 86 2,4242006 1,902 122 160 30 14 4 359 77 2,6682007 1,751 119 192 39 8 3 661 120 2,893

1. Cities are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi.

Table 5-5 : Fatality Rate by Type of Junction

Junction type number of fatalities

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Not at junction 1,961 1,751 1.12 Cross junction 139 119 1.17 Tee junction 212 192 1.10 Off-set tee junction 45 39 1.15 Roundabout 9 8 1.13 Railway crossing 3 3 1.00 Other 740 661 1.12

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Table 5-6 : Recorded Fatal Accidents by Type of Junction by District (Zila)

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Barisal Division Barguna 11 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 21Barisal 15 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 23Bhola 12 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 18Jhalakati 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13Patuakhali 9 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 14Pirojpur 5 1 3 0 0 0 7 0 16total 62 8 13 5 1 0 16 0 105Chittagong Division Bandarban 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 9Brahmanbaria 11 2 5 0 1 0 13 8 40Chandpur 6 1 1 0 1 0 19 5 33Chittagong District 29 3 19 1 0 0 27 30 109Chittagong City 66 13 7 2 0 0 28 116Comilla 31 4 4 0 0 0 24 11 74Cox's Bazar 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 13Feni 17 1 2 1 0 0 5 14 40Khagrachhari 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 14Lakshmipur 13 1 3 0 0 0 6 9 32Noakhali 13 0 2 1 0 0 14 5 35Rangamati 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 11total 201 28 46 5 2 0 156 88 526Dhaka Division Dhaka District 91 3 2 1 0 0 17 0 114Dhaka City 311 23 54 3 1 0 25 0 417Faridpur 74 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 85Gazipur 107 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 112Gopalganj 17 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 23Jamalpur 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 31Kishoreganj 25 2 0 1 0 0 10 0 38Madaripur 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8Manikganj 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28Munshiganj 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20Mymensingh 84 3 2 2 0 0 26 0 117Narayanganj 60 2 7 2 0 0 6 0 77Narsingdi 36 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 46Netrokona 17 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 23Rajbari 16 1 1 0 0 1 6 0 25Shariatpur 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8Sherpur 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8Tangail 53 1 1 1 0 0 11 0 67total 986 35 71 11 2 2 140 0 1,247

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6 TYPES OF VEHICLE INVOLVED IN CASUALTY ACCIDENTS

Table 6-1 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road Environment and Road Class


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Bicycle 1 8 9 4 0 4 0 1 9Rickshaw 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2Push cart 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2Motor cycle 16 73 89 18 17 28 23 4 90Baby taxi 19 14 33 11 2 9 2 12 36Tempo 24 45 69 11 8 26 13 14 72Microbus 19 48 67 37 11 11 5 7 71Minibus 51 111 162 64 40 33 15 15 167Bus 241 383 624 332 73 108 25 97 635Car 20 17 37 19 2 4 1 11 37Jeep 7 33 40 7 2 10 20 3 42Pick-up 11 49 60 30 13 10 7 3 63Truck 17 37 54 23 9 10 11 3 56Heavy truck 163 211 374 169 55 68 17 70 379Artic truck 4 1 5 2 0 0 0 3 5Oil tanker 0 6 6 3 2 1 0 0 6Tractor 5 25 30 2 5 10 13 0 30Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 49 125 174 61 24 42 29 19 175Unknown

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Bicycle 29 61 90 28 17 32 3 11 91Rickshaw 63 47 110 47 18 15 2 32 114Push cart 3 11 14 7 1 4 0 2 14Motor cycle 34 80 114 46 27 23 13 8 117Baby taxi 11 41 52 23 4 12 7 7 53Tempo 21 47 68 28 14 16 5 6 69Microbus 17 31 48 26 8 6 5 7 52Minibus 25 79 104 43 21 25 10 5 104Bus 113 203 316 192 41 48 10 34 325Car 15 12 27 15 3 2 0 9 29Jeep 4 7 11 6 1 3 0 1 11Pick-up 12 15 27 17 2 7 0 3 29Truck 12 36 48 27 5 10 6 1 49Heavy truck 102 174 276 165 44 40 7 27 283Artic. truck 0 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 4Oil tanker 2 6 8 5 0 2 0 1 8Tractor 7 15 22 8 5 6 2 1 22Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 26 76 102 45 19 26 8 5 103Unknown

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Table 6-2 : Types of Registered Vehicles in Bangladesh

registered vehicles vehicles involved in fatal single vehicle

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accidents Vehicle type

number % of total number % of total number % of total Motor cycle 525,751 49.9% 89 4.3% 114 8.7%Baby taxi and Tempo 129,758 12.3% 102 4.9% 120 9.2%Microbus, Jeep and Pick-up 67,031 6.4% 167 8.0% 86 6.6%Minibus 34,970 3.3% 162 7.8% 104 8.0%Bus 34,645 3.3% 624 30.0% 316 24.2%Car/Taxi 160,702 15.2% 37 1.8% 27 2.1%Truck, Heavy truck, Artic. truck and Oil tanker 62,335 5.9% 439 21.1% 336 25.7%Other 38,865 3.7% 463 22.2% 202 15.5%

total 1,054,057 2,083 1,305

Figure 6-1 : Comparison of motor vehicle types involved in fatal accidents

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Table 6-3 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Type of Collision


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number of vehicles collision type


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Bicycle 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 10 0.4%Rickshaw 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.2%Push cart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1%Motor cycle 2 4 0 2 3 2 1 0 100 0 2 116 4.5%Baby taxi 2 1 0 4 8 0 1 1 32 0 1 50 1.9%Tempo 2 1 0 1 18 0 1 2 54 0 2 81 3.1%Microbus 1 3 0 3 7 0 2 1 69 0 3 89 3.4%Minibus 2 5 12 1 3 28 4 4 0 147 1 207 8.0%Bus 11 10 1 16 72 7 13 3 590 1 56 780 30.2%Car 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 53 0 6 66 2.6%Jeep 1 3 0 1 14 2 1 0 24 0 2 48 1.9%Pick-up 1 0 0 4 9 2 4 0 57 0 2 79 3.1%Truck 2 2 0 1 17 0 3 0 51 0 2 78 3.0%Heavy truck 7 17 0 12 51 4 10 2 331 1 17 452 17.5%Artic. truck 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 0.2%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 0.3%Tractor 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 29 0 2 34 1.3%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 0 1 0 2 19 1 3 0 159 0 24 209 8.1%Unknown 0

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Table 6-4 : Number of Vehicles by Type involved in Recorded Casualty Accidents by Road Environment and Road Class in Dhaka Metropolitan Area

Table 6-4 (a): Fatal Accidents

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Rickshaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Push cart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Motor cycle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3.5%Baby taxi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 4.7%Tempo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.2%Microbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5.9%Minibus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 5.9%Bus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27 0 11 40 47.1%Car 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 5 17 20.0%Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.2%Pick-up 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 3.5%Truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.2%Heavy truck 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 4.7%Artic. truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.2%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Tractor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 8 9.4%Unknown

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Rickshaw 4 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 14.5%Push cart 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.8%Motor cycle 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9.1%Baby taxi 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.6%Tempo 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.2%Microbus 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.2%Minibus 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.0%Bus 4 16 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 16.4%Car 8 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 18.8%Jeep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Pick-up 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.0%Truck 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6%Heavy truck 2 16 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 14.5%Artic. truck 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.6%Oil tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Tractor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Animal drawn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0%Other 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.6%Unknown

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7 CASUALTIES

Table 7-1 : Recorded Casualties by Division and City

number of casualties casualty rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n) Division or City

fatal grievous injury

simple injury

total

population1

('000,000)

fatalities total casualties

Divisions, excluding Cities Barisal 118 48 28 194 8.860 0.133 0.219Chittagong 504 251 158 913 22.713 0.222 0.402Sylhet 226 127 74 427 8.628 0.262 0.495Dhaka 937 381 96 1,414 36.368 0.258 0.389Khulna 197 84 20 301 14.958 0.132 0.201Rajshahi 645 308 78 1,031 32.338 0.199 0.319total 2,627 1,199 454 4,280 123.865 0.212 0.346Cities Chittagong City 127 35 26 188 3.498 0.363 0.537Dhaka City 428 267 44 739 5.874 0.729 1.258Khulna City 34 10 15 59 0.844 0.403 0.699Rajshahi City 34 21 31 86 0.419 0.811 2.052total 623 333 116 1,072 10.635 0.586 1.008TOTAL 3,250 1,532 570 5,352 134.500 0.798 1.354

Notes: 1. Year 2007 populations are derived from statistics published in the 2000 Statistical Yearbook and the Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report.

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Table 7-2 : Change in Recorded Casualties, 1999 – 2007

number of casualties casualty rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n) Year

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total

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10,000 pop'n) fatalities total casualties

Divisions, excluding the Cities 1999 2,416 1,531 979 4,926 110.057 0.220 0.4482000 2,638 1,552 1,079 5,269 111.735 0.236 0.4722001 2,025 1,221 840 4,086 113.414 0.179 0.3602002 2,513 1,556 1,011 5,080 115.092 0.218 0.4412003 2,786 1,874 1,173 5,833 116.772 0.239 0.5002004 2,578 1,609 892 5,079 118.524 0.218 0.4292005 2,566 1,508 653 4,727 120.53 0.213 0.3922006 2,608 1,248 507 4,363 122.058 0.214 0.3922007 2,627 1,199 454 4,280 123.865 0.212 0.346

Cities2 1999 473 634 322 1,429 9.449 0.501 1.5122000 420 718 136 1,274 9.593 0.438 1.3282001 363 440 64 867 9.738 0.373 0.8902002 623 333 116 1,072 9.882 0.630 1.0852003 548 547 146 1,241 10.026 0.547 1.2382004 501 358 92 951 10.176 0.492 0.9352005 271 228 12 511 10.327 0.223 0.4222006 552 324 44 920 10.480 0.223 0.4222007 623 333 116 1,072 10.635 0.586 1.008

Bangladesh 1999 2,889 2,165 1,301 6,355 119.506 0.242 0.5322000 3,058 2,270 1,215 6,543 121.328 0.252 0.5392001 2,388 1,661 904 4,953 123.152 0.194 0.4022002 3,136 1,889 1,127 6,152 124.974 0.251 0.4922003 3,334 2,421 1,319 7,074 126.798 0.263 0.5582004 3,079 1,967 984 6,030 128.700 0.239 0.4692005 2,960 1,830 740 5,530 130.857 0.226 0.4602006 3,160 1,572 551 5,283 132.538 0.238 0.4602007 3,250 1,532 570 5,352 134.500 0.242 0.398

Figure 7-2 : Casualty Rates, 1999-2007

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Table 7-3 : Recorded Casualties by District (Zila)

number of casualties casualty rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n) Division and

District fatal grievous

injury simple injurytotal

population1

(no. per


Barisal Division Barguna 24 7 11 42 0.915 0.262 0.459Barisal 25 22 11 58 2.546 0.098 0.228Bhola 18 2 0 20 1.831 0.098 0.109Jhalakati 14 2 0 16 0.760 0.184 0.210Patuakhali 15 9 5 29 1.577 0.095 0.184Pirojpur 22 6 1 29 1.230 0.179 0.236Total 118 48 28 194 8.860 0.133 0.219Chittagong Division Bandarban 10 6 9 25 0.320 0.313 0.782Brahmanbaria 43 19 8 70 2.584 0.166 0.271Chandpur 44 15 8 67 2.414 0.182 0.278Chittagong District 127 84 46 257 3.650 0.348 0.704Chittagong City 127 35 26 188 3.498 0.363 0.537Comilla 102 50 29 181 5.010 0.204 0.361Cox's Bazar 14 7 0 21 1.919 0.073 0.109Feni 53 20 11 84 1.306 0.406 0.643Khagrachhari 16 22 19 57 0.573 0.279 0.994Lakshmipur 35 5 3 43 1.616 0.217 0.266Noakhali 39 14 6 59 2.767 0.141 0.213Rangamati 21 9 19 49 0.554 0.379 0.885Total 631 286 184 1,101 26.211 0.241 0.420Dhaka Division Dhaka District 119 49 6 174 3.492 0.341 0.498Dhaka City 428 267 44 739 5.874 0.729 1.258Faridpur 97 32 6 135 1.872 0.518 0.721Gazipur 122 22 11 155 2.213 0.551 0.700Gopalganj 28 18 2 48 1.236 0.226 0.388Jamalpur 34 24 5 63 2.282 0.149 0.276Kishoreganj 44 20 2 66 2.758 0.160 0.239Madaripur 8 1 0 9 1.242 0.064 0.072Manikganj 32 12 2 46 1.392 0.230 0.330Munshiganj 25 8 2 35 1.413 0.177 0.248Mymensingh 129 49 23 201 4.848 0.266 0.415Narayanganj 88 22 12 122 2.336 0.377 0.522Narsingdi 47 27 2 76 2.066 0.228 0.368Netrokona 24 23 5 52 2.122 0.113 0.245Rajbari 26 25 7 58 1.027 0.253 0.565Shariatpur 12 2 1 15 1.155 0.104 0.130Sherpur 12 13 0 25 1.361 0.088 0.184Tangail 90 34 10 134 3.554 0.253 0.377Total 1,365 648 140 2,153 42.242 0.323 0.510

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, continued Table 7-3

number of casualties casualty rates severity (no. per 10,000 pop'n)

Division and

District fatal grievous injury simple injury

total

population1

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Sylhet Division Hobiganj 72 28 19 119 1.919 0.375 0.620Moulavibazar 38 23 28 89 1.752 0.217 0.508Sunamganj 42 30 6 78 2.150 0.195 0.363Sylhet 74 46 21 141 2.807 0.264 0.502Total 226 127 74 427 8.628 0.262 0.495Khulna Division Bagerhat 11 23 0 34 1.655 0.066 0.205Chaudanga 27 9 3 39 1.078 0.250 0.362Jessore 21 11 4 36 2.666 0.079 0.135Jhenaidah 44 14 1 59 1.698 0.259 0.348Khulna District 27 8 6 41 1.705 0.158 0.240Khulna City 34 10 15 59 0.844 0.403 0.699Kushtia 11 3 1 15 1.871 0.059 0.080Magura 20 1 5 26 0.886 0.226 0.293Maherpur 8 1 0 9 0.633 0.126 0.142Narail 4 1 0 5 0.753 0.053 0.066Satkhira 24 13 0 37 2.013 0.119 0.184Total 231 94 35 360 15.802 0.146 0.228Rajshahi Division Bogra 107 31 16 154 3.264 0.328 0.472Dinajpur 21 9 1 31 2.925 0.072 0.106Gaibandha 31 15 5 51 2.313 0.134 0.220Joypurhat 17 9 1 27 0.923 0.184 0.293Kurigram 8 8 1 17 1.881 0.043 0.090Lalmonirhat 27 9 6 42 1.189 0.227 0.353Natore 47 35 7 89 2.596 0.181 0.343Nawabganj 35 14 1 50 1.662 0.211 0.301Nilphamari 14 5 1 20 1.550 0.090 0.129Naogaon 44 13 3 60 1.694 0.260 0.354Pabhna 39 13 2 54 2.352 0.166 0.230Panchgarh 13 11 1 25 0.906 0.144 0.276Rajshahi District 47 22 10 79 2.052 0.229 0.385Rajshahi City 34 21 31 86 0.419 0.811 2.052Rangpur 50 46 1 97 2.768 0.181 0.350Sirajganj 120 63 20 203 2.956 0.406 0.687Thakurgaon 25 5 2 32 1.307 0.191 0.245Total 679 329 109 1117 32.757 0.207 0.341TOTAL 3,250 1,532 570 5,352 134.500 0.242 0.398

Notes: 1. Year 2007 populations are derived from statistics published in the 2000 Statistical Yearbook and the Population Census 2001 Preliminary Report.

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8 FATALITIES

Table 8-1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age

number of fatalities Age (years) driver passenger pedestrian total

0 - 5 0 17 91 108 6 - 10 2 34 172 208

11 - 15 10 25 95 130 16 - 20 16 46 78 140 21 - 25 30 102 99 231 26 - 30 52 101 130 283 31 - 35 31 101 102 234 36 - 40 17 79 125 221 41 - 45 28 53 94 175 46 - 50 20 40 88 148 51 - 55 5 26 64 95 56 - 60 6 19 98 123 61 - 65 3 14 64 81 66 - 70 2 10 48 60 71 - 75 0 4 23 27

> 75 1 1 25 27 unknown 203 258 498 959

TOTAL 426 930 1894 3250 % total 13% 29% 58% 100%

Figure 8-1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age

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Table 8-2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex

number of passenger fatalities Age (years) male female total

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> 75 1 0 1 unknown 203 55 258

TOTAL 765 165 930 % total 82% 18% 100%

Figure 8-2 : Number of Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex

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Table 8-3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex

number of pedestrian fatalities Age

(years) male female total 0 - 5 56 33 89

6 - 10 114 58 172 11 - 15 80 15 95 16 - 20 63 15 78 21 - 25 76 22 98 26 - 30 116 14 130 31 - 35 81 21 102 36 - 40 110 15 125 41 - 45 73 21 94 46 - 50 60 28 88 51 - 55 50 14 64 56 - 60 70 28 98 61 - 65 50 14 64 66 - 70 40 8 48 71 - 75 14 9 23

> 75 19 6 25 unknown 432 69 501

TOTAL 1504 390 1894 % total 79% 21% 100%

Figure 8-3 : Number of Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex

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Table 8-4 : Number of Motor Cycle Driver Fatalities by Age and use of Helmet

number of fatalities Helmet Age

(years) Worn Not Worn Total

0 - 5 0 0 0 6 - 10 0 0 0

11 - 15 0 0 0 16 - 20 1 3 4 21 - 25 0 7 7 26 - 30 6 6 12 31 - 35 1 2 3 36 - 40 1 3 4 41 - 45 0 1 1 46 - 50 1 4 5 51 - 55 0 2 2 56 - 60 0 2 2 61 - 65 0 1 1 66 - 70 0 1 1 71 - 75 0 0 0

> 75 0 0 0 unknown 0 0 0

TOTAL 10 32 42 % total 24% 76% 100%

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Table 8-5 : Number of Driver Fatalities by Age and Alcohol

number of fatalities

Alcohol Age (years)

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> 75 0 1 1 unknown 51 176 227

TOTAL 57 369 426 % total 13% 87% 100%

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9 FATALITIES IN DHAKA METROPOLITAN AREA

Table 9-1 : Road Accident Fatalities by Age for Dhaka

number of fatalities Age

(years) driver passenger pedestrian total 0 - 5 0 2 9 11

6 - 10 0 0 12 12 11 - 15 1 1 18 20 16 - 20 0 7 21 28 21 - 25 4 10 40 54 26 - 30 10 7 47 64 31 - 35 3 2 35 40 36 - 40 3 8 50 61 41 - 45 4 7 37 48 46 - 50 1 2 22 25 51 - 55 1 2 18 21 56 - 60 0 3 14 17 61 - 65 0 0 7 7 66 - 70 0 0 4 4 71 - 75 0 1 2 3

> 75 0 0 0 0 unknown 13 0 0 13

TOTAL 40 52 336 428 % total 9% 12% 79% 100%

Figure 9-1 : Number of Road Accident Fatalities by Age for Dhaka

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Table 9-2 : Passenger Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka

number of passenger fatalities Age (years) male female total

0 - 5 0 2 2 6 - 10 0 0 0

11 - 15 0 1 1 16 - 20 7 0 7 21 - 25 7 3 10 26 - 30 4 3 7 31 - 35 1 1 2 36 - 40 8 0 8 41 - 45 5 2 7 46 - 50 1 1 2 51 - 55 2 0 2 56 - 60 2 1 3 61 - 65 0 0 0 66 - 70 0 0 0 71 - 75 0 1 1

> 75 0 0 0 unknown 0 0 0

TOTAL 37 15 52 % total 71% 29% 100%

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Table 9-3 : Pedestrian Fatalities by Age and Sex for Dhaka

number of pedestrian fatalities Age (years) male female total

0 - 5 5 4 9 6 - 10 10 2 12

11 - 15 14 4 18 16 - 20 14 7 21 21 - 25 32 8 40 26 - 30 42 5 47 31 - 35 27 8 35 36 - 40 45 5 50 41 - 45 32 5 37 46 - 50 14 8 22 51 - 55 13 5 18 56 - 60 11 3 14 61 - 65 7 0 7 66 - 70 3 1 4 71 - 75 2 0 2

> 75 0 0 0 unknown 0 0 0

TOTAL 271 65 336 % total 81% 19% 100%

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10 HOW TO ACCESS THE NATIONAL RTA DATABASE

10.1 INTRODUCTION

The impact of road traffic accidents (RTAs) is wide ranging and cuts across sectoral boundaries.

Road safety involves the social, health, economic and development sectors, and persons who

may be interested in road safety and the use of the RTA Database come from a variety of

professional and organisations. They may be politicians, engineers, social workers, health

advisors, the media, or planners; they may be from Government offices, the private sector or

non-government organisations. For anyone planning road safety initiatives, statistical information

on RTAs is an essential resource to correctly target and design the intervention measures.

The BRTA is the custodian of the National RTA Database. Details of the database are available

to all who seek the information.

This section of the Annual RTA Report describes the form of the database so that anyone

therefore seeking RTA information is aware of the database content and can properly formulate

their requirements. A sample of the reporting form is included as annex.

10.2 CONTENT OF THE RTA DATABASE

There are details of nearly 40,000 road accident events held in the National Road Traffic

Accident (RTA) database. Table 10-1 below summarises the number of RTAs recorded in the

database since its inception in 1996.

Table 10-1 : Number of accidents recorded in the National RTA Database

type of accident Year

fatal grievous injury

simple injury collision

total

1997 1,281 875 233 238 2,627 1998 2,000 1,137 193 203 3,533 1999 2,432 986 304 220 3,942 2000 2,523 1,029 209 209 3,970 2001* 2,029 642 137 117 2,925 2002 2,599 904 200 238 3,941 2003 2,752 921 239 202 4,114 2004 2,447 664 211 202 3,524 2005 2,424 631 142 125 3,322 2006 2,668 610 127 144 3,549 2007 2,893 679 172 166 3,910

* Incomplete National coverage, data not comparable with data of other years.

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Accident details recorded in the database details are technical. There is no record in the

database of persons’ names nor vehicle identification, other than a general classification, e.g.

car, truck, etc. Personal information concerning traffic accidents is retained by the Police.

Each accident record in the database contains several fields. These are contained in the first

part of the general accident details section.

10.3 ACCESS TO THE RTA DATABASE

When requesting a database search, conditions can be set so that only a sub-set of the accident

record is contained in the search output. Conditions are used to screen the data so that the

search output contains only the accident records for the area of interest and for the type of

accident specified. Conditions are set by nominating what fields are to be included in the

search. One, more than one, or all of the fields may be selected.

To request data from the RTA Database, a standard form (available from the BRTA) should be

completed.

The form will guide the person requesting the information through the process for correctly

specifying the area of interest and the selection of data fields. Data fields are selected by a “tick

box” method. The area of interest may be described in either of two ways.

(a) either by administrative area, by specifying either

(i) the Thanas, or

(ii) the City or Municipality, or

(iii) the District(s), or

(iv) the Division(s) of interest

(b) or by route, by specifying the route number with a start displacement and an end

displacement.

When requesting data for a City or Municipality, the data output can be screened, if required, to

include only the accidents which have occurred on named main or arterial roads.

Specifying an area of interest by route applies to national highways, regional highways and

district roads.

The BRTA retains an inventory of all national and regional highways, which details landmarks

within each kilometre section of highway. Landmarks are located as a measured distance

(displacement) from a fixed reference point. These documents should be referred to when

specifying an area of interest for a national or regional highway by the route methodology.

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Specifying an area of interest for a feeder road requires a statement of the route number only.

Start and end displacements are not necessary for feeder roads.

The data output from the RTA database can be provided either in coded format (for experienced

analysts) or English. Data output is a table of the requested information, and an electronic copy

(MS Excel format) can be provided.

11 COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION

11.1 FATAL PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS

The predominant type of fatal collision on any type of road and in either an urban or rural

environment is a vehicle hitting a pedestrian (refer Figure 4-1). The pattern of half of all fatal

accidents being collisions where a vehicle hits a pedestrian is evident in all Divisions and Cities.

Minor changes have been noticed showing improvement compared to previous year (55%) in

total hit pedestrians. The range is 42%-75%. Dhaka City (75%) and Khulna, Rajshahi City are

the upper end of this range (refer Table 4-6). The incidence of “Hit pedestrian” is the highest on

the national highways.

More than half of the fatal victims of road accidents are pedestrians (refer T ). Physical

works which either provide a safer environment for pedestrians (e.g. speed limit zones) or

provide safer pedestrian facilities (e.g. footpaths, full width shoulders, pedestrian over-bridges)

are the types of the measures which can address this safety problem. Most importantly, reckless

behaviour of the drivers of buses and trucks will need to be controlled.

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11.2 MULTIPLE FATALITY ACCIDENTS

Following pedestrians, head-on, rear end and overturning are other major collision types in the

rural areas that account for a high proportion of fatal accidents (F ). Dangerous driving,

reckless overtaking and over-speeding are some of the factors responsible for these types of

accidents. Of course, badly designed and constructed roads are also a contributing factor.

The high numbers of persons killed on average in head-on and overturned vehicle types of fatal

collisions (T , high fatality index), with the high occurrence of these fatal collision types,

means that dangerous driving, reckless overtaking and over-speeding are issues to be targeted

in road safety driver education and enforcement programmes.

11.3 BUSES AND HEAVY VEHICLES

demonstrates that a disproportionate number of fatal accidents involve minibuses,

buses and trucks. These are the predominant types of vehicles involved in fatal accidents. To

target this feature of accident occurrence, driver and helper education programmes should target

companies and organisations operating buses and heavy vehicles.

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12 CONCLUSION

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12.1 LOW COST INTERVENTIONS

Dhaka City and Rajshahi City have comparatively high fatal accident rates (more than twice that

of any other city, refer Table ), with a predominance of pedestrian accidents and rear end

accidents. For Dhaka city, pedestrian accidents are 75% and rear end accidents are 16% of all

fatal accidents; for Rajshahi City, the proportions are 42% and 12 (see Table 4-6). In this

scenario, low cost engineering interventions, coupled with public education programmes, are

likely to achieve good results.

Dhaka City is recommended as a potential target area for low cost interventions, which can be

monitored to assess their application for other cities as well as municipalities and other parts of

the network.

12.2 ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES

The profile of fatal road accidents remains similar to the profile reported in previous years:

• Fatal accidents mainly occur on national highways.

• Predominantly, fatal accidents involve vehicles hitting pedestrians.

• The greatest number of fatal accidents by far involve buses and heavy vehicles.

• The highest number of fatalities per accident occurs when vehicles collide head on.

• Persons who are killed as the result of a road accident are predominantly young pedestrians (children less than 10 years old), adult male pedestrians, and passengers.

In other words: Buses kill pedestrians and passengers on national highways. As the profile of

fatal road accidents remains more or less as before, there will be no change in the

recommendations for road safety initiatives to that reported in previous annual reports. The

priority action by government should be to enforce improved behaviour by drivers of buses and

trucks.

Table 12-1 on the following page is a list of recommended road safety initiatives which focus on

providing safer roads, safer people and safer vehicles. These initiatives can be applied nationally

across all parts of the network, but it is recommended, because resources are limited, that their

application be targeted to sections of the network which will yield the greatest benefit in terms of

potential accident reduction.

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12.3 NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

With 45% of all fatal accidents occurring on National Highways, these roads continue to be the

principal target of recommendations for road safety initiatives. The recommendations are listed in

table 12-1. These initiatives may be actioned independently but preferably they should be

actioned in combination with each other on selected sections of national highway of some length

(typically lengths between 10 km and 50 km).

Dhaka Division and Rajshahi Division, outside the city areas of Dhaka and Rajshahi, account for

the majority of fatal accidents and should be the principal target areas for these initiatives.

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Table 12-1 : Recommendations for Road Safety Initiatives

Road Safety Attribute Recommended Road Safety Initiatives Comment

a. Rationalisation of inappropriate activities on, adjacent to or near the road.

Different parts of the road are designed for different purposes. Inappropriate activities are those which reduce the capacity of any part of the road to serve its design purpose.

b. Provision of facility where appropriate for conflicting road uses.

Conflicting road uses are, for example, turn and through traffic; stopped and through traffic; non-motorised and motorised traffic; slow and faster traffic; pedestrians and vehicles.

c. Establishment of speed limit zones where warranted.

Speed limit zones can only be established where the nature and extent of adjacent activities warrants reduced vehicle speed. In other cases, initiative (a) applies.

Safer Roads

d. Provision of road signs and pavement markings throughout the network, and removal of any obstruction to the placement and effective visibility of signs.

The BRTA Traffic Signs Manual contains the standards for road signs and pavement markings.

e. Education of pedestrians, particular children, on safe practices when near the road.

An education programme should focus in communities near the national highways.

f. Education of drivers, particularly heavy vehicle and bus drivers, on road rules and safe driving practices.

Sustainable education requires production of a highway code in a format appropriate for all road users. Safer People

g. Increased enforcement of Regulations regarding excessive speed (especially in speed limit zones) and reckless or dangerous driving.

Sections 142 (Driving at excessive speed) and 143 (Driving recklessly or dangerously) of MVO 1983 apply and should be enforced.

Safer Vehicles h. Increased enforcement of Regulations

regarding unsafe vehicle condition and overloading.

Sections 86 (Limits of weight) and 149 (Using vehicle in unsafe condition) of MVO 1983 apply.

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