Road accidents claim 9,111 lives in Bangladesh in 2025

A total of 9,111 people died in road accidents across Bangladesh in 2025, representing a 6.94 percent rise compared to 2024, according to the Bangladesh Passenger Welfare Association.

Around 6,729 road accidents occurred in 2025, leaving 14,812 people injured, the association told the media today (January 4) at the Dhaka Reporters Unity.

Besides road crashes, 485 people were killed and 145 injured in 513 railway accidents, while 158 people died in boat accidents during the year.
 
Motorcycle accidents remained a major concern. In 2,493 motorcycle crashes, 2,983 people were killed and 2,219 were injured. These accidents made up 37.04 percent of total accidents and accounted for 38.46 percent of total deaths.

Overall, 7,369 accidents on roads, railways, and waterways claimed 9,754 lives and injured 15,096 people in 2025.
 
The data came from the association’s annual accident monitoring report, which was prepared by reviewing accident-related news published in the media. “The yearly financial loss from these accidents is more than Tk 60,000 crore,” said the secretary general of the association, Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury.