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Expressway traffic during the Obon period (flash report)

11 days from Thursday, August 8, 2013 to Sunday, August 18, 2013

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August 19, 2013
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has summarized traffic conditions during the Obon period.

[Summary of traffic conditions]

  • The number of times of traffic congestion of 10 km or more, 129 times, 21 times less than last year (about 14% decrease) Did.
  • The number of times of congestion over 30 km, 5 times, 13 times less than last year (about 72% decrease) Did.
  • The biggest traffic jam that occurred during the period was 40.9km that occurred around 17:05 on August 13 (Tuesday), starting from around Takasaka SA of Kan-Etsu Expressway (In-bound). was.
  • The year-on-year change in the average daily traffic volume of the 23 main sections is About 3% increase Did.

1 congestion

[Number of traffic jams]
[Last year: H24.8/9 (Thu)-H24.8/19 (Sun)]

Traffic jam scale (1) 2013 results (2) 2012 results (3) Difference ((1)-(2))
total going down going up total going down going up total going down going up
Number of traffic jams over 10 km 129 49 80 150 57 93 ▲21 ▲8 ▲13
Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more 5 3 2 18 12 6 ▲13 ▲9 ▲4

Image of congestion situation

2-day average traffic volume

[Main 23 sections * Average daily traffic during the period in
[Last year: H24.8/9 (Thurs)-H24.8/19 (Sun)]

  (1) 2013 results (2) 2012 results YoY (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic volume 47,000 units/day 45,600 units/day 103%

[Reference 1] Past day arrangement

[Reference 1] Image of past day arrangement

3 Main traffic congestion points

[Major traffic jam locations during the 2013 Bon Festival]

  Vertical line Road name Traffic jam
(Peak)		 Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
（1） Out-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway Tuesday, August 13th, around 11:30 Near the Hanazono IC 38.6km Traffic concentration and accident
（2） Out-bound line Tohoku Expressway Wednesday, August 14, around 10:55 Near Iwafune JCT 38.1km Traffic concentration and accident
（3） Out-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway Wednesday, August 14, around 10:50 Near Higashimatsuyama IC 33.4km Traffic concentration and accident
（1） In-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway Tuesday, August 13th, around 17:05 Near Takasaka SA 40.9km Accident and traffic concentration
（2） In-bound line Tohoku Expressway Saturday, August 17, around 16:30 Near Fukushima TN 38.6km Accident and traffic concentration
（3） In-bound line Tohoku Expressway Saturday, August 17, around 17:40 Near Furukawa IC 28.0km Traffic concentration

[Reference] Major traffic jam locations during the Bon Festival period last year (H24)

  Vertical line Road name Traffic jam
(Peak)		 Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
（1） Out-bound line Tohoku Expressway Saturday, August 11, around 16:05 Near Nihonmatsu IC 54.6km Accident and traffic concentration
（2） Out-bound line Tohoku Expressway Saturday, August 11, around 7:20 Near Nishinasuno Shiobara IC 52.0 km Traffic concentration and accident
Out-bound line Tohoku Expressway Sunday, August 12, around 10:00 Near Shiroishi IC 52.0 km Accident and traffic concentration
（1） In-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway Monday, August 13th, around 18:55 Near Takasaka SA 47.2km Traffic concentration and accident
（2） In-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway Wednesday, August 15, around 16:45 Near Takasaka SA 35.0km Traffic concentration and accident
（3） In-bound line Tohoku Expressway Tuesday, August 14th, around 16:30 Near Fukushima Matsukawa PA 30.3km Traffic concentration
  • IC: Interchange, JCT: Junction, SA: Service area, PA: Parking area, TN: Tunnel
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