In this paper, train-vehicle crash risk at highway–rail grade crossings (HRGCs) is analyzed with a neural network (NN) model to return meaningful rankings of crash-contributory-variable importance based on different criteria, but also to produce dependent nonlinear contributor-crash curves with all other contributors considered for a specific contributor variable. Historical crash data for North Dakota public HRGCs from 1996 to 2014 were used for the study. Several principal findings were observed: (1) 22 input variables describing traffic characteristics and crossing characteristics are related to crashes at public HRGCs; (2) a mean-square error–based NN model and a connection weights–based NN model represent two relative contributory-variable importance lists for different application purposes; (3) the effect of different variables on crash likelihood is different when all other contributors are set at different levels, and the relationship between contributors and crash likelihood is dynamic nonlinear; and (4) in predictive and explanatory power, the neural network model outperforms the decision tree approach for the considered case study.
Predicting Highway–Rail Grade Crossing Collision Risk by Neural Network Systems
31.05.2019
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