Results of winter tire installation survey (5th)

-Promotion of early replacement of winter tires and safe driving on snowy roads-

November 30, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) will use winter tires on Expressway in order to promote early snow tire replacement and enlighten safe driving on snowy roads during the coming snowfall season. A tire installation status survey is conducted and the results are announced.

In northern Tohoku (Aomori, Akita, Iwate) and Yamagata Prefecture, about 90% of our customers wear winter tires because of the continuous snowfall. In addition, the wearing rate is the same for the entire Tohoku region as the same period last year.

It is expected that snow will fall in the entire Tohoku region in the coming winter, so please use early winter tires and drive safely when using the Expressway.

1. Survey results on Monday, November 28

Survey location Winter tire installation rate Number of surveys this time
This time survey
(November 28)
[Previous survey]
(November 21)
[Reference: same period last year]
(November 29)
Winter tires
Number of installed
Total number
Aomori Prefecture Tohoku Expressway Aomori IC 100% 98% 95% 52 units 52 units
Hachinohe Road Hachinohe IC 91% 48% 81% 91 units 100 units
Aomori prefecture total 94% 64% 86% 143 units 152 units
Akita Tohoku Expressway Towada IC 97% 98% 97% 97 units 100 units
Akita Expressway Akita Minami IC 97% 94% 96% 100 units 103 units
Akita Michi Yokote IC 100% 100% 100% 65 units 65 units
Akita prefecture total 98% 97% 98% 262 units 268 units
Iwate Prefecture Tohoku Expressway Morioka South IC 95% 97% 84% 95 units 100 units
Tohoku Expressway north Ezuriko IC 76% 51% 78% 76 units 100 units
Iwate prefecture total 86% 74% 81% 171 units 200 units
Miyagi Prefecture Tohoku Expressway Furukawa IC 41% 17% 91% 41 units 101 units
Tohoku Expressway Sendai Miyagi IC 68% 36% 61% 68 units 100 units
Miyagi prefecture total 54% 27% 74% 109 units 201 units
Yamagata Prefecture Yamagata Expressway Yamagata North IC 82% 78% 88% 82 units 100 units
Yamagata Road Kushibiki PA 100% 100% 93% 15 units 15 units
Yamagata total 84% 80% 89% 97 units 115 units
Fukushima Prefecture Tohoku Expressway Fukushima Iizaka IC 64% 18% 60% 64 units 100 units
Tohoku Expressway Koriyama IC 50% 39% 43% 54 units 108 units
Ban-Etsu Expressway Aizuwakamatsu IC 61% 45% 65% 64 units 105 units
Joban Expressway Iwaki Central IC 32% 20% 27% 33 units 103 units
Fukushima Prefecture total 52% 32% 49% 215 units 416 units
Tohoku Regional Head Office 74% 58% 77% 997 units 1,352 units

The next survey is scheduled for December 5 (published December 7).
(The survey date and publication date are subject to change without notice due to weather and other reasons.)
This material is a press release " Results of winter tire installation survey (1st report)-Promotion of early winter tire replacement and 1st report of safe driving on snowy roads-(November 2, 2011) It is a continuous survey.

2. Request from NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office

In the early winter, accidents tend to increase due to slippage with summer tires and unfamiliarity with driving on snowy roads.

  1. Please put on early winter tires before snowfall.
    Attachment-1 [PDF: 90KB]
    Accidents caused by slipping of summer tires can lead to serious accidents and are extremely dangerous, so please replace them with early winter tires.
  2. Please drive safely enough until you get used to driving on snowy roads.
    Attachment-1 [PDF: 90KB]
    When driving on snowy roads at the beginning of the season, the feeling of safe driving on snowy roads has not returned. Even if you have winter tires installed, please keep a good distance between cars and keep your speed down. Do not operate the steering wheel or brake suddenly and drive slowly and safely.
    Also, the weather on the Expressway changes rapidly in winter, so please check the road information and weather information carefully before and during your trip.
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In order to use the winter highway safely, securely and comfortably, NEXCO EAST enlightenment activities at SA, PA, IC, traffic safety campaign, "Drupa" HP 's winter highway We actively send out information such as lectures ".

* Dr. Mammoshi: A researcher specializing in car and snow road safety

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