Dhaka, March 7 -- A total of 447 people were killed and 1,181 others injured in 448 road accidents across Bangladesh in February, said Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samiti (BJKS) on Friday.

BJKS Secretary General Mohammad Mozammel Haque Chowdhury in a statement issued on Friday said that in addition to road crashes, 34 railway accidents resulted in 26 fatalities and 11 injuries during the month.

It also said that six waterway accidents claimed four lives and left five people injured in February.

Accidents involving motorcycles were most common on the roads.

As many as 151 motorcycle accidents took place in February causing 167 deaths and 137 injuries.

The bike crashes accounted for 33.7 per cent of the total road accidents during the month...