The Bangladesh Passenger Welfare Association reported that 360 students were killed and 109 injured in 320 road accidents across the country between January and June 2026. The association’s secretary general, Md. Mozammel Haque Chowdhury, shared the data in a statement issued on July 11, marking the 15th anniversary of the 2011 Mirsharai tragedy. He said that despite repeated incidents, no regular awareness programs on road safety have been introduced for students, teachers, or parents.
The statement recalled that the 2011 Mirsharai accident in Chattogram killed 45 students when a minitruck carrying them fell into a ditch. Chowdhury argued that the absence of government-led awareness initiatives has allowed similar tragedies to continue. To address this, the association proposed five measures, including adding road safety lessons to textbooks, holding monthly awareness sessions, marking zebra crossings near schools, deploying “road safety guards,” and forming safety committees in educational institutions.
The association emphasized that implementing these steps could help reduce student fatalities and promote safer roads nationwide.
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