Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

Study on Pattern of Road Traffic Accident Injuries

Dr Rupjyoti Gogoi

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Introduction: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are an emerging global epidemic. One of the main causes of death and disability is road traffic injuries, with an unequal number of incidences in developing countries. Aims and objective: This study was done to determine the pattern of Road Traffic Accident Injuries Arriving in Emergency/ Orthopaedics Department of our hospital. Materials and methods: A prospective study was carried out in our hospital over a span of one year in which about 1850 cases of Road traffic accident injuries were evaluated. Results: The maximum number of RTA injury was recorded in the age group of 21–30 years (54.16%). Male to female ratio was 3.6:1. Two wheeler were the frequent offending vehicles (51.1%) followed by Light motor vehicles (LMV) (38.0%). Majority of the road users had soft tissue injury(78.37%) followed by head injury(31.29%) and fracture and dislocation(26.0%) respectively. The commonest site of fracture was lower limb 186 (38.66%) followed by upper limb 125 (25.98%). Fatality rate was 22 (1.18%).Conclusion: We conclude that the incidence of RTA is increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world. . Our study looked for the pattern of RTA, thereby aimed at improving the incidence RTA among the young people and male population from developing communities.

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STUDY ON PATTERN OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INJURIES, Dr Rupjyoti Gogoi INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2019

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