Abstract: Objective By summarize the characteristics of death cases caused by road traffic accident,to provide information and data for prevention of traffic accident. Methods To retrospectively analyze 4 148 death cases caused by road traffic accident in Shenzhen. The characteristics studied include the age and sex of the dead,the cause of death,time and place of the accidents and vehicle types,etc. Results The death was mainly male and the proportion of male to female is 2.45∶1; the accidents mainly occured in 6:00-8:00 and 18:00-2:00; 72% of the accidents took place on the main suburban roads. The proportions for each traffic modes of the death were: 44% of walking,19% of bike,15% of motorbike. Most traffic accidents were induced by truck,83.2% of the death causations were severe head injury and 13.3% were complex injuries. Conclusion The death cases of road-traffic accident in Shenzhen has obvious characteristic and maybe is preventible.

Key words: forensic pathology, accidents, traffic, manner of traffic behavior, death