Traffic conditions on Expressway during the Golden Week period (preliminary report) [national version]
Period: 2019, April 26 (Friday) -2019 May 6 (Monday); 11 days
Comparison target: April 27, 2018 (Friday) to May 7, 2018 (Monday); 11 days
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- Traffic conditions on Expressway during the Golden Week period (preliminary report) [national version]
May 7, 2019
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
Honshu-Shikoku Expressway Co., Ltd.
1 Traffic situation
(Related materials pages 2-4 [PDF: 964KB])
- 17% increase in traffic volume during the period compared to last year
- Compared to last year, the number of traffic jams over 10km increased by 225 times. The number of traffic jams over 30km increased by 26 times.
(1) Traffic volume
Main sections of Expressway Pages 3-4 [PDF: 964KB] (Simple average of 40 sections in total)
| H31 (R1) year results ([1]) | FY2011 results ([2]) | Contrast [1] / [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daily traffic volume | 50,100 units / day | 42,900 units / day | 117％ |
| Maximum daily traffic | 60,000 units / day | 55,800 units / day | 108％ |
(2) Congestion situation
Number of traffic jams (The number of traffic jams over 10km includes the number of traffic jams over 30km)
| H31 (R1) year results ([1]) | FY2011 results ([2]) | Contrast [1] / [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic congestion of 10 km or more | 553 times | 328 times | +225 times |
| Traffic congestion of 30 km or more | 51 times | 25 times | +26 times |
[Particularly long traffic jam location (1st worst by top and bottom of each company)]
| Company classification | Vertical line | Road name | Traffic jam location | Traffic jam date and time (peak) | Congestion extension | Cause of traffic jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Japan | Out-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | Near Hanyu PA | Sunday, April 28, around 7:10 | 40.6km | Accident and traffic concentration |
| Monday, April 29th, around 9:20 | Traffic concentration and accident | |||||
| May 2 (Thursday) around 8:45 | Accident and traffic concentration | |||||
| In-bound line | E4 Tohoku Expressway | Near Kuki IC | May 2 (Thursday) around 18:10 | 49.7 km | Traffic concentration and accident | |
| Central Japan | Out-bound line | E20 Chuo Expressway | Near Uenohara IC | May 2 (Thursday) around 8:15 | 49.5km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| In-bound line | E1 Tomei Expressway | Near Hadano Nakai IC | Saturday, May 4, around 17:50 | 43.8km | Accident and traffic concentration | |
| Western Japan ・ Honshi | Out-bound line | E1 Meishin Expressway | Near Old Yamashina BS | Monday, April 29th, around 18:10 | 41.6km | Traffic concentration and accident |
| In-bound line | E1 Meishin Expressway | Near Kusatsu JCT | Around 7:45 on Friday, May 3 | 39.7km | Traffic concentration and accident |
2 topics
(Related materials pages 5-7 [PDF: 626KB])
For traffic conditions by region, please see the materials published by each road company.
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