Expressway traffic conditions during the four consecutive holidays in September (breaking news) [NEXCO EAST version]

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September 23, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) is the traffic situation of Expressway during the four consecutive holidays in September (2020 for four days from Saturday, September 19 to Tuesday, September 22). I will inform you that I have summarized.

The average daily traffic volume of the 12 main sections increased to 107% compared to the same period last year.

The number of traffic jams over 10km per day was 14.5 times / day, an increase of about 2.3 times compared to the same period last year.

The number of traffic jams over 30km per day was 2.3 times / day, an increase of about 3.4 times compared to the same period last year.

The maximum congestion length is September 21 (Monday) around 18:45, E4 Tohoku Expressway (In-bound line) Urawa Urawa It was 65.3km that occurred near the IC at the beginning.

1. 1. Comparison period

  1. 2020 4 days from Saturday, September 19th to Tuesday, September 22nd
  2. 3 days from Saturday, September 21st to Monday, September 23rd, 1st 2019

2. Traffic volume

(1) 2020 (2) 2019 Year-on-year comparison ((1) / (2))
Average daily traffic * 1 31,700 units / day 29,600 units / day 107%

* 1: Simple average of 12 main sections (Attachment [PDF: 167KB])

3. 3. Congestion situation

(1) 2020 (2) 2019 Year-on-year comparison ((1) / (2))
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more 14.5 times / day 6.3 times / day 229%
Traffic congestion of 30 km or more 2.3 times / day 0.7 times / day 338%

Vertical line Road name Congestion location * 2 Peak date and time Extension Factor
1 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Higashi Matsuyama Higashi Matsuyama Near IC Saturday, September 19th, around 11:00 43.3 km Traffic concentration and accident
2 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Garden Garden near the IC September 21 (Monday) around 10:00 42.5 km Traffic concentration and accident
3 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Higashi Matsuyama Higashi Matsuyama Near IC September 20th (Sun) around 11:10 41.3km Traffic concentration and accident
1 In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Near Urawa Urawa IC September 21 (Monday) around 18:45 65.3km Traffic concentration and accident
2 In-bound line E18 Joshin-Etsu Expressway Near Fujioka Fujioka JCT September 21 (Monday) around 17:40 47.3km Accident and traffic concentration
3 In-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Kawagoe Kawagoe Near IC September 22 (Tuesday) around 18:20 45.2km Traffic concentration and accident

* 2: IC: Interchange, SA: Service area, PA: Parking area, JCT: Junction

Four. Daily traffic conditions

  • The peak of traffic congestion was September 21 (Monday) on both the upper and lower lines.
  • The traffic volume increased in the first half of the consecutive holidays on the Out-bound line and in the second half of the consecutive holidays on the In-bound line.
Daily traffic situation Out-bound line Traffic image image
Daily traffic conditions Image of the number of Out-bound line traffic jams (10 km or more)
Daily traffic situation In-bound line traffic image image
Daily traffic conditions In-bound line Image of the number of traffic jams (10 km or more)
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