Research on risk tendency classification and identification model of drivers in dangerous goods transport
Transporting hazardous materials is a dynamic and dangerous procedure.A risk tendency accumulation and identification model for drivers of risky commodities is designed to allow for a reasonable evaluation of the risk tendency of drivers during the transportation process.Based on the real-time violation warning data of drivers recorded in the dynamic monitoring system and the Safety-Critical Events(SCEs)that might cause traffic conflicts are chosen as characteristic parameters.The indicators'dimension is reduced using the empirical factor analysis method,which also helps to identify the major causes of drivers'propensity for risk.The K-means algorithm is employed to group drivers with various risk propensities.Based on the clustering findings,a random forest model is lastly trained to determine the risk tendency of unknown factors.By contrasting the classification outcomes of several models on the unbalanced dataset,the classification performance of the random forest model is assessed.The findings indicate that drivers'risk tendencies can be classified into four categories based on the violation warning data gathered by the dynamic monitoring system and the chosen eight safety-critical event characteristic parameters:contentious driving tendency,reckless driving tendency,driving distraction tendency,and driving fatigue tendency.Drivers with varying risk tendencies and drivers with higher levels of safety can be efficiently classified using the K-means algorithm.The silhouette coefficient and the sum of squared errors indices are used to assess the clustering effect.The ideal cluster count is calculated as 5.Based on the random forest model,88.68%of driver risk inclinations can be accurately identified.This result shows that the random forest model can accurately identify the risk tendency of unidentified drivers in risky goods vehicles.It is important to note that the random forest model outperforms the Support Vector Machine(SVM)and BP neural network models in classification for unbalanced datasets.The research results provide a method basis for classifying and identifying drivers'risk tendencies in dangerous goods transport.They also provide feasible suggestions for further improving driver safety levels.