1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (AIMSR), Murakambattu, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh
2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Government Medical College, Ananthapuram, Andhra Pradesh
Affiliated to Dr. N.T.R University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. M. Srinivas Naik., M.D Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Government Medical College, Ananthapuram, Andhra Pradesh-515001, Mobile: +919440288408, E-mail ID: dr.srinivas.male@gmail.com, Affiliated to Dr. N.T.R University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India
Online published on 6 January, 2018.
Road traffic accidents are very common all over the world including India. Death of pedestrians due to road traffic accidents are also increasing day by day due to overcrowding of vehicles. The vehicle drivers do not follow the speed limits and pedestrians not following traffic signals. Drunken driving is one of the commonest causes of road traffic accidents in India. In India, over 1, 37, 000 people were killed in various road traffic accidents during 2013 and the count raised to 1, 46, 133 in 2015. It is said that one person is dying due to road traffic accident for every four minutes in India. It is projected globally that deaths due to road traffic accidents will occupy third place when compared with deaths due to global disease burden. This study was conducted on deaths due road traffic accidents in Ananthapuram region of Andhra Pradesh which were brought to Ananthapuram government medical college mortuary for post-mortem examination. This study was done to know the pattern of injuries leading to death, blood alcohol levels in the dead victims, age group affected, statistics of deaths among pedestrians and two wheeler drivers.
Road Traffic Accident (RTA), pedestrian, injuries, victim, collision, primary impact, secondary
