Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2018
Study of Pattern of Injuries in Road Traffic Accidents Involving Two Wheelers
Deepak Sharma, Anil Kumar Malik, Prabhsharan Singh
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Traffic accidents especially in urban setting has emerged as leading cause of death in young people, who are in the prime of their lives leading to not only loss of precious lives but also loss of many economical productive years. Maximum fatalities which occur by traffic accidents are caused by two – wheelers. The present study was done on cases received for medico legal autopsy at the mortuary of Department of Forensic medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, NewDelhi. It was observed that males (76%) outnumbered females (24%) as victims of two wheeler accidents. Majority of victims (32%) were in the age group of 21–30 years. Only 26% of victims were weå helmets and 70% were weå no protective gear and 4% were weå turban. The commonest cause of death was head injuries, which are preventable by use of helmet and other protective gears.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Deepak Sharma, Anil Kumar Malik, Prabhsharan Singh, Study of Pattern of Injuries in Road Traffic Accidents Involving Two Wheelers, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-5 | May-2018
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Deepak Sharma, Anil Kumar Malik, Prabhsharan Singh, Study of Pattern of Injuries in Road Traffic Accidents Involving Two Wheelers, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-5 | May-2018
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