Volume 5

Number 2, July 2023

A medico legal study on road traffc accident victims of 100 cases

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47648/zhswmcj.2023.v0502.07

Farhana Shahid1 , Farzana Islam2 , Nashid Tabassum Khan3 , Sanjida Huda4 , Sanjida Munmun5 , Mahbub Alam Mondal6

Abstract

Background: Road traffc accidents are responsible for the greatest number of injuries and every year. They are rising in an alarming rate and causing increased morbidity and mortality among people. So a study was taken on 100 cases that came to DMC morgue in 2019.

Objectives: To evaluate the present condition of the victims of road traffc accidents about most affected age group, religion, sex, seasonal affect and pattern of injuries.

Method: This retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Dhaka Medical College over one-year duration, from January 2019 to December 2019. A total of 100 cases of RTA was used for this study.

Result: A total number of 5227 people were died in the year of 2019 in Bangladesh due to RTA. Among 100 cases that were referred to DMC morgue, most (21%) victims were between 22-27 years of age, males constituted 79% of the total victims. The greater numbers of accidents took place in the month of January (22%). Intra cranial haemorrhage was the cause of death in most victims.

Keywords: road traffc accident, deaths, victims


  1. Associate professor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

    Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka

  2. Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

    Ibrahim Medical College, Dhaka

  3. Associate professor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

    Z H Sikder Women’s Medical College, Dhaka

  4. Assistant professor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

    Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka

  5. Lecturer, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

    Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka

  6. Lecturer, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

    Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka

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Volume 5, Number 2, July 2023
Page: 40-42