Study Of Road Traffic Accidental Deaths (RTA) In and Around Valsad (Gujarat)
Study Of Road Traffic Accidental Deaths (RTA) In and Around Valsad (Gujarat)
Keywords:
Injury, head injury, regional injury, accident, etcAbstract
Accidents are now one of the major causes of death. Present study consists of 439 medico legal post mortems performed in Forensic Medicine Department, GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Valsad, Gujarat during the period of last 2 calendar years (1st January. 2012 to 31st December. 2013). Out of them, 90.66% cases were of unnatural deaths. Out of unnatural death we found 146 cases (36.68%) died in road traffic accidents. In 36.98% cases were age group of 21- 30 years. 44.83% accidents occur in time period of 12- 18 hours. Thus all data including type of vehicle involved, head injuries, regional injuries,type of skull fracture in head injury, type of haemorrhage and how long victim survived. [Vaghela P NJIRM 2015; 6(1):27-30]
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2. WHO, the world Health Report 1995, Report of the Director General WHO.
3. NCRB, Annual Report on Road Accidents.
4. WHO (2002), Injuries in South East Asia Region, Priorities for Policy & Action. SEA/ Injuries.
5. The Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, National Crime Record Bureau, Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India 1999.
6. Menon A et al: Pattern of Fatal Head Injuries due to Vehicular Accidents in Manipal, JIAFM. 2005; 27(1), 19-22.
7. Pathak et al: Profile of Road Traffic Accidents & Head Injury in Jaipur (Rajasthan), JIAFM. 2007. 30(1), 6-9.
8. NilambarJha et al. Epidemiological study of Road Traffic Accident cases: Study from South India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine 2004; 29(1):20-24.
9. Dhaval J. patel et al. Study of road traffic accidental deaths () in and around Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. JIAFM. 2010; 32(2):110-112.
10. GautamBiswas et al. Pattern of Road Traffic Accidents in North-East Delhi.JFMT 2003; 20(1): 27-32.
11. Akang et al: Pattern of Fatal Head Injuries in Ibadan- A10 year Review. Med. Sci Law 2002; 42(2): 160-166.
12. Patel NS. Traffic fatalities in Lusaka, Zambia. Med. Sci. Law 1979; 19(1): 61-65.
13. Chandra J et al: Pattern of Cranio-cerebral injuries in Fatal Vehicular Accidents in Delhi 1966-76. Med. Sci. Law 1979; 19(3): 186-194.
14. Singh H. Pattern & Distribution of Injuries in Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Rohtak.JIAFM. 2004; 26(1): 20-23.
15. Singh YN et al. An Epidemiological Study of Road Traffic Accident victims in Medico legal Autopsies. JIAFM. 2005; 27(3): 166 – 169
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2018-01-08
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Lad, D. K. kumar S., Vaghela, D. P., Bansal, D. A. K., & Kapadiya, D. K. I. (2018). Study Of Road Traffic Accidental Deaths (RTA) In and Around Valsad (Gujarat): Study Of Road Traffic Accidental Deaths (RTA) In and Around Valsad (Gujarat). National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 6(1), 27–30. Retrieved from http://nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/njirm/article/view/849
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