Related Experiment Videos
Dataset on fatal road traffic crash attributes extracted via natural language processing of online media articles in
Ashutosh Ashutosh1, Sai Chand1
1Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre (TRIP Centre), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
Abstract:
Road traffic crashes are among the leading causes of death globally, resulting in substantial social and economic impacts. Online media is a key source of public information on road safety. Understanding how crashes are reported is crucial for detecting potential reporting biases and enhancing safety awareness. Hence, to address the issue of the lack of high-quality, media-reported fatal crash data, fatal crash reports were extracted for 2022-2023 from The Times of India, a prominent Indian news outlet. The resulting dataset comprised 2898 fatal crashes, 6584 fatalities and 7812 injuries, including 16 detailed crash attributes. This dataset was developed using web scraping and natural language processing (NLP) techniques. Automated tools such as Selenium and BeautifulSoup were employed to extract raw data from the news source. NLP algorithms were then applied to identify key crash attributes, including crash date, location, vehicles involved and number of fatalities. This study provides a replicable framework for constructing robust datasets from media sources, enabling multidisciplinary research on transportation safety, media reporting and public perception of crashes. The dataset is expected to serve as a valuable resource for analysing how the media shapes road safety narratives and for investigations on identifying high-fatality crash locations.
Related Concept Videos
Types Of Collisions - I
Types of Collisions - II
Elastic Collisions: Case Study
Collisions in Multiple Dimensions: Introduction
Types of Reports II: Incident or Occurrence Report
Purposes:
In the healthcare industry, reports play a crucial role in documenting incidents within an agency. The primary objective of these reports is to ensure patient safety, uphold the...
Collisions in Multiple Dimensions: Problem Solving
A small car of mass 1,200 kg traveling east at 60 km/h collides at an intersection with a truck of mass 3,000 kg traveling due north at 40 km/h. The two vehicles are locked together. What is the...