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Traffic situation (breaking news) during Obon period

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August 19, 2019
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), the Obon period (2019 that it has compiled the traffic situation in the August 8 (Thursday) to August 18 (Sunday) 11 days), let you know.

  • The number of times of traffic congestion of 10 km or more, 167 times, 5 times more than last year Did.
  • The number of times of congestion over 30 km, 20 times, one less than last year Did.
  • The maximum congestion length is On Friday, August 9, around 10:25, C4 Ken-O Road was 43.2km, which started in the vicinity of the Ome IC on the Ken-O Expressway (outer route).
  • The average daily traffic volume of the 30 main sections is It increased by about 1%.

1 congestion

《Number of traffic jams》

Traffic jam scale [1] 2019 of achievements [2] FY2018 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 167 73 94 162 73 89 +5 ±0 +5
Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more 20 12 8 21 10 11 ▲1 +2 ▲3
  • 2018: T30.8.9 (Thu)-8.19 (Sun)
Number of traffic jams (traffic over 10 km) Image of Out-bound line
Number of traffic jams (congestion over 10km) Image of the In-bound line

2-day average traffic volume

<Average daily traffic during the period>

[1] 2019 of achievements [2] FY2018 results YoY [1] / [2]
Average daily traffic volume 43,300 Stand / day 43,000 Stand / day 100.7％

3 Main traffic congestion points

"2019 major traffic congestion point of the degree of Obon period"

Vertical line Road name Traffic jam date and time (peak) Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
【1】 Outside C4 Ken-O Road August 9th (Friday) around 10:25 Near Ome IC 43.2km Traffic concentration and broken car
【2】 Out-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway August 13 (Tuesday) around 11:00 Near Hanyu PA 40.6km Accident and traffic concentration
【3】 Out-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway August 12 (Monday) around 11:35 Near Yaitakita PA 40.0 km Traffic concentration and accident
【1】

In-bound line

 E4 Tohoku Expressway August 14 (Wednesday) around 14:50 Near Kamikawachi SA 42.8km Accident and traffic concentration
【2】

In-bound line

 E6 Joban Expressway August 14 (Wednesday) around 18:05 Near Hitachi Chuo IC 41.5km Traffic concentration
【3】

In-bound line

 E4 Tohoku Expressway August 12 (Monday) around 17:40 Near Kamikawachi SA 39.1km Traffic concentration and accident

[Reference] Major traffic jam locations during the Obon period last year (H30.8.9 (Thu) to 8.19 (Sun))

Vertical line Road name Traffic jam date and time (peak) Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
【1】 Out-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Saturday, August 11th, around 7:45 Near Yaitakita PA 56.5km Traffic concentration and accident
【2】 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Saturday, August 11th, around 6:05 Near the Hanazono IC 49.0 km Traffic concentration and accident
【3】 Out-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Friday, August 10th, around 17:25 Near the Kurosuiitamu IC 44.0 km Accident and traffic concentration
【1】

In-bound line

 E4 Tohoku Expressway August 13 (Monday) around 18:00 Near Kamikawachi SA 44.6km Traffic concentration and accident
【2】

In-bound line

 E4 Tohoku Expressway August 13 (Monday) around 18:20 Near Kuki IC 38.6km Traffic concentration and accident
【3】

In-bound line

 E4 Tohoku Expressway August 14 (Tuesday) around 17:45 Near Kamikawachi SA 37.9km Traffic concentration and accident
  • IC: Interchange, SA: Service area, PA: Parking area

4 Traffic Trends (Year-on-year comparison)

  • The peak number of traffic jams was on the Out-bound line Saturday, August 10th, and on the In-bound line Monday, August 12th.
  • The number of traffic jams has increased 5 times from last year as a whole.

[Out-bound line]

[Out-bound line] Image of traffic volume during Obon period
[Out-bound line] Image of the number of traffic jams (10 km or more) during the Obon period

[In-bound]

[In-bound line] Image image of traffic during Obon period
[In-bound line] Image of the number of traffic jams during the Obon period (10 km or more)
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