This article examines the forensic medical approaches to diagnosing and analyzing traumatic injuries to the lungs and liver resulting from road traffic accidents. It presents the pathophysiological mechanisms, injury classifications, and diagnostic methods used to identify both ante-mortem and postmortem trauma to these vital organs. Given the high incidence of thoracoabdominal trauma in vehicular collisions, the forensic interpretation of such injuries plays a critical role in determining the cause and mechanism of death, reconstructing the accident scenario, and establishing causal relationships between mechanical trauma and biological response. The study emphasizes the medico-legal value of autopsy findings, radiological imaging, histological evaluation, and biomechanical analysis in comprehensive forensic assessment.

Forensic medicine, lung injury, liver trauma, car accidents, blunt force trauma, thoracoabdominal injury, medico-legal autopsy, biomechanics, cause of death, expert evaluation.

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