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

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January 6, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has compiled traffic conditions for the New Year's holiday period (December 26, 2025 (Friday) to January 4, 2026 (Sunday): 10 days), and would like to inform you of this.

  • Average daily traffic volume was 102% compared to the same period last year.
  • The number of traffic jams of 10km or more was 53, five fewer than the same period last year.
  • There were four traffic jams of over 30km, one less than the same period last year.
  • The longest traffic jam length was 57.0 km at 6:15 pm on Friday, January 2nd, starting near Kawaguchi JCT on the E4 Tohoku Expressway (In-bound).

1. 1. Comparison period

①2025 fiscal year
[Friday, December 26, 2020 - Sunday, January 4, 2020: 10 days]
2024
[2024- Sunday, January 5, 2020: 10 days]

2. Traffic volume

①Fiscal Year 2025 Results ② Results 2024 Comparison ① / ②
Average daily traffic volume * 1 (all vehicles) 25,600 units / day 25,000 units/day 102%
(Small car) (Large car) 22,200 3,400 22,000 3,000 101% 113%
Maximum daily traffic 30,000 units/day 29,200 units / day 103%

※1:

For details, please see Appendix 1 [PDF: 157KB]

3. 3. Congestion situation

①Fiscal Year 2025 Results ② Results 2024 Increase/decrease ①-②
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more 53 times 58 times ▲ 5 times
Traffic congestion of 30 km or more 4 times 5 times ▲ once

Especially long traffic congestion place (3rd worst by direction)

※2:

IC: Interchange, JCT: Junction, SA: Service area, PA: Parking area

Image of [Reiwa 7]
Image of [2024]

Four. Daily traffic conditions

  • The peak number of traffic jams occurred on Friday, January 2nd on both the northbound and southbound lanes.

[Out-bound]

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

[In-bound]

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

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