Road traffic accidents brought to the medicolegal department of sandeman (Prov) Hospital Quetta during the year 2001

Aim: to determine the variations,distribution of injured in road traffic accidents victims and month wise distribution of road traffic accidents victims,which were presented to medicolegal department of sandeman (prov) hospital quetta. study design: observational cross sectional place of study: data were collected from medicolegal department of sandeman provincial hospital quetta and study was conducted at avicenna medical college,lahore. duration of the study: 01january2001 to 31december 2001 methods: a total of 2028 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 analyzed on using spss version 20.road traffic accidents results showed,out of 2080 cases males 1600(76.9%) and 480(23.1%) were females. the most frequent cases of road traffic accidents were found at the age of 2130yrs,600(28.8%) the most common victims were rear seat passengers 720 (34.6%) highest percentage of rta victims admitted to emergency department of sandman (prov) hospital quetta was in june 350 (16.8%). conclusion: strict implementation of traffic rules and regulations can be helpful to avoid r.t.a. males were more affected in r.t.a. as compared to females.