Profile Of Road Traffic Accidents In Coastal Odisha: A Comprehensive Autopsy-Based Study

Abstract

WHO considers accident to be an unpremeditated event resulting in recognizable damage. Worldwide the number of people killed by road traffic accident (RTA) is a whopping 1.2 million while as high as 50 million people suffer injuries from such events. The developing countries contribute heavily to this burden i.e. about 3/4^th of the total fatalities of road traffic accidents. In India 11% of death resulting from non-communicable disease are due to injuries and 78% out of these are contributed by road traffic accidents.