Road Safety and Traffic Accident Analysis in Highway The Cases of Savar Highway Thana and Keraniganj Nawabganj Thana

Abstract

Road safety refers to the concept of methods and solutions to protect road users from injury. These include road users such as pedestrians, cyclists, rickshaw and van drivers, public transport buses, trucks, etc. According to WHO, one million people die in road accidents every year. The rate of road accidents is much higher in underdeveloped countries than in developing countries. According to the latest World Health Ranking published in 2020 by the World Health Organization, Bangladesh ranks 88th among 183 countries in road accident death rate. Death rate per 1 lakh is 16.74. 19.89 percent road accidents in 2022 compared to 2021. And the loss of life has increased by 27.43 percent and only in the capital in 2022 the number of road accidents has increased by 97.70 percent compared to the previous year. 227 people were killed on the road in the last year in the capital. Among whom the number of pedestrians is 60.53 percent. In this paper, we have worked on highway roads in 3 areas of Dhaka city. We have collected road accident data for the past 6 months from Savar Highway Thana, Navagganj Thana and Keraniganj Thana of Dhaka district. We will investigate the accidents in this paper. In this paper we will discuss about the rescue from the accident as well as what should be done or the responsibility of us and the law enforcement agencies. Finally, we will discuss the future research.