Bangladesh faces high risk of road crashes

The road casualty rate in Bangladesh needs to be drastically reduced according to the country’s government.
June 2, 2017 Read time: 1 min

The road casualty rate in Bangladesh needs to be drastically reduced according to the country’s government.

However successive measures have seen a reduction in the country’s road fatality rate in past years. Police data shows that there were 2,463 road fatalities in Bangladesh in 2016, compared with 2,958 road deaths in 2009. In addition there were 2.63 people seriously injured in road crashes during 2016 compared with 2,686 in 2009.

The Bangladesh Road Transport and Bridges Ministry is aiming to continue reductions in the country’s road fatality rate, with a target of lowering it by 50% before 2020.

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