1Senior Resident, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Andhra Pradesh, India
3Senior Resident, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India
*Corresponding author: Dr. Suraj Sundaragiri, Senior Resident, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India Contact No.: 091-9908267327, Email: drsurajfm@gmail.com
Online published on 13 December, 2018.
Road Traffic Accidents constitute the leading cause of unnatural deaths. This study was conducted with an objective to determine patterns of bony, visceral and organ injuries in fatal road traffic accidents brought for medico legal autopsy at tertiary teaching hospital in South India. The cases were commonly seen in age group 41–50 years and in males. Skull and brain was the most common skeletal and organ injured respectively.
Road traffic accident, Skeletal injury, Visceral injury, Organ injury
