At least 513 people were killed and 598 others injured in 409 road crashes across the country in March this year.
Among the dead, 78 were women and 63 children.
The number of accidents involving motorcycles was the highest, according to a report published by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF), a non-government organisation.
In the month, 19 more people were killed and six injured in 15 railways accidents while two were killed and eight more injured in two waterways accidents, said the report on Monday.
According to the report, a total of 147 people died in 138 motorcycle accidents, which accounted for 28.65 percent of the total deaths. Some 136 pedestrians and 82 drivers and helpers were killed in accidents during this period.
The highest number of accidents occurred in Dhaka division with the number of deaths also being the highest.
A total of 136 people died in 119 accidents in Dhaka division alone during the last month, the report showed.
The lowest number of road crashes and fatalities were reported in Rangpur division - 20 occurrences and 18 deaths.
The report also said that 26.51 per cent of fatal road accident victims were pedestrians and around 15.98 per cent were transport workers.
It also showed that 42 per cent of accidents took place on national highways followed by 28 per cent on regional highways, 17.84 per cent on rural roads and 8.8 per cent on urban roads.
Some 668 vehicles were responsible for the road accidents that took place in March.
It attributed the road crashes to unfit vehicles, rash driving, lack of skill, mental and physical sickness, inadequate benefits for drivers, slow movement of vehicles on the highways, reckless bike ride by youths, improper traffic management system, and lack of awareness about traffic laws.
The organisation also placed 10 recommendations to reduce accidents across the country.
RSF recommended increasing skilled drivers, strengthening the capability of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and enforcement of the existing laws to check road accidents in the country.
The report was prepared based on news reports published in seven national daily newspapers, five online news portals and television channels.
Earlier in February, some 517 people were killed in 406 accidents.
