ঢাকামঙ্গলবার , ২৭ অক্টোবর ২০২৬
Proper investigation of any road crashes can help find the actual reasons, which would be helpful to prevent those types of road crashes in future. Therefore, it is essential that every road crash is investigated properly by expert investigators, so that justice can be ensured for road traffic victims. Speakers uttered this remark in a two-days long training workshop ‘Crash Investigation’ for Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) officials.
As part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), DMP and Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) organized this workshop on October 26-27 at a hotel in the capital. During the two-day workshop, 60 police officers of DMP were trained in two batches on effective road crash investigation so that they can identify the causes of crashes and take necessary measures to prevent similar crashes in the future.
Md. Anisur Rahman, Additional Police Commissioner (Traffic), Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), inaugurated the workshop. In his inaugural remarks, he suggested to form a group of 10 police officers those will train DMP officials in future to strengthen road crash investigation. This group will act as expert trainers and road crash investigators at the DMP to accelerate the road traffic investigation at the DMP’s jurisdiction in Dhaka.
He also asked the police officers to bring innovative ideas to utilize learning from the training and experiences from the field to improve road safety situation in Dhaka.
Mr. Khondoker Mahbub Alam, Additional Chief Engineer, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) attended the event as a special guest. He said that road crashes are not inevitable. There are many risk factors which can be intervened to prevent crashes. An engineer can make mistakes while designing a road which can lead to a fatal road crash. Drivers can make mistakes; road users can make mistakes as well. They may not well aware of the road traffic laws and traffic system, So, we need to work collectively to prevent crashes.
Mr. Md. Abdul Wadud, Initiative Coordinator, BIGRS Dhaka North and former Addl. Secretary moderated the workshop. He thanked the DNCC, DMP for coming forward towards making the road safer in Dhaka city.
GRSP Asia Pacific Senior Road Policing Advisor Mr. Peter Jones conducted the training sessions. The sessions focused on the role of crash investigation in preventing future crashes. He provided hands-on demonstrations of key investigation techniques, including collecting evidence from crash scenes, preparing scene sketches or diagrams, and taking photographs to properly document incidents, preserve evidence, and support investigations.
At the closing day of the training, Brig Gen Syed Raquibul Hasan, PSC, chief engineer of DNCC attended as chief guest. He said that capacity building is important when acquired knowledge and skills will be utilized in the field. He hopes that the police officers will bring a positive change in future through proper investigation of the road crashes that will find the errors caused for the crashes. So that policy makers and engineers will take necessary measures to address the issue to make the roads safer for everyone.
Among others, A S M Shamsur Rahman Bhuiyan, Joint Police Commissioner (Traffic-Dhaka North), Mina Mahmuda, Deputy Police Commissioner (Traffic – Admin, Planning and Research) DMP, Aminul Islam Sujon, Technical Advisor, Vital Strategies, Md. Golam Hossain, Enforcement Coordinator, Rezaur Rahman, Transport Coordinator, Dr. Tanvir Ibn Ali, Surveillance Coordinator, and Md. Mahamudul Hasan, Communication Officer of BIGRS Dhaka North were present at the event.
