<![CDATA[Road accidents are events that can lead to injury or death. The number of fatalities from trafficaccidents is the eighth highest in the world. In Southeast Asia, up to 316,000 people die eachyear in road accidents. Motorcycles are the type of vehicle with the highest number of accidentscompared to other types of vehicles. The increase in motorcycle purchases in Indonesia isassociated with an increase in road accidents. Road accident injuries can occur on multiple partsof the body and can cause different types of injuries. The purpose of this study is to determinethe description of the victims of motorcycle traffic accidents in Southeast Asia. This researchis a descriptive study using literature study method by searching various literature that useselectronic databases such as Google Scholar, ResearchGate, PubMed, NCBI, WHO, Ministryof Health, ScienceDirect, and Springer to search related literature. Keywords used whensearching for items are injuries, car accidents, motorcycles, and Southeast Asian descriptions.A total of seven articles were selected for analysis using synthetic matrices, and the resultsshowed that working-age and male gender were most frequently involved in motorcycle roadaccidents. Extremities injuries are the most common site of injury and the majority of injuriesobtained are soft tissue injuries. In order to add data on the most common types of injuries tomotorcycle traffic accident victims in Indonesia, this study needs to be further conducted inIndonesia on the most common types of injuries to motorcycle traffic accident victims. DOI : 10.35990/amhs.v1n2.p97-104]]>
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