Toward safer highways, application of XGBoost and SHAP for real-time accident detection and feature analysis

AB Parsa, A Movahedi, H Taghipour, S Derrible… - Accident Analysis & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Detecting traffic accidents as rapidly as possible is essential for traffic safety. In this study, we
use eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost)—a Machine Learning (ML) technique—to detect …

Severity analysis for large truck rollover crashes using a random parameter ordered logit model

G Azimi, A Rahimi, H Asgari, X Jin - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2020 - Elsevier
Large truck rollover crashes present significant financial, industrial, and social impacts. This
paper presents an effort to investigate the contributing factors to large truck rollover crashes …

Investigating the injury severity of single-vehicle truck crashes in a developing country

E Rahimi, A Shamshiripour, A Samimi… - Accident Analysis & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Trucking plays a vital role in economic development in every country, especially countries
where it serves as the backbone of the economy. The fast growth of economy in Iran as a …

Exploring the who, what, when, where, and why of automated vehicle disengagements

AM Boggs, R Arvin, AJ Khattak - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2020 - Elsevier
Automated vehicles are emerging on the transportation networks as manufacturers test their
automated driving system (ADS) capabilities in complex real-world environments in testing …

[HTML][HTML] A data-driven approach to calibrate microsimulation models based on the degree of saturation at signalized intersections

M Arafat, SR Nafis, E Sadeghvaziri, F Tousif - Transportation Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microscopic traffic simulation is considered as a reliable tool in transportation planning and
management. Rational solutions from such simulations are contingent upon how well the …

Quality of location-based crowdsourced speed data on surface streets: A case study of Waze and Bluetooth speed data in Sevierville, TN

N Hoseinzadeh, Y Liu, LD Han, C Brakewood… - … Environment and Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Obtaining accurate speed and travel time information is a challenge for researchers,
geographers, and transportation agencies. In the past, traffic data were usually acquired and …

Driving impairments and duration of distractions: assessing crash risk by harnessing microscopic naturalistic driving data

R Arvin, AJ Khattak - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2020 - Elsevier
Distracted and impaired driving is a key contributing factor in crashes, leading to about 35%
of all transportation-related deaths in recent years. Along these lines, cognitive issues like …

Exploring crash causation for large truck-involved accidents: A hierarchical framework

A Rahimi, G Azimi, X Jin, L Zhai… - … on Transportation and …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
This paper aims to contribute to the literature by conducting a causation study for large-truck
involved crashes. Detailed records of crashes involving large trucks occurred in the state of …

Application of big data in transportation safety analysis using statistical and deep learning methods

R Arvin - 2020 - trace.tennessee.edu
The emergence of new sensors and data sources provides large scale high-resolution big
data from instantaneous vehicular movements, driver decision and states, surrounding …

Application of Crowdsourced Data in Transportation Operations and Safety

N Hoseinzadeh - 2020 - trace.tennessee.edu
Crowdsourcing refers to the acquisition of data from users who contribute their information
via smartphone, social media, or the internet. In transportation systems, crowdsourcing turns …