Pattern of Injuries Present in Road Traffic Accident in Shimla Hills Dhillon Sangeet Dr.1, Kapila Piyush Dr.2, Sekhon H.S. Dr.3 1Post PG Registrar, Department of Forensic Medicine, IGMC, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) 2Post PG Registrar, Department of Forensic Medicine, IGMC, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) 3Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, IGMC, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) Abstract In this paper, autopsy cases of one year duration in the IGMC, Shimla have been studied. Epidemiology and pattern of injuries of 50 cases have been studied. Results of this are being presented in this paper. Most of the accidents were on the national highway and head was the most common part involved in the accidents. Intracranial haemorrhage was seen in majority of cases involving injuries on the head. Haemorrhagic shock was responsible for most of the deaths Top Keywords Injuries, Deaths, Traffic Accidents. Top |