Prepared By Muhd Ariff Mahdzub Forensic Posting 4th year Mbbs Widad University College

1. Road & railway
injury (suicidal)
By Muhd Ariff Mahdzub
Forensic Posting
4th year Mbbs

3. Pattern of injury of
vehicle occupants
• The pathology of all these is no different from
accidents elsewhere (Knight f. p293)
• The type of vehicle (theory) makes little
difference to the mechanism of injury
• In crashes, Heavy goods vehicles naturally
suffer less than light vehicle because of their
far greater mass and strength
-Knight F.

4. Cause of death
• gross musculoskeletal or organ damage,
• severe haemorrhage,
• blockage of air passages from blood, or
• traumatic asphyxia from fixation of the chest
caused by crushing from some part of a
vehicle.
-Knight F.

5. railway injury (suicidal)
• The common railway fatality is the suicide
who lays himself in front of an approaching
train.

6. • The Ix for alcohol and other drugs must be
made, as suicides often employ multiple
methods to ensure self-destruction.
• Sometimes the injuries complicated by high-
voltage electrical lesions, as the typical
traction voltage of an electric railway is in
excess of 600 volts.

7. • Decapitation is the most common injury
• Other obvious features are the local tissue
destruction, usually with grease, rust or other
dirt soiling of the damaged area

8. • Figure 9.27 Amputation of the right arm and
bruising of the face and chest in a pedestrian
struck by a passing locomotive

9. • Figure 9.28 Extensive disintegration of the
body that has been run over by a train.