With the two Eids, motorbikes contributed to the second highest number of road fatalities, followed by trucks and three-wheelers. Around 17.53% of road accidents were caused by motorbikes during Eid-ul-Fitr and 18.5% during Eid-ul-Azha. Khandaker Enayet Ullah, secretary general of the National Road Transport Owners Association of Bangladesh, vowed to halve the number of road fatalities this Eid. “Road accidents will reduce significantly, as we are sending our drivers to BRTA for training to improve their professional skills and commitment,” he said. In a recent interview with Dhaka Tribune, Soames Job, head of the Global Road Safety Facility and Global Lead for Road Safety at the World Bank, said Bangladesh should focus on improving road engineering, enforcement of speed management and bring change in user behaviour to significantly reduce road crash casualties.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 03, 2019 18:33 UTC