Road accidents have claimed the lives of 398 people over two weeks of Eid travels, the highest toll in seven years.
Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday revealed the data.
According to the data, 774 other have sustained injuries in the same period in road crashes.
A total of 440 people died and 791 were injured in road, rail and river accidents from July 3-17.
Road accidents, totalling 398, accounted for the vast majority of casualties.
Twenty-five people died and two were injured in rail accidents during the period, while 17 died, 15 were injured and three are missing in river accidents.
Last year, 273 people died and 447 were injured during the Eid-ul-Azha trips. In 2020, the death toll was 242 and the number of injuries was 331. In 2019, 224 died and 866 were injured.
More people travelled during Eid-ul-Azha this year compared to 2021 because there was a lockdown in effect last year, said Md Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, secretary general of the organisation.
He alleged that psssengers were harassed, overcharged and had to take unfit vehicles or resort to travelling by truck, vans, pickup trucks, or even poultry vans, causing more mishaps.
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