Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, M.R. Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka
Deaths due to Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) are increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world. Thereby it poses itself as a major epidemiological and medicolegal problem. With increasing use of vehicles, injuries due to them are so common nowadays that it is necessary to be able to assess the injuries, the mechanisms by which they are caused and the cause of death. The study of injuries associated with fatal outcome helps in implementation of measures to prevent fatalities due to RTAs. Hence, the present study was conducted to know, Pattern and distribution of injuries in victims of fatal RTAs, victim's age and sex and survival period. In addition, an attempt was also made to know the cause of death.
Fatal RTA, Pattern and distribution of injury, Cause of death
