Year : 2011, Volume : 11, Issue : 1
First page : ( 9) Last page : ( 11)
Print ISSN : 0972-5687. Online ISSN : 0974-083X. Published online : 2011 June 1.

Fatal Road Traffic Accident in Motorcyclists Not Wearing Helmets

Singh Harnam Dr.^1,*, Aggarwal AD Dr.²

¹Associate Professor, Muzaffarnagar Medical College, Muzaffarnagar

²Assistant Professor PGIMS, Rohtak

*Email: drharnam71@rediffmail.com

Received:  5  January,  2011; Revised:  11  February,  2010; Accepted:  12  February,  2010; :  25  March,  2011.

Abstract

104 Cases of road accident deaths in motorcyclists were studied over a period of one year. Out of which 99 (95.2%) cases were males and 5 cases (4.8%) were females. Motorcyclists were the third commonest type of road users killed in traffic accidents accounting for 23.1% of all accident deaths. Majority of accidents occurred between 6–8 PM (16.3%) followed by 12-2 PM (14.4%). None of the victim was wearing helmet at the time of accident. The commonest age group involved was 21–30 years (48.9%). None of the victim was above age 60 years. 36.6% of motorcyclists were hit by Heavy Vehicles and 31.7% by car & jeeps. Head injury was the single most common fatal injury seen in 66.3% cases followed by thoraco-abdominal and multiple injuries seen in 12.5% cases each. None of the victims received any treatment or first aid at the site of accident. 22.1% of victims were rushed to hospital after 30–45 min of accident. About half of the victims (48%) died within 6 hours, 61% by 24 hours and about the quarter (72.1%) by 48 hours. All the motorcyclists were dead by 14 days of injuries.

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Keywords

Motorcyclists, road accidents, injuries, death.

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