This research was conducted to answer the problem formulation, containing about
how the legal protection by the police against children as actors in a traffic accident
that resulted in the death of the victim. The research method that is normative. The
results showed that the police in handling cases of children as perpetrators of heavy
traffic accidents resulting in casualties died, because it involves minors is a person
who has not attained the age of 18 years. The police are obliged to provide legal
protection legally is through diversion and restoration of justice, then no arrests
during the investigation and shall give priority to efforts to resolve through diversion