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Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report)
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January 5, 4th year of Reiwa
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) summarizes the traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period of Reiwa 3 [Tuesday, December 28, 3rd year of Reiwa-Tuesday, January 4, 4th year of Reiwa: 8 days] I will inform you.

  • Average daily traffic volume decreased to 89% compared to the same period two years ago (up 135% compared to last year).
  • The number of traffic jams over 10km was 51, a decrease of 89% compared to the same period two years ago (up 364% compared to last year).
  • The number of traffic jams over 30km was 4 times, a decrease of 80% compared to the same period two years ago (0 times last year).
  • The maximum congestion length was Kan-Etsu Expressway, which occurred at the beginning of the E17 Kan-etsu Expressway (In-bound line) near Tsurugashima JCT at around 17:25 on Sunday, January 2.

1. 1. Comparison period

(1) Reiwa 3rd year
[Tuesday, December 28, 3rd year of Reiwa-Tuesday, January 4, 4th year of Reiwa: 8 days]
(2) 2019
[Friday, December 27, 1st 2019 of 2020 of Reiwa: 10 days]
(3) 2020
[Saturday, December 26, 2020-Sunday, January 3, 3rd year of Reiwa: 9 days]

2. Traffic volume

(1) Reiwa 3rd year
achievement		 (2) 2019
achievement		 Contrast (1) / (2) reference
(3) 2020
achievement		 Contrast (1)/(3)
Average daily traffic volume * 1
(All cars)		 23,700 units / day 26,700 units/day 89％ 17,500 units / day 135％
(Small) (large) 20,400 3,300 23,400 3,300 87％ 100％ 14,500 3,000 141％ 110％
Maximum daily traffic 29,800 units/day 32,300 units / day 92％ 22,400 units / day 133％

* 1: 12 cross sections NEXCO EAST jurisdiction
((Attachment [PDF: 188KB] reference)

3. 3. Congestion situation

(1) Reiwa 3rd year
achievement		 (2) 2019
achievement		 Contrast (1) / (2) reference
(3) 2020
achievement		 Contrast (1)/(3)
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more 51 times 57 times 89％ 14 times 364％
Traffic congestion of 30 km or more 4 times 5 times 80％ 0 times -

≪Especially long traffic jams (worst place by top and bottom) ≫

[Reiwa 3rd year]

Vertical line Road name Congestion location * 2 Peak date and time Extension Factor
1 Out-bound line E14 Keiyo Road Kaizuka Kaizuka near IC January 2 (Sun) around 10:35 22.7km Traffic concentration
2 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Higashi Matsuyama Higashi Matsuyama Near IC Wednesday, December 29, around 7:40 20.6km Accident and traffic concentration
3 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Near Shibukawa Ikaho Shibukawaikaho IC Thursday, December 30th, around 8:10 18.2km Traffic concentration
1 In-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Near Tsurugashima Tsurugashima JCT January 2 (Sun) around 17:25 45.9km Traffic concentration and accident
2 In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Kazo Kazo near IC January 2 (Sun) around 18:20 37.1km Traffic concentration and accident
3 In-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Tsurugashima Tsurugashima Near IC January 3 (Monday) around 18:20 36.6km Accident and traffic concentration

[2019]

Vertical line Road name Congestion location * 2 Peak date and time Extension Factor
1 Out-bound line E14 Keiyo Road Kaizuka Kaizuka near IC January 2 (Thursday) around 10:55 24.3km Traffic concentration and accident
2 Out-bound line C3 Outer ring road Near Soka Soka IC January 2 (Thursday) around 11:45 19.2km Traffic concentration and accident
3 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaka Takasaka Near SA January 2 (Thursday) around 11:35 18.9km Traffic concentration
1 In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Near Kuki Kuki IC​ January 2 (Thursday) around 17:30 43.7km Accident and traffic concentration
2 In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Near Kuki Kuki IC​ January 3rd (Friday) around 18:30 42.0km Traffic concentration and accident
3 In-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaka Takasaka Near SA January 3rd (Friday) around 17:30 35.0km Accident and traffic concentration

(Reference) [2020]

Vertical line Road name Congestion location * 2 Peak date and time Extension Factor
1 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaka Takasaka Near SA December 29 (Tuesday) around 7:30 15.3km Accident and traffic concentration
2 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Tsurugashima Tsurugashima Near IC Saturday, December 26, around 7:35 11.7km Accident and traffic concentration
3 Out-bound line E14 Keiyo Road Kaizuka Kaizuka near IC Saturday, January 2nd, around 12:00 10.0km Traffic concentration
1 In-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Tsurugashima Tsurugashima Near IC January 3 (Sun) around 17:50 21.9km Accident and traffic concentration
2 In-bound line E14 Keiyo Road Near Miyanogi Miyanogi JCT​ Saturday, January 2, around 17:20 15.4km Traffic concentration
3 In-bound line E6 Joban Expressway Misato Near Misato TB January 3 (Sun) around 17:40 15.1km Accident and traffic concentration

* 2: IC: Interchange, JCT: Junction, SA: Service area, PA: Parking area, TB: Tall barrier (Tollbooth)

Four. Daily traffic conditions

  • The peak of traffic congestion was January 2 (Sun) on both the upper and lower lines.

[Out-bound line]

[Out-bound line] Image of traffic volume
[Out-bound line] Image of the number of traffic jams (10km or more)

[In-bound]

[In-bound line] Image of traffic volume
[In-bound line] Image of the number of traffic jams (10km or more)

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