Dipak Kumar Das1
Road Traffic Accident is any vehicular accident occurring on the roadway i.e. originating on, terminating on, or involving a vehicle partially on the roadway. Causative factor of accident may be human or environmental. But whatever may be the cause once accident occurs, person falls and results either morbidity or mortality. According to the WHO road traffic accidents causes 2.5% of total deaths in age group of 5-44 years in India, which is as high as 10% and is among six leading causes of death. This study was carried out at Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College, Barpeta during the period from March’ 2013 to August’ 2014. All total 182 RTA cases were selected for the study. Where no of male victim outnumbered the female victims. Younger generation of the age group 21-30 years was commonly affected. It was also found that majority of the accidents were occurred on National Highways, mostly injured organs were lower limbs, upper limbs and head & neck region. Most of the people die on the spot with head injuries, where common offending vehicle was trucks. So this study was conducted to understand the magnitude of problem in and around Barpeta district with an intention to analyze the various factors related & to formulate preventive measures to reduce the burden caused by such accidents.
