A Study of Road Traffic Accident Reported at Tertiary Care Hospital BPSGMC (W) Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat

Abstract

Background: Injury and deaths due to road traffic accidents (RTA) are a major public health problem in developing
countries where more than 85% of all deaths and 90% of disability-adjusted life years were lost from road traffic
injuries.
Objectives: To study the type of injuries in Road Traffic Accidents reported at a tertiary care hospital and to
determine the various factors for the occurrence of the accidents.
Method: Study was planned to study the major causes/risk factors as well as nature, type and mode of occurrence
of road traffic accidents in sonepat city and study demographic profile and injury pattern among RTA victims.
Road traffic accidents are responsible for a substantial proportion of deaths &injuries and are responsible for more
years of life lost than most human diseases. The WHO has defined road traffic accident (RTA) as when a vehicle
collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction.
Results: The data were summarized using percentages. There is a high percentage of RTA among males (86.4%)
and no experience of driving were important risk factors identified for accidents. Total of 140 injured patients were
seen in the emergency department. More than 80% accident cases were two wheelers. The most common site of
the RTA was found at state highway.