Abstract
Study of Road Traffic Accidents Cases admitted to Ain Shams University Hospitals during Years 2017 and 2018
Highlights
Forensic medicine professionals, during their work on legal cases requiring medical clarification, struggle to provide fair medical judgments that support individuals involved in traffic accidents and share in the establishment of more secure community (Kibayashi et al, 2014).The World Health Organization (WHO) defines road traffic injury (RTI) as a fatal or nonfatal injury incurred as a result of a collision on a public road involving at least one moving vehicle and another vehicle or pedestrians (Abegaz and Gebremedhin,2019)
The WHO estimated that 50 million people are injured and as many as 1.2 million are killed in a road accident every year, and the quantity of road traffic deaths continues to rise steadily, reaching 1.35 million in 2016 (WHO, 2018)
During the year 2017, 590 out of 12985 road traffic accident (RTA) patients were admitted to Ain Shams University Hospitals in comparison to 692 patients out of 13472 in2018
Summary
Forensic medicine professionals, during their work on legal cases requiring medical clarification, struggle to provide fair medical judgments that support individuals involved in traffic accidents and share in the establishment of more secure community (Kibayashi et al, 2014).The World Health Organization (WHO) defines road traffic injury (RTI) as a fatal or nonfatal injury incurred as a result of a collision on a public road involving at least one moving vehicle and another vehicle or pedestrians (Abegaz and Gebremedhin ,2019). The WHO estimated that 50 million people are injured and as many as 1.2 million are killed in a road accident every year, and the quantity of road traffic deaths continues to rise steadily, reaching 1.35 million in 2016 (WHO, 2018). In Egypt, it was registered that about 12 000 persons are killed in RTA every year, with a death rate of 42 / 100 000 population. Egypt loses about 12,000 persons every year because of road traffic accidents with mortality rate of 42 deaths per 100 000 populations. The world health organization estimated that 50 million people are injured, and the worldwide annual road traffic deaths was 1.2 million and continues to rise steadily, reaching 1.35 million in 2016. Aim: This study aimed at determination of pattern and status of Road traffic accidents (RTA) injuries and deaths on an Egyptian sample. Recommendation: Nationally accepted, well-coordinated safety education programs are one of the fundamental steps leading to limiting the problem that costs huge mortalities, morbidities, and property damage
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