The present invention provides a blood coagulation accelerator excellent under severe conditions at ordinary or higher temperatures and capable of exhibiting high blood coagulation performance stably over a long period of time, as well as a container for blood examination wherein the blood coagulation accelerator is accommodated. Disclosed is a blood coagulation accelerator comprising an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing in a peptide chain a bond between arginine and an arbitrary amino acid residue and/or a bond between lysine and an arbitrary amino acid residue, an inactivated enzyme product comprising the above-mentioned enzyme inactivated by radiation irradiation, and β-alanine.