Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

The injuries and’ death due to head trauma are inescapable in the modern way of life and their correct interpretation is vital to the reconstruction of the events of Forensic Medicine and their proper management for treatment of the injured. The present study was conducted in Department of Forensic Medicine, Madurai Medical College, Madurai during January2016 to January 2017 to find out the patterns of'intracranial injuries during autopsy examinations in deaths due to RTA.

Total 1800 cases of autopsy were studied irrespective to the age; gender, religion, cast etc., who have died ‘due to head injuries in RTA. All the data related to time, manner and manifestation of head injury were recorded with detailed autopsy examination and subsequently analyzed statistically. We reached at a conclusion that majority of the victims were male of 20–40 years age involving in road traffic accidents, when they were going on two wheelers without wearing helmets, while fall from height was the second most common cause.