Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is the apex
Government Organization in the road transport sector under the
Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges mandated for providing
services namely Registration of Motor Vehicles, Issuance of
fitness certificate of motor vehicles, Issuance of Route permit
for Transport Vehicles, Issuance of Motor Driving Licences,
Issuance of Motor Driving Instructor's License, Registration of
Motor Driving Training Schools, Inspection of Motor Vehicles
involved in road accidents, Inspection of Government Vehicles for
Repair etc. Besides, BRTA takes different measures in order to
promote road safety and coordinates road safety prevention
activities undertaken by different agencies/organizations. BRTA
prepares the Annual Report of Road Traffic Accidents on the basis
of reported data on road traffic accidents from Bangladesh Police.
Using the data received from the Police BRTA has already published
7 consecutive annual reports since 2001. BRTA believes that the
Report will help find gap in the activities aiming at reducing
accidents by the road safety practitioners.
The Road Traffic Accident database is being
maintained and updated by BRTA on the basis of police MAAP
(Micro-Computer Accident Analysis Package) information. BRTA and
the Bangladesh Police have been working together to maintain the
integrity of the database and promoting its statistical accuracy.
The shortcoming of the database is that it is prepared on the
basis of reported accidents only. It's a fact that there exist
some accidents in the country side which are not reported to the
police, making the database virtually incomplete. However, it will
invariably serve the purpose as it covers most and major parts of
the accidents of the country.
BRTA believes that despite shortcomings, this report
will be helpful to the researchers, planners, administrators and
other stakeholders for making future plan aiming at reducing road
traffic accidents in Bangladesh. Any suggestions in relation to
this report will be accepted cordially. National
Road Traffic Accident Report 2008 :: Download ::
Year |
Source | |||
Bangladesh Police |
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Total Number of accidents | Deaths | Injuries | Total casualties | |
1994 | 3013 | 1597 | 2736 | 4333 |
1995 | 3346 | 1653 | 2864 | 4517 |
1996 | 3730 | 2041 | 3301 | 5342 |
1997 | 5448 | 3162 | 5076 | 8238 |
1998 | 4769 | 3085 | 3997 | 7082 |
1999 | 4916 | 3314 | 3453 | 6767 |
2000 | 4357 | 3430 | 1911 | 5341 |
2001 | 4091 | 3109 | 3172 | 6281 |
2002 | 4918 | 3398 | 3770 | 7168 |
2003 | 4749 | 3289 | 3818 | 7107 |
2004 | 3917 | 2968 | 2752 | 5720 |
2005 | 3955 | 3187 | 2755 | 5942 |
2006 | 3794 | 3193 | 2409 | 5602 |
2007 | 4869 | 3749 | 3273 | 7022 |
2008 | 4427 | 3765 | 3284 | 7049 |
2009 | 3381 | 2958 | 2686 | 5644 |
2010 | 2827 | 2646 | 1803 | 4449 |
2011 | 2667 | 2546 | 1641 | 4187 |
2012 | 2636 | 2538 | 2134 | 4672 |
2013 | 2029 | 1957 | 1396 | 3353 |
2014 | 2027 | 2067 | 1535 | 3602 |
Source: Police Headquarters(FIR)Report.