Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report) [NEXCO EAST Version]
December 26, 2013 (Thursday) to January 5, 2014 (Sunday) 11 days
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- Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report) [NEXCO EAST Version]
January 6, 2014
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has summarized traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year holidays.
[Summary of traffic conditions]
- The number of traffic jams over 10km, 59 times, 1 increase from last year Did.
- The number of times of congestion over 30 km, 5 times, 4 times more than last year Did.
- The biggest traffic jam that occurred during the period was 44.0km that occurred around 18:00 on January 3 (Friday), heading near the Takasaka SA of Kan-Etsu Expressway (In-bound) was.
- The year-on-year change in the average daily traffic volume of the 23 main sections is About 5% increase Did.
1 congestion
[Number of traffic jams]
[Last year: Wed Dec. 26 (Wed.) to H.25.1.5 (Sat.)]
| Traffic jam scale | (1) 2013 results | (2) FY2012 results | (3) Difference ((1)-(2)) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | total | going down | going up | |
| Number of traffic jams over 10 km | 59 | 17 | 42 | 58 | 16 | 42 | +1 | +1 | 0 |
| Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 0 | +4 |
2-day average traffic volume
[Main 23 sections * Average daily traffic during the period
[Last year: Wed Dec. 26 (Wed.) to H.25.1.5 (Sat.)]
| (1) 2013 results | (2) FY2012 results | YoY (1)/(2) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daily traffic volume | 31,500 units/day | 30,100 units/day | 105% |
- Detailed daily average traffic is Attachment 1 [PDF: 116KB] Please refer to the.
[Reference 1] Past day arrangement
![[Reference 1] Image of past day arrangement](/rest/pressroom/press_release/head_office/h26/0106/images/02.jpg)
3 Main traffic congestion points
[Major traffic congestion points during the year-end and New Year period of 2013]
| Vertical line | Road name | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | January 3 (Friday) around 8:05 | Near Shibukawa Ikaho IC | 23.7km | Traffic concentration |
| 2 | Out-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | December 30 (Monday) around 8:30 | Near Arashiyama Ogawa IC | 19.5km | Accident and traffic concentration |
| 3 | Out-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | December 30 (Monday) around 7:00 | Near Takasaka SA | 18.9km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 1 | In-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | January 3 (Friday) around 18:00 | Near Takasaka SA | 44.0 km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 2 | In-bound line | Tohoku Expressway | January 3 (Fri) 17:10 | Near Hanyu IC | 41.9 km | Accident and traffic concentration |
| 3 | In-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | January 2 (Thursday) around 17:50 | Near Takasaka SA | 39.6km | Accident and traffic concentration |
[Reference] Major traffic congestion points during the year-end and New Year period of 2012 (last year)
[Last year: Wed Dec. 26 (Wed.) to H.25.1.5 (Sat.)]
| Vertical line | Road name | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, December 29 Around 8:40 | Near Numata IC | 20.7km | Chain check And traffic concentration |
| 2 | Outside | Outer ring road | Wednesday, December 26 Around 8:15 | Near Soka IC | 20.2km | Accident and traffic concentration |
| 3 | Out-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, December 29 Around 7:10 | Near Takasaka SA | 18.9km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 1 | In-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Wednesday, January 2 Around 17:20 | Near Takasaka SA | 41.2km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 2 | In-bound line | Kan-Etsu Expressway | January 3 (Thursday) Around 16:45 | Near Takasaka SA | 27.7km | Accident and traffic concentration |
| 3 | In-bound line | Tohoku Expressway | January 3 (Thursday) Around 17:40 | Nishinasuno Shiobara (Nishinasunoshioba) IC vicinity | 25.9km | Traffic concentration |
- IC: Interchange SA: Service area
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