Expressway traffic conditions during Golden Week (preliminary report) [national version]

April 28 (Thurs)-May 8 (Sun): 11 days
*Comparison target is April 29 (Thursday) to May 9 (Sunday) last year: 11 days
Last year, April 30th (Thursday) to May 10th (Sunday): 11 days

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May 9, 2011
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1 congestion

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

Congestion extensionThis year (1)
H23 achievement
Last year (2)
H22 achievement
Last year (3)
H21 achievement
Contrast (1) / (2)Contrast (1)/(3)[Reference] H20 results
(Before holiday special discount)
10km or more
Traffic jam
496 times419 times403 times118%123%185 times
30km or more
Traffic jam
92 times53 times59 times174%156%28 times
  • Except for Tohoku Expressway, etc., where the forecast was canceled this time, the number of actual results was 443 for 10 km or more and 75 for 30 km or more (Attachment 3 [PDF: 82KB] reference)

・Major traffic congestion locations

Work
Strike
Vertical lineRoad nameTraffic jam date and time (peak)Traffic jam
Point
Traffic jam
Extension
Traffic jam
Factor
Company classification
(1)Out-bound lineKan-Etsu ExpresswayTuesday, May 3About 11:45Fujioka
(Fujioka)
Near JCT
77.4 kmTraffic concentration
And accident
East Japan
(2)Out-bound lineKyushu RoadTuesday, May 3Around 10:50Fukuoka
(Fukuoka)
Near IC
76.9kmTraffic concentrationWestern Japan
(3)Out-bound lineTomei Expressway
road
Friday, April 29Around 17:35Uri
(Uri)
Near TN
66.6kmTraffic concentration
And accident
Central Japan
(1)In-bound lineTomei Expressway
road
Tuesday, May 3About 11:06Ashitaka
(Ashitaka)
Near PA
62.5 kmTraffic concentration
And accident
Central Japan
(2)In-bound lineTomei Expressway
road
Wednesday, May 4Around 19:26Yamato
(Yamato)
Near TN
60.2 kmTraffic concentration
And accident
Central Japan
(3)In-bound lineMeishin Expressway
road
Wednesday, May 4Around 19:28Maibara
(My hara)
Near JCT
58.6kmTraffic concentrationCentral Japan/West Japan

2 Traffic volume during the period

[Daily average traffic volume] Major sections of Expressway nationwide (simple average of 21 cross sections in Attachment 1)

2011
Golden
Week (1)
(Unit/day)
2010
Golden
Week (2)
(Unit/day)
2009
Golden
Week (3)
(Unit/day)
Year-on-year comparison
(1)/(2)
The year before last
Sync ratio
(1)/(3)
【reference】
2008
Golden
Week
(Before holiday special discount)
55,80054,10052,000103%107%43,600

Average daily traffic during Golden Week (main Expressway sections nationwide, Honshu-Shikoku connecting bridge, Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway) [PDF: 102KB]

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