5,024 killed in 5,495 road accidents in 23 641 died in Dec

As many as 5,024 people were killed in 5,495 road accidents in 2023. Of them, 641 died in 483 road accidents in December.

BRTAs Chairman Nur Mohammad Majumder came up with the statistics at a press briefing held at his office in Banani on Tuesday.
In December, most of the accidents occurred in Dhaka. At least 88 people died in Dhaka division, 79 in Chattogram, 63 in Rajshahi, 49 in Khulna, 28 in Barishal, 24 in Sylhet, 54 in Rangpur and 48 in Mymensingh. Many of them died in motorcycle accidents.