Driving behavior classification at signalized intersections using vehicle kinematics: Application of unsupervised machine learning. 2023

Nour O Khanfar, and Mohammed Elhenawy, and Huthaifa I Ashqar, and Qinaat Hussain, and Wael K M Alhajyaseen
Natural, Engineering and Technology Sciences Department, Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine.

Driving behavior is considered as a unique driving habit of each driver and has a significant impact on road safety. This study proposed a novel data-driven Machine Learning framework that can classify driving behavior at signalized intersections considering two different signal conditions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that investigates driving behavior at signalized intersections with two different conditions that are mostly used in practice, i.e., the control setting with the signal order of green-yellow-red and a flashing green setting with the signal order of green-flashing green-yellow-red. A driving simulator dataset collected from participants at Qatar University's Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center, driving through multiple signalized intersections, was used. The proposed framework extracts volatility measures from vehicle kinematic parameters including longitudinal speed and acceleration. K-means clustering algorithm with elbow method was used as an unsupervised machine learning to cluster driving behavior into three classes (i.e., conservative, normal, and aggressive) and investigate the impact of signal conditions. The framework confirmed that in general driving behavior at a signalized intersection reflects drivers' habits and personality rather than the signal condition, still, it manifests the intersection nature that usually requires drivers to be more vigilant and cautious. Nonetheless, the results suggested that flashing green condition could make drivers more conservative, which could be due to the limited capabilities of human to estimate the remaining distance and the prolonged duration of the additional flashing green interval. The proposed framework and findings of the study were promising that can be used for clustering drivers into different styles for different conditions and might be beneficial for policymakers, researchers, and engineers.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D004779 Environment Design The structuring of the environment to permit or promote specific patterns of behavior. Design, Environment,Healthy Places,Designs, Environment,Environment Designs,Healthy Place
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000063 Accidents, Traffic Accidents on streets, roads, and highways involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, or vehicles. Traffic accidents refer to AUTOMOBILES (passenger cars, buses, and trucks), BICYCLING, and MOTORCYCLES but not OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RAILROADS nor snowmobiles. Traffic Collisions,Traffic Crashes,Traffic Accidents,Accident, Traffic,Collision, Traffic,Collisions, Traffic,Crashes, Traffic,Traffic Accident,Traffic Collision
D000069558 Unsupervised Machine Learning A MACHINE LEARNING paradigm used to make predictions about future instances based on a given set of unlabeled paired input-output training (sample) data. Learning, Unsupervised Machine,Machine Learning, Unsupervised
D001334 Automobile Driving The effect of environmental or physiological factors on the driver and driving ability. Included are driving fatigue, and the effect of drugs, disease, and physical disabilities on driving. Automobile Drivings,Driving, Automobile,Drivings, Automobile
D001696 Biomechanical Phenomena The properties, processes, and behavior of biological systems under the action of mechanical forces. Biomechanics,Kinematics,Biomechanic Phenomena,Mechanobiological Phenomena,Biomechanic,Biomechanic Phenomenas,Phenomena, Biomechanic,Phenomena, Biomechanical,Phenomena, Mechanobiological,Phenomenas, Biomechanic
D014186 Transportation The means of moving persons, animals, goods, or materials from one place to another. Commuting

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