| dc.description.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 | en_US |
