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Objective T o distinguish the injury characteristic changes on the drivers betw een the injuries of drivers and passengers in traffic accidents, and to provide scientific evidence for confirm ing the iden-tity of driver in traffic accidents. Methods D ata of 126 autom obile traffic accident death cases in the reclam ation areas of H eilongjiang province from 2006—2014 w ere retrospectively studied. T he injury characteristics on the drivers of autom obile traffic accident death cases w ere analyzed and the forensic identification problem in the injuries of drivers and passengers w ere discussed. Results Injuries w ere fre-quently observed on driver's neck, chest and abdom en. T he characteristic injuries caused by auto parts w ere also found, w hich appeared at the places of passenger's head, face and lim bs contacted w ith auto-m obile. Such characteristic injuries w ere not found at other places. Conclusion T he location and type of injury are associated w ith the identity of the deceased.
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Objective T o study the m orphological characteristics of the injury caused by ox horn on hu-m an body and its injury m echanism , and to discuss the rules and characteristics of injury by ox horn and provide forensic evidences for identification of such cases. Methods T he com parative analysis of po-sition and m orphological characteristics w ere perform ed by sum m arizing the data of 100 victim s gored by ox accepted by H eilongjiang agricultural areas public security bureau during 2004-2014. Results T he specific injuries only could be found at the contact positions such as thorax and abdom en, low er back and lim bs of the victim s gored by ox horn. M ost of the skin w ounds had the characteristics of sharp in-juries, the bar-type injury by club w hich called rail w ay bruise w as an obvious characteristic appeared on the soft tissue. Conclusion O x horn can cause non-specific injuries on thorax and abdom en , low er back and lim bs of hum an body, w hich are sim ilar w ith the characteristics of sharp injury and injury by club. C areful analyzation and identification should be perform ed on such injury in daily w ork.