, Feb. 22 -- Motorbike accidents accounted for more than four out of every 10 road deaths in January, as road crashes across Bangladesh claimed 586 lives, according to a report released by Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.

Motorcycles were involved in 209 crashes, or 37.86 percent of all road accidents, resulting in 223 deaths and 132 injuries.

Motorcycle crashes alone accounted for 40.84 percent of total road fatalities during the month, it said.

The report signed by the organisation's Secretary General Mozammel Haque Chowdhury was prepared based on monitoring of national, regional and online media outlets.

Besides, 1,238 people were injured in 597 road, rail and waterway accidents across the country.

Of the total accidents, 552 were ...