Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report) [NEXCO EAST Version]
December 28th, 2018 (Friday) to 2019 January 6th (Sunday) 10 days
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- Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report) [NEXCO EAST Version]
2019 January 7
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has summarized traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year holidays.
- The number of traffic jams over 10 km 56 times, 10 times more than last year Did.
- The number of times of congestion over 30 km, 3 times, same as last year was.
- The maximum congestion length is January 3 (Thursday) 17:40, E4 33.5km that occurred near the Kuki interchange on the Tohoku Expressway (In-bound line) was.
- The daily average traffic volume of the main 30 sections is almost the same as last year. Due to the difference in the arrangement of days of the week, the traffic volume on January 4th (Friday) and 5th (Saturday) was especially heavier than last year, and the number of traffic jams also increased.
1 congestion
《Number of traffic jams》
[FY2017: Dec 28 (Thu) ~ Dec 30 (Sat) H30]
| Traffic jam scale | [1] FY2018 results | [2] 2017 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 10km | 56 | 18 | 38 | 46 | 16 | 30 | +10 | +2 | +8 |
| Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ±0 | ±0 | ±0 |
2-day average traffic volume
<Average daily traffic during the period>
[FY2017: Dec 28 (Thu) ~ Dec 30 (Sat) H30]
| [1] FY2018 results | [2] 2017 results | YoY [1] / [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daily traffic volume | 29,200 Stand / day | 29,100 Stand / day | 100.3％ |
- Simple average of the main 30 sections. Please see the attached sheet [PDF: 171KB] for detailed daily average traffic volume.
3 Main traffic congestion points
<< Major traffic congestion points during the year-end and New Year holidays of 2018 >>
| Vertical line | Road name | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 【1】 | Out-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | Wednesday, January 2, around 11:45 | Hanyu Hanyu Near PA | 25.9km | Accident and traffic concentration |
| 【2】 | Out-bound line | E14 Keiyo Road | Wednesday, January 2, around 11:05 | Kaizuka Kaizuka near IC | 21.7km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【3】 | Out-bound line | E17Kan-Etsu Expressway | December 30 (Sun) around 6:45 | Higashi Matsuyama Higashi Matsuyama Near IC | 19.6km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【1】 | In-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | January 3 (Thursday) around 17:40 | Near Kuki Kuki IC | 33.5km | Accident and traffic concentration |
| 【2】 | In-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | Wednesday, January 2, around 16:55 | Kazo Kazo near IC | 33.4km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【3】 | In-bound line | E17Kan-Etsu Expressway | Wednesday, January 2, around 17:05 | Takasaka Takasaka Near SA | 31.8km | Traffic concentration and accident |
- IC: Interchange, SA: Service area, PA: Parking area
<< Topics for the year-end and New Year period of 2018 >>
- The traffic volume during the year-end period decreased compared to last year due to the influence of snow.
- Traffic on the Gaikan Expressway has increased significantly, partly due to the opening of the Misato Minami IC-Takaya JCT in June last year.
- Near the Hanazono IC on the Kan-Etsu Expressway (Out-bound line), due to the effect of the additional lane completed in December last year, traffic congestion caused by traffic concentration of 10 km or more at the same location did not occur this year. .
- The traffic volume on the Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway has increased compared to last year, and the number of traffic congestions over 10 km has also increased.
In particular, traffic jams of 10 km or more, beginning with Kisarazu Kaneda on the Out-bound line, occurred 5 times, increasing from 2 times last year.
[Reference] Major traffic congestion points during the year-end and New Year period of last year (2017)
| Vertical line | Road name | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Traffic jam location | Congestion length | Congestion factors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 【1】 | Out-bound line | E17Kan-Etsu Expressway | Wednesday, January 3, around 7:35 | Near Numata Numata IC | 22.8km | Snow and traffic concentration |
| 【2】 | Out-bound line | E14 Keiyo Road | January 2 (Tue) 11:25 | Kaizuka Kaizuka near IC | 22.7km | Traffic concentration |
| 【3】 | Out-bound line | E17Kan-Etsu Expressway | Saturday, December 30, around 6:55 | Takasaka Takasaka Near SA | 18.9km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【1】 | In-bound line | E17Kan-Etsu Expressway | January 2 (Tue) 16:00 | Takasaka Takasaka Near SA | 35.9km | Accident and traffic concentration |
| 【2】 | In-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | January 2 (Tue) 18:25 | Near Kuki Kuki IC | 33.5km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| 【3】 | In-bound line | E17Kan-Etsu Expressway | January 3 (Wednesday) around 18:00 | Near Akagi Akagi IC | 31.9km | Snow and traffic concentration |
4 Traffic Trends (Year-on-year comparison)
- Peak of congestion is Out-bound line is January 2 (water), In-bound was the line is January 2 (water) and 1 March (Thursday).
- Due to the arrangement of days of the week, the number of traffic jams has increased on the 4th (Fri) and 5th (Sat) of last year, and the number of traffic jams has also increased.
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