The Study on Pattern of External Injuries During Road Traffic Accidents of Helmeted and Non Helmeted Victims at Tertiary Care Centre

ABSTRACT

Background: Motor Vehicle crashes are a remarkable reasonfor casualty all over throughout the world. By 2020, enginevehicle damage is predictable to wind up noticeably the thirddriving supporter of the international weight of illness on theglobe.Methods: The study was conducted for the period of one yearand One hundred subjects were studied at Department ofForensic Medicine &Toxicology S.N. Medical College Jodhpur.Subsequent information was collected from the study Type ofInjuries (Grievous or Non grievous), Alcohol intake present orabsent, Number of Abrasions/ Bruises/Lacerations andGlasgow Coma Scale. Data was collected and tabulated.Statistical analysis was done. For quantitative data ‘t’ test wasused and for qualitative chi-square test was used. The ‘p’ value<0.05 is considered as statistically significant.Results: Out of total 100 patients, 55 helmeted and 35 nonhelmeted individuals, 22 and 23 persons sustained grievousinjuries respectively. In case of helmeted individuals, thepresence and absence of alcohol intake was observed in 26and 29 cases respectively. Out of 55 helmeted persons 54persons sustained abrasions, 39 had bruises and 17individuals had lacerations. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)score between 3-7 and 8-15 of helmeted individuals were 20%and 80% of the individuals respectively.Conclusions: Serious injury has been found more in nonhelmeted individuals in comparison to helmeted individuals.Alcohol intake has been found more in helmeted individuals incomparison to non-helmeted individuals. The most commoninjury in helmeted individuals has been found to be abrasion.Lacerations have been found more in non-helmetedindividuals. GCS of less than 7 was found to be in more in nonhelmeted individuals in comparison to the helmeted individuals