Objective: To find out the risk of accidents and its outcome among the road traffic injured cases admitted in the emergency department of a secondary care hospital of a populous district of central Uttar Pradesh. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among the road traffic injured cases admitted in the emergency department of a secondary care hospital after the injury. All the patients admitted due to road traffic accidents were included in this study. Results: A total of 518

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... ed cases were included in the study. More than one third (38.4%) of the injured cases did not use any of the intoxicants. The percentage of alcohol and drug use was 13.7% and 9.7% respectively. The human error as a cause of accident was found among 29.7% of injured cases and environmental conditions was among 26.6% of the cases. The mechanical failure in the vehicle was seen in 16.2% of the cases. Conclusion: Strengthening and undertaking research on the public health burden and impact, understanding the risk factors, characteristics of trauma, and measuring the impact of interventions through well-designed public health and clinical research methods is the need of the hour.