Deaths due to fatal road traffic accidents in Kalabuargi District a retrospective study Kumar C A Sunil1, Junaidi Khajja Azizuddin2,* 1Tutor, Forensic Medicine Department of Gulbarga, Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalaburagi 2PG Student JNMC, Belgavi *Corrseponding author: Dr. Khajja Azizuddin Junaidi PG Student JNMC, Belgavi
Online published on 13 December, 2018. Abstract A retrospective study of road traffic deaths was conducted from 01-01-2015 to 30-06-2016 at Gulbarga institute of medical sciences, kalaburagi. Out of 570 autopsies conducted during the study period, RTAs related deaths accounted for 119 cases. Road traffic accidents are increasing in an alarming rate throughout the world. Thereby it poses itself as a major epidemiological and medico-legal problem. victims in RTA'S sustain varieties of injuries, which are fatal or dangerous to life. Hence the present study was conducted to know the injuries in victims of fatal RTA'S in relation to victims age and sex, type of victim and type of offending vehicle and suggests suitable preventive measures to reduce burden of mortality due to road accidents. In addition, an attempt also made to know the percentage of cause of death. Top Keywords RTA, injuries, accidents, death, motor-vehicles. Top |