A Study of Socio - Demographic Profile of Victims and Associated Factors of Road Traffic Accidents in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Amritsar, Punjab

Expansion in the road network, a surge in motorization and the rising population in the country contribute toward the increasing numbers of road accidents. So this study was planned to assess the socio-demographic profile of road traffic accident victims and associated factors.

The present cross-sectional study was done at SGRDIMSAR, Hospital, Amritsar. A pre -designed proforma was used for collection of information and statistical analysis was done by using SPSS 20.0 version.

The study revealed that 36% of road traffic accident victims belonged to age group of less than 25 years. Out of total 225 RTA victims, 11.1% were pedestrians, 49.3% were drivers of two wheelers, 11.1% were drivers of four wheelers, 8.4% were drivers of heavy vehicles while rest were occupants of two wheelers.

The results of the study revealed that maximum number of victims of Road traffic accidents belonged to younger age group age group of less than 25 years. It was observed that out of total victims, almost half of the victims (49.3%) were drivers of two – wheelers.

Campaigns should be conducted to create awareness on matters related to road safety especially among younger population.