Head injury pattern in fatal road traffic accidents

Abstract

This study was conducted in mortuary of the Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi where 100 fatal Road Traffic Injury cases over a period of three years from 2012-2015. Pattern of distribution of head injury cases in fatal road traffic accidents were analyzed in detail during post mortem. In skeletal fractures overall fractures of whole calvaria + facial skeleton were the commonest, followed by temporo-parietal fractures. Subdural hemorrhage was the most common affliction of meninges. © 2016, World Informations Syndicate. All rights reserved.