Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: January-March | Volume: 5 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 80-83
Study of Injuries among Road Traffic Accident Victim at LLR Hospital, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur U.P.
Alok Kumar Pathak1, Rahul Dev1, Puneet Mahesh Chandra Awasthi1, Soni Verma1, Arun Kumar2
1Asstt. Professor, 2Junior Resident-III year,
Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur
Corresponding Author: Rahul Dev
ABSTRACT
In a bid to analyse the injured cases coming to tertiary care centre a casualty based descriptive study was taken up at G.S.V.M. Medical College ,Kanpur, U.P. ,India. Of the total 6096 medicolegal cases road traffic accident were 1471 and accounted for 24.1% cases. Male victims were 1244, 84.5 % of road traffic accident and female victims were 227 a 15.4 % of Road Traffic Accident. Maximum no. of road traffic accident cases were in 21-30 age group (31.4%), and minimum in 0-10 age group, accounting for 1.42% cases. Head injuries were the commonest form of internal injuries seen in the victims (46.09%)Bone fracture was maximally seen in lower limbs. Traffic accidents occurred maximal during 6 p.m. to 12.00 a.m. Lacerations were the most prevalent type of mechanical injury accounting for 42.21% followed by abrasions 28.16% and the avulsions being the least. Alcohol related accidents were 12.37%.
Keywords: Road Traffic Accidents, Casualty , injuries, mechanical injury