Volume :
5
Issue :
2
Abstract :
The term accident has been defined as an “occurrence in a sequence of events which usually produces unintended injury, death or property damageâ€. Among all accidental deaths, road traffic injuries claim 1.2 million lives every year and form the main bulk of deaths from un-natural causes in the world.[1] The present study was undertaken to know the pattern and distribution of injuries in cases of accidental deaths of two- wheeler riders and to know the fatality of head injuries in cases of accidental deaths of two-wheeler riders. In our study, head was involved in 86% of the cases, followed by extremities (upper-85% and lower-72%), face (64.0%), chest (front & back) in 55.0 %, abdomen and pelvis in 46.0% cases and neck in 4% cases. In the cases of injuries over the head, injury to scalp region was seen in 85 (85.0%) cases, skull in 52 (52.0%) cases and brain in 20 (20.0%) cases. Head injury was the most common fatal injury comprising 65% of the total cases and it was the major cause of death in 46.0 % of victims.