Pawłowski Witold, Goniewicz Krzysztof, Goniewicz Mariusz, Czerski Robert. Skull fractures in car accidents: Types and Causes. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(3):397-409. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1206020 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5375 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/860533 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license (Http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.02.2018. Revised: 10.02.2018. Accepted: 23.03.2018. Skull fractures in car accidents: Types and Causes Witold Pawłowski¹ Krzysztof Goniewicz¹,² Mariusz Goniewicz³ Robert Czerski² ¹ Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Disaster Medicine ² Polish Air Force Academy, Faculty of National Security and Logistics ³ Medical University of Lublin, Department of Emergency Medicine Abstract Brain injury may be the result of a sudden blow to the head or head impact. The result is a damage at the site of application of force and damage of the remote location. The force acting on the head causes not only local effects through the oppression, but also puts in motion the head, which causes the cranial structures. The aim of the study was to characterize head injuries with special attention to their types. After regaining consciousness, and coming out of immediate danger of life reveals a number of problems the nature of neurological, psychological and neuropsychological, the latter reveal the disorder is sometimes quite late due to their discrete nature. A serious problem is post traumatic stress disorder in the form of fear, helplessness, feelings of constant threat. In extreme cases, they represent a permanent team apical or brain death occurs. Key words: fracture; head injuries; medic legal autopsy; RTA