Accident
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A 56-year-old woman was found dead in her bedroom. Her face and the bed were covered with thick…
2018 - Argentina. A 62 year old motorcyclist died after getting stuck to the rear underride guards of…
Serbia. A 67-year-old woman, without any somatic or psychiatric comorbidities, was found dead in a shed in her…
This individual was run over by a train. Railroad deaths in the US totaled 757 in 2020, a…
Occasionally, one is able to glean important information from wounds such as in the 19-year-old female featured in…
A man drove his watercraft into the port side of a boat. The propeller wounds begin on the…
A broad range of carnivores can be involved in the postmortem destruction of corpses located in open spaces…
This victim who was inebriated had fallen off the bed unto the floor landing in this position with…
Postmortem feeding from fish and crustaceans found on this body retrieved from the ocean. No further info. Bodies…
Two 21-year-old men were involved in a motor vehicle collision after being seen leaving a house party together…
Decomposed head and fractured skull of a person, who disappeared in the autumn before the river was covered…
Russia. This individual was attacked and killed by a bear. Bear attacks can be fatal, though they are…
An autoerotic asphyxia death in which the cross-dressed victim used duct tape, various ligature mechanisms, and freon gas.…
Massive body injury in a pilot who crashed at high speed (after clothing removal). An aircraft crash typically…
This individual has a skull fracture with exposure of brain mass, as well as a fracture of the…
Note the bloating and protrusion of the tongue on this decomposing individual, all related to the decomposition process.…
Mangled body after shell explosion, no further info. A shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose…
This individual was nearly decapitated. An incomplete decapitation occurs when the head is partially severed from the body…
This motorcyclist died when he collided with a car and his face was cut off by the windshield…
Russia. This man was killed by his drinking buddy with a leg from a chair. When drunk people…
In the summer of 2015 in Germany, a body in a state of decomposition was found in an…
Depending on the injury type, severity, and location, persons who are victims of severe trauma may not be…
Localized injury by an explosive device. The soldier picked up an apparently ‘dud’ smoke shell, which then detonated.…
Several chop injuries inflicted by a boat propeller. Chop injuries are sometimes regarded as a variant of blunt…
Mummified body of an elderly male that had been lying dead in a block of flats for about…
In March 2002, the corpse of an old woman found in her apartment in an urban apartment in…
Opening of the abdominal body cavity following the (probably accidental) explosion of a homemade pipe bomb containing black…
Postmortem animal depredation is a substantial part of the taphonomic processes a body undergoes after death. While the…
A homeless alcoholic, found dead in a fire, was extremely drunk. Fatal residential fires account for 10% of…
Cuyahoga County, Ohio. This individual has suffered from a fatal boat propeller chop wounds of the trunk and…
A 30-year-old male pedestrian was involved in an accident with a truck. He became trapped in the front…
If a body is placed in water containing a large amount of bacteria, such as that from sewage…
Brush-burn type abrasion on the left flank. One common type of blunt force injury is the so-called brush-burn…
Forensic autopsy of blunt force trauma. Two abraded lacerations on the forehead. Lacerations are a bursting of the…
Postmortem hypostatic hemorrhages in a 36-year-old woman who died of multiple drug intoxication and was found in the…
Railway injuries are not uncommon, especially in countries with many ‘level crossings’ (called ‘grade crossings’ in the USA),…
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time, a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 Mw struck with an epicenter off the west…
Laceration of the forehead with surrounding bruising. The wound is stellate as a result of crushing against the…
The victim was discovered in a New York City hotel room lying on the floor with his leg…
The mummified body of an absconder from a mental hospital who was found a year later in a…
2018 - St. Petersburg, Florida, US. A 38-year-old man was found dead and with burns to 80% of…
Italy - A 75-year-old woman affected by hoarding disorder was found dead in her apartment. The woman’s family…
Advanced adipocere formation after 2.5 years in a grave. Exhumation due to exclusion of an accidental death (fall)…
The orientation of the decedent with the tire of the motor vehicle apparently compressing the midsection and with…
China, 2020. A 47-year-old woman and her 7-year-old son were attacked by a black bear while walking through…
Spain. This individual suffered multiple and violent contusions with a blunt object, which caused facial injuries and fractures…
This individual was a victim of an explosion, with severe destruction in the thorax and abdomen due to…
The phenomenon of postmortem animal interference with human bodies or their remains is a substantial part of the…
Fatal injury on the side of the neck and jaw after a shell explosion, no further info. A…
This individual was found lying on his left side with a mild to moderate degree of putrefaction. note…
India. On the 22nd of May 2010, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed at the Mangalore International Airport killing…
Toronto, Canada. Body found in water in an early stage of putrefaction with extensive wrinkling of feet and…
Postmortem scavenging is common among wild and domestic rodents; they are well known to alter or destroy the…
A laceration is a type of wound caused by the tearing or splitting of skin, which can occur…
A man hit on a zebra crossing by a heavy truck (44tons). The body is under one of…
An elderly couple was found dead at home. The husband’s body was semiprone over the wife’s legs. The…
Russia. This man was nearly decapitated. It is unknown if this was a homicide or an accident. Accidental…
Fatal head injury from a boat propeller. No further info. Often when discussing boat safety one aspect is…
Postmortem bloating of body may create a misleading picture of obesity. Bloody decomposition fluid oozing from mouth and…
Mogok, Myanmar - 2021. Two protesters were shot and killed by regime troops during a demonstration on Saturday…
This individual died from autoerotic asphyxia using ligature strangulation. Note padding on ankles. Pornographic literature was positioned on…
Florida. The burned body of this young woman was recovered from the fire scene. She had fallen onto…
USA. This case involved a woman who was discovered in this position on her bed in her apartment.…
This decedent was found in a car. Given the degree of decomposition, a protected sequestered source of DNA…
The Netherlands. A view of victim on floor prior to removal and a view of void area on…
This individual died in his bedroom during a house fire, no further info. Nearly 4000 Americans die each…
Spain. This individual fell from height and suffered multiple fatal fractures in the extremities; as well as skull…
A fatal case of burns by flash fire which caused the death of a 41-year-old woman when she…
This individual has been run over by a train causing extensive disintegration of the body. Railway injuries are…
January 28, 2018 - Magelang, Indonesia. A relative of an elderly couple was checking in on them but…
Patterned abrasion on neck associated with autoerotic hanging with belt, no further info. Autoerotic death refers to the…
Spain. This individual died after getting crushed by a building under construction. No further info. Fig.1 Worker crushed…
This individual has a fatal crushing injury to his head, no further info. A crushing brain injury causes…
Spain. This individual died after getting crushed by a building under construction. No further info. Fig.1 Worker crushed…
Typical postmortem changes combined with mud and debris as well as sloughing of the skin of the hands…
Nassau County, New York. This photo depicts the position the body assumes as a result of intense heat…
Victim of hemorrhaging peptic ulcer found on the floor in his bathroom. Note the brown color of the…
Switzerland. In October 2006, around 12 a.m., the Geneva Police Department police were informed that the body of…
Spain. Extensive destruction caused by an explosive device. No further info. Fig.1 Extensive destruction caused by an explosive…
Thermal charring (“fourth degree burns”). If an individual dies in a fire that continues to burn after death,…
Postmortem feeding from fish and crustaceans found on this body retrieved from the ocean. No further info. Bodies…
Frontal aspect of a train after collision with a 63-year-old woman who remained standing between the rails in…
A garbage truck driver under the influence of drugs did not see his coworker behind him and reversed…
27-year-old man was playing with a .40 caliber handgun and accidentally shot himself in the head. No further…
This individual fell from a height in rough terrain, and the body was cut in half from the…
USA. A 37-year-old woman was found dead on a sofa. Foam cone from nose and mouth. 100 ug/hr…
India. On a fateful day, a 27-year-old mechanic was fixing the compressor of a nonworking AC when there…
Spain. There was no info if this was a suicide or an accident. Nitrous oxide is an inflammable…
The forces necessary to cause skeletal fracture is usually significantly greater but may be dependent on the condition…
Lenexa, Kansas, US. Police were dispatched to an apartment complex at the request of a resident, who advised…
Germany. A 40-year-old man who lived alone was found deceased in his apartment on the 13th floor of…
Italy. The victim was a 56-year-old woman whose body was found by the rescue team to be in…
USA. This apparent case of a sex slaying is actually a natural death due to a ruptured aneurysm.…
Identification may sometimes be challenging when the victim has severe injuries. This individual has facial injuries from a…
Penetration of the wrist and chest by a wooden component of a bus seat. The victim drove his…
If a body is placed in water containing a large amount of bacteria, such as that from sewage…
This individual has an extensive destruction of the head, no further info about this case. Head trauma from…
Arterial patterns on wall and floor in conjunction with large accumulation of blood from victim with malfunctioning arterial…
A postmortem face peel-down examination showing injury of and around the left eye with bleeding (hemorrhage). When injury…
This individual was killed and cut in half when hit by a train, no further info. Railroad deaths…
USA. A motorcyclist changed lanes on the freeway to avoid stopped traffic ahead of him. As he started…
These are short, linear, angulated, incised injuries caused by the characteristic cubed fragments of shattered tempered glass. Tempered…
Chicago, Illinois. The victim was a 34-year-old white female, who lived alone in an apartment on the north…
Brazil. Rapid skeletonization of remains may occur in bodies of water in tropical areas due to water temperature…
February, 2015 - Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. A 45-year-old worker died in a gruesome accident at a plastic window…
Bulgaria. The victim is a 37-years-old male. The cadaver was found in the apartment where he lived. It…
On Halloween, 2006, 18-year-old Nikki Catsouras crashed her father’s Porsche 911 Carrera, driving at more than 100 miles…
This individual was killed when he was run over by a vehicle. One characteristic of traffic accidents is…
A 42-year-old man was found with his head, torso, and most of his upper and lower extremities completely…
Japan. A 59-year-old male was driving a car on the road. The back of his car was hit…
This woman was a pedestrian who was run over by a large, heavy truck. Note the severe amount…
In this case, police and scene investigators were suspicious that this individual was killed by blunt force injuries…
A 49-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment after a fire in a residential building in Germany.…
West Virginia, USA. A 69-year-old male who was found underneath an industrial-sized lawn mower in a rural area.…
A 55-year-old man was found dead in his friend’s apartment. The victim’s body was suspended in a special…
January 16, 2006 - El Paso, TX, USA. A mechanic standing near a Boeing 737 at El Paso…
A US sailor from Macomb County was killed when he was struck by the wing of a fighter…
On 11 July 2017, the dead body of a 39-year-old man was found in his apartment in a…
The body of this decomposed individual was pulled from the sea. The loss of tissue around eyes and…
September, 2016 - Israel. A 65-year-old surveyor was killed at a work site to widen Road 531 in…
Brazil - 2019. A 34-year-old woman died in a head-on collision with a truck on the PR-323 highway…
Bangkok, Thailand - 2014. A 28-year-old Russian woman, Svetlana Pokasova, was killed after she fell from her room…
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down…
Madrid, Spain. Corpse of a 48-year-old woman, found in the bathroom in her home address, in a bathtub…
2001 - Ventura County, California. The decomposed body of an elderly male was found floating in the ocean…
This man had a fatal accident and has suffered traumatizing injuries on his face. No further info. Soft…
This individual fell from a great height and died. He suffered from crushing facial injuries and crushing brain…
This male individual lost control of his glider shortly after take-off and flipped upside down. The glider then…
This woman was hit by a train and killed, no further info. In 2020, 1.331 significant railway accidents…
Norway. In June 2003, a small Mazda 232 automobile was involved in an accident. In a sharp left…
Spain. A 59-year-old man was discovered dead in his home, he was suspended by a harness and a…
Covington, Kentucky, USA - 2017. “I thought it was a prank because there was this body hanging out…
Wayne Township, New Jersey. This case involved an 87-year-old male who was discovered after police went to his…
Germany. A 22-year-old woman who had suffered from anorexia for 10 years and had collapsed several times was…
USA. This 18-year-old man died in a motor vehicle crash with rollover and ejection. No further info. Rollover…
No info about this case. The wounds produced by this mechanism are chopping, cutting, penetrating injuries produced by…
Occasionally, the fragile orbital roofs and ethmoid bone are so severely fractured as to allow pulpified brain tissue…
This decomposed man was found in the prone position, having collapsed to the ground face first near his…
A middle-aged female pedestrian died after accidentally stepping in front of a moving bus. The cause of death…
A 29-year-old man was fishing when his canoe turned over and his body submerged. The body was recovered…
Spain. This is probably a case of autoerotic activity or masochism, where the victim appears to have hanged…
Cologne, Germany. The body of a 66-year-old man was found by his wife wrapped up in plastic garbage…
This individual suffered a fatal head crushing injury from a moving train, no further info. Railroad deaths in…
This individual suffered a fatal head crushing injury, no further info. A crushing brain injury causes damage to…
Knox County, Tennessee, USA. Police were called to a home residence in connection with an unresponsive man. His…
This individual fell from a height and suffered fatal destruction of the head with a loss of a…
Larimer County, Loveland, Colorado, USA. The decedent and one employee were trimming trees on private residential property. The…
This individual suffered a fatal head crushing injury, no further info. A crushing brain injury causes damage to…
South Korea. A 53-year-old man was found dead on the roof of a freight elevator car installed on…
C.a. 1995. This individual died during autoerotic activity, it is possible the individual was inhaling some chemical inside…
Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia - November 2020. A 65-year-old worker died at the KAMAZ PJSC factory when he…
This man died after choking on scrambled eggs which can be seen draining out of the mouth, no…
February 14th 2000 - Mendig, Germany. Following routine maintenance, a Sikorsky CH-53G military helicopter was returned to service.…
This victim fell off a tractor and sustained severe chop injuries when he was overrun by the chopping…
India. This individual died when he was hit by a train, no further info. In 2020 more than…
Dallas, Texas, US. This image shows multiple injuries on a young adult female from an attack by three…
Germany. On a rainy September day, a 32-year-old man was working on a 50-m (164 ft) high Ferris…
Toronto, Canada. A 34-year-old intoxicated male was found dead in his apartment. On scene inspection, the deceased body…
Vandalia, Ohio. On June 22, 2013, an airplane carrying wing walker Jane Wicker crashed at the Vectren Dayton…
The woman shown in the images was trying to open the electronically controlled iron gate by reaching through…
Four friends came from South America to vacation for a week (Probably Florida c.a. 2000). When one of…
North Carolina, USA. The body of a white female, 33 years old, who had recently been laid off…
From the very little info I found, this happened in 2015 in Saudi Arabia, this guy had been…
Australia - 2016. Four elderly adults died in a light-plane accident. The light plane crashed into water. Male…
Two vehicles collided in an intersection. Vehicle 2 collided with Vehicle 1 on the passenger side. A male…
Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Police officers were summoned to a residence to check on the welfare of a man…
Italy, 2014. A 41-year-old Spanish professional scuba diver, died while he was working to clear the wreck of…
This male individual was driving when an LPG cylinder(Liquefied petroleum gas), which was in the front passenger side…
Chicago, Illinois. This victim was inhaling an unknown chemical substance while practicing autoerotic activities. He was wearing a…
A 52-year-old man was found dead, already putrefied, in his apartment. He wore women’s underwear with a female…
India. This individual was beheaded when he got hit by a train, no further info. In 2020 more…
Maryland, USA. The unusual position of the body at this scene resulted from the deceased experiencing a heart…
Asbest, Russia - A 27-year-old resident of the city of Asbest died when a car he was a…
This individual has an extensive destruction of the head, I don't have the details of what happened, I…
Grinding and compression forces can cause crushing injuries of tissues. This form of injury may cause total or…
A 28-year-old man was driving a car at a speed of approximately 80 km/h (49.7 mph) on a…
This woman died after getting hit by a train. Her right arm got amputated along with bruising of…
A 54-year-old man was found dead on his bed next to a red shoehorn. Perhaps he just wanted…
US - 28 July 2005. A Westchester County man died Thursday afternoon in a crash on Route 287.…
Australia. This case demonstrates the death of a 69-year-old male which has occurred in the setting of a…
Germany - On New Year's Eve, a 33-year old hobby pyrotechnician sustained a lethal craniofacial trauma secondary to…
March 18, 2003 - Bonn, Germany. A lethal occupational accident occurred at the Bonn Salierweg sewage treatment plant…
This individual died after getting attacked with a broken bottle that slashed his neck, no more info. A…
Newport, Rhode Island. The body of a man who overdosed on methadone has gone into gross decomposition. No…
2010 - Montana, US. This 25-year-old man apparently was known to have been drinking into the early morning…
Huntington Beach, California. The victim was a white male, 37 years of age, living alone in a large…
Pachuca, Mexico. This happened about ~10 years ago. A woman died when she fell into a rotating machine…
India. A 24-year-old woman was traveling in a bus with her child and husband, she was seated on…
An elderly male pilot was flying a microlight aircraft with one middle-aged male passenger in the rear of…
Image from NYPD Crime Scene Unit. In this case a person's body had become fatally impaled on a…
Columbus, Ohio. The victim was a 22-year-old male, who reportedly had been experimenting with asphyxial recreation for a…
This 55 year old male was fatally crushed by a concrete culvert. He suffered from compound skull fractures,…
Brazil. A 38-year-old man was found dead in his house, already in a state of decomposition, with no…
1994 - Rheine, Germany. A Chinese hand grenade type 86 P (weight approx. 290 g, approx. 1600 steel…
This individual was ejected from a motor vehicle and fatally impacted a fence at a high rate of…
Australia. The remains of an adult male found in a river after a crocodile attack. The head had…
A middle-aged male was driving a semi-tractor with an attached trailer in heavy fog. On approaching a sharp…
I colorized the original black and white images. The United Kingdom, ~1980s. The deceased was an unmarried 32-year-old…
Hobbs, New Mexico, USA. This was the view that the arriving police officers had when they responded to…
This individual was involved in a fatal high-velocity accident resulting in facial trauma with loss of skin, soft…
Two persons were flying in a gyrocopter when deteriorating weather conditions resulted in the gyrocopter crashing. A middle-aged…
Crushing head injuries are characterized by extensive soft tissue laceration, closed and open comminuted fractures of cranial and…
A 44-year-old man was found deceased after an autoerotic activity, he had pulled a plastic bag over his…
Alabama, United States. This young man was working at a loading dock when a reversing semi-trailer crushed his…
This individual died after getting electrocuted, an electric arc formed and burned away part of his neck. An…
Germany. A 21-year-old man was found hanging in a stairwell. A noose ran around the neck, ascending to…
This 33-year-old man was riding his bicycle on the interstate highway when he was struck by a tractor-trailer.…
There was no further info with the images except that this happened in Southern Arizona. From a study…
The driver of a van was approaching a toll booth at a high rate of speed in dense…
A 24-year-old man ran out into the street while being chased by security guards, after being caught shoplifting.…
