Medicolegal cases of Road traffic accidents in Sandeman (Prov.) Hospital Quetta

Aim: to analyse the sex variations,distributions and month wise distribution of road traffic accidents victims which were presented in medico-legal department in sandeman (prov) hospital quetta. study design: observational cross sectional place of study: data were collected from medicolegal department of provincial hospital quetta and study was conducted at avicenna medical college,lahore. duration of the study: 01-january-2000 to 31-december 2000 methods: a total of 1589 medicolegal patients of road traffic accidents have been taken. a proforma was designed to record the date,age,sex,distribution of victims,the manner of injury and the identity of cases brought in. results: data were analysed on using spss version 20. road traffic accidents results showed,out of 1589 cases males 1274 (80%) and 315(20%) were females. the most frequent cases of road traffic accidents were found at the age of 21-30yrs,470(29.6%) the most common victims were rear seat passengers 500 (31.5%) highest percentage of rta victims admitted to emergency department of sandman (prov) hospital quetta was in june 250(15.7%). conclusion: number of males involved in r.t.a. is more than number of females. strict implementation of traffic rules and regulations are important measures to avoid r.t.a.