In India, people use local transport for travel. Since accidents prevail in these developing countries, India is not exceptional. The number of vehicle increases daily, and road accident occurs every two minutes. Chest injuries are widespread during accidental cases. This significantly contributed to the trauma during unintentional cases. Trauma generally affects young adults. Based on the above facts, the present study aims to determine the pathologies associated with chest injuries due to blunt objects in road accidents and to assess the blunt chest injuries among accident victims traveling in different road transportation modes and furthermore, to observe the injury pattern and its correlation with the victim's position during the road traffic accident. The study was carried out in the Branch of FMT, Raj Rajeswari Medical College and Hospital Bangalore. Data were collected from 100 cases of death caused by a road traffic accident that was presented for medico-legal post-mortem at the mortuary in the FMT department from December 2013 to May 2015. The study reports the maximum number (42%) of chest injuries occurred between the age group of 21-30 years, followed by 24% in the age group 31 – 40, with a maximum (62%) accidental cases in two-wheeler riders. The result showed that 48% of patients had rib fractures, 12% vertebral fractures, 10% sternum fractures, and 4% clavicle fractures during accidental cases, with haemothorax in 56% of cases. The result also showed that death was due to shock and hemorrhage in 92 patients and 6% due to coma. Specific injury prevention programs focusing on road safety should be implemented to limit and control the incidence of such injuries in light of our results.

Background and Objectives: the study of profile of skull fractures is important as head being the most exposed and prominent part of body; it becomes most susceptible to injuries, as a result of criminal violence or accident. The present study was taken up to know the incidence of head injuries, age relationship,sex relationship, agent causing skull fractures, common skull bone fractures. Methodology: data in the current study was collected from the autopsy reports and from police inquest of all fatal skull fractures from the period of june 2012 to may 2014 irrespective of age and sex with history of death due to head injuries brought for postmortem examination to the department of forensic medicine & toxicology, al-ameen medical college mortuary and district hospital mortuary, bijapur between june 2012 to may 2014.Results: most common circumstance causing skull fractures are road traffic accidents in 77 cases (81.94 %). Male preponderance over females noted in this study with males constituting 80 cases (85.10 %) and females 14 cases (14.89 %). The most common age group affected was 21-30 years. Blunt force is the most common agent causing the skull fracture in 90 cases (95.74 %) and least is sharp in 4 cases (4.25 %). Among skull fracture comminuted fracture were seen in 46 cases (48.93%) , linear fracture in 38 cases (40.42%), depressed fracture in 8cases (8.5%) and sutural fracture in 1 case and gutter fracture in 1 case (1.06%) respectively. Temporal bone was the commonest bone fracture in 17 cases (18.08%). Conclusion: the study had concluded that incidence of skull fractures were common at the age group of 21-30 years, with male predominance, most common cases were those of RTA, cause of death that were given in majority of cases was that of Head injury as a consequence of injuries sustained.

Introduction: Death due to neck injuries are invariably encountered in medicolegal work. Injuries to neck causing death can occur in different manner and different circumstances. Objectives: To know about the neck wounds, neck structures (organs) commonly involved, agents, manner and cause of death due to neck injuries. Material and Methods: 208 victims of neck injuries were autopsied at Al-Ameen Medical College Mortuary and District Hospital Mortuary, Bijapur (Karnataka) from June 2011 to May 2014. It was a one year retrospective and two years prospective study. Results: Out of 208 victims of neck injuries autopsied, most vulnerable age group was 21-30 yrs (30.76%) followed by age group 31-40yrs (27.88%). Cervical vertebrae fracture and dislocation was the most common skeletal injury in neck region (18.26%). It was found that Suicide by hanging (40.38%) was the most common manner of death followed by road traffic accidents (31.73%). Major cause of death was mechanical asphyxia (53.84%). Conclusion:Neck injuries constitute a potential factor in increasing the amount of mortality and morbidity. The conclusions evolved from the present study may be useful in medicolegal work and if possible to make suggestions for prevention and safety measures.