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NewsCaster
6th December 2009, 15:33
At least 20 people are killed as two buses collide head-on in south-western Bangladesh, officials say.

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G-CPTN
6th December 2009, 15:40
Some 4,000 people die each year in road accidents in Bangladesh, which the state transport authority blames mainly on poor roads and bad driving.
Population of Bangladesh 160 million.

There were 2,538 people killed on Britain's roads in 2008, which is the lowest annual total since records began in 1926.
That is 14% down on the 2007 figure. The highest recorded post-war annual total was nearly 8,000 in 1966.
UK population 61 million.