Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report) [national version]

December 23 (Thursday) to January 4 (Tuesday): 13 days
*Comparison target is from December 23 (Wednesday) to January 4 (Monday): 13 days during the year-end and New Year period of last year
Year-end and New Year holidays from December 23 (Tue) to January 4 (Sun): 13 days

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January 5, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.

1 congestion

[Number of traffic jams] (The number of traffic jams over 10 km includes the number of traffic jams over 30 km.)

Congestion extension This year (1) Last year (2) Contrast (1) / (2) H20 (3)
(Before the special holiday discount)
Contrast (1)/(3) (reference)
H22
prediction
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more 235 times 212 times 111% 172 times 137% 204 times
Over 30km of traffic 22 times 17 times 129% 10 times 220% 9 times
  • Of the above traffic congestion, the number of traffic congestion due to the effect of snow closure:
    Congestion of 10 km or more 0 times last year → 5 times this year
    30km or more traffic jam last year 0 times → twice this year

[Traffic congestion area]

・Main traffic congestion

* IC: Interchange, SA: Service area

Work
Strike
Vertical line Road name Traffic jam
(peak)
Traffic jam location Traffic jam
Extension
Congestion factors Company
Division
1 Out-bound line Tomei Expressway January 3 (Monday)
Around 16:45
Near Uri TN 48.0km Traffic concentration Central Japan
2 Out-bound line Tomei Expressway January 3 (Monday)
Around 16:55
Near Yui PA 39.7km Accident and
Traffic concentration
Central Japan
3 Out-bound line Tomei Expressway January 2 (Sun)
Around 17:05
Near Fujikawa SA 37.5km Traffic concentration Central Japan
1 In-bound line Kyushu Road
(Nagasaki Road)
January 2 (Sun)
Around 16:15
Near Koga SA 60.0 km Snow traffic
as well as
Traffic concentration
Western Japan
Kyushu Road
(Kyushu Road)
January 2 (Sun)
Around 19:05
51.0 km Traffic concentration
And accident
Western Japan
2 In-bound line Tomei Expressway January 3 (Monday)
Around 15:10
Near Numazu IC 49.0 km Traffic concentration
And accident
Central Japan
3 In-bound line Tomei Expressway January 2 (Sun)
Around 19:50
Near Yamato TN 49.0 km Accident and
Traffic concentration
Central Japan

2 Traffic volume during the period

[Daily average traffic volume] Major sections of Expressway nationwide (Attachment 1 [PDF: 70KB] (Simple average of 21 cross sections)

Year-end and New Year 2010 (1)
(Unit/day)
Year-end and New Year 2009 (2)
(Unit/day)
Vs. previous year
Sync ratio
(1)/(2)
The year-end and New Year holidays of 2008 (3)
(Holiday special discount
(Before implementation)
(Unit/day)
The year before last
Sync ratio
(1)/(3)
42,400 41,500 102% 38,900 109%
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