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Pattern of Injuries in Fatal Motorcycle Accidents Seen in Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital: An Autopsy-Based Study
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Faduyile F
; Emiogun F
; Soyemi S
; Oyewole O
; Okeke U
; Williams O
Open Access Maced J Med Sci
2017[Apr]; 5
(2
): 112-116
PMID28507612
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BACKGROUND: Deaths from motorcycle accident injuries have remained a major public
health issue in Nigeria over the years. AIM: The study is to determine the age
and gender distribution of the victims and to identify the cause of death and the
anatomical pattern of injuries seen. METHODOLOGY: This is a 5-year autopsy-based
study of all motorcycle accident deaths seen in Lagos State University Teaching
Hospital between December 2009 and November 2014. The data were retrieved from
autopsy reports, hospital case notes extracts from police diary and were analysed
using SPSS version 20. RESULTS: Motorcycle accidents accounted for 156 (2.8%) of
all the autopsies done (5,661), and 156 (18.4%) of all Road Traffic Accidents
(RTA) autopsies (849) performed over the study period, with a male: female ratio
of 6:1. The peak age of victims was 31-40 years (30.9%). Head injuries accounted
for most (41.4%) of the injuries seen, and the majority of the victims died of
craniocerebral injury 53 (50.7%). CONCLUSION: This study showed that males in the
fourth decade of life are the major victims of motorcycle accident death. The
majority of the victims were the rider of the motorcycle. Most of them died of
the craniocerebral injury.