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Expressway / National Highway Traffic Status in Golden Week (preliminary report) [national version]

April 27, 2018 (Friday) -May 6, 2018 (Sunday): 10 days * Comparison target is last year's April 28, 2017 (Friday) -May 7, 2017 (Sunday) ):for 10 days

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May 7, 2018
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 conditions (related materials 5-6 pages [PDF: 343KB] )

  • Traffic volume increased by about 1% during the period compared to last year
  • Compared to last year, the number of traffic jams over 10km decreased by 27 times, and the number of traffic jams over 30km decreased by 1 time.
(1) Traffic volume during the period

Major sections of Expressway nationwide ( 5-6 pages [PDF: 343KB] (Simple average of 40 sections)

H30 FY results ((1)) FY2017 results ((2)) Contrast (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic volume 44,700 units / day 41,100 units / day 101％
Maximum daily traffic 55,900 units / day 60,800 units / day 92％
(2) Congestion status

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

H30 FY results ((1)) FY2017 results ((2)) Contrast (1)-(2)
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more 328 times 355 times ▲ 27 times
Traffic congestion of 30 km or more 25 times 26 times ▲ once

≪Particularly long congestion points (1st worst by top and bottom of each company) ≫

Company classification Vertical line Road name Traffic jam location Traffic jam date and time (peak) Traffic jam
Extension		 Cause of traffic jam
East Japan Out-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Near Hanyu PA Friday, May 4th, around 8:25 40.3km Traffic concentration and accident
In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Near Hasuda SA Monday, April 30, around 18:25 51.6km Traffic concentration and accident
Central Japan Out-bound line E20 Chuo Expressway Near Uenohara IC Friday, May 4, around 10:25 48.5km Traffic concentration and accident
In-bound line E1 Tomei Expressway Near Yamato TN Monday, April 30, around 19:35 42.4 km Traffic concentration and accident
Western Japan
・ Honshi		 Out-bound line E3 Kyushu Road Near Chikushino IC May 3 (Thursday) 8:55 32.0km Accident and traffic concentration
In-bound line E76 Nishi Seto Road Near Mukaihigashi BS May 5 (Sat) 18:20 34.0km Traffic concentration

2 Traffic situation on national roads (related materials 7-10 pages)

(1) Traffic volume nationwide during the period

Major sections of national highways ( 7-8 pages [PDF: 629KB] (A simple average of a total of 31 sections)

H30 FY results ((1)) FY2017 results ((2)) Contrast (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic volume 28,600 units / day 28,800 units / day 99％
(2) Traffic volume around sightseeing spots during the period

Major sections of national roads around tourist destinations ( 9-10 pages [PDF: 710KB] (Simple average of 29 sections)

H30 FY results ((1)) FY2017 results ((2)) Contrast (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic volume 31,400 units / day 31,600 units / day 99％

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