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Presentation of machine learning methods to determine the most important factors affecting road traffic accidents on rural roads

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The purpose of this research was to develop statistical and intelligent models for predicting the severity of road traffic accidents (RTAs) on rural roads. Multiple Logistic Regression (MLR) was used to predict the likelihood of RTAs. For more accurate prediction, Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) and Radius Basis Function (RBF) neural networks were applied. Results indicated that in MLR, the model obtained from the backward method with the correct percent of 84.7% and R2 value of 0.893 was the best method for predicting the likelihood of RTAs. Also, MLR showed that the variables of not paying attention to the front not paying attention to the frontroad ahead, followed byand then vehicle-motorcycle/bike accidents were the greatest problems. Among the models, MLP had a better performance, so that the prediction accuracy of MLR, MLP, and RBF were 84.7%, 96.7%, and 92.1%, respectively. MLP model, due to higher accuracy, showed that the variable of reason of accident had the highest effect on the prediction of accidents, and considering MLR results, the variables of not paying attention to the front and then vehicle-motorcycle/bike accidents had the most influence on the occurrence of accidents. Therefore, motorcyclists and cyclists are more prone to accidents, and appropriate solutions should be adopted to enhance their safety.

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  1. Civil-Transportation Planning Department, Faculty of Technical and Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU), Qazvin, 34148-96818, Iran

    Hamid Mirzahossein & Seyed Mohsen Hosseinian

  2. School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, 13114-16846, Iran

    Milad Sashurpour & Vahid Najafi Moghaddam Gilani

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Mirzahossein, H., Sashurpour, M., Hosseinian, S.M. et al. Presentation of machine learning methods to determine the most important factors affecting road traffic accidents on rural roads. Front. Struct. Civ. Eng. 16, 657–666 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-022-0827-z

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