Technical Paper
Integrating Machine Learning in Pedestrian Forensics: A Comprehensive Tool for Analysing Pedestrian Collisions
2024-04-09
2024-01-2468
In 2022, 385 pedestrians were killed in Great Britain, whilst 5,901 were reported to be seriously injured. Although these rates have improved since 2004, they have worsened since 2020. Due to the nature of the interaction and the physics involved, these collisions are extremely complex. Analysis of these accidents becomes difficult due to restricted access to cameras and vehicle data, as well as limited investigation techniques, which are frequently based on the Searle throw distance estimate. The current forensic methods usually require lengthy investigations and focus mainly on determining the vehicle’s impact speed to ascertain the driver’s degree of liability. Current accident reconstruction methods cannot reliably calculate the pedestrian kinematics behaviour at the time of impact, nor are they capable of solving hit-and-run scenarios without relying on additional evidence, which this research addresses.