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Study of Incidence of Alcohol Use in Road Traffic Accidents in South Delhi in Fatal Cases


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1 Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
     

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Various studies have shown that the incidence of vehicular accidents is more among the drunken drivers. This study was done to study the incidence of alcohol use in RTA in South Delhi in fatal cases. Totally 500 cases were studied whose blood samples were screened for alcohol by cavett test and then quantified by Gas liquid chromatography. Totally 170 cases (34%) were positive for alcohol and the mean BAC was 196.9 mg%. The maximum cases i.e. 38.2% (65) belonged to the age group of 20-30 years. The highest number of victims were pedestrians i.e. 39% (66) and only 2.9% (5 cases) belonged to female.

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Fatal Accident, Alcohol, Chromatography, Pedestrian.
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Authors

T. Millo
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
R. K. Sharma
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
O. P. Murty
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
D. N. Bhardwaj
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
L. R. Murmu
Department of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
P. Aggarwal
Department of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India

Abstract


Various studies have shown that the incidence of vehicular accidents is more among the drunken drivers. This study was done to study the incidence of alcohol use in RTA in South Delhi in fatal cases. Totally 500 cases were studied whose blood samples were screened for alcohol by cavett test and then quantified by Gas liquid chromatography. Totally 170 cases (34%) were positive for alcohol and the mean BAC was 196.9 mg%. The maximum cases i.e. 38.2% (65) belonged to the age group of 20-30 years. The highest number of victims were pedestrians i.e. 39% (66) and only 2.9% (5 cases) belonged to female.

Keywords


Fatal Accident, Alcohol, Chromatography, Pedestrian.

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