Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

EVALUATION OF ALL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS CASES REACHING TO A TERTIARY CARE CENTER FROM A STATE HIGHWAY

Dr. Pradip Kumar Bhattacharya, Dr. Ajay Goenka, Mrs. Navya Guwalani

Abstract :

Road Traffic Accident (RTA) is one among the top five causes of morbidity and mortality in South-East Asian

countries as well as India1 and is the third major unnatural preventable deaths amongst all. Our aim is Retrospective evaluation of factor�s involved and common associations in victims of RTA in a state highway. This retrospective analysis was conducted
at Chirayu Medical College and Hospital (CMCH); situated on the Bhopal- Indore State Highway. The data of 450 RTA victims were collected
from Jan 2013-Dec 2014. Important parameters which were evaluated are socio-demographic profile, site and severity of injury, type of vehicle, time and weather of RTA, time to report to hospital, alcohol consumption and pre-existing disease conditions. Most of the victims were
young (45.77%) driving two wheeler (82.44%) in the age group of 16-30. Majority of the victims had serious injury (33.33%) where head was
the most common site of injury (56%). Most common time duration of occurrence of RTA was 12.00 pm to 12.00 am (68.66%) and majority of
the victims belonged to rural population (50.44%).

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Dr. Pradip Kumar Bhattacharya, Dr. Ajay Goenka, Mrs. Navya Guwalani EVALUATION OF ALL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS CASES REACHING TO A TERTIARY CARE CENTER FROM A STATE HIGHWAY International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 4 April 2015


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