1Asst Professor, Dept of Forensic Medicine, MS Ramaiah Medical College, MSRIT PO, MSR Nagar, Bangalore- 560054
2Prof and HOD, Dept of Forensic Medicine, MS Ramaiah Medical College, MSRIT PO, MSR Nagar, Bangalore- 560054
3Professor, Dept of Forensic Medicine, MS Ramaiah Medical College, MSRIT PO, MSR Nagar, Bangalore-560054
India has the largest network of railway providing the basic mode of transportation for passengers and freight. It carries about 10–12 million passengers everyday, travelling the length and breath of our country covering about 10,000 sq kilometers. Railway related deaths are either accidental or suicidal and use of railway tracks to mask homicides is also encountered often. The railway related deaths are on the rise due to various factors viz, unmanned level crossings, lack of safety precautions during entraining or detraining, poor infrastructure, poor safety measures. The present study is attempted to determine, the various pattern of injuries and correlate them with the available information and to provide solutions to common practical problems, encountered in railway related deaths.
