Road accident epidemics in Bangladesh & related news

1. Road accident epidemics in
Bangladesh

2. Group Name : Third eye
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Nowshin Naina
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3. Introduction
• The Annual Fatality Rate In Road Accident In
Bangladesh Is 85.6 Per 10,000 Vehicles Which
Compares To Rates Of Below 3 Per 10,000 Vehicles In
Most Developed Countries. (Statistics From The Road
Safety Cell (RSC) Of The Bangladesh Road Transport
Authority (BRTA)
• In Bangladesh average 8 persons die everyday
• The Annual Death Toll In Road Accidents In
Bangladesh Is More Than 5,000 People.
• 12000 lives and 35000 injuries annually (The Accident
Research Centre (ARC) of BUET)

4. Accident By Routes.
• It is found that 24% of total fatal accidents are
occurred in Dhaka- Chittagong-Cox's Bazaar
(N1).
• Bugra-Rangpur-Dinajpur-Banglabandha (N5)
which 13%
• Dhaka-Sylhet (N2) highway 8% of total
accidents.

5. Road Traffic Accidents in Bangladesh:

6. Road Traffic Accidents in Bangladesh:
• Years 2015-2017,Source: Passenger Welfare Association
of Bangladesh Report (PWAB)
Year Number of
Accidents
Deaths Injury
2015 4592 6823 14026
2016 2998 3414 8572
2017 4,979 7397 16193

7. View of road accident : 2018

8. View of road accident : 2018

9. View of road accident : 2018

10. View of road accident : 2018

11. View of road accident : 2018

12. View of road accident : 2018

13. Accident Statistics :
Involvement Of Buses and Trucks in Multi vehicle Accident

14. Victims and perpetrators
Victims Accident types Perpetrators
Pedestrians 41% Hit-and-run 42% Bus 38%
Bus/car
passengers
19% Head-on
collision
19% Truck 31%
2/3 wheelers
riders/passengers
16% Over-turned 13% Motor-
cycles
12%
Truck/bus
drivers/passenger
14% Rear-end hit 9% Cars/jeeps 11%
Cyclists 3% Side swipe 6% wheelers 9%

15. Statistic observation
70 % of
accidents
involved a
human
factor
23 %
involving
a road
factor
7 %
involved a
vehicle
factor.

16. Causes of road accident :
1. Reckless driving and over speeding
2. Use of drug and alcohol
3. Incompetency of the driver
4. Hazardous road
5. lack of proper design and construction
6. Curve of the road
7. Lack of safety measures Socio-economic and
Demographic causes
8. Lack of roadway maintenance
9. Poor implementation of traffic rules and regulation
10. Lack of awareness among the people
11. in BD Number of road traffic accident increases on
the eve of festivals

17. Statistics of facts:
• Only 40% of the main roads are in good state. (WB report)
• 32% corruption occurs in traffic sector.
License
• 97% report having license
• 20% report obtaining license without test
• 92% pay bribe
• 54% face severe time delays in obtaining license
• Only 70% learn properly.

18. Statistics of facts:
Work-load :
• About 20% extremely over-worked with 6-7 days
weekly and 13-16 hours daily
Accident penalty :
• 42% faced no penalty in case of accidents
• 58% of incurred accidents minor in nature

19. Impact of Road Traffic Accidents in Bangladesh
Victim related
cost
1. Medical
cost
2. Lost labor
cost
3. Pain, Grief
and Sufferings
4. Funeral
cost
Administrative
cost
1. Police
investigation
2. Legal cost
3. Insurance
administration
4. Accident spot
cleansing
Property related
cost
1. Vehicle
damage repair
2. Lost
economic
output
3. Towing cost

20. Reality check on post-crash facilities Post-crash care
Availability
•Emergency room based injury
surveillance
system No
Emergency access telephone number No
Seriously injured transported by
ambulance
<10%
Permanently disabled due to lack of
facilities
13%
Emergency training for doctors No
Emergency training for nurses No
Trauma centers Severely inadequate

21. Challenges to Road Safety Initiatives in Bangladesh:
• Under Reporting of Accidents
• Institutional Weaknesses
• Lack of Professional Capacity and Expertise
• Lack of Strong Political Support and
• Commitment Lack of Government and
Private Partnership
• Lack of International Linkage
• Bureaucratic Complexity
• Corruption

22. Recommendations for Reducing Road Traffic
Accident in Bangladesh
• Intersection Design/Improvement
• Street lighting ,traffic sign, signal, and marking
improvement
• Speed management & Road side hazard and
parking management
• Properly Trained Drivers By Authorized Centers.
• Increasing public awareness to follow the traffic
rules

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