Expressway traffic conditions during the Golden Week period (flash report) [East Japan version]
2019 Friday, April 26-2019 Monday, May 6 11 days
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May 7, 2019
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has summarized traffic conditions during the Golden Week period.
[Summary of traffic conditions]
- The number of times of traffic congestion of 10 km or more, 169 times, an increase of 67 times compared to last year Did.
- The number of times of congestion over 30 km, 25 times, 13 times more than last year Did.
- The maximum congestion length is May 2 (Thursday) around 18:10, E4 Tohoku Expressway (In-bound line) 49.7km starting near Kuki IC was.
- The average daily traffic volume of the main 30 sections is as a whole as the number of holiday days increases. About 13% increase Did.
1 congestion
[Number of traffic jams][H30: H30.4.27 (Fri) -5.7 (Mon)]
| Traffic jam scale | [1] H31 (R1) year results | [2] H30 FY 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 | 169 times | 67 times | 102 times | 102 times | 35 times | 67 times | +67 times | +32 times | +35 times |
| Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more | 25 times | 13 times | 12 times | 12 times | 3 times | 9 times | +13 times | +10 times | +3 times |
2-day average traffic volume
[Average daily traffic during the period]
[H30: H30.4.27 (Fri) -5.7 (Mon)]
| [1] H31 (R1) year results | [2] H30 FY results | YoY [1] / [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daily traffic volume | 42,800 Stand / day | 37,900 Stand / day | 112.9％ |
- A simple average of the main 30 sections. Detailed daily average traffic volume Attachment 1 [PDF: 167KB] please look at.
3 Main traffic congestion points
[Major traffic congestion points during the Golden Week period of H31 (R1)]| Vertical line | Road name | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 【1】 | Out-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | Sunday, April 28, around 7:10 | Near Hanyu PA | 40.6km | Accident and traffic concentration |
| 【1】 | Out-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | Monday, April 29, around 9:20 | Near Hanyu PA | 40.6km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【1】 | Out-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | May 02 (Thursday) around 8:45 | Near Hanyu PA | 40.6km | Accident and traffic concentration |
| 【1】 | In-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | May 2 (Thursday) 18:10 | Near Kuki IC | 49.7 km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【2】 | In-bound line | E17Kan-Etsu Expressway | May 2 (Thursday) around 17:55 | Near Takasaka SA | 47.3km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【3】 | In-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | May 2 (Thursday) around 17:45 | Near Kamikawachi SA | 46.5km | Traffic concentration |
| Vertical line | Road name | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 【1】 | Out-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | Friday, May 4th, around 8:25 | Near Hanyu PA | 40.3km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【2】 | Out-bound line | E14 Tateyama Road | Friday, May 4, around 10:20 | Near Ichihara IC | 37.1km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【3】 | Out-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | May 3 (Thursday) 11:45 | Near Yaitakita PA | 30.7km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【1】 | In-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | Monday, April 30, around 18:25 | Near Hasuda SA | 51.6km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【2】 | In-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | Saturday, May 5, around 18:25 | Near Kazo IC | 45.7km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【3】 | In-bound line | E17Kan-Etsu Expressway | Monday, April 30, around 18:50 | Near Kawagoe IC | 45.6km | Accident and traffic concentration |
- IC: Interchange, SA: Service area, PA: Parking area
4 Traffic Trends (Year-on-year comparison)
- The peak of the traffic jam was on Sunday, April 28 for the Out-bound line, and on Saturday, May 4, for the In-bound line.
- The number of traffic jams increased 67 times from last year as a whole.
[Out-bound line]
[In-bound]
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