Young drivers and cellphone distraction: Pattern recognition from fatal crashes

IF 2.4 3区 工程技术 Q3 TRANSPORTATION
M. Hossain, Huaguo Zhou, Subasish Das, Xiaoduan Sun, Ahmed Hossain
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Abstract

Abstract More than 30% of cellphone-distracted fatal crashes occurred to drivers younger than 25-years-old in 2018, even though they constitute less than 12% of total licensed drivers in the U.S. Using joint correspondence analysis (JCA), this study analyzed six years (2014–2019) of cellphone-related fatal crashes involving young drivers based on the data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). This unsupervised learning algorithm can graphically display the co-occurrence of variable categories in a lower-dimensional space by effectively summarizing the knowledge of a complex crash dataset. The Boruta algorithm was applied to select the relevant features from the preliminary crash dataset. The empirical results of JCA manifest a few interesting fatal crash patterns. For example, young male drivers in light trucks were involved in deadly collisions while performing specific cellphone activities (other than talking and listening), cellphone-related fatal crashes occurred to young females with prior crash records, and so on. Apart from alcohol and drug involvement, this study identified young drivers’ additional risk-taking maneuvers while engaged in cellphone usage, including: disregarding traffic signs and signals, speeding, and unrestrained driving. The associations could guide the safety officials and policymakers in developing appropriate engineering, education, and enforcement strategies when dealing with cellphone-distracted young drivers.
年轻司机和手机分心:致命车祸的模式识别
2018年,超过30%的手机分心致命车祸发生在25岁以下的司机身上,尽管他们占美国有执照司机总数的比例不到12%。本研究利用联合对应分析(JCA),根据死亡分析报告系统(FARS)的数据,分析了6年(2014-2019年)涉及年轻司机的手机相关致命车祸。这种无监督学习算法可以通过有效地总结复杂碰撞数据集的知识,以图形化的方式显示低维空间中变量类别的共现。采用Boruta算法从初步碰撞数据集中选择相关特征。JCA的实证结果显示了一些有趣的致命碰撞模式。例如,轻型卡车的年轻男性司机在进行特定的手机活动(而不是打电话和听电话)时发生致命碰撞,与手机相关的致命碰撞发生在有撞车记录的年轻女性身上,等等。除了酗酒和吸毒,这项研究还发现,年轻司机在使用手机时还会做出额外的冒险行为,包括:无视交通标志和信号、超速和无节制驾驶。这些协会可以指导安全官员和政策制定者在处理手机分心的年轻司机时制定适当的工程、教育和执法策略。
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