title: Injury pattern among non-fatal road traffic accident cases: a cross-sectional study in Central India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  What is the pattern of injuries among non-fatal cases of road traffic accidents?
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To study the pattern of injuries among non-fatal cases of road traffic accidents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nagpur, a city in central India.
  
  
  METHODS
  423 non-fatal cases of road traffic accidents reporting for treatment to Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur during 1999-2000.
  
  
  METHODS
  Demographic characteristics, accident characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Percentages, proportions, Chi-square test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of total 423 subjects, 363 (85.8%) were male while only 60 (14.2%) were female subjects. Majority of the victims (75%) were in the age group 18- 37 years. Sideways collision was the most common type of accident seen in 269 (63.59%) cases. Two wheelers and LMV were the common vehicle being involved in accidents (69.97%) and these accidents were almost equally distributed in both half of the day. Fracture of the bones was the common injury afflicted to the victims followed by multiple injuries like blunt injury, abrasions and lacerations. Lower extremity was involved in 192 (45.39%) cases while multiple sites were affected in 114 (26.95%) cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the present study, the fractures were the commonest injury among the victims of non-fatal road traffic accidents.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Medicine Division, National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad, India. rajtiwari2810@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Gunjan B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Ganveer
authors.forename: Rajnarayan R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Tiwari
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*