Highlights ► Probabilistic assessment of road accident risk for the identification of black spots on road networks. ► Enhance historical accident data with dynamic traffic information from DTA simulator. ► Develop a Bayesian Network model using historical and simulated data. ► Integrate a Bayesian Network model with VISTA DTA-based simulator to dynamically access accident occurrence. ► Identify black spots by normalizing accident predictions from the Bayesian Networks model.

    Abstract Traffic accidents constitute a major problem worldwide. One of the principal causes of traffic accidents is adverse driving behavior that is inherently influenced by traffic conditions and infrastructure among other parameters. Probabilistic models for the assessment of road accidents risk usually employs machine learning using historical data of accident records. The main drawback of these approaches is limited coverage of traffic data. This study illustrates a prototype approach that escapes from this problem, and highlights the need to enhance historical accident records with traffic information for improved road safety analysis. Traffic conditions estimation is achieved through Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) simulation that utilizes temporal aspects of a transportation system. Accident risk quantification is achieved through a Bayesian Networks (BNs) model learned from the method’s enriched accidents dataset. The study illustrates the integration of BN with the DTA-based simulator, Visual Interactive Systems for Transport Algorithms (VISTAs), for the assessment of accident risk index (ARI), used to identify accident black spots on road networks.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Black spots identification through a Bayesian Networks quantification of accident risk index


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2012-12-14


    Size :

    16 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English