DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2017.v05i08.039

Pages: 3167-3175

The fatalities in road traffic brain injuries in India have increased in recent times. Alcohol abuse and dependency are the leading risk factors in drunken drivin, with young male drivers at highest risk. The recent ban of selling liquor in and around 300m radius of highways may reduce mortality in drunken driving. But it may not show any impact in reducing the incidence of drunken driving in rural areas. As long as the facilities in primary care and transportation of injured patients to the tertiary hospital from the site of injury in rural areas are not improved, the mortality will keep on increasing. The objective of this study is to analyse the influence of alcohol on the incidence of drunken driving and severity of injuries, and the present scenario of primary care and transportation of the injured to the tertiary hospital and the time interval in transportation.