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Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on Tuesday (16 January) afternoon has reported that at least 5,024 people lost their lives in 5, 495 road accidents across the country in 2023.
Besides, at least 7,495 people suffered injuries in the said accidents, BRTA Chairman Noor Mohammad Majumdar revealed at a press conference in the capital's Banani on Tuesday.
The data released by the agency has been collected from across the country through its divisional offices.
However, the BRTC data on road accident casualties differs significantly from that published by other transportation-related bodies.
According to figures released earlier this week by the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samiti, a total of 6,261 road accidents killed at least 7,902 people in 2023 while injuring at least 10,372.
The organisation said they collected the data from media reports published in various newspapers.
However, terming the Jatri Kalyan Samiti's data as 'exaggerated', BRTA Chairman Majumdar said the road accident data collected by BRTA is regularly published on the BRTA website.
"All concerned are requested to inform BRTA if any information is found other than the information provided by BRTA or any inconsistency is found."
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