FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF HEAD AND NECK INJURIES IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
Abstract
The article presents data on the study of forensic medical characteristics of head and neck injuries occurring in road traffic accidents. The study included 120 patients who received head and neck injuries in road traffic accidents. In most age groups, there were more men than men in the patients, with an overall male to female ratio of 7:1. Of the total number of registered individuals, 22 (18,33%) injuries were found in children, and most cases were related to falls. The most common age group was 2121–30 years. The maximum number of accidents (78 cases, 65%) occurred at night, and 29 (37,17%) of them were related to driving under the influence of alcohol. The clinical examination findings ranged from simple abrasion, swelling/hematoma, contusion to ruptures and tissue loss. Of the 85 patients with bleeding from the ear, throat, nose, 24 (28,23%) had bleeding from the ears, 47 (55,29%) from the nose and 14 (16,48%) from the oral cavity. 54 (45%) patients required neurosurgery, 61 (50,83%) - ophthalmological, 73 (60,83%) - maxillofacial surgery. Maxillofacial injuries after road accidents are more common, since the face is the most exposed part of the body. According to the classification, 53 (44,16%) cases fell into the mild category, 41 (34,16%) cases fell into the moderate category and 26 (21,68%) cases fell into the severe category, respectively.
References
The editors of Encyclopaedia. Herophilus ” [Electronic resource] / Britannica. 2023, Accessed December 22, 2023. URL: https://www.britannica.com/
Kahane C.J. 2015. Lives saved by vehicle safety technologies and associated federal motor vehicle safety standards, 1960 to 2012 passenger cars and LTVs with reviews of 26 FMVSS and the effectiveness of their associated safety technologies in reducing fatalities, injuries, and crashes. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration DOT HS 812 069.
Górniak A. Influence of a Passenger Position Seating on Recline Seat on a Head Injury during a Frontal Crash / A.Górniak
J.Matla, W.Górniak [et al.] // – Basel: Sensors, – 2022. Mar 4;22(5), – p. 2003. doi: 10.3390/s22052003.
van Den Hauwe L, Sundgren PC, Flanders AE. Spinal Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). 2020 Feb 15. In: Hodler J, Kubik Kubik-Huch RA, von Schulthess GK, editors. Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine – 2020, – p.98 98-102
Prerana P. Maxillofacial Injury Patterns in Road Traffic Accidents Accidents- Clinical and Radiological Evaluation / P.Prerana,
A.Sangavi U.Venkatesh [et al.] // Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. – 2024. Dec;76(6), – p. 5486 5486-5494.
Ishii W. Increased CT Use and No Change in Injury Severity among Child Motor Vehicle Victims: A National Trauma Database Study in Japan / W/Ishii, M.Hitosugi, K.Kandori [et al] // – Basel: Healthcare – 2023. Apr 26;11(9), – p. 1240.
Jones D.A. Head injury metric response in finite element ATDs and a human body model in multidirectional loading regimes /
D.A.Jones , J.P.Gaewsky , J.T.Somers [et al.] // Traffic Inj Prev. – 2019. 20(2), – p. S96S96-S102.
Roberts C.W., Toczyski J., Kerrigan J.R. Cervical spine injury in rollover crashes: Anthropometry, excursion, roof deformation, and ATD prediction // – Bristol: Clin Biomech, – 2019 Apr;64, – p. 4242-48.
Granot M. Dispositional and situational personal features and acute post post-collision head and neck pain: Double mediation of
pain catastrophizing and pain sensitivity / M.Granot, E.Srulovici, Y.Granovsky [et al.] // PLoS One. – 2022. Jan 10;17(1), – p.26 26-76.
Bentham M.J. Incidence and distribution of injuries associated with e e-scooter use: a radiological perspective / M.J.Bentham, H.W.Christopher, R..J. Borchert [et al.] // Br J Radiol. – 2024. Feb 28;97(1155), – p. 567567-573.
Elliott J.M. Motor vehicle crash reconstruction: Does it relate to the heterogeneity of whiplash recovery? / J.M., Elliott, B.E.Heinrichs , D.M.Walton [et al.] // PLoS One. – 2019 Dec 4;14(12), –p.225 225- 236.
Keywords
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Most read articles by the same author(s)
- Mikayilov U. S., Bunyatov M. O., Mammadov Z. M., FEATURES OF CONDUCTING FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF INJURIES WITH ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION , Journal of Theoretical, Clinical and Experimental Morphology: Vol. 5 No. 2 (2025): JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MORPHOLOGY