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​ Traffic situation on highway in Bon Festival (preliminary report) 【NEXCO EAST Edition】

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August 20 2024
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) has summarized the traffic situation during the Bon vacation period [2024 August 8 (Thu.) to August 18 (Sun.): 11 days].

  • Average daily traffic volume was 102% compared to the same period last year.
  • The number of traffic jams longer than 10km was 135, an increase of 30 from the same period last year.
  • The number of traffic jams over 30km long was 10, an increase of three from the same period last year.
  • The longest traffic jam length was 46.9 km, recorded at 10:35 on Sunday, August 11, starting near Hanazono IC on the E17 Kan-Etsu Expressway (Out-bound).

1. 1. Comparison period

① 2024
[August 8, 2024 (Thursday) to August 18, 2020 (Sunday): 11 days]
② Reiwa 5
[August 10, 2020 (Thursday) to August 20, 2020 (Sunday): 11 days]

2. Traffic volume

① Results 2024 ② Results for 2023 Comparison ① / ②
Average daily traffic volume * 1 (all vehicles) 36,300 units/day 35,600 units/day 102％
(Small car) (Large car) 31,600 4,700 30,900 4,700 102％ 100％
Maximum daily traffic 44,200 units/day 46,200 units/day 96％

*1: For details, please see Attachment 1 [PDF: 161KB]​

3. 3. Congestion situation

① Results 2024 ② Results for 2023 Increase/decrease ①－②
Traffic congestion of 10 km or more 135 times 105 times +30 times
Traffic congestion of 30 km or more 10 times 7 times +3 times

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

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

Image of [2024]
Image image of [2020]

Four. Daily traffic conditions

  • The peak number of traffic jams was on Friday, August 9th in the Out-bound direction and on Wednesday, August 14th 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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