Expressway traffic conditions during Golden Week (preliminary report) [national version]
April 27 (Fri)-May 6 (Sun): 10 days
*Comparison target is April 27 (Wednesday) to May 6 (Friday) last year: 10 days
Last year, April 27th (Tuesday)-May 6th (Thursday): 10 days
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- Expressway traffic conditions during Golden Week (preliminary report) [national version]
May 7, 2012
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
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West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.
1 congestion
[Number of traffic jams] (The number of traffic jams over 10km includes the number of traffic jams over 30km.)
| Congestion extension | This year (1) H24 results |
Last year (2) H23 achievement |
Last year (3) H22 achievement |
Contrast (1) / (2) | Contrast (1)/(3) | 【reference】 H20 achievement (Before holiday special discount) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10km or more Traffic jam |
323 times | 481 times | 413 times | 67％ | 78％ | 203 times |
| 30km or more Traffic jam |
29 times | 92 times | 53 times | 32％ | 55％ | 28 times |
・Major traffic congestion locations
| worst | Vertical line | Road name | Traffic jam (peak) |
Traffic jam location | Congestion extension | Congestion factors | Company classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| （1） | Out-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Thursday, May 3 Around 7:15 |
Near the Hanazono IC | 54.9km | Traffic concentration And accident |
East Japan |
| （2） | Out-bound line | Tohoku Expressway | Thursday, May 3 Around 6:35 |
Near Adata Tara SA | 43.4km | Accident and Traffic concentration |
East Japan |
| （3） | Out-bound line | Chinese road | Thursday, May 3 Around 6:55 |
Nishinomiya Yamaguchi (Nishinomiya Yamaguchi) Near JCT |
41.5km | Traffic concentration And accident |
Western Japan |
| （1） | In-bound line | Tomei Expressway | Saturday, May 5 Around 18:40 |
Near Yamato TN | 58.4 km | Traffic concentration And accident |
Central Japan |
| （2） | In-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | May 6th (Sun) Around 16:00 |
Near Tsurugashima JCT | 52.7 km | Traffic concentration And accident |
East Japan |
| （3） | In-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, May 5 Around 19:05 |
Around Takasaka SA (Takasaka) | 47.2km | Traffic concentration And accident |
East Japan |
2 Traffic volume during the period
[Average daily traffic volume] Main sections of Expressway nationwide (Attachment 1 [PDF: 70KB] Simple average of *)
| This year (1) H24 results |
Last year (2) H23 achievement |
Last year (3) H22 achievement |
Contrast (1)/(2) |
Contrast (1)/(3) |
[Reference] H20 results (Before holiday special discount) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49,300 | 53,100 | 51,500 | 93％ | 96％ | 42,500 |
*24 sections for H24, 23 sections excluding Shin-Tomei Expressway before H23
3 Congestion with the opening of the Shin-Tomei Expressway
Number of traffic jams (Number of traffic jams over 10km includes traffic count over 30km)
| Congestion extension | This year (1) H24 results |
Last year (2) H23 achievement |
Last year (3) H22 achievement |
Contrast (1) / (2) | Contrast (1)/(3) | 【reference】 H20 achievement (Before holiday special discount) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shin-Tomei Expressway | Tomei Expressway | |||||||
| 10km or more Traffic jam |
5 times | 4 times | Once | 60 times | 43 times | 8％ | 9% | 13 times |
| 30km or more Traffic jam |
0 times | 0 times | 0 times | 13 times | 6 times | 0％ | 0％ | 3 times |
*New Tomei Expressway (Gotemba JCT to Mikkabi JCT) and Tomei Expressway (Gotemba JCT to Mikkabi JCT)
- Attachment 1 Average daily traffic volume during the Golden Week period (main sections of Expressway nationwide) [PDF: 70KB]
- Attachment 2 Average daily traffic volume during the Golden Week period (Honshu-Shikoku Connecting Bridge, Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway) [PDF: 48KB]
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