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Expressway traffic conditions during the Golden Week period (preliminary report) [NEXCO EAST]

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May 8, 2020
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has summarized the traffic conditions during the Golden Week period [April 28, 2020 (Friday) to May 7, 2020 (Sunday): 10 days]. To do.

  • The average daily traffic volume was 109% compared to the same period last year (down to 80% compared to 2019 [before the corona crisis]).
  • ​There were 91 traffic jams of 10 km or more, which was 97% compared to the same period last year (down to 54% compared to 2019 [before Corona]).
  • The number of traffic jams of 30 km or more was 7 times, which was 50% compared to the same period last year (down to 28% compared to 2019 [before the corona crisis]).
  • The maximum traffic jam length was 54.0km, which occurred around 9:00 on May 3 (Wednesday), near the Fujioka JCT on the E17 Kanetsu Kan-Etsu Expressway (Out-bound line).

1. 1. Comparison period

  1. 2020 [Friday, April 28, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023: 10 days]
  2. 2020 [April 29, 2020 (Friday) to May 8, 2020 (Sunday): 10 days]
  3. (Reference) 2019 [2019 Friday, April 26 -2019 Sunday, May 5: 10 days]

2. Traffic volume

(1) 2020 results (2) 2020 results Contrast (1) / (2) reference
(3) 2019 results Contrast (1) / (3)
Average daily traffic volume * 1
(All cars)		 33,500 units/day 30,600 units/day 109％ 42,100 units/day 80％
(Small car) (Large car) 29,400 4,100 26,700 3,900 110％ 105％ 37,500 4,600 78％ 89％
Maximum daily traffic 48,500 units/day 41,900 units / day 116％ 49,000 units / day 99％

*1: For details, please see attachments 1-1 and 1-2 [PDF: 185KB]​

3. 3. Congestion situation

(1) 2020 results (2) 2020 results Contrast (1) / (2) reference
(3) 2019 results Contrast (1) / (3)
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more 91 times 94 times 97％ 169 times 54％
Traffic congestion of 30 km or more 7 times 14 times 50％ 25 times 28％

Especially long traffic congestion place (3rd worst by direction)

*2: IC: interchange, JCT: junction, SA: service area, PA: parking area

Image image of [2020]
[Reiwa 4] image image
Image image of reference [2019]

Four. Daily traffic conditions

  • Traffic volume and congestion peaked on May 3 (Wednesday) for Out-bound direction, and May 4 (Thursday) and May 5 (Friday) for In-bound direction.

[Out-bound]

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

[In-bound]

[In-bound] Image of traffic volume
[In-bound] Image of the number of traffic jams (10km or more)

Reference material

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