A Study On Road Safety In Bangladesh

Abstract

Being a riverine country, the road transportation system is vitally important to the economic and social welfare of Bangladesh. Therefore, it must be so maintained and continually improved with due consideration for safety, minimizing accident hazards and risks. However, terrible losses of lives and injuries with consequent property damages resulting from road traffic accidents have now emerged as serious issues in Bangladesh affecting the community personally, socially and economically. The road safety situation is very severe by international standard. An overview of the prevailing accident problem characteristics and some road safety priorities that should be addressed with due urgency are briefly discussed in the paper. The present study attempts to analyze the transport safety perspectives in Bangladesh, Here we highlight accidents where 85% of accidents are due to drivers, 9% to pedestrians, 6% to passengers, and other causes. While searching for the causes of these accidents, we found that the drivers were unaware, stupid, incompetent, and disregarded by the law. There are many more reasons. We have analyzed the accident here in different ways and based on the finding and analysis. A number of recommendations have been made for improving road safety in Bangladesh and for further research and investigation