Deep Learning and Clustering-Based Analysis of Text Narratives for Identification of Traffic Crash Severity Contributors

Autor: Cristian Arteaga, JeeWoong Park
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Engineering Proceedings, Vol 36, Iss 1, p 31 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2673-4591
DOI: 10.3390/engproc2023036031
Popis: Crash narratives provide valuable information to understand traffic crashes and develop roadway safety countermeasures. However, manually reading long text narratives is time-consuming and error-prone. This study presents a deep-learning and clustering-based approach to identifying contributors to traffic crash severity in text narratives. We evaluate the approach using a dataset of narratives from Massachusetts and compare different deep-learning models for semantic similarity. The approach clusters semantically similar phrases in the narratives and provides an overview of frequent topics related to severe crashes, offering a valuable tool for roadway safety analysis and countermeasure development.
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