en Epidemiology Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Background:</strong> Road accidents and their resulting deaths are important issues in the Iranian society. Identifying the distribution of mortality as a result of road accidents has a significant role in preventing this problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of road deaths in Southern Kerman Province, Iran, from 2012 to 2015.<br> <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> In this cross-sectional study, the injured individuals who died due to road accidents were entered into the study by census sampling method. After entering the data into the statistical software, the frequency of the studied variables was presented in the form of text and table.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> In this study, the frequency of deaths was higher among motor vehicle drivers (44.73%), and in cases with head injury (40.68%) and automobiles (68.85%), and in accidents in the spring and autumn (respectively, 28.28% and 25.66%) compared to other groups.<br> <strong>Conclusions:</strong> Since victims with head injuries and drivers of vehicles had the highest frequency of death in this study, it seems that increasing the use of protective equipment (belts and helmet) has a significant role in reducing the rate of mortality due to driving accidents in this area.</span></div> Death,Epidemiology,Accidents,Iran, 136 143 http://johe.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-234-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 N Nasiri rvazirinejad@yahoo.co.uk 22400319475328460010369 22400319475328460010369 No Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences R Vazirinejad rvazirinejad@yahoo.co.uk 22400319475328460010370 22400319475328460010370 Yes Dept. of Social Medicine, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences M Rezaeian moeygmr2@yahoo.co.uk 22400319475328460010371 22400319475328460010371 No Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Occupational Environmental Research Center, Medical School, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences H Sharifi hamidsharifi@uk.ac.ir 22400319475328460010372 22400319475328460010372 No HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Kerman University of Medical Sciences M Sanji Rafsanjani dr.msanji@yahoo.com 22400319475328460010373 22400319475328460010373 No Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences