Predicting the Segment-Based Effects of Heterogeneous Traffic and Road Geometric Features on Fatal Accidents

Inter-urban roads in Indonesia are characterized mainly by distinct road geometry and heterogeneous traffic features. The accident database from the Republic of Indonesia National Traffic Police recorded a substantial number of fatal accidents and fatalities along inter-urban roads. This study a...

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Main Authors: Martha Leni Siregar, Tri Tjahjono, Nahry Yusuf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Indonesia 2022-01-01
Series:International Journal of Technology
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Online Access:https://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/4450
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Tri Tjahjono
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description Inter-urban roads in Indonesia are characterized mainly by distinct road geometry and heterogeneous traffic features. The accident database from the Republic of Indonesia National Traffic Police recorded a substantial number of fatal accidents and fatalities along inter-urban roads. This study aimed to analyze the effects of traffic heterogeneity and road geometry features on fatal accidents along inter-urban roads in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Segment-based accident analysis was adopted to minimize bias due to the large standard deviations of road lengths. Vehicle-specific speeds, speed standard deviations, and volumes of six vehicle categories, road surface condition, and road geometry were the classified predicting factors. A machine learning technique was adopted to produce predictions of the classification problem. A total of 1,068 road segment observations from 2013–2016 were used to build and validate the model. Model generalization was carried out using the out-of-sample 2019 data. With 26 potential predictors, three machine learning techniques based on the ensembles of regression trees were used to avoid removing potential predictors altogether. The results indicate that road-related features show the greatest importance in predicting the number of fatal accidents. Among the speed features, the average speed of angkots and speed standard deviation of motorcycles showed the greatest importance. The average daily traffic (ADT) of pickups had the greatest importance among other vehicle-specific ADTs.
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spelling doaj.art-7c483974c5bc449fbf62b0d61fd240c62023-01-02T01:04:49ZengUniversitas IndonesiaInternational Journal of Technology2086-96142087-21002022-01-011319210210.14716/ijtech.v13i1.44504450Predicting the Segment-Based Effects of Heterogeneous Traffic and Road Geometric Features on Fatal AccidentsMartha Leni Siregar0Tri Tjahjono1Nahry Yusuf2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, Depok 16424, IndonesiaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, Depok 16424, IndonesiaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, Depok 16424, IndonesiaInter-urban roads in Indonesia are characterized mainly by distinct road geometry and heterogeneous traffic features. The accident database from the Republic of Indonesia National Traffic Police recorded a substantial number of fatal accidents and fatalities along inter-urban roads. This study aimed to analyze the effects of traffic heterogeneity and road geometry features on fatal accidents along inter-urban roads in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Segment-based accident analysis was adopted to minimize bias due to the large standard deviations of road lengths. Vehicle-specific speeds, speed standard deviations, and volumes of six vehicle categories, road surface condition, and road geometry were the classified predicting factors. A machine learning technique was adopted to produce predictions of the classification problem. A total of 1,068 road segment observations from 2013–2016 were used to build and validate the model. Model generalization was carried out using the out-of-sample 2019 data. With 26 potential predictors, three machine learning techniques based on the ensembles of regression trees were used to avoid removing potential predictors altogether. The results indicate that road-related features show the greatest importance in predicting the number of fatal accidents. Among the speed features, the average speed of angkots and speed standard deviation of motorcycles showed the greatest importance. The average daily traffic (ADT) of pickups had the greatest importance among other vehicle-specific ADTs.https://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/4450fatal accidentsheterogeneous trafficmachine learningsegment-based effectsspeed standard deviation
spellingShingle Martha Leni Siregar
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Predicting the Segment-Based Effects of Heterogeneous Traffic and Road Geometric Features on Fatal Accidents
International Journal of Technology
fatal accidents
heterogeneous traffic
machine learning
segment-based effects
speed standard deviation
title Predicting the Segment-Based Effects of Heterogeneous Traffic and Road Geometric Features on Fatal Accidents
title_full Predicting the Segment-Based Effects of Heterogeneous Traffic and Road Geometric Features on Fatal Accidents
title_fullStr Predicting the Segment-Based Effects of Heterogeneous Traffic and Road Geometric Features on Fatal Accidents
title_full_unstemmed Predicting the Segment-Based Effects of Heterogeneous Traffic and Road Geometric Features on Fatal Accidents
title_short Predicting the Segment-Based Effects of Heterogeneous Traffic and Road Geometric Features on Fatal Accidents
title_sort predicting the segment based effects of heterogeneous traffic and road geometric features on fatal accidents
topic fatal accidents
heterogeneous traffic
machine learning
segment-based effects
speed standard deviation
url https://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/4450
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