A method of progressive analysis for assessment of occluded data is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes capturing sensor data from at least one sensor, identifying a target of interest using the sensor data, and determining a location and orientation of the target of interest using a last computed direction of travel of the target. The method also includes segmenting the sensor data of the target of interest into segments for analysis and determining whether a particular segment of the segments is occluded. In addition, the method includes determining whether additional sensor data from the at least one sensor confirms that the particular occluded segment is no longer occluded allowing unresolved analysis to be supplemented with progressive analysis to provide incremental resolution to the analysis.