PROFILE OF ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES AS SEEN IN AN EMERGENCY WARD. A ONE-YEAR SURVEY

This article reports the results of a one-year survey, 1979, of traffic accident victims treated in the emergency ward of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. There were 3,261 victims of road traffic injuries. Separate groups of road traffic accidents are compared and the material is analyzed for different organ injuries. Discussion of the data from this analysis centers on causes and consequences of road traffic accidents.