Traffic Accidents

This chapter discusses various types of traffic accidents such as road traffic accidents (car to pedestrian, car to car and two-wheeler vehicle to car collisions), sudden death while driving, suicide while driving, railway accidents and aircraft accidents. In the case of a frontal collision with complete cover between the upright walking pedestrian and a car, the primary impact is usually a blunt force trauma to the lower leg via the front spoiler transferred to the bumper. In a car to car collision, the collision-related injury patterns to the passengers may be matched to clear trauma mechanical processes and the observed injury topography therefore leads to an understanding of trauma mechanical processes. It also discusses mass disasters such as incidents in nature and civilisations originating from fire, water, soil, explosions, gravity, collisions, derailing, electricity, radiation and poisons.