{"id":15469,"date":"2023-03-08T12:03:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T18:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=15469"},"modified":"2023-03-08T12:03:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T18:03:19","slug":"identifying-most-common-patterns-in-highway-accidents-wisdot-awards-qin-75k-to-improve-data-analysis-of-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/identifying-most-common-patterns-in-highway-accidents-wisdot-awards-qin-75k-to-improve-data-analysis-of-crashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Identifying most common patterns in highway accidents; WisDOT awards Qin $75K to improve data analysis of crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Wisconsin Department of Transportation awarded $75,000 to Xiao Qin for a 10-month project that aims to improve the state\u2019s highway safety by further improving data analysis related to crashes. Qin is a Lawrence E. Sivak \u201971 professor of civil &amp; environmental engineering in 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s College of Engineering &amp; Applied Science and director of the university\u2019s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to identify the most common patterns in crash sequences,\u201d Qin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this, Md Abu Sayed (PhD Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering \u201822) and Qin will develop an algorithm that automatically extracts data from crash narratives. These narratives are written by law enforcement officers and detail the sequence of driver actions and vehicle movements preceding, during and following a crash. They often include information related to human behavior, which contributes to between 80 and 90 percent of crashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe details found in crash narratives shed light on opportunities for effective safety interventions,\u201d Qin said. The problem, he said, is that such data is not easily captured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Work builds off nationally-funded, $100K project on crash narratives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work builds upon <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/qin-awarded-100k-to-improve-data-analysis-related-to-wi-highway-crashes\/\">Qin\u2019s $100,000 project with WisDOT in 2021<\/a>, research that was funded through the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration. In that project, Qin and Sayed used technologies (including machine learning, natural language processing and feature extraction) to capture and analyze valuable information from unstructured data, such as crash narratives, that relate to human behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wisconsin Department of Transportation awarded $75,000 to Xiao Qin for a 10-month project that aims to improve the state\u2019s highway safety by further improving data analysis related to crashes. Qin is a Lawrence E. 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