bAs many as 426 people were killed and 813 others were injured in 392 road accidents in September, according to the Road Safety Foundation. Motorcycles were involved in at least 164 road accidents in September, or 42.83 per cent of the total. In its observations, the foundation said that 162 accidents occurred on the national highways, which accounted for 41.32 per cent of the total accidents. Dhaka saw the most road accidents with 124, 31.63 per cent of the total. Rajshahi Division saw 10.96 per cent, Chattogram Division saw 19.89 per cent, Khulna Division saw 12.24 per cent, Barishal Division saw 3.82 per cent, Sylhet Division saw 4.84 per cent, Rangpur Division saw 10.45 per cent and Mymensingh Division saw 6.12 per cent of all road accidents.
