Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) are one the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Accident in general is a sudden, unplanned, unfortunate mishap or unexpected, unintentional event resulting from carelessness, unawareness, ignorance or a combination of factors and causing injury or loss, a decrease in value of the resources, or an increase in disabilities. It is estimated that 10 millions motor vehicle crashes occur annually in the world. 16 persons die every hour from RTAs in

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... country. In India, road accidents have been proved to be 1892 times more dangerous than the terrorism. Very few studies have been carried out in Ranchi region. Therefore, the present was undertaken to study the pattern of Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs), to draw public attention, awareness towards road safety and prevention of mortality from accidents .