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Year : 2009, Volume : 9, Issue : 1
First page : ( 9) Last page : ( 11)
Print ISSN : 0972-5687. Online ISSN : 0974-083X. Published online : 2009 June 1.

Distribution of Fatal Road Traffic Accident Cases

Aggarwal K.K. Dr.1, Oberoi S.S. Dr.2

1Additional Professor, Forensic Medicine, GMC, Patiala

2Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine, GMC, Patiala

Abstract

The present study was conducted in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College & Rajindra Hospital, Patiala. Total 602 dead bodies were brought for postmortem examination in year 2008, out of which, 334cases were road traffic accident deaths which accounted for 55.48%. This study included 100 cases. The most common age group involved in fatal road traffic accidents was 21-30years. Males outnumbered females in the ratio of 12.5:1. Two third of all the cases were in the age group of 11–40 years in both the sexes.

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Keywords

Traffic Accidents, Postmortem examination.

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