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Expressway traffic conditions during the year-end and New Year period (preliminary report)
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January 6, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), the year-end and New Year holidays period (2019 December 27 (Friday) -2020, January 5 (Sunday): 10 days) that it has compiled the traffic situation in, It will be announced.

  • The number of times of traffic congestion of 10 km or more, 57 times, 4 times less than last year Did.
  • The number of times of congestion over 30 km, 5 times, 2 times more than last year Did.
  • The maximum congestion length was 43.7km, which occurred at the beginning of the E4 Tohoku Expressway (In-bound line) near the Kuki interchange at around 17:30 on January 2 (Thursday).
  • The average daily traffic volume of the 30 main sections is compared to last year. 2% increase have become.

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 57 16 41 61 20 41 ▲4 ▲4 ±0
Of which, the number of traffic congestions of 30 km or more 5 0 5 3 0 3 +2 ±0 +2

※ 2018: H30.12.27 (Thurs) -H31.1.5 (Sat)

Out-bound image of line congestion number of times (10km or more of a traffic jam)
In-bound image of line congestion times (10 km or more traffic congestion)

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 31,100 Stand / day 30,600 Stand / day 101.6％
  • * Simple average of the main 30 sections. Detailed daily average traffic volume Attachment [PDF: 199KB] please look at.

3 Main traffic congestion points

"2019 major traffic congestion point of the degree of year-end and New Year period"

Vertical line Road name Traffic jam date and time (peak) Traffic jam location Congestion length Congestion factors
【1】 Out-bound line E14 Keiyo Road Wednesday, January 2, around 10:55 Near Kaizuka IC 24.3km Traffic concentration and accident
【2】 Out-bound line C3 Outer ring road January 2 (Thursday) 11:45 Near Soka IC 19.2km Traffic concentration and accident
【3】 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway January 2 (Thursday) around 11:35 Near Takasaka SA 18.9km Traffic concentration
【1】 In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway January 2 (Thursday) around 17:30 Near Kuki IC 43.7km Accident and traffic concentration
【2】 In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway January 3 (Fri) 18:30 Near Kuki IC 42.0km Traffic concentration and accident
【3】 In-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway January 3 (Friday) around 17:30 Near Takasaka SA 35.0km Accident and traffic concentration
  • * IC: Interchange, SA: Service area, PA: Parking area

[Reference] Major traffic congestion locations during the year-end and New Year period of last year (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 Near Hanyu PA 25.9km Accident and traffic concentration
【2】 Out-bound line E14 Keiyo Road January 2 (Wednesday) around 11:05 Near Kaizuka IC 21.7km Traffic concentration and accident
【3】 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway December 30 (Sun) around 6:45 Near Higashimatsuyama IC 19.6km Traffic concentration and accident
【1】 In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway January 3 (Thursday) 17:40 Near Kuki IC 33.5km Accident and traffic concentration
【2】 In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway January 2 (Wednesday) around 16:55 Near Kazo IC 33.4km Traffic concentration and accident
【3】 In-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway January 2 (Wednesday) around 17:05 Near Takasaka SA 31.8km Traffic concentration and accident

4 Traffic Trends (Year-on-year comparison)

  • Peak of congestion is Out-bound line is January 2 (Thursday), In-bound was the line is January 2 (Thursday) and January 3 (gold).
  • Due to the arrangement of the days of the week, the traffic volume on January 3 (Friday) and January 4 (Saturday) increased from last year, and the number of traffic jams also increased.

[Out-bound line]

[Out-bound line] Image of traffic trends (compared to the previous year)

[In-bound]

[In-bound] Image of traffic trends (compared to the previous year)
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