Road traffic injuries: A study on severity and outcome among inpatients of a tertiary care level hospital of West Bengal, India

Abstract

Fatal outcome in terms of death and permanent disability was 34.24% and they had higher marginally significant (<i>P</i> = 0.06), SISS score (45.17 ± 12.59). Participants with absence of protective devices, presence of comorbidities, drunkenness, with accidents over national highways, in-between 6 am and 6 pm, mechanized two-wheelers, and nonreceipt of first aid were found to have significantly high scores compared to their counterpart. SISS, as a proxy measure of severity assessment, could throw a light on it and awareness generation and legislative stringency might be need of the hour for the country.