Statistical Analysis of Motor-Vehicle Accidents in Legal Autopsy

, Shin-Mong Kang

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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine 1990;14(2):26-36.

Statistical Analysis of Motor-Vehicle Accidents in Legal Autopsy

Shin-Mong Kang

National Institute of Scientific Investigation

Abstract

The author analysed 361 traffic accident death case among 8,637 legal autopsy durmg 1985-1989 according to driver, passenger and pedestrian on the base of request paper and autopsy report. The results are as follows. 1) The rate of legal autopsy among traffic accident death case was 2.29 % and traffic accident among total case was 4.17%, 2) The pedestrian, 15-40 age group, the accident between 0:00 and 6:00 and the person under the influence of alcohol showed high autopsy rate comparing with distribution in total death or accidents. 3) Trauma and its complication or sequella occupied 82.8% in cause of death and remaining 17.2% had no relation with traffic accident among 361 cases requested as traffic accident

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