Expressway traffic during the Obon period (flash report)

11 days from Thursday, August 7, 2014 to Sunday, August 17, 2014

Corporate Top
Press Room
Press Release Headquarters
Expressway traffic during the Obon period (flash report)

Return to search results of press release (head office)

PDF version [PDF: 218KB]

August 18, 2014
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) compiled the traffic situation during the Bon Festival.

[Summary of traffic conditions]

The number of times of traffic congestion of 10 km or more, 142 times, 13 times more than last year Did.
The number of times of congestion over 30 km, 15 times, 10 times more than last year Did.
The maximum congestion length is Around 5 pm on Thursday, August 14th, around 19:00, 52.2km that occurred near the Tohoku Expressway (In-bound line) near Kamikawachi SA was.
The year-on-year change in the average daily traffic volume of the 23 main sections is About 6% decrease Did.

1 congestion

[Number of traffic jams]
[Last year: H25.8.8 (Thurs) to H25.8.18 (Sun)]

Traffic jam scale	(1) 2014 results			(2) 2013 results			(3) Difference ((1)-(2))
Traffic jam scale	total	going down	going up	total	going down	going up	total	going down	going up
Number of traffic jams over 10 km	142	49	93	129	49	80	+13	0	+13
Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more	15	2	13	5	3	2	+10	▲1	+11

Image of congestion situation

2-day average traffic volume

[Main 23 sections ^* Average daily traffic during the period in
[Last year: H25.8.8 (Thurs) to H25.8.18 (Sun)]

	(1) 2014 results	(2) 2013 results	YoY (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic volume	44,100 units/day	47,000 units/day	94％

Detailed daily average traffic volume Attachment 1 [PDF: 83KB] Please refer to the.

[Reference 1] Past day arrangement

[Reference 1] Image of past day arrangement

3 Main traffic congestion points

[Major traffic jam locations during the 2014 Bon Festival]

	Vertical line	Road name	Traffic jam (peak)	Traffic jam location	Congestion length	Congestion factors
（1）	Out-bound line	Kan-Etsu Expressway	Wednesday, August 13th, around 09:05	Near the Hanazono IC	42.7 km	Traffic concentration and accident
（2）	Out-bound line	Tohoku Expressway	Wednesday, August 13, around 09:50	Near Yaitakita PA	41.2km	Traffic concentration and accident
（3）	Out-bound line	Kan-Etsu Expressway	Monday, August 11, around 10:35	Near Takasaka SA	27.0km	Traffic concentration
（3）	Out-bound line	Kan-Etsu Expressway	Thursday, August 14th, around 08:10	Near Takasaka SA	27.0km	Traffic concentration and accident
（1）	In-bound line	Tohoku Expressway	Thursday, August 14th, around 19:00	Near Kamikawachi SA	52.2 km	Traffic concentration and accident
（2）	In-bound line	Kan-Etsu Expressway	Friday, August 15th, around 17:00	Near Maebashi IC	49.1 km	Traffic concentration and accident
（3）	In-bound line	Kan-Etsu Expressway	Friday, August 15, around 19:35	Near Tsurugashima IC	49.0 km	Traffic concentration and accident

[Reference] Major traffic jam locations during the Bon festival period last year (H25)

	Vertical line	Road name	Traffic jam (peak)	Traffic jam location	Congestion length	Congestion factors
（1）	Out-bound line	Kan-Etsu Expressway	Tuesday, August 13th, around 11:30	Near the Hanazono IC	38.6km	Traffic concentration and accident
（2）	Out-bound line	Tohoku Expressway	Wednesday, August 14, around 10:55	Near Iwafune JCT	38.1km	Traffic concentration and accident
（3）	Out-bound line	Kan-Etsu Expressway	Wednesday, August 14, around 10:50	Near Higashimatsuyama IC	33.4km	Traffic concentration and accident
（1）	In-bound line	Kan-Etsu Expressway	Tuesday, August 13th, around 17:05	Near Takasaka SA	40.9km	Accident and traffic concentration
（2）	In-bound line	Tohoku Expressway	Saturday, August 17, around 16:30	Near Fukushima TN	38.6km	Accident and traffic concentration
（3）	In-bound line	Tohoku Expressway	Saturday, August 17, around 17:40	Near Furukawa IC	28.0km	Traffic concentration

JCT: Junction, IC: Interchange, SA: Service area, TN: Tunnel

[Reference] Number of traffic jams nationwide (NEXCO EAST /Central/West Japan, Honshi Expressway)
[Last year: H25.8.8 (Thurs) to H25.8.18 (Sun)]

Traffic jam scale	(1) 2014 results			(2) 2013 results			(3) Difference ((1)-(2))
Traffic jam scale	total	going down	going up	total	going down	going up	total	going down	going up
Number of traffic jams over 10 km	436	173	263	444	173	271	▲8	0	▲8
Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more	27	11	16	27	19	8	0	▲8	+8

・ NEXCO EAST jurisdiction H26 Obon period Traffic volume preliminary value (all models)

Image image of image link (external link) to download page of Adobe Acrobat Reader

To view the PDF file, you need the Adobe Systems plug-in software "Acrobat Reader (Japanese version)". If you do not have Download from here (free)Please use it.