In order to analyze the research status of accident tree analysis in China's domestic safety science, the data of 2,081 articles of accident tree analysis applied to safety research in CNKI were used as data samples, and data analysis was carried out by using CiteSpace and other information visualization software. The results showed that the institutions that frequently use fault tree analysis in the field of safety science in China are Central South University, Kunming University of Science and Technology, and Beijing University of Science and Technology. The more active authors are Cui Tiejun, Wang Wencai and Yuan Run. The research hot spots of the accident tree analysis in the security field are Safety evaluation, Risk assessment, Fire explosion and Bayesian network.