[First step] About half of the winter tires are not installed Snow removal work has already been carried out on October 23
Accidents frequently occur from November to December! Replace with early winter tires! !! ~
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- [First step] About half of the winter tires are not installed Snow removal work has already been carried out on October 23
November 2, 2017
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido office
NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Branch Office (Sapporo City Atsubetsu Ward) is conducting a survey on wearing conditions of winter tires on highways in order to promptly change to a tire for winter in order to reach full-scale snowfall / snowy season I will inform you of the results on the way.
The first snow was observed in various parts of Hokkaido, and Expressway is doing the first snow removal work of this term on October 23. On Expressway, many summer tire customers have been stuck or accidents have occurred. Running summer tires on snowy roads is extremely dangerous, so please replace them with winter tires early.
The survey will be conducted every week until November 10th (Friday) (scheduled: November 2nd (Thursday), November 10th (Friday)), and the results will be announced.
1 Survey results
| Survey location (*) | Survey date/winter tire installation rate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 【1st】 October 6 (Friday) | [The second] Oct. 13 (Fri) | [3rd] Friday, October 20 | 【4th】 October 27 (Friday) | [Last year (H28) survey] October 24 | ||
| Hokkaido road | Near Onuma Park IC | 8.0％ | 12.5％ | 34.2％ | 31.4％ | 23.8％ |
| Near Muroran IC | 3.6％ | 14.6％ | 10.0％ | 33.3％ | 25.0％ | |
| Near Tomakomai East IC | 15.9％ | 14.7％ | 15.8％ | 52.6％ | 48.0％ | |
| Near Kitahiroshima IC | 8.3％ | 11.3％ | 28.8％ | 47.1％ | 35.3％ | |
| Near Iwamizawa IC | 0.0％ | 9.4％ | 21.3％ | 73.1％ | 64.7％ | |
| Near Asahikawa Takasu IC | 5.2％ | 12.2％ | 33.0％ | 65.9％ | 59.1％ | |
| Sasson Expressway | Near Asari IC | 13.8％ | 13.9％ | 37.9％ | 28.2％ | 56.7％ |
| DOTO EXPWY | Near Otofuke Obihiro IC | 3.4％ | 24.0％ | 26.0％ | 54.2％ | 28.9％ |
| Near Tokachi Shimizu IC | 7.7％ | 9.5％ | 69.7％ | 82.6％ | 45.8％ | |
| Overall | 7.8％ | 13.6％ | 35.4％ | 55.4％ | 39.9％ | |
*The survey location is a parking lot of commercial facilities near each interchange (IC).
First snow has already been observed in various parts of Hokkaido, About half of customers do not wear winter tires is.
Please change the tires for winter as soon as possible.
2 Survey method
<Schedule for future survey>
November 2 (Thursday), 10th (Friday)
<Place of implementation>
Parking lots such as commercial facilities facing general roads near the following IC
Do-O Expressway Onuma Park IC, Muroran IC, Tomakomai Higashi IC, Kitahiroshima IC, Iwamizawa IC, Asahikawa Takasu IC
Sasson Expressway Asari IC
Doto Expressway Otofuke Obihiro IC, Tokachi Shimizu IC
<Survey method>
・In a parking lot such as a commercial facility, a researcher visually confirms the tire type of the parked vehicle
・About 60 minutes per check
<Survey results>
It will be announced the week after the survey date.
*The information may be changed without notice due to changes in the survey date.
3 Request from NEXCO EAST Hokkaido branch office
- "Early winter tire installation before snowfall and road surface freeze" please.
Summer tires are prone to slip on snow and icy roads, which can lead to serious accidents. Please wear winter tires early. - "Low speed driving on snowy roads and safe driving" please. Reference materials [PDF: 118KB]
On the snowy roads at the beginning of the season, the feeling of driving on the snowy roads has not returned, so even if you are wearing winter tires, you should keep a sufficient distance between cars and keep your speed down. Do not operate the steering wheel or brake suddenly and drive safely. - "Frequent information gathering before and after going out" please.
The weather changes abruptly on winter Expressway. Before going out, as well as during going out, check the road information, weather information, and other information frequently, and drive in a comfortable manner.
NEXCO EAST 's information site "DraPla" applies information such as traffic congestion prediction and winter Expressway lectures. In addition, "drive traffic (DraTra)" The Expressway offers information of the weather (snow-covered road) forecasts and road conditions (snow-covered road live camera).
* DraPla address
* DraTra Address
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