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Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is the apex
Government Organization in the road transport
sector under the Ministry of Communication
mandated for providing services namely Registration
of Motor Vehicles, Issuance of fitness certificate
of motor vehicles, Issuance of Route permit
for Transport Vehicles, Issuance of Motor
Driving Licences, Issuance of Motor Driving
Instructor’s License, Registration of
Motor Driving Training Schools, Inspection
of Motor Vehicles involved in road accidents,
Inspection of Government Vehicles for Repair
etc. Besides, BRTA takes different measures
in order to promote road safety and coordinates
road safety prevention activities undertaken
by different agencies/organizations. BRTA
prepares the Annual Report of Road Traffic
Accidents on the basis of reported data on
road traffic accidents from Bangladesh Police.
Using the data received from the Police BRTA
has already published 7 consecutive annual
reports since 2001. BRTA believes that the
Report will help find gap in the activities
aiming at reducing accidents by the road safety
practitioners.
The Road Traffic Accident database is being
maintained and updated by BRTA on the basis
of police MAAP (Micro-Computer Accident Analysis
Package) information. BRTA and the Bangladesh
Police have been working together to maintain
the integrity of the database and promoting
its statistical accuracy. The shortcoming
of the database is that it is prepared on
the basis of reported accidents only. It’s
a fact that there exist some accidents in
the country side which are not reported to
the police, making the database virtually
incomplete. However, it will invariably serve
the purpose as it covers most and major parts
of the accidents of the country.
BRTA believe that despite of shortcoming,
this report will be helpful to the researchers,
planners, administrators and other stakeholders
for making future plan aiming at reducing
road traffic accidents in Bangladesh. Any
suggestions in relation to this report will
be accepted cordially.
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National
Road Traffic Accident Report
2008 |
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Road Safety News |
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