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

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May 8, 2024
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) would like to inform you that it has compiled traffic conditions for the Golden Week period [Friday, April 26, 2024 to Monday, May 6, 2024: 11 days].

  • Average daily traffic volume was 101% compared to the same period last year.
  • The number of traffic jams of 10km or more occurred 113 times, which was 116% higher than the same period last year.
  • ​There were 10 traffic jams of over 30 km, which was 143% higher than the same period last year.
  • 最大の渋滞長は、4月29日（月）18時40分、E4東北道（上り線）岩槻IC付近を先頭に発生した47.5kmでした。

1. 1. Comparison period

  1. Reiwa 6 [Friday, April 26, 2024 - Monday, May 6, 2024: 11 days]
  2. Reiwa 5 [Thursday, April 27, 2023 - Sunday, May 7, 2023: 11 days]

2. Traffic volume

① Results for 2024 ② Results for 2023 Comparison ① / ②
Average daily traffic volume * 1 (all vehicles) 32,800 units/day 32,500 units/day 101％
(Small car) (Large car) 28,200 4,600 28,100 4,400 100％ 105％
Maximum daily traffic 45,000 units / day 48,600 units / day 93％

※1：詳細は、別紙-1【PDF：127KB】をご覧ください

3. 3. Congestion situation

① Results for 2024 ② Results for 2023 Comparison ① / ②
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more 113 times 97 times 116％
Traffic congestion of 30 km or more 10 times 7 times 143％

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

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

Image of [Reiwa 6]
Image image of [2020]

Four. Daily traffic conditions

  • The peak in traffic volume and number of jams was on Friday, May 3rd in the Out-bound direction and Sunday, May 5th in 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)

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