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This study was conducted at Jawaharlal Institute of PostGraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)Hospital, Pondicherry, South India from 1st January to 31stDecember 1994. The study group-consisted of all the RTAvictims reporting to JIPMER casualty in the above one yearperiod.For the purpose of the study, a Road Traffic Accident(RTA) was defined as accident, which took place on the roadbetween two or more objects, one of which must be any kindof a moving vehicle. Any injury on the road withoutinvolvement of a vehicle (e.g. a person slipping and falling onthe road and sustaining injury) or injury involving a stationaryvehicle (e.g. persons getting injured while washing or loadinga vehicle) or deaths due to RTA were excluded from the study.The victims of the accidents were interviewed to obtain theinformation about the circumstances leading to accident. Apre-tested proforma specially designed for this purpose was
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