Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report) [national version]

From Saturday, December 26 to Tuesday, January 5: 11 days
*Comparison target is December 26th (Friday) to January 5th (Monday): 11 days during the year-end and New Year period of last year

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January 6, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.

1 congestion

[Number of traffic jams] (The number of traffic jams over 10 km includes the number of traffic jams over 30 km.)
Congestion extensionThis yearLast yearContrast(Reference) Forecast
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more195 times150 times130.0%258 times
Over 30km of traffic18 times11 times163.6%17 times

[Traffic jam location]
・Main traffic congestion

* IC: Interchange, SA: Service area

Work
Strike
Vertical lineRoad nameTraffic jam
(peak)
Traffic jam locationTraffic jam
Extension
Congestion factorsCompany
Division
1Out-bound lineTomei ExpresswayJanuary 3 (Sun)
Around 17:00
Fujikawa SA
near
40.7kmAccident and
Traffic concentration
Central Japan
2Out-bound lineTomei ExpresswayJanuary 1 (Friday)
Around 17:00
Shizuoka IC
near
36.7kmAccident and
Traffic concentration
Central Japan
3Out-bound lineMeishin ExpresswayJanuary 1 (Friday)
Around 3:25
Sekigahara IC
near
33.1kmSnowfall and
Traffic concentration
Central Japan
1In-bound lineTomei ExpresswaySaturday, January 2
Around 16:40
Mikkabi IC
near
54.3kmTraffic concentrationCentral Japan
2In-bound lineTomei ExpresswaySaturday, January 2
Around 18:00
Fukuroi IC
near
54.0kmAccident and
Traffic concentration
Central Japan
3In-bound lineTomei ExpresswayJanuary 3 (Sun)
Around 15:55
Numazu IC
near
51.6kmTraffic concentration
And accident
Central Japan

2 Traffic volume during the period

[Daily average traffic volume] Major sections of Expressway nationwide (Attachment 1 [PDF: 26KB] A simple average of 23 cross sections)
Year-end and New Year 2009 (1)
(Unit/day)
Year-end and New Year holidays of 2008 (2)
(Unit/day)
Year-on-year comparison
(1)/(2)
38,80036,5001.06 times

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