A Review of Road Traffic Accident Prediction Methods

: With the continuous development of urban traffic and the acceleration of urbanization, traffic accidents have become an important issue for urban safety and social stability. In order to prevent and reduce the occurrence of traffic accidents, traffic accident prediction technology has gradually become a hot spot for research. This paper analyzes road traffic accident prediction techniques from articles included in relevant English journals and provides a detailed introduction to the road traffic accident prediction techniques that are already in existence. This paper introduces the current status of research on traffic accident prediction techniques, including traditional statistical analysis methods, machine learning methods, neural network methods, time series analysis methods and techniques based on spatio-temporal data mining, and analyses the advantages and disadvantages of each road traffic accident prediction method. These methods are able to analyse the influencing factors of traffic accidents, build prediction models, improve prediction accuracy and provide strong support for road traffic accident prevention effects for urban traffic safety. Finally, the main difficulties faced in road traffic accident prediction and the future development trend of road traffic accident prediction is discussed. The work done in this paper can provide necessary theoretical support for relevant researchers and save the time needed for literature review.