Profiling The Victims, the Perpetrators And Epidemiological Factors of Road Traffic Incident Under Jurisdiction of NRSMCH Morgue, Kolkata
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 5
Abstract
Context: to identify various epidemiological factors in road traffic incidents in relation to victims, the perpetrators and the incident itself by thorough profiling. Material and methods: Prospective, cross sectional autopsy based study by sincere analysis of autopsy findings, inquest reports, hospital records and personal interview of the investigating officer and or accompanying persons Result: Of the total 3614 autopsy examinations during the study period, 588 deaths were related to road traffic incident where males (83.8%) outnumbered the females as victim and most common age group of fatality was found to be 41-50 years (21.56%). Most of the incident occurred during summer (38.9%) and in between 12 noon to 8 pm (43%), on main road (77.8%), involving pedestrians (53.9%)and bus (41.9%)being the commonest offending vehicle. Alcohol was detected in 27.54% cases in deceased and 66% cases in driver of offending vehicle which dashed the pedestrians. 19.74% cases the drivers of offending vehicles were minor by age. Conclusions: Road traffic incidents though very much high in number in present days but are preventable too with a little effort from us and also from the law enforcing agencies to combat the issue by close coordination and collaboration among many sectors and disciplines.
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Dr. Anindya Kumar Goswami, Dr. Sayak Sovan Dutta
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