Road traffic accidents in Bangladesh: A comprehensive scenario

There has been a disturbing ascent in road traffic accidents (RTA) in Bangladesh throughout
recent years, which has turned into a public issue. Consistently around eight individuals bite the
dust in RTAs; however the genuine pace of casualty is probably going to be higher. [1] In 2019,
somewhere around 5227 individuals were killed and 6953 harmed in 4702 street mishaps across
the country, with going with expanded health care costs for Bangladesh. [2] Besides, there is a
deficiency of transit regulations in Bangladesh, which has the most minimal transit regulation
consistence rate contrasted with different nations in South Asia. [3] Bangladesh sheds 1.2 billion
pounds each year because of RTAs, which is comparable to 2% of GDP and the entire unfamiliar
guide it gets every year. [4] More than 70% of unfortunate families report that their family pay
and food utilization diminished and 61% had to organize a credit after a street passing in
Bangladesh. RTAs in Bangladesh still can't seem to stand out, which is disturbing and the time
has shown up to defy this test. [5] A typical component to lessen RTAs is the assortment and
utilization of complete information. The interpretation of this information can prompt a superior
comprehension of functional issues, exact finding of mishap issues, and the improvement of
medicinal measures. In any case, there is an absence of satisfactory exploration on RTAs in
Bangladesh and more examination is expected to recognize the genuine causes and ways of
diminishing RTAs.
Fig: A graphical representation of mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000
populations) – Bangladesh [Source: World Health Organization, Global Health
Observatory Data Repository]