road crash

National Road Safety Day / Compensation mechanism for road crashes still unclear

The act mentions a trust fund for victims, but it took four years after its passing for the fund to be set up.

National Road Safety Day / System reforms needed to deal with transport crisis

The core problem lies in the fragmented ownership of public transport.

National road safety day / Deaths in crashes rising as roads remain unsafe

As of September this year, road crashes and fatalities have seen a year-on-year increase of more than 10 percent, according to government data.

Eid journey: Road crashes kill 262 people in 13 days

At least 262 people were killed and 543 were injured in 251 road crashes in the 13 days centring the Eid-ul-Azha holiday, Road Safety Foundation said today

The constant terror of road crashes

Will we ever see an end to this menace?

Government's fatal apathy towards road safety

What’s most appalling is how common these violations of crucial road safety measures are in our country

Sunamganj’s famous singer Pagol Hasan among two killed in bus-autorickshaw collision

Famous singer Pagol Hasan was among two people killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Sunamganj's Chhatak upazila this morning.

Musician Pagol Hasan killed in road accident

In a tragic accident in Sunamganj's Chhatak, a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw resulted in the deaths of two individuals, including popular musician Pagol Hasan.

When will sanity return to our roads?

What we need is strict implementation of our existing regulations.

February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016

Cop among 2 killed in Comilla road crash

Two people including a constable of highway police killed and three others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla.

February 6, 2016
February 6, 2016

Woman killed as truck hits her at Sabujbagh

An unidentified woman is killed after a truck hit her at Sabujbagh in Dhaka.

February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016

SSC examinee among 2 killed in Mymensingh road crashes

Two people including a female SSC examinee are killed in separate road accidents in Mymensingh today.

January 29, 2016
January 29, 2016

2 Rab men killed in Narayanganj road crash

2 members of Rapid Action Battalion were killed and six others injured in a head on collision between a truck and a Rab pick-up van in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj.

January 28, 2016
January 28, 2016

No letup in road crash

Although there have been umpteen campaigns and reports from road safety activists and media and regular public outcry to make our roads safer there is no brake on road crash incidents.

January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016

Doctor killed with wife, daughter in Comilla crash

A doctor, his wife, daughter and their domestic help died when their car collided with a passenger bus in Comilla’s Daudkandi upazila. Two of his children are in critical condition.

January 24, 2016
January 24, 2016

Hearts of stone

The man was lying flat on the road, bleeding profusely. He raised his right hand and waved weakly for help. His motorbike was lying two feet away near the road divider only 50 yards off Hotel Radisson.

January 23, 2016
January 23, 2016

The stone hearts

“It seemed to me that people in the cars do not have empathy for people. While they screamed at me, the pedestrians and poorer ones came to help. What will we do with this so-called education and social status?” Saif writes after the injured man whom three hospitals declined to treat died in his car.

January 22, 2016
January 22, 2016

3 killed in Patuakhali road crash

Three people are killed as a bus hit a motorcycle in Golachipa upazila of Patuakhali.

January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016

Cop killed in Feni road crash

A policeman is killed and three others injured as a police pickup van falls into a roadside ditch after being hit by a truck at Kajirdighi on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Feni Sadar upazila.