Abstract
BACKGROUND: With over 130,000 deaths annually, India has overtaken China for the world worst Road traffic accidents rate. OBJECTIVE: To assess the pattern of external injuries and various associated factors among RTA victims admitted in a tertiary care setting. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a hospital-based prospective study conducted in a tertiary care setting in Bhopal, India from May 2011 to June, 2013. All subjects were road traffic accident victims admitted in Chirayu Medical College and hospital Bhopal. RESULTS: Among the total 1000 RTA victims there were 818 (81.80%) male and 182 (18.20%) females. The highest number of victims (615, 61.50%) belongs to 15-35 years of age group. Rate of accident was slightly higher on weekends i.e. Sunday (18.5%) and Saturday (18%). Among the various injuries, the limbs and the face were the commonly affected areas to suffer external injury. CONCLUSION: The study highlighted interaction of several factors like lack of experience of drivers, low awareness of safety measures, narrow, broken and ill- illuminated roads, excessive speed with overloaded vehicles responsible for road traffic accidents.
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