Mukesh Prasad et al JMSCR Volume 07 Issue 01 January 2019 Page 712 JMSCR Vol||07||Issue||01||Page 712-715||January 2019 Injury Pattern among Fatal Road Traffic Accident Cases at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences Mortuary Authors Mukesh Prasad 1 , Aman Kumar 2* , Arvind Prasad 3 , Sanjeev Kumar 4 , Nikhil Goel 5 1 Medical Officer; 2 Additional Professor, 4 Associate Professor, 5 Junior Resident (Academic) Department of F.M.T., Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India 3 Professor, Department of FMT, Narayan Medical College and Hospital, Jamuhar *Corresponding Author Aman Kumar Email: dramankumarfmt@yahoo.in Abstract Introduction: Road traffic injuries are recognized globally as a major public health problem, for being one of the leading causes of deaths, disabilities and hospitalization, imposing huge socio-economic costs. In case of India, road injuries is one of the top four leading causes of death and health loss among persons of age group 20-60 years. It has been estimated that without immediate effective intervention, Globally it will become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030 resulting in an estimated 2.4 million fatalities annually. The aim of present study is to study pattern of injuries, to find out cause of death and demographic distribution of fatal RTA cases in IGIMS, Bihar. Materials and Methods: In this observational study carried out at Department of FMT, IGIMS, Patna, autopsies of RTA cases were analysed for type, pattern and distribution of injuries, body parts involved and cause of death. Results: A total of 248 cases were brought for medico-legal autopsy into the department during the study period of which 135 (54.43%) cases were of victims of road traffic accidents. 118(87.40%) of them were male. Major cause of death was observed to be polytrauma (45.93%) followed by head injury which accounts for 40.74% of cases. Abrasion was most common injury pattern seen in 121 cases. Conclusion: Strict licensure procedure along with minimum level of education regarding road safety should be imparted. The present study emphasizes the need of compulsory implementation of helmet wearing for motorcyclist. Keywords: Injuries, Globally, Disabilities, Intervention, Fatal. Introduction Road Traffic Accident (RTA) can be defined as, ‘An event that occurs on a way or street open to public traffic; resulting in one or more persons being injured or killed, where at least one moving vehicle is involved. Thus, RTA is a collision between vehicles; between vehicles and pedestrians; between vehicles and animals; or between vehicles and any obstacles’. Road traffic accidents are a human tragedy [1] . They involve high human suffering and socioeconomic costs in terms of premature deaths, injuries, loss of www.jmscr.igmpublication.org Index Copernicus Value: 79.54 ISSN (e)-2347-176x ISSN (p) 2455-0450 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i1.122