1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, K.B.N.I.M.S, Gulbarga
2Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, ESIC Medical College, Gulbarga
3Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, K.B.N.I.M.S, Gulbarga
Online published on 7 February, 2017.
Road traffic accidents are the major causes of death worldwide. Head injury is the single most common cause of mortality in road traffic accidents1. Head injuries may result in injury to the contents of the skull either alone or with a fracture of the skull.
The present study was undertaken on 140 victims of road traffic accidents, died due to head injury and to find out the patterns of head injuries, their age and sex distribution and site distribution of different types of fractures.
This study was conducted at Khaja Banda Nawaz institute of medical science Gulbarga(North-Karnataka) from 1April 2014 to 30th September 2015.
Among 140 cases autopsied, males 122(87.14%) predominated females 18(12.85%) in the age group 31–40 years.
Linear fracture of skull was the commonest type and temporo-parietal region was involved, predominantly subdural haemorrhage was the commonest intracranial haemorrhage associated with head injuries. More number of deaths is occurring in the late night hours. In this study 47 (33.57%) died on the spot, 65(46.42%) died in the hospital after few hours and 28(20%) died on the way to hospital.
Road traffic accidents, skull fractures, intracranial haemorrhages, two wheelers
