Abstract
Worldwide motor vehicle collisions lead to death and disability as well as financial costs to both society and the individuals involved. The maximum numbers of disabled people as a consequence of motor vehicle collision in our study were in 21-30 years age group (30.3%) followed by 31-40 years (24.6%) and 41-50 years (15.7%). Majority of the disabled people were literates constituting 85.43% of total cases. Majority of the disabled persons in our study were persons engaged in the private sector (49%) and about 20% of the disabilities were found to have occurred in students. Majority of the disabled persons were on motorized two wheelers (66.6%) followed by 22% pedestrians. Among the 350 disabled people, majority of the people suffered locomotor disabilities (88.57%) followed by visual (4%); hearing disability (3.15%) and speech disability (2.28%). The aim of this study to evaluate the level and patterns of disabilities resulting from traffic injuries among the study population as well as its distribution by age, gender and type of motor-vehicle user. Language: en
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