Mohanty Manoj Kumar, Panigrahi Manoj Kumar, Mohanty Sachidananda, Patnaik Kiran Kumar
Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Dr Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences, Chinoutpalli, Gannavaram Mandal, Krishna Dist - 521286, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Med Sci Law. 2007 Apr;47(2):156-60. doi: 10.1258/rsmmsl.47.2.156.
This study was carried out on 88 railway related deaths in order to determine the specific pattern and distribution of wounds. Of the 88 victims, 79.5% were males and 20.5% were females. The majority were in the age group of 21-40 years. Most of the victims died as the result of an accident (80.7%). Of the 17 suicide cases, ten deaths occurred during the night. In 71 railway accident deaths, 64.8% of victims were pedestrians; thirty-five victims were illiterate and two had consumed alcohol. Decapitation wounds were more common in suicidal deaths and the head was the body region most commonly involved in railway accidents. Our results indicate that railway related deaths could be prevented by surveillance, education and public awareness.
本研究对88例铁路相关死亡案例进行了调查，以确定伤口的具体类型和分布情况。88名受害者中，79.5%为男性，20.5%为女性。大多数受害者年龄在21至40岁之间。大多数受害者死于意外事故（80.7%）。在17例自杀案例中，有10例死亡发生在夜间。在71例铁路事故死亡案例中，64.8%的受害者为行人；35名受害者为文盲，2名受害者饮酒。斩首伤在自杀死亡中更为常见头部是铁路事故中最常受伤的身体部位。我们的结果表明，可以通过监测、教育和提高公众意识来预防铁路相关死亡事故。
