Two people were killed in separate road accidents in the capital's Khilgaon and Jatrabari Friday, police said. Amena Bibi, 80, was a resident of Khilgaon's Nandipara and Siddique Ali, 34, was from Jhenaidah. A battery-run auto-rickshaw hit Amena in front of her house in Nandipara as she went outside for morning walk. Later, the 80-year-old was rushed to Magda General Hospital and declared dead at 6:30am, said Mosammat Sonia Parveen, sub-inspector of Khilgaon Police Station. Read: 2 motorcyclists injured in first accident on Padma Bridge die In Jatrabari's Matuail, Siddique, a truck driver's assistant, was killed after being run over by a truck at 8:30am. He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and declared dead at 9:45am, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost. Both bodies were kept at DMCH morgue for autopsies.  

As many as 119 lives have been lost on Dhaka city roads in 114 accidents from January to November 25 this year. Road Safety Foundation, an organisation working to ensure safer roads, came up with the data in a new report on accidents that occurred on Dhaka city roads this year on Sunday. According to the report, of the deceased 62 were passersby, 33 were motorcycle drivers and riders and 24 were passengers of other vehicles like bus, rickshaw, paddle van, auto van, etc. A total of 172 vehicles were involved in these road crashes. Most of the accidents occurred at night, 34.21 percent to be precise, while 20.17 percent occurred around early morning, 18.42 percent in the later part of it and 14.03 percent in the afternoon, said the Road Safety Foundation. Read: Notre Dame College student dies being hit by DSCC truck Reasons of the accidents Road Safety Foundation in its report mentioned 12 causes for the accidents that occurred in the city. It said reckless speed, weak traffic management, unruly competition between bus workers to take passengers, having no bypass road for the city and allowing heavy goods-laden vehicles after 10 pm till morning made the city roads accident-prone. While too much motorcycle movement, lack of speed monitoring system on flyovers, lack of quality public bus service and increased use of rickshaws, unplanned urbanization, and insufficient roads, lack of awareness, lack of usable foot-over bridges and underpasses at necessary places are also pointed as the reason for the road crashes.  Read: After Notre Dame student, now motorcyclist crushed under DNCC truck Suggestions RSF suggested decreasing the population of the capital city through decentralization of administration to reduce the number of accidents on roads. It also suggested separate public transports according to the economic classes of the city dwellers to discourage movement in private vehicles. Along with that, separate lanes for public transports, developing the traffic system, stopping extortion and corruption at the public transport sector, and proper implementation of the Road Safety Act, 2018 may decline the number of lives lost on the roads annually, said RSF.

Two people were killed in separate road accidents at Kuril Bishwa Road and Khilgaon areas  in the capital. The deceased were identified as Maraz,20 and Golam Rabbani,30. Ruhul Amin, a cousin of Maraz, said that he was run over by a CNG-run autorickshaw at Kuril Bishwa Road around 11:30 am on Wednesday. He was rescued and taken to a local medical facility at first. He was later referred to the emergency unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where a doctor declared him dead at 3:30 pm. Md. Bachchu Mia, in-charge inspector of DMCH police outpost ,said  the body was kept in the hospital morgue for autopsy and the matter has been reported to Khilkhet police station. Read: Traffic police killed in city road crash In another road accident,  a motorcycle passenger  was killed as a CNG-run auto rickshaw hit a motorbike on Khilgaon flyover area  of the capital. The deceased was identified as Golam Rabbani, 30. Motorcyclist Nur Mohammad (32) was slightly injured in the incident. Rabbani was rescued in a critical condition and taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital at 9.45 am where the duty doctor declared him dead, said Sabujbagh police sub-inspector SI Hasanuzzaman. “The body has been kept in the morgue of the hospital for autopsy,” he added. Read: 273 killed on roads during Eid rush; highest in 6 years Road Accidents in Bangladesh At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, says a report published in July. It says the road accidents took place on various highways, national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country. Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF), a platform of journalists, prepared the report based on news carried by 22 national dailies, 10 regional newspapers and eight online news portals and news agencies.

A woman died after being crushed between  two vehicles while crossing the road in front of Gulistan Golap Shah Mazar in the capital on Sunday.

Three people were killed in road accidents in Dhaka's Khilkhet, Postagola Bridge and Jatrabari areas on Thursday.