Defining the scope of the occurring place of the crime accurately is tantamount to define the scope of punishingvehicle traffic accidents as the crime of causing traffic accident. Viewing from the essence of crime--harming public trafficsafety, the occurring place of the crime denotes to the place that has traffic capacity for social vehicles, and the public can pass through. In this place whoever violates regulations governing traffic and transportation and thereby causes a serious accident, he commits the crime of causing traffic accident.