Dhaka, Oct. 25 -- The Road Safety Foundation (RSF) has identified 314 accident-prone upazilas, each falling under its respective police station across Bangladesh, categorizing 139 as highly accident-prone areas and 175 as accident-prone zones.

Within them, 21 upazilas are considered extremely high-risk, according to a report prepared by the RSF looking at the past five years (2020-2024).

RSF analyzed around 37,000 road accidents using both media reports and the foundation's own data and examined accident types and severity to classify areas according to risk. The findings were released on Saturday.

The 21 high-risk areas include key urban and suburban regions such as Dhaka and Dhamrai in Dhaka district; Gazipur Sadar, Kaliakoir, and Sh...