Analysis of Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Nagpur (Maharashtra)

A two year retrospective study has been carried out in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur. Total 460 cases of road traffic accident fatalities were observed, accounted for the 22.24% of the total unnatural death autopsies. Maximum numbers of road traffic victims were males (87.61%) and maximum fatalities in the age group of 20–39 (55.43%) with a clear male dominance in all age groups. Pedestrians were victimized in most of the cases (43.91%). Most of the victims died on the spot at the accidental site in 60% cases and that of 84.58% victims died within the 24 hours following the accident. Most of the deaths were caused by injuries to the vital organs (49.13%), followed by head injury, hemorrhage & shock in 37.17% and 10.65% cases respectively.