Brushing aside reports, Quader says number of accidents decreasing

Staff Correspondent

While reports of police and Buet’s Accident Research Institute (ARI) show that the number road accidents and casualties is on the rise, Road Transport and Brides Minister Obaidul Quader disagrees.

He said as per a World Health Organization (WHO) report, the number of road crashes and casualties in Bangladesh has declined. The minister, however, did not give any details of the report.

Quader, also general secretary of ruling Awami League, was speaking at a press briefing at his secretariat office yesterday.

According to police report, at least 2,713 people were killed and 2,949 injured in a total of 2,629 road accidents between January and August in 2019.

At least 2,635 people were killed and 1,920 injured in 2,609 road accidents in 2018.

These numbers, mentioned in the police reports, are significantly lower than reports published by different road safety organisations.

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