Vehicle-group-based Crash Risk Prediction and Interpretation on Highways

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.12415v2
• Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 01:51:26 GMT
• Title: Vehicle-group-based Crash Risk Prediction and Interpretation on Highways
• Authors: Tianheng Zhu, Ling Wang, Yiheng Feng, Wanjing Ma, Mohamed Abdel-Aty,
• Abstract summary: This study investigates a new vehicle group based risk analysis method and explores risk evolution mechanisms considering VG features.<n>An impact-based vehicle grouping method is proposed to cluster vehicles into VGs by evaluating their responses to the erratic behaviors of nearby vehicles.<n>A Logistic Regression and a Graph Neural Network (GNN) are then employed to predict VG risks using aggregated and disaggregated VG information.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Previous studies in predicting crash risks primarily associated the number or likelihood of crashes on a road segment with traffic parameters or geometric characteristics, usually neglecting the impact of vehicles' continuous movement and interactions with nearby vehicles. Recent technology advances, such as Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are able to collect high-resolution trajectory data, which enables trajectory-based risk analysis. This study investigates a new vehicle group (VG) based risk analysis method and explores risk evolution mechanisms considering VG features. An impact-based vehicle grouping method is proposed to cluster vehicles into VGs by evaluating their responses to the erratic behaviors of nearby vehicles. The risk of a VG is aggregated based on the risk between each vehicle pair in the VG, measured by inverse Time-to-Collision (iTTC). A Logistic Regression and a Graph Neural Network (GNN) are then employed to predict VG risks using aggregated and disaggregated VG information. Both methods achieve excellent performance with AUC values exceeding 0.93. For the GNN model, GNNExplainer with feature perturbation is applied to identify critical individual vehicle features and their directional impact on VG risks. Overall, this research contributes a new perspective for identifying, predicting, and interpreting traffic risks.

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