At least 7,855 people have died in road accidents across the country in 2019 marking an eight percent increase from the previous year, says an organisation working for the protection of passenger rights.
The Jatri Kalyan Samity (Passenger Welfare Association) revealed the figures on Saturday (Jan 11), when it said around 13,330 people were injured in 5,516 incidents of road crashes last year.
The figures are based on media reports of road accidents across the country, the rights body's Secretary General Mozammel Haque Chowdhury told a media call in Dhaka while launching the study.
Compared to 2018, there was an 8.07% increase in deaths by road accidents, according to it.
The report states that 219 and 469 people were killed in 203 and 482 accidents occurred in water and railways, respectively. In waterways, 282 people were injured and 375 went missing during the accidents, whereas 706 got injured in rail accidents.
According to it, a total of 8,543 people were killed and 14,318 injured in 6,201 accidents that occurred in road, water and rail ways across Bangladesh in 2019.