Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report) [national version]
December 26th (Wednesday) to January 6th (Sunday): 12 days
*Comparison target is December 26th (Monday) to January 6th (Friday) last year: 12 days
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- Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report) [national version]
January 7, 2013
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.
1 congestion
・Traffic frequency (Traffic frequency over 10km includes traffic frequency over 30km.)
| Congestion extension | This year (1) H24 results |
Last year (2) H23 achievement |
Contrast (1)/(2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic congestion of 10 km or more | 227 times | 212 times | 107％ |
| Traffic congestion of more than 30km | 14 times | 11 times | 127％ |
・Major traffic congestion locations
*IC: Interchange, BS: Bus stop, TN: Tunnel
| worst | Vertical line | Road name | Traffic jam (peak) |
Traffic jam location | Traffic jam Extension |
Congestion factors | Company Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out-bound line | Tomei Expressway | Saturday, December 29th, around 10:00 | Near Otowa Gamagori IC | 41.5km | Traffic concentration and accident | Central Japan |
| 2 | Out-bound line | Meishin Expressway | January 3 (Thursday) 18:50 | Near Maihara TN | 39.1km | Snow removal and traffic concentration | Central Japan |
| 3 | Out-bound line | Tomei Expressway | January 3 (Thursday) 18:05 | Near Otowa Gamagori IC | 35.4km | Traffic concentration and accident | Central Japan |
| 1 | In-bound line | Tomei Expressway | Wednesday, January 2, around 18:15 | Near Yamato TN | 57.0km | Accident and traffic concentration | Central Japan |
| 2 | In-bound line | Tomei Expressway | January 3 (Thursday) 16:45 | Near Yamato TN | 49.0 km | Accident and traffic concentration | Central Japan |
| 3 | In-bound line | Tomei Expressway | January 4 (Friday) around 17:55 | Near Ayase BS | 44.0 km | Accident and traffic concentration | Central Japan |
2 Traffic volume during the period
[Daily average traffic volume] Major sections of Expressway nationwide (Attachment 1 [PDF: 72KB] Simple average of *)
(Unit/day)
| This year (1) H24 results |
Last year (2) H23 achievement |
Contrast (1) / (2) |
|---|---|---|
| 36,300 | 38,500 | 94% |
- 27 sections for H24, 26 sections before H23 except Shin-Tomei Expressway
3 Congestion with the opening of the Shin-Tomei Expressway
[Number of traffic jams]
| Congestion extension | this year (1) H24 results | last year (2) H23 achievement |
Contrast (1)/(2) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shin-Tomei Expressway | Tomei Expressway | ||||
| Traffic congestion of 10 km or more | 5 times | 5 times | 0 times | 37 times | 14％ |
| Over 30km of traffic | 0 times | 0 times | 0 times | 6 times | 0％ |
- New Tomei Expressway (Gotemba JCT to Mikkabi JCT) and Tomei Expressway (Gotemba JCT to Mikkabi JCT)
- The number of traffic jams over 10 km in the table includes the number of traffic jams over 30 km.
4 Congestion due to two-way traffic regulations on the Chuo Expressway (near Sasako TN)
Regarding the two-way traffic section (between Otsuki JCT and Katsunuma IC), there were 5 times more than 10km of traffic, but no more than 30km of traffic.
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