The involvement of ethanol in many of these fatalities was not conclusive because BAC at the time of the accident cannot be confidently extrapolated from post mortem BAC data. In an effort to understand the involvement of ethanol in road traffic accidents we propose that BAC of all participants ...
Farooqui JM, Chavan KD, Bangal RS, Syed MMA, Thacker PJ, Alam S, Sahu S, Farooqui AAJ, Kalakoti P. Pattern of injury in fatal road traffic accidents in a rural area of western Maharashtra, India. Australas Med J. 2013;6(9):476-82....
During the study period out of total 181 cases of medicolegal autopsies 87 cases were of fatal road traffic accident. Results: Among the age group 31-40 years, highest number (31.03%) of road traffic fatalities occurred. Males predominated over the female by almost four and a half times. ...
The results show that illegal drugs are commonly detected in road accident victims.doi:10.1016/S0376-8716(99)00042-3M Carmen del RíoF. Javier AlvarezElsevier BVDrug Alcohol Dependdel Río MC, Alvarez FJ (2000) Presence of illegal drugs in drivers involved en fatal road traffic accidents in ...
Incidence of fatalities of road traffic accidents associated with alcohol consumption and the use of psychoactive drugs: A 7-year survey(2011-2017) Driving under the influence of alcohol and/or psychoactive substances increases the risk of severe, even fatal motor vehicle accidents. The aim of this...
30 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 people were killed when a jeep carrying double the number of passengers than its capacity veered off the road in Nepal's western district of Arghakhanchi on Sunday, stoking concerns of rising instances of traffic accidents in the region. Such accidents have become...
Injury pattern among non-fatal road traffic accident cases: A cross-sectional study in Central India RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the pattern of injuries among non-fatal cases of road traffic accidents? OBJECTIVE: To study the pattern of injuries among non-f... GB Ganveer,RR Tiwari - 《Indian...
Related to fatal accident:Fatal Attraction [ak´sĭ-dent] an unforeseen occurrence, especially one of an injurious nature. cerebral vascular accident(cerebrovascular accident(CVA))stroke syndrome. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © ...
Pattern and severity of injury sustained by pedestrians in road traffic accidents with particular reference to the effect of alcohol The injuries sustained by 102 pedestrians consecutively admitted to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh were prospect... A Bradbury ...
Despite the decrease, the agency notes that motor accident fatalities still haven’t dropped back to pre-pandemic levels, with the lowest level of fatal traffic incidents in the past decade taking place in 2014 at a total of 32,744. Meanwhile, the fatality rate remained higher than any pre-...