Dhaka, June 12 -- Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday told Parliament that 25,526 people were killed and 19,763 others injured in road accidents in the country in the last 10 years.

He came up with the statistics while responding to a question from BNP MP Harunur Rashid.

"A total of 25,526 people were killed and 19,763 others injured in road accidents between January 2009 and April 2019," the minister said.

He, however, said his ministry is not the organisation concerned to keep the record of cases filed over road accidents.

As per the statistics, 2,500 people were killed on an average every year in road accidents.

In reply to a separate question from the BNP MP, Quader said police, Bangladesh Road Transpo...