The fracture is most commonly caused by people falling onto a hard surface and breaking their fall with outstretched hand (FOOSH)–falling with wrists flexed would lead to a Smith's fracture. Originally it was described in elderly and/or post-menopausal women. It usually occurs about three to five centimetres proximal to the radio-carpal joint with posterior and lateral displacement of the distal fragment resulting in the characteristic "dinner fork" or "bayonet" like deformity.<unk>  is a common fracture in people with osteoporosis, second only to vertebral fractures.
Colles' fracture
Boxer's fracture
Pott's fracture
Malgaigne's fracture
Chauffeur's fracture
Smith's fracture
Bosworth fracture
Bennett's fracture