Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is one of the 3 leading causes of cardiovascular death after heart and brain strokes. Owing to the high prevalence of trauma in Iran, the high cost of treatment, and the probability of sudden death caused by thromboembolism, and the great importance of its diagnosis, the present study aimed at finding more aspects of trauma and its complications.\nMethods: The current descriptive-analytical study was conducted on cadavers where the patients died due to trauma referred to the dissection department of the Tehran Forensic Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran, between 2011 and 2016. The inclusion criteria were sudden death from pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) occurring at least 48 hours after trauma. Using the convenience sampling method, 92 eligible forensic cases were selected. The collected data were analyzed using the Pearson, chi-square, and Fisher exact tests with SPSS version 18. P values of ≤0.05 were considered significant.\nResults: The prevalence of thromboembolism following trauma was 85% among the cases in the present study, of which 61 (66.3%) were male and 31 (33.7%) were female. A significant relationship was found between death from thromboembolism and sex (P < 0.003). The mean age of the patients was 58.37 ± 19.39 years; in addition, a significant correlation was observed between death from thromboembolism and age (P < 0.005). In approximately 60% of the patients who died of thromboembolism, death occurred within less than 3 hours after the incidence of trauma; however, the difference was significant. A significant difference was found between the mortality from lower limb and head injuries (P < 0.003). In the present study, 60 patients (65.2%) with thromboembolism died during hospitalization, while 32 (34.8%) were outpatients.\nDiscussion and Conclusion: The results of the present study, in agreement with those of former studies, indicated that the mortality from thromboembolism following trauma increased with age. In addition, the results showed that male sex, old age, car crash, falling from heights, and lower limb injury are among the main risk factors in the incidence of PTE in traumatic patients. In addition, mechanical or medical prophylaxis is recommended for traumatized patients and those with head injury and the above-mentioned risk factors, or for outpatients who cannot move their limbs because of splinting or casting.