Research Article

Study of the Injured Persons and the Injury Pattern in Road Traffic Accident in Sana’a City, Yemen

Table 2

Distribution of the victims of RTAs according to type and site of injured persons ().

Injury characteristicsNumber%

Type of injury
Fracture76547.81
Dislocation895.56
Crush injury754.68
Cut wound/laceration1549.62
Blunt injury452.81
Internal hemorrhage47229.5
Site of injury
Head28717.93
Maxillofacial region764.75
Thorax18911.81
Abdomen1137.06
Upper limb875.43
Lower limb67542.18
Spine301.87
Pelvis1438.93