[Analysis of causes and sequelae of highway accidents in the region of Nis].

During the last five years there were 12,556 traffic accidents; there were injured persons in 2753 accidents which makes 21.9% (225 killed, 598 seriously and 210 lightly injured). Among the killed victims motor vehicle drivers are dominant, among the seriously injured are pedestrians and travellers are dominant in the group of lightly injured. In these accidents 404 children were injured, mostly 8-11 years of age. In most cases causes of death are polytrauma and craniocerebral injuries. The most frequent causes of traffic accidents resulting injured persons are: traffic regulations not being respected, bad psychophysical state of drivers and vehicle technical defects. The first two reasons are causes of serious traffic accidents. It has been established that weather conditions influence the occurrence and seriousness of traffic accidents, so that this area is characterized by a maximal number of accidents and injured persons during the period May--August.