Daily Sylheter Somoy

September 3, 2020

Road accidents killed 379 last month

Road accidents killed 379 last month
Staff Correspondent
At least 379 people were killed and 368 injured in 302 road accidents across the country in August, according to a report of Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation.

Of the deceased, 66 were women and 32 were children, as per the report released today.

Around 129 people died from 121 motorcycle accidents which is 40.06 percent of the total fatality, the organisation said.

Some 81 pedestrians were run over while 47 drivers and helpers of vehicles were killed in the road accidents across the country.

In the meantime, around 47 people were killed, 32 injured and six people went missing in 13 waterway accidents while six people died in six train accidents in the same month. Road Safety Foundation collected the data based on reports published in seven national dailies, five online news portals and electronic media.


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