Pattern of Skeletal Injuries in Victims of Fatal Road Traffic Accident

Pattern of Cranio-Cerebral Injuries at a Tertiary Care Centre – A Retrospective Study

“…similar findings were observed by soni SK, et al 1 .The majority of the victims in this study are of 21-30 years age group (30%), followed by 31-40 years age group. similar findings were observed by S Gowda H et al 7 and Dhakankar S et al 8…”

Identifying the Differences of Injury Patterns in Fatal Falls from Height and Pedestrian Traffic Accidents: An Autopsy Study and Comparison with Literature for Differential Diagnosis in Ambiguous Cases

“…Case reports e systematic reviews were excluded. Thus, 29 articles were identified and analyzed -12 with data on pedestrians [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18], 1 with a sample of both pedestrians and descents [19], and 16 on falls from heights [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35].…”

“…This is still in line with the observation of a higher frequency of frontal plane impacts and could indicate a comprehensible defensive behavior of the victims before ground impact. Comparing with existing literature poses a challenge due to the scarcity of data on such fracture types, with only Gouda et al [12] reporting a forearm fracture rate of 12.5% and Yamanouchi [18] noting ulnar lesions in 7.2% of cases and radial lesions in 10.5%, exclusively within the pedestrian group. Broadly considering upper limb injuries, out of 269 individuals in the initial group, 53 sustained fractures, indicating a 19.7% prevalence, whereas among 762 individuals experiencing falls from height, 114 were affected, showcasing a 15% prevalence, which statistically is not significant.…”

“…Research focusing on individuals struck by vehicles highlighted lower limb involvement rates of 51.8% [7] and 24.2% [10]. Gouda et al [12] recorded a leg-specific involvement rate of 52.5%, whereas Karger et al [11] documented tibial fractures in 47.2% of cases and fibula fractures in 37.7%. For the descents cohort, lower limb fracture prevalence significantly drops to figures such as 17.8% [23], 7.9% [26], 20.9% [28], 6.3% [29], and 29.8% [35], indicating a broader variability in impact sites compared to vehicle collisions.…”

“…For the group experiencing falls from height, from a total of 2346 cases examined, rib injuries were observed in 50.3% of instances. Notably, the prevalence of rib damage is varied, with figures ranging from a full 100% [15] to lower rates such as 76.8% [7], 62.4% [10], 69.9% [18], descending to 37.5% [12] within the pedestrian subset.…”