The document addresses the global road traffic accident issue, highlighting that 1.24 million people die annually due to road accidents, with a significant impact in Bangladesh where approximately 12,000 lives are lost each year. Various factors contribute to these accidents, including driver behavior, pedestrian carelessness, and poor road conditions. Prevention strategies emphasized include education, strict law enforcement, and proper traffic design to mitigate the rising trends in fatalities and injuries.

2. AGENDA• INTRODUCTION
• ROAD ACCIDENT ACROSS THE GLOBE
• ROAD ACCIDENT IN BANGLADESH
• CAUSES OF ROAD ACCIDENT
• DIFFERENT FACTORS OF ROADS CONTRIBUTE IN ACCIDENTS
• DIRECT CONSEQUENCES OF ACCIDENTS
• ROAD ACCIDENT AND CASUALTIES
• ACCIDENT HIGHWAY AREA OF BANGLADESH
• ACCIDENT SPOT IN BANGLADESH
• PREVENTION OF ROAD ACCIDENT

3. INTRODUCTION
A ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT (RTA) CAN BE DEFINED AS, AN EVENT THAT OCCURS ON A WAY OR STREET OPEN TO
PUBLIC TRAFFIC RESULTING IN ONE OR MORE PERSONS BEING INJURIED OR KILLED, WHERE AT LEAST ONE MOVING
VEHICLE IS INVOLVED.
APPROXIMATELY 1.24 MILLION PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR ON THE WORLD’S ROADS AND 20 TO 50 MILLION PEOPLE
SUSTAIN NONFATAL INJURIES.
ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IS THE CURRENT SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM ESPECIALLY TO MIDDLE AND LOW-
INCOME COUNTRIES.
THE INCREASED RATE OF FATAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IS DUE TO INCREASED MOTORIZATION.

4. ROAD ACCIDENT ACROSS THE GLOBE
WHO (WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION) REPORT THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN CRASHES CONTINUES TO CLIMB ACROSS THE WORLD REACHING
1.35 MILLION IN 2016.AT THIS RATE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG) TARGET 3.6 ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS BY 2020.
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST WHO REPORT THAT EUROPE HAD THE LOWEST ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS RATE.THE DEATH RATE IN EUROPE
WAS 9.3 PER 100,000 PEOPLE MUCH LOWER THAN AFRICA WHICH HAD THE HIGHEST RATE AT 26.6.
IN GERMANY THE RATE WAS BELOW THE EUROPEAN AVERAGE WITH 4.1 PER 100,000 PEOPLE.

5. ROAD ACCIDENT IN BANGLADESH
THERE HAS BEEN AN ALARMING RISE IN ROAD ACCIDENT SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS IN BANGLADESH
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
ACCORDING TO STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE ACCIDENT RESEARCH CENTRE (ARC) OF BUET ROAD ACCIDENT CLAIM
ON AVERAGE 12000 LIVES ANUALLY AND LEAD TO ABOUT 35000 INJURIES.
ACCORDING TO WORLD BANK STATISTICS ANNUAL FATALITY RATE FROM ROAD ACCIDENTS IS FOUND TO BE 85.6
FATALITIES PER 10000 VEHICLES.

6. SOME HEART TOUCHING ACCIDENT IN BANGLADESH

7. CAUSES OF ROAD ACCIDENT
Over speeding.
Drunken drive.
Distractions to Driver.
Avoiding Safety Gears.
like Seat belts and Helmets.
Non-adherence to lane driving and
overtaking in a wrong manner.

8. OVER SPEEDING

9. DRUNKEN DRIVE

10. DISTRACTIONS TO DRIVER

11. RED LIGHT JUMPING
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12. AVOIDING SAFETY GEARS LIKE SEAT BELTS
AND HELMETS
Most of four wheeler drivers does not wear seat belt
because of this the consequence of chances
of survival in a serious accident is poor.
Two wheeler drivers also don’t wear helmet .

13. DIFFERENT FACTORS OF ROADS CONTRIBUTE IN
ACCIDENTS
• DRIVERS: OVER-SPEEDING, RASH DRIVING, VIOLATION OF RULES, FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND SIGNS, FATIGUE, ALCOHOL.
• PEDESTRIAN: CARELESSNESS, ILLITERACY, CROSSING AT WRONG PLACES MOVING ON CARRIAGEWAY, JAYWALKERS.
• PASSENGERS: PROJECTING THEIR BODY OUTSIDE VEHICLE, BY TALKING TO DRIVERS, ALIGHTING AND BOARDING
VEHICLE FROM WRONG SIDE TRAVELLING ON FOOTBOARDS, CATCHING A RUNNING BUS ETC.
• VEHICLES: FAILURE OF BRAKES OR STEERING, TIRE BURST, INSUFFICIENT HEADLIGHTS, OVERLOADING, PROJECTING
LOADS.
• ROAD CONDITIONS: POTHOLES, DAMAGED ROAD, ERODED ROAD MERGING OF RURAL ROADS WITH HIGHWAYS,
DIVERSIONS, ILLEGAL SPEED BREAKERS.
• WEATHER CONDITIONS: FOG, SNOW, HEAVY RAINFALL, WIND STORMS, HAIL STORMS.

14. DIRECT CONSEQUENCES OF ACCIDENTS
•FATALITY (DEATH)
•INJURY
• PROPERTY DAMAGE

15. ROAD ACCIDENT AND CASUALTIES
YEAR NO OF ACCIDENT DEATHS INJURED
2018 2609 2635 1920
2017 2562 2513 1898
2016 2566 2463 2134
2015 2394 2376 1958
SOURCE : BANGLADESH POLICE

16. ACCIDENT HIGHWAY AREA OF BANGLADESH
2.2
2.6
5.1
5.8
6.4
7.9
8.8
16.5
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
N405 Bangabandhu Shetu (Jamuna Bridge) approach road
N4 Gazipur-Tangail-Jamalpur
N2 Dhaka-Sylhet
N8 Daulatdia-Jhenaidah-Khulna
N7 Nagarbari-Rajshahi
N6 Nagarbari-Banglabandh
N5 Dhaka-Aricha
N1 DHAKA-CHITTAGONG
ACCIDENT-PRONE LENGTH (KM)
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY ACCIDENT PRONE LENGTH (KM)

17. ACCIDENT SPOT IN BANGLADESH
41%
18%
28%
13%
SPOT OF ACCIDENT
BUS STANDS
ROAD INTER-SECTIONS
BAZAR
OTHERS

18. PREVENTION OF ROAD ACCIDENT
• EDUCATION AND AWARENESS ABOUT ROAD SAFETY.
• STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF LAW.
• DESIGN ROAD ACCORDING TO ITS TRAFFIC .
• UNLICENSED VEHICLES MUST BE STOPPED.
• OVERLOAD ALSO MUST BE STOPPED.
• HUMAN ALSO FOLLOW TRAFFIC RULES PEROPERLY.
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