The article aimsto present itsinvestigation and analysis of the current situation of roadtraffic accident in Nan-changfrom2000 to 2003 and the main causes leading to the traffic accidents,the distribution of space-time and thetype of suchtraffic accidents by means of statistical analysis.Some road safety measures are suggestedto be put forwardbased onthe analysis of the characteristics andthe regularity of the actual traffic accidents ocurringin Nanchang.