Traffic conditions on Expressway in Niigata Prefecture during the Obon season (preliminary report)
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- Traffic conditions on Expressway in Niigata Prefecture during the Obon season (preliminary report)
August 17, 2009
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Niigata Nishi-ku, Regional Head Office length: Yoshio Shiraishi) is, those in the 11 days of this year's Obon period August 6, 2009 (Thursday) - 2009 August 16 (Sunday) Regional Head Office We will inform you about the traffic conditions on the Expressway in the area.
1 Number of passengers in the entire jurisdiction and by road (average daily)
The number of units used increased by 14.5%.
During the period, the number of Expressway used by the Regional Head Office was approximately 118,000 vehicles/day, and the same period last year [11th August 2008 (Thursday) to 17th August 2008 (Sunday)] Compared to this, it has increased by 14.5%.
| By road | H21 year A |
FY20 B |
YoY (%) A/B |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The entire Niigata Regional Head Office | 117,737 | 102,827 | 114.5％ | |
| By road | Hokuriku Expressway (Asahi-Niigata Chuo Junction) |
58,246 | 53,322 | 109.2％ |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway (Mizukami-Nagaoka Junction) |
27,188 | 25,308 | 107.4％ | |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway (Tsugawa-Niigata Central Junction) |
9,542 | 7,614 | 125.3％ | |
| Joshin-Etsu Expressway (Shinanomachi-Joetsu Junction) |
4,694 | 4,263 | 110.1％ | |
| Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway (Niigata Chuo Junction-Arakawa womb) |
18,067 | 12,320 | 146.6％ | |
2 congestion
Congestion over 5 km occurred 13 times.
Congestion over 5km due to traffic concentration and accidents occurred 13 times during the period (3 times last year).
The longest traffic jam during the period is approximately 20km of traffic caused by the concentrated traffic on the Hokuriku Road (In-bound line) on Saturday, August 15.
・Congestion status (congestion over 5km)
| Classification | 2009 (8/6-8/16) | 2008 (8/7-8/17) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of times | Total time | Maximum extension total | Number of times | Total time | Maximum extension total | |
| Traffic concentration | 11 times | 93：04 | 124.5 km | Once | 5：16 | 5.1km |
| accident | Twice | 5：57 | 16.5km | Once | 5:50 | 10.7km |
| Other | 0 times | 0：00 | 0.0km | Once | 9:00 | 12.9km |
| total | 13 times | 99：01 | 141.0 km | 3 times | 20：06 | 28.7km |
| Increase or decrease | +10 times | +78：55 | +112.3km | |||
Reference materials Number of exits at major interchanges, traffic jam occurrence status list, etc. [PDF: 656KB]
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