Citation

Venkateswarrao S, Bhaskar K. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2016; 10(1): 58-63.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2016.00014.1

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Death due to Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) are increasing at an alarming rate world wide thereby possessing a major epidemiological problem. Victims in RTAs sustain large varieties of injuries and occurrence of cranial injuries is extremely high in RTAs. The cranial injuries associated with injuries to vital organ and acute massive haemorrhage are more fatal or more dangerous to life.

The study of cranial injuries associated with fatal outcome helps in the implementation of measures to prevent the fatalities due to RTAs. Hence the present study is conducted to know the pattern of cranial injuries in victims of fatal RTAs, type of victims along with age and sex, survival period, type of offending vehicle.

Language: en