There are many properties required in wire springs and the most important is that the spring must be cagable of maintaining its elasticity for a long period of time. Nevertheless, fractures in wire springs caused by a variety of factors are not uncommon, and as a manufacturere of steel wire for mechanical springs, we have many opportunities to analyze such fractured springs. This report is a summary of the results of th spring fracture analyses which we have carried out, and herein we have attemped to classify the configurations and causes of such fractures, especially for cold-coiled helical springs, and to offer some preventive measures.