• Time to early epileptic seizures (<= 8 days) and late epilepsy (from day 9 to one year) in patients with severe traumatic brain injury [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  

• Rate of early seizures and of late epilepsy; Treatment effects according to the patient's severity, the TDM US Traumatic Coma Data Bank, and the number of regions traumatized; Global prognosis (Glasgow Outcome Scale); Safety of Levetiracetam [ Time Frame: One year ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age >= 18 years old

2. Patient with severe brain injury defined as follow:

   • Initial Glasgow Coma score (assessed on the scene of the accident) <=8 related to the brain injury
   • Stage 2 to 4 on the TDM US TCDB classification.
3. Initial brain CT scan performed within 48 hours after hospital admission
4. Either a male or a non pregnant, non lactating female who is using adequate contraceptive method (a urine laboratory pregnancy test must be negative at baseline)
5. Written informed consent from the patient's next-of-kin. If no relative is present as the time of inclusion, the patients will be included according to the emergency procedure.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Isolated extradural hematoma
2. Medical decision to limit patient's care (terminal stage of a cancer, hematological malignancies, HIV…)
3. Current participation in an other protocol or within one month before study entry
4. Previous treatment with Levetiracetam
5. Patient's follow-up judged to be difficult by the investigator
6. Known allergy to either Levetiracetam or derivated products from pyrrilidone or one of excipients
7. Epileptic patient treated or not (except patients treated with benzodiazepines who can be included in this protocol)