scholarly journals Incidence of road traffic accidents and pattern of injury among commercial motorcyclists in a rural community in south western Nigeria

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
ET Owoaje ◽  
OE Amoran ◽  
O Osemeikhain ◽  
OE Ohnoferi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Pattern Of Injury

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF INJURIES IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ADMITTED TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF GMCH, BETTIAH, WEST CHAMPARAN, BIHAR

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Head Injuries ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Pattern Of Injury ◽  
Traffic Rules

Majority of the world's fatalities on the roads occur in low-income and middle-income countries, even though these countries have approximately half of the world's vehicles. India is no exception and data showed that more than 1.3 lakh people died on Indian roads, giving India the dubious honour of topping the global list of fatalities from road crashes. Road traffic injuries have been neglected from the global health agenda for many years, despite being predictable and largely preventable. Evidence from many countries shows that dramatic successes in preventing road traffic crashes can be achieved through concerted efforts that involve, but are not limited to, the health sector. Hence based on above findings the present study was planned for Assessment of Injuries in Road Traffic Accidents Admitted to Emergency Department of GMCH, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar. The present study was planned in Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar, India from jan 2018 to Dec 2018.In the present study 20 cases suffered from the road traffic accidents were evaluated for the pattern of injury. A predesigned and pretested questionnaire especially designed for this purpose was used for interviewing the accident victims, either in the emergency itself or in the wards. In India, there are ample risk factors for RTAs to occur because of lack of proper infrastructural facilities, poor designs of roads, improper implementation of traffic rules and a high load of variety of vehicles on the roads.  Road traffic accidents with head injuries are much more common in young working males as compared to females and that to in those who were pedestrians and motor cyclists. The rate of incidence is higher in India because of bad traffic patterns and possibly the lack of awareness about traffic rules and also lack of good hospital services to our victims of RTAs. Keywords: Injuries, Road Traffic Accidents, Emergency Department, GMCH, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar, etc.  

scholarly journals An Autopsy-Based Analysis of Fatal Road Traffic Collisions: How the Pattern of Injury Differs with the Type of Vehicle

Trauma Care ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-172
Author(s):  
Stefano Tambuzzi ◽  
Wendelin Rittberg ◽  
Cristina Cattaneo ◽  
Federica Collini
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Traffic Fatalities ◽  
Abdominal Injuries ◽  
Pattern Of Injury ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal Injuries

In Italy, in only 2018, 3310 people died in road traffic accidents, more than in any other European country. Since the revelation of this occurrence, the authors carried out an analysis aimed at investigating if there was a difference in the injury patterns among different road users. A retrospective post-mortem study on road traffic fatalities was performed, which had been autopsied at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Milan. First, the authors analyzed the epidemiological data of all the 1022 road traffic accidents subjected to an autopsy from 2007 to 2019. Secondly, further analysis of individual autopsy reports was carried out. For this purpose, 180 autopsies belonging to 5 different categories were analyzed: car, pedestrian, motorbike, bicycle, and truck. Seventy-six percent of road traffic fatalities were male, 54% were between 10 and 49 years of age, and 62% of the patients died before arriving at a hospital. “Multiple injuries” was the main cause of death. Traumatic brain injuries were particularly high in pedestrians and cyclists. In car, motorbike, and truck fatalities, thoracic and abdominal injuries were the most frequent. Therefore, pedestrians and cyclists had a higher prevalence for traumatic head injuries, while car, motorcycle, and truck occupants, on the other hand, had a higher prevalence for thoracic and abdominal injuries.

scholarly journals The mode of involvement and pattern of injury resulting from motorcycle road traffic accidents: data from a tertiary mission hospital in ogbomoso, nigeria

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 470-477
Author(s):  
Dr Durodola Adewumi Ojeniyi ◽  
◽  
Dr Amole Isaac Olusayo ◽  
Dr Adeniran Adenike ◽  
Dr Awotunde Olufemi Timothy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Pattern Of Injury ◽  
Mission Hospital

scholarly journals Pattern Of Hand Injuries in a Teaching Hospital of a Developing Country

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Kishor Man Shrestha ◽  
A Pandey ◽  
B Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Sports Injury ◽  
Hand Injury ◽  
Hand Injuries ◽  
Physical Assault ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Pattern Of Injury ◽  
The Right

INTRODUCTION: Hand injuries are common and are responsible for a significant hospital emergency visit and most of which are seen by non hand specialists. The pattern of the injuries varies from place to place. It is pertinent that those who may come across the patients understand this pattern. MATERIALS & METHODS: A retrospective review of records of patients presenting with hand injuries to the emergency unit and in OPD unit over two year period was carried out highlighting the pattern of the injury.RESULTS: The common cause of hand injury in these patients was fodder cutter machines which is 53 patients (30.6%) followed by industrial machines injury in 36 patients (20.8%), road traffic accidents in 30 patients (17.3%), physical assault  in 19 patients (10.9%), threshing machines in 13 patients (7.5%), fall in 9 patients (5.2%), falling objects in 8 patients (4.6%), door injury  in 2 patients (1.15%) and sports injury  in 1 patient (0.5%). The injury was more common in young adults between 15 to 34 years of age with the mean age of 24.5 years. Most of the injury occurred during work by fodder cutter machine and industrial machines or other causes as road traffic accidents. In the present study, 17.3% cases had injury on Saturday comprising 80.9% of males and 53.1% of cases had fractures with high incidence of injury of the Right hand which was 53.7%. Most of the cases having fractures were of Gustilo II variety (28.2%) and 94.2% of cases were of minor to moderate grades of severity of hand injury on grading by HISS grading.CONCLUSION:  Understanding the pattern of injury can impart positively on the management of hand injuries and for its preventive measures.Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences (2017) Vol.05 No.01 Issue 15, page: 29-32

scholarly journals Pattern of injury in fatal road traffic accidents in a rural area of western Maharashtra, India

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamebaseer M Farooqui ◽  
Kalidas D Chavan ◽  
Rajendra S Bangal ◽  
M M Aarif Syed ◽  
Purujit J Thacker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Pattern Of Injury

ADHD is a Risk Factor of Road Crashes: A Purposive Study of Finding Relation between ADHD and Road Traffic Accident in Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (08) ◽  
pp. 20531-20536
Author(s):  
Nusrat Shamima Nur ◽  
M. S. l. Mullick ◽  
Ahmed Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Road Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Fatality Rate ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Crashes ◽  
Road Crash ◽  
Day By Day

Background: In Bangladesh fatality rate due to road traffic accidents is rising sharply day by day. At least 2297 people were killed and 5480 were injured in road traffic accidents within 1st six months of 2017.Whereas in the previous year at 2016 at least 1941 people were killed and 4794 were injured within the 1st six months. No survey has been reported in Bangladesh yet correlating ADHD as a reason of impulsive driving which ends up in a road crash.

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