Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- Bangladesh has witnessed a total of 116,726 deaths and 165,021 injuries in 67,890 road accidents over the past 12 years, according to the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samiti (BJKS).

The organisation blamed widespread corruption, policy failures, and mismanagement in the transport sector for what it termed "mass killings on the country's roads".

Speaking at a press conference, organised on the occasion of National Road Safety Day 2025 at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) on Tuesday, BJKS secretary general Mozammel Haque Chowdhury said the country's road situation has turned into an "alarming humanitarian crisis".

"Before the independence, 80 per cent of passenger movement in the country took place through water and rail route...