1Assistant Professor, Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
2Professor and HOD, Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. B Srinu Naik Assistant Professor, Siddhartha Medical College, Gunadala, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, 520008 India. E-mail ID: drbsrinivas2@gmail.com
Online published on 6 January, 2018.
Head injury is any injury that results in trauma to the scalp, skull or brain can be defined as a head injury. Vehicle accidents are one of the important common causes of traumatic head injuries
to investigate the pattern of cranio-cerebral head injuries sustained by the victims as they are considered to be one of the leading causes of death due to road-traffic accidents.
This Study was conducted on bodies (n=110) coming for medicolegal postmortem examination to Department of forensic medicine, Government General Hospital(GGH), Vijayawada during the period of January 2015 to December 2016.
Males domination prevailed (82%). In scalp injuries, the contusions was obsereved in 52% of cases. In the skull fractures, linear/fissure fractures (39%) are more common. Middle cranial fossa (45%) fractures were common as anterior cranial fossa (44%). More cases of subarachnoid (45%) and subdural haemorrhages (44%) were observed.
Young people drive their vehicles with higher speed, increasing consumption of alcoholic beverages as well as other drugs, lack of awareness of the peoples and poor understanding of the traffic rules by citizen, although there is good medical facilities, accounts for the majority of such deaths
Road traffic accident, Crano-Cerebral Injuries, intra cranial hemorrhage
