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Expressway traffic conditions during Golden Week (flash report)
[NEXCO EAST version]

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May 6, 3rd year of Reiwa
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has compiled the traffic conditions during the Golden Week period [Wednesday, April 28, 3rd year of Reiwa-Wednesday, May 5, 3rd year of Reiwa: 8 days]. To do.

  • Average daily traffic volume decreased to 57% compared to the same period two years ago. (Increased to 214% compared to last year * 1)
  • The number of traffic jams over 10km was 51, a decrease of 30% compared to the same period two years ago.
  • The number of traffic jams over 30km was three, a decrease of 12% compared to the same period two years ago.
  • The maximum congestion length was 41.1km, which occurred around 18:20 on May 4th (Tuesday), at the beginning of theE17Kan-Etsu Expressway (In-bound line) near Kawagoe IC.

* 1: For details, see Attachment 1-2 [PDF: 105KB].

1. 1. Comparison period

  1. April 28, 3rd year (Wednesday) -May 5, 3rd year (Wednesday): 8 days
  2. 2019 April 26 (Friday) -2019 May 6 (Monday): 11 days

2. Traffic volume

(1) 3 years of Reiwa results (2) Results for 2019 (Reiwa 1) Contrast (1) / (2)
Average daily traffic * 2 (all vehicles) 22,900 units / day 40,500 units / day 57％
(Small) (large) 18,800 4,100 36,000 4,500 52％ 91％
Maximum daily traffic 27,300 units / day 48,600 units / day 56％

* 2: 12 cross sections within the NEXCO EAST jurisdiction (see Attachment 1 [PDF: 109KB])​

3. 3. Congestion situation

(1) 3 years of Reiwa results (2) Results for 2019 (Reiwa 1) Contrast (1) / (2)
Congestion of 10 km or more 51 times 169 times 30％
Congestion of 30 km or more 3 times 25 times 12％

《Especially long traffic jams (worst place by top and bottom)》

[Reiwa 3 years]

Vertical line Road name Congestion location * 3 Peak date and time Extension Factor
1 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaka Takasaka Near SA May 2nd (Sun) around 9:30 30.9km Traffic concentration and accident
2 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaka Takasaka Near SA May 3 (Monday) around 10:00 29.9km Traffic concentration and broken car
3 Out-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaka Takasaka Near SA Saturday, May 1st, around 11:05 24.7km Accident and traffic concentration
1 In-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Kawagoe Kawagoe Near IC May 4th (Tuesday) around 18:20 41.1km Traffic concentration
2 In-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaka Takasaka Near SA May 3 (Monday) around 17:10 31.8km Traffic concentration and accident
3 In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Kazo Kazo near IC May 3 (Monday) around 18:45 28.6km Accident and traffic concentration

[Heisei 31 (Reiwa 1st year)]

Vertical line Road name Congestion location * 3 Peak date and time Extension Factor
1 Out-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Hanyu Hanyu Near PA April 28 (Sun) around 7:10 40.6km Accident and traffic concentration
Out-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Hanyu Hanyu Near PA April 29 (Monday) around 9:20 40.6km Traffic concentration and accident
Out-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Hanyu Hanyu Near PA May 2 (Thursday) around 8:45 40.6km Accident and traffic concentration
1 In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Near Kuki Kuki IC​ May 2 (Thursday) around 18:10 49.7 km Traffic concentration and accident
2 In-bound line E17Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaka Takasaka Near SA May 2 (Thursday) around 17:55 47.3km Traffic concentration and accident
3 In-bound line E4 Tohoku Expressway Kamikawachi Kamikawachi Near SA May 2 (Thursday) around 17:45 46.5km Traffic concentration

* 3: IC: Interchange, SA: Service area, PA: Parking area

Four. Daily traffic conditions

  • Traffic volume and the number of traffic jams have decreased significantly compared to the year before last.
  • Peak of congestion number of times, Out-bound line May 3 (Monday), In-bound line was May 4 (Tuesday).

[Out-bound line]

[Out-bound line] Traffic image image
[Out-bound line] Image of the number of traffic jams (10km or more)

[In-bound]

[In-bound line] Traffic image image
Image of the number of traffic jams (10km or more) on the [In-bound

Five. Reference materials

Congestion status of CA Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line Expressway [PDF: 301KB]

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