Sartori Alessandro, Russo Alessia, Sardo Andrea, Raniero Dario
Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, Section of Forensic Medicine, University of Verona, P.le L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy.
Int J Legal Med. 2025 Jan;139(1):375-381. doi: 10.1007/s00414-024-03339-4. Epub 2024 Oct 4.
Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a major public health problem globally and cause deaths, disability, and significant economic costs. In Italy, there was an increased number of road accidents, deaths, and injuries in 2022 compared to 2021, although still below pre-pandemic levels. A retrospective observational study was performed on a case series of 53 consecutive fatal RTAs examined by the Section of Forensic Medicine of Verona. The case series was divided, according to the type of victims involved, into pedestrians, car drivers, car passengers, and motorcyclists. For each, the times and causes of death, the distribution of external and internal injuries, and toxicological data were analysed, and the results were compared with those in the literature. Although this is a preliminary study on a small case series and lacks statistical validation, so more cases are needed, the preliminary results seem to provide a useful tool for assessing injuries in complex fatal road accidents.
道路交通事故（RTAs）是全球主要的公共卫生问题，会导致死亡、残疾以及巨大的经济成本。在意大利，与2021年相比，2022年道路事故、死亡和受伤的数量有所增加，不过仍低于疫情前的水平。对维罗纳法医学科检查的连续53例致命道路交通事故的病例系列进行了一项回顾性观察研究。该病例系列根据所涉受害者类型分为行人、汽车司机、汽车乘客和摩托车手。对每一类受害者分析了死亡时间和原因、外部和内部损伤的分布以及毒理学数据，并将结果与文献中的结果进行了比较。尽管这是对一个小病例系列的初步研究且缺乏统计验证，因此需要更多病例，但初步结果似乎为评估复杂致命道路事故中的损伤提供了一个有用的工具。
