A road in Dhaka during the Eid holidays. Photo: BSS

  
DHAKA, April 6, 2025 (BSS) – Road accidents across the country witnessed a fall significantly during the Eid holidays compared to the last year due mainly to the government’s measures to maintain traffic rules, especially on highways.
 
According to highway police, a total of 138 accidents took place in which 96 people have dead and 100 persons received major injuries while 150 others sustained minor injuries during the Eid vacation from March 25 to April 5.

It said a total of 221 motor vehicles were involved in crashes. Of them, 43 were buses, 17 were trucks, 36 were motorbikes, 29 were three wheelers, 36 were unidentified vehicles and 60 were other mode vehicles.

During the vacation of the last year’s Eid-ul-Fitr, a total of 399 road accidents took place in the country claiming 407 lives and leaving 1398 people injured.

“Our patrol teams with highways police personnel were alert on different highways. They used loudspeakers and announced cautionary measures asking drivers to drive safely maintaining traffic rules,” Md Delwar Hossain Mian, Additional Inspector General of Police (Addl-IGP), Highway Police told BSS here today.

He said the law enforcement agencies tightened surveillance and ensured security measures on the roads to keep the situation under control across the country before and after the Eid this year. 

Mian said the highway police forced motorcyclists and drivers passenger buses to follow 100 percent road safety instructions during their Eid journey.

“We have installed check posts at toll plazas of major bridges and checked how many trips a single driver was conducting. Our teams also collected drivers’ cell-numbers for giving them necessary cooperation,” the Addl IGP said.

Talking to BSS, Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury, General Secretary of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, said a total of 215 road accidents occurred across Bangladesh during the Eid holiday from March 24 to April 4.

He said road crashes took 239 lives and injured 516 people.

Compared to the last year, this year’s road accidents came down significantly, added Mozammel.

Before the Eid vacation, home affairs adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury told newsmen that the Eid journey this year will be comfortable due to the good management of the government.

He assured that that Eid holidaymakers will be able to go home without any inconvenience. 
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) also launched a central control room round the clock from March 28 to April 5 aiming at facilitating easy movement of homebound passengers across the country during the Eid.

The government also warned all concerned of taking strict action against the traffic rules violations to reduce road accidents across the country.

As per of the government’s campaign, dope tests were made obligatory for the vehicle drivers.