Road Accidents in Bangladesh

In this article, the authors briefly summarize the status of road accident and fatalities in Bangladesh in 2005. Although the accident rate did rise by 43% between 1982 and 200, researchers are more alarmed by the 400% increase in accident fatalities, which they account for by the increases in population, total road length, and modal share of road transport. Statistics from the capital city, Dhaka, where the majority of Bangladesh’s population is concentrated, are cited in the study. Some of these figures include the modal share of accidents in both the country and Dhaka as reported in 2003, the fatality index values, and the road accident rates in Dhaka.

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• Authors:
  • Maniruzzaman, R M
  • Mitra, Raktim
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 71-73
• Serial:
  • IATSS Research
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences
  • ISSN: 0386-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; Traffic crashes; Trend (Statistics)
• Geographic Terms: Bangladesh
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01018617
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 17 2006 1:26PM