India is the largest country in the South Asian region. The problem of traffic related accidents is being faced due rapid development and rapidly increase in number of vehicles. In spite of a number of accidents, limited data and literature is available on road traffic, accidents, injuries and deaths.
There is an urgent need to estimate the magnitude of the problem. The management instituts can research on this proble by using published literature, data available with police department, insurance companies, news paper reports and electronic databases and hand-searching of the published articles.
The Road traffic injuries are a significant burden on our health care system. The most commonly affected group is young males, pedestrians and encroachers. There is high mortality in most cases.
Conclusions: There is lack of population-based data on road traffic injuries in India and there is large heterogeneity in the published data. This is an important research agenda for the country. Immediate steps are required to curb this problem to limit the loss of life and resources.
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