Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- The road accidents are still unabated despite road safety pannel's 111 recommendations' for safety.

Apart from road safety awareness, the countrymen observed the National Road Safety Day on Tuesday.

At least 3,488 people were reportedly killed and 5863 injured in 3,131 road accidents till October 18 this year, while 29,315 people were killed in last four years, said the Accident Research Institute (ARI) of BUET.

Some 4,076 people were killed in 3,513 road crashes last year, up from 3,672 deaths from 2,917 road accidents in the previous year, says an ARI report, prepared based on media reports.

According to police, 2,635 people were killed in 2,609 road crashes last year, up from 2,513 deaths in 2,562 accidents in the p...