Due to the large difference of stiffness between pipe and soil, the movement of the two can not be coordinated under seismic. Therefore, the deformation transfer between pipe and soil is a very important research content in the study of pipe failure. At present, scholars have done less research on the pipe-soil deformation transfer of elbow. In this paper, the fitting formula of deformation transfer coefficient of buried elbow under seismic action was obtained by scale shaking table test of pipe bend and 3D finite element model based on Goodman contact element. Then, the test results are compared with the calculation results of the fitting formula and the simulation results of the finite element method to verify the rationality of the fitting formula and analyze the change law of the deformation transfer coefficient at the elbow of the pipe, including the influence of different pipe diameters, buried depth, wall thickness, soil properties, and elbow angles. It is confirmed that these factors have a great influence on the deformation transfer between the pipe and soil, which indicates that the fitting formula of the deformation transfer coefficient at the elbow is of huge significance to the earthquake resisting design of pipe.