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360 students killed in road crashes

Published : Saturday, 11 July, 2026 at 8:28 PM

Observer Online Report

At least 360 students were killed and 109 others injured in 320 road accidents across Bangladesh during the first six months of this year, according to the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.

The organisation disclosed the figures in a statement on Saturday marking the 15th anniversary of the Mirsharai road tragedy, one of the deadliest road accidents in the country's history.

Secretary General Md Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury said the lack of regular road safety awareness programmes involving students, teachers and parents has contributed to the continued loss of young lives.

He noted that despite the 2011 Mirsharai tragedy, in which 45 people died after a minitruck carrying students plunged into a roadside ditch, effective and sustained road safety initiatives for educational institutions have yet to be implemented.

To reduce student fatalities, the organisation recommended introducing road safety lessons in school curricula, holding regular awareness programmes in educational institutions, installing zebra crossings and warning signs near schools, appointing road safety guards to assist students in crossing roads, and forming road safety committees in every educational institution.

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