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Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report) [NEXCO EAST Version]

December 24, 2014 (Wednesday) to January 4, 2015 (Sunday) 12 days

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January 5, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has summarized traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year holidays.

[Summary of traffic conditions]
  • The number of times of traffic congestion of 10 km or more, 50 times, 19 times less than last year Did.
  • The number of times of congestion over 30 km, 3 times, 2 times less than last year Did.
  • The maximum congestion length is 37.4km that occurred around 16:50 on January 2 (Friday) around Tohoku Expressway (In-bound line) Hanyu PA was.
  • The year-on-year change in the average daily traffic volume of the 23 main sections is About 5% decrease Did.

1 congestion

[Number of traffic jams]

[Last year: H25.12.24 (Tue)-H26.1.4 (Sat)]
Traffic jam scale (1) 2014 results (2) 2013 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 50 16 34 69 19 50 ▲19 ▲3 ▲16
Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more 3 0 3 5 0 5 ▲2 ±0 ▲2
Image of congestion situation

2-day average traffic volume

[Main 23 sections * Average daily traffic during the period in

[Last year: H25.12.24 (Tue)-H26.1.4 (Sat)]

  (1) 2014 results (2) 2013 results YoY (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic volume 29,500 units/day 31,200 units/day 95％

[Reference] Past day arrangement

[Reference 1] Image of past day arrangement

3 Main traffic congestion points

[Major traffic jam locations during the year-end and New Year period of 2014]

  Vertical line Road name Traffic jam date and time (peak) Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
1 Out-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway December 30 (Tue) around 7:05 Near Takasaka SA 16.9km Traffic concentration and accident
2 Out-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway Saturday, January 3, around 9:20 Near Numata IC 16.5km Chain regulation
3 Out-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway Sunday, December 28, around 7:05 Near Takasaka SA 15.1km Traffic concentration
1 In-bound line Tohoku Expressway January 2 (Friday) around 16:50 Near Hanyu PA 37.4km Accident and traffic concentration
2 In-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway Saturday, January 3, around 16:50 Near Takasaka SA 33.7km Accident and traffic concentration
3 In-bound line Tohoku Expressway Saturday, January 3, around 17:45 Near Hanyu PA 33.4km Traffic concentration and accident

[Reference] Major traffic congestion points during the year-end and New Year period of last year (H25)

  Vertical line Road name Traffic jam date and time (peak) Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
1 Out-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway January 3 (Friday) around 8:05 Near Shibukawa Ikaho IC 23.7km Traffic concentration
2 Out-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway December 30 (Monday) around 8:30 Near Arashiyama Ogawa IC 19.5km Accident and traffic concentration
3 Out-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway December 30 (Monday) around 7:00 Near Takasaka SA 18.9km Traffic concentration and accident
1 In-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway January 3 (Friday) around 18:00 Near Takasaka SA 44.0 km Traffic concentration and accident
2 In-bound line Tohoku Expressway January 3 (Fri) 17:10 Near Hanyu IC 41.9 km Accident and traffic concentration
3 In-bound line Kan-Etsu Expressway January 2 (Thursday) around 17:50 Near Takasaka SA 39.6km Accident and traffic concentration
  • IC: Interchange, SA: Service area, PA: Parking area

[Reference] Number of traffic jams nationwide (NEXCO EAST /Central/West Japan, Honshi Expressway)

[Last year: H25.12.24 (Tue)-H26.1.4 (Sat)]

Traffic jam scale (1) 2014 results (2) 2013 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 250 92 158 275 97 178 ▲25 ▲5 ▲20
Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more 19 3 16 23 5 18 ▲4 ▲2 ▲2
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