A total of 298 people, including 46 women and 67 children, were killed in 373 road accidents across the country during the 15 days before and after this year’s holy Eid-ul-Fitr, averaging 20 deaths per day, with the highest number of accidents occurring in the Chattogram division.

This grim scenario comes from the Road Safety Foundation’s ‘Road Accidents During Eid Travel’ report, released to the media on Thursday. The report covered data from 14 March to 28 March, compiled from nine national daily newspapers, 17 national and regional online news portals, electronic media, and the Foundation’s own sources.

According to the Foundation, during last year’s Eid-ul-Fitr travel, an average of 22 people was killed per day. In that 11-day Eid travel period, 249 people died in 257 road accidents.