<![CDATA[Background: The pattern of injuries is unique to the mode of the accident as well as to the causative agent.The objective of the present study was to describe the pattern of injury among victims of a fatal accident anddraw a medicolegal conclusion from the pattern of injury. Methods: A total of 145 dead bodies brought forautopsy at the two selected post-mortemcentres were included in the present study. The socio-demographicdata like age, sex, religion, occupation as well as the circumstances leading to the death of the individualwere gathered from documents and detailed interview of the friends/relatives/eyewitnesses etc.Among studyparticipants, burns were the single largest category of accidents closely followed by road traffic accidents. Thebrain was the most common internal organ injured and the skull was the most common major bone fracturedamong the victims. One-fourth of all study participants were dead before being brought to hospital and onethirdof all study participants survived for more than 48 hours after the incident. Conclusion: Septicaemicshock and craniocerebral injury were the most common cause of death among study participants.]]>
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