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Expressway · National highway traffic situation in Obon (breaking news)
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From Thursday, August 7, 2014 to Sunday, August 17, 2014: 11 days
*Comparison is from August 8th (Thursday) to August 18th (Sunday) of the previous year: 11 days

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August 18, 2014
Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.

1 Expressway traffic

  • This year, traffic volume and the number of traffic jams decreased in the first half due to typhoon No. 11 and bad weather.
  • The average daily traffic volume on major sections of Expressway nationwide is About 8% decrease.
  • The number of traffic jams over 10 km was 436, which was almost flat compared to last year.

(1) Traffic volume during the period

Main sections of Expressway nationwide (simple average of a total of 27 sections on 8 pages) [PDF: 126KB]

  This year (1)
H26 results		 Last year (2)
H25 achievement		 Contrast (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic volume 46,900 units/day 51,200 units/day 92％
Maximum daily traffic 56,200 units/day 57,100 units/day 98％

(2) Congestion status

Number of traffic jams (Number of traffic jams over 10km includes traffic count over 30km)

Congestion extension This year (1)
H26 results		 Last year (2)
H25 achievement		 Contrast (1)-(2)
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more 436 times 444 times -8 times
Traffic congestion of 30 km or more 27 times 27 times 0 times

Particularly long congestion points at each company

Company classification Vertical line Road name Traffic jam location Traffic jam date and time (peak) Congestion extension Cause of traffic jam
East Japan Out-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway Near Hanazono IC Wednesday, August 13, around 9:05 42.7 km Traffic concentration and accident
In-bound line Tohoku Expressway Near Kamikochi SA Thursday, August 14, around 19:00 52.2 km Traffic concentration and accident
Central Japan Out-bound line Meishin Expressway Near Ibuki PA Sunday, August 10, around 17:15 46.7km Traffic concentration and typhoon*
* Impact of suspension of traffic such as Shinmeishin Expressway
In-bound line Tomei Expressway Near Yamato TN Tuesday, August 12, around 18:05 29.7km Traffic concentration
Western Japan / Honshi Out-bound line Chinese road Near Takarazuka East TN Tuesday, August 12, around 8:50 36.6km Traffic concentration and accident
In-bound line Chinese road Near China Toyonaka IC Saturday, August 16th around 15:40 34.2km Traffic concentration and accident

2 National highway traffic

(Related documents 9-12 pages) [PDF: 2.5MB]

(1) Traffic volume nationwide during the period

Major points on national highways nationwide (simple average of 32 points in total on pages 9 to 10)

  This year (1)
H26 results		 Last year (2)
H25 achievement		 Contrast (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic volume 28,500 units / day 29,300 units / day 97％

(2) Traffic volume around sightseeing spots during the period

Main points of national highways around tourist destinations (simple average of 28 points in total on pages 11 to 12)

  This year (1)
H26 results		 Last year (2)
H25 achievement		 Contrast (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic volume 25,400 units/day 26,400 units/day 96％

3 topics

  1. Traffic trends of NEXCO 3 companies and Honshi (3-4 pages of related materials) [PDF: 200KB]
  2. Traffic situation between the Sagamihara Aikawa IC and Takaoyama IC on the Ken-O Road O Expressway (5 to 6 pages of related materials) [PDF: 2.7MB]
  3. Maizuru Wakasa Expressway Obama IC-Tsuruga JCT area traffic situation (7 pages of related materials) [PDF:289KB]
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