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 characteristics	Number	%
Type of injury
Fracture	765	47.81
Dislocation	89	5.56
Crush injury	75	4.68
Cut wound/laceration	154	9.62
Blunt injury	45	2.81
Internal hemorrhage	472	29.5
Site of injury
Head	287	17.93
Maxillofacial region	76	4.75
Thorax	189	11.81
Abdomen	113	7.06
Upper limb	87	5.43
Lower limb	675	42.18
Spine	30	1.87
Pelvis	143	8.93