Staff Correspondent:

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Sazzat Ali has emphasised the need to involve traffic police in road accident investigations.

“In the event of an accident, the investigation should be conducted using scientific methods, and the police’s capabilities in this regard need to be improved. Though police are responsible for the roads, the crime division conducts investigations into road crashes. It is necessary to involve traffic police in such investigations or coordinate with them,” he said.

Sazzat Ali made the remarks while addressing a training session on Monday, arranged for DMP officers for improving skills to prevent road accidents, at the InterContinental Dhaka.

International organisation Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) organised the two-day training covering techniques for accident prevention, with 60 police officers attending.

On the concluding on Monday the DMP commissioner, who attended the event as the chief guest, highlighted the importance of following traffic rules for maintaining road discipline and preventing road crashes.

“However, many commuters do not comply with traffic rules, particularly issues like not adhering to speed limits and suddenly changing lanes, which are often responsible for accidents,” he said.

He said most road crashes in Dhaka occur between midnight and morning when the roads are relatively empty, directing police officers to strictly enforce speed limits on the streets and implement existing laws to prevent road crashes.

Chaired by Abdul Wadud, initiative coordinator of Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) and former additional secretary, DMP’s Additional Police Commissioner (Traffic) Sarwar, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Superintending Engineer Khandkar Mahbub Alam, and senior DMP officers were also present on the occasion.

On the first day of the two-day event, “Road Policing Leadership” was discussed and on the second day, “Speed as a Key Risk Factor in Road Crashes” was focused.