Fatal Cranio-Cerebral Injuries-Epidemiological Trends in Mortality Rates from Road Traffic Accidents
Journal Title: International Journal of Forensic Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
“Head injury” as defined by the National Advisory Neurological Diseases and Stroke council”, as a morbid state, resulting from gross or subtle structural changes in the scalp, skull, and/or the contents of the skull, produced by mechanical forces. Cranio-cerebral injuries can be caused by any kind of blow on any sort of head. In this retrospective study, all the fatal cranio-cerebral injuries due to RTA’s brought for autopsy at mortuary of Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya district, Karnataka, India, between January 2013 to December 2017 were analyzed. During this study, several epidemiological observations and their results were considered. In the present study Total number of autopsies done in the last five years was 748. RTA constitutes 51% (383 cases). The majority of victims belonged to the age group 31-40 years. (92 cases; 30%). Females was less involved than men with ratio of 1:4. Drivers of 3 and 4 wheelers were most commonly involved (106 cases; 28%), followed by occupants of 3 and 4 wheeler (86 cases; 22%) and motor-cyclists in fatal RTA’s (62 cases;17%). Intracranial Hemorrhages were the most common findings followed by skull fractures. Frontal bone fracture was the commonest injury (96 cases). Fissure and depressed fractures were the most common type of skull fractures. “Prevention is better than cure” is the only method to control the mortality and morbidity from road traffic accident cases. Better road, good driver, safety precautions are the key factors to control the damages. National and state highway authorities should implement a strict plan to reduce the road traffic accidents. However it is the driver duty to ensure safe drive to protect him and pedestrians
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Vijay Kumar AG, Kumar U*, Shivaramu MG and Vinay J
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