Medico-Legal Update
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 2

Pattern of Head Injuries in Fatal Road Traffic Accidents Involving Motorized Two Wheelers - a Two Year Cross-Sectional Study

1Assistant Professor (Forensic Medicine), Government Medical College, Nagpur

2Assistant Professor (Community Medicine), Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Thane

3Professor and Head (Forensic Medicine), Government Medical College, Ambejogai

4Professor and Head (Forensic Medicine) Government Medical College, Latur

*Corresponding author: Dr Swapnil P Akhade, Assistant Professor(Forensic Medicine) Government Medical College, Nagpur, Mob. 9028476045, Email id: akhade.swapnil@gmail.com

Abstract

The study was conducted in tertiary care hospital of latur, a rural district of Maharashtra. The Pattern and distribution of injuries in dead bodies due to RTA involving motorized two wheelers for the period of two years was analyzed. The study included 126 cases. The preponderance of victims in the age group 21–30 years was maximum with M/F ratio of 6.9: 1. Majority died were the drivers (95) followed by pillion riders (22).

Keywords

Road Traffic Accidents, Motorized Two Wheelers, Head Injuries.