Traffic conditions on Expressway during Golden Week (preliminary report) [national version]

April 28 (Wed)-May 5 (Wed): 8 days
*Comparison target is Golden Week from April 29th (Wednesday) to May 6th (Wednesday): 8 days
Last year's Golden Week April 29th (Tue)-May 6th (Tue): 8 days

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May 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 10km includes the number of traffic jams over 30km.)

Congestion extensionThis year (1)Last year (2)Contrast (1) / (2)H20 (3)
(Before 1,000 yen on holiday)
Contrast (1)/(3)(reference)
H22 forecast
10km or more
Traffic jam
408 times402 times101%190 times215%427 times
30km or more
Traffic jam
53 times58 times91%28 times189%49 times

[Traffic jam location]
・Main traffic congestion

Work
Strike
Up and down
line
Road nameTraffic jam date and time (peak)Traffic jam locationCongestion extensionCongestion factorsCompany classification
(1)Out-bound lineTohoku ExpresswayMay 1 (Sat)Around 9:50Fukushima TN
near
54.8kmTraffic concentration
And accident
East Japan
(2)Out-bound lineKan-Etsu ExpresswayMay 2 (Sun)Around 7:30Hanazono IC
near
49.7 kmTraffic concentration
And accident
East Japan
(3)Out-bound lineTohoku ExpresswayMay 1 (Sat)Around 13:05Ichinoseki TN
near
47.1kmAccident and
Traffic concentration
East Japan
(1)In-bound lineChuo ExpresswayMay 2 (Sun)Around 11:00Misaka PA
near
53.4 kmAccident and
Traffic concentration
Central Japan
(2)In-bound lineTomei ExpresswayMay 2 (Sun)Around 19:30Yamato TN
near
49.9kmTraffic concentration
And accident
Central Japan
(3)In-bound lineTomeisakaMay 3 (Mon)Around 19:40Yokkaichi IC
near
47.5 kmTraffic concentrationCentral Japan
In-bound lineKyushu RoadMay 4 (Tue)Around 14:10Yawata IC
near
47.5 kmAccident and
Traffic concentration
Western Japan

2 Traffic volume during the period

[Daily average traffic volume] Main sections of Expressway nationwide (simple average of 23 cross sections in Attachment 1)

2010 Golden Week (1)
(Unit/day)
2009 Golden Week (2)
(Unit/day)
Year-on-year comparison
(1)/(2)
2008 Golden Week (3)
(Before 1,000 yen on holiday)
(Unit/day)
Year-on-year comparison
(1)/(3)
56,70055,600102%44,700127%

Daily average traffic during Golden Week (main Expressway sections of Japan, Honshu-Shikoku connecting bridge, Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway) [PDF: 24KB]

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