Citation

Manoj G, Ruia SM, Viswakanth B. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2019; 13(2): 181-183.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2019.00110.5

PMID

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Abstract

Road traffic accidents are a leading cause of death in all age groups in developed and developing countries. In India, deaths due to road traffic accidents are publicly glaring as road safety is professionally lacking. In order to study the magnitude of this problem, a three year prospective autopsy study was conducted at Topiwala national medical college, Mumbai between 1993 and 1996 with regard to Cranio-cerebral injuries in road traffic accidents, taking into consideration some salient parameters, and an attempt is made to suggest a set of preventive measures or multipronged strategies to minimize the frequency of road traffic accidents and deaths. © 2019, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; Road safety; adult; human; suicide; child; female; male; autopsy; head injury; cause of death; mortality; traffic accident; Demography; major clinical study; school child; middle aged; Head injury; prospective study; brain hemorrhage; skull fracture; Article; pedestrian; crime victim; Road traffic accidents; Medicolegal autopsy; mortality rate; Blunt force; cranio cerebral injury; Cranio-cerebral injury; cyclist; motorcyclist