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