1Associate Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Baroda
2Professor & Head, R. D. Gargi Medical College, Ujjain
3Professor & Head, G. C. S. Medical College, Ahmedabad
*Email Id: drbhatt_fm@yahoo.com
Online published on 6 February, 2018.
Road Traffic Accident (RTA) remains one of the commonest Cases for autopsy. Many Prior studies have been done in various parts of India and the current study was undertaken to study the patterns & profile of RTA in Saurashtra region of Gujarat.
Of all the cases coming to autopsy of M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, cases of RTA were taken for the study. Information was filled in predesigned proforma.
RTA were more common in persons of age group 21–30 years and male sex was predominantly involved. RTA were more common in pedestrians, followed by occupants of heavy four wheelers, two wheelers and three wheelers. Drivers and occupants of heavy four wheelers were the commonly involved victims.
RTA are commonly caused by heavy four wheeler type of vehicles; Chakdo, a three wheeler vehicle used for transportation in this region was a commonly involved vehicle in road traffic accident.
Road Traffic Accidents, Medicolegal Autopsy, Pedestrians, Heavy Four Whhelers
