摘要：近年来随着我国经济的快速发展，交通运输也日益发达，交通肇事类犯罪在我国有逐年增多之势，它不仅严重侵犯了公民的人身权利、财产权利，甚至会危害整个社会的公共秩序。1979刑法正式设立了交通肇事罪，但由于交通肇事罪的法条存在概括性、模糊性等缺陷，缺乏进一步明确、具体的立法和司法解释，造成在司法实践中对本罪的犯罪构成的认定、量刑尺度以及自首的成立条件等方面存在着较大分歧。本文通过国外相关立法的比较与借鉴，提出了完善我国交通肇事罪的建议。

关键词：交通肇事罪；犯罪构成；自首；法定刑

Abstract：In recent years, with the rapid development of our economy, transportation has been developed, the traffic accident crime in our country is increasing year by year the potential, it is not only a serious violation of citizens' personal rights, property rights, and even harm the social public order. 1979 Criminal Law formally set up the crime of causing traffic casualties, but as a result of the traffic accident crime law exists generality, fuzziness and other defects, lack of further clear, specific legislation and judicial interpretation, caused in the judicial practice of the crime constitution of crime cognizance, sentencing scale as well as the conditions of surrender and so there are large differences. In this paper, through the relevant foreign legislation comparison and use for reference, put forward perfect our country traffic accident crime suggestion.

Key words: the crime of causing traffic casualties；constitute a crime；surrendered；legal punishment

　　　在最近几年，交通事故频发，造成的损失也越来越严重。在司法实践中，新的情况频频发生，法律工作者对于交通肇事案件常常无所适从。在理论界，学者们对于交通肇事罪的主客体、主观要件、自首和法定刑等问题争论越来越激烈。因此，提出完善我国交通肇事罪的建议是十分有必要的。