Preventability of vehicle-related fatalities

“…Although the clinical presentation of patients with traffic accident injuries can vary immensely, especially because of the organic responses from shock and changes in hemodynamic and respiratory parameters, about 50% of patients present limb injuries and about 40% present more than one injury (3,9) .…”

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Mapping injuries in traffic accident victims: a literature review

Calil

Sallum

Domingues

et al. 2009

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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“…Male preponderance with 6.4:1 was also expected and is in line with worldwide trends [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] .This trend of male to female ratio depends on the role of females in society.…”

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Profile of Medico-legal Injury Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India

2017

Int. J. Curr. Res. Med. Sci.

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The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of age and sex with type of lesion and causative weapon after trauma in a medico-legal clinic and to find the impact on the commonest target organs in the study area. This study was conducted to understand the magnitude and pattern of medico-legal injuries. One year retrospective study from January to December 2016 in the Casualty / Emergency department of Government Medical College & Rajindra Hospital Patiala in Punjab state of India revealed that male to female ratio was 6.4:1 and maximum of 34.6% individuals were in age group of 20-29 years. Body area injured varied according to cause. Seasonal, Literacy and urban-rural variations are figured out.

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“…This dominance of male has been attributed to the dominance of men among drivers, men being more aggressive drivers, and also dominance of men among drivers of commercial transport vehicles apart from private cars [13]. It is due to greater male exposure on urban streets and similar higher incidence of traffic accidents among males has been found by many other researchers [14][15][16].…”

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Epidemiological Study of Road Traffic Accident Cases: A Study from Bengazy-Libya

Hassan¹

2015

Forensic Sci Today

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The developing countries bear a large share of burden and account for about 85% of the deaths as a result of road traffic crashes. So, the problem of road traffic accidents is becoming recognized concern. Motor-vehicle accidents are complex events resulting primarily from human, technical, and environmental contributing factors. Identification of the most probable factors that affect accident severity is the basis for effective road traffic accident prevention.The present study was therefore conducted to ascertain the incidence of fatal vehicular accidents and patterns of injuries with emphasis on traumatic brain injuries amongst RTA victims brought to Alglaa Hospital, Benghazi, Libya.2630 patients with road traffic injuries were registered at Al-glaa Hospital, Benghazi, Libya. The data reported in the present study were collected between January 2009 and December 2009. Data were collected including medical history, patient symptoms, clinical signs and the radiological findings. A systematic method was used for the clinical examination of the traumatized region. Data of patients were recorded including cause and location of injury, frequency and type of injury (frequency of soft tissue injuries and bone fractures), as well as age and gender distribution.Males comprised 80.84% of the total fatalities, while females accounted for 19.16%. The age group between 21-30 years was the most vulnerable (n=855, 32.51%) of the total cases followed by the age group 31-40 years (n=525, 19.96%) and 11-20 years (n=444, 16.88%). Accordingly, the highest number of fatalities (52.47%) was in the 21-40 year age group. Children below 10 years were the least number of fatalities comprised 1.75 %. Maximum number of accidents was observed in may (n=263, 10.00%) followed by September (9.47%) and October (9.39%). The least number was in November (6.69%). Passengers constitute the large victim group of road traffic accident fatalities and injuries (39.32%), followed by drivers (34.03%). The official statistics revealed only a small proportion of the threat to Bicyclist (0.65%) and motorcyclist (1.25%). out of total number of 627 cases (23.84 %) who sustained head injury, Skull fractures were found in 246 (39.23 %) cases of head injury. The commonest variety of intracranial hemorrhage was subdural hemorrhage (n=12, 1.91%), concussion was present in 43 cases (6.86%), brain contusion was 23 cases (3.67%) and brain edema was in 12 cases (1.91%). Among other injuries, most commonly injured abdominal organ was urinary bladder (21.37%) followed by the liver (n=25, 19.08 %) followed by the stomach and intestine (13.74%) and kidney (n=15, 11.45%). Conclusion in short, it has been shown in this study that male gender, young ages, and involvement of passengers and drivers and pedestrians pose a higher risk, mortality, and morbidity. Our results may be useful for forensic pathologists and clinicians and for mechanical engineers who investigate new safety devices for vehicle occupants.organization of road traffic control by traffic police, con...

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Preventability of vehicle-related fatalities

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Mapping injuries in traffic accident victims: a literature review

Mapping injuries in traffic accident victims: a literature review

Profile of Medico-legal Injury Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India

Epidemiological Study of Road Traffic Accident Cases: A Study from Bengazy-Libya

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