NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Sendai Aoba-ku, Regional Head Office length: Kumagai, Kazuo), the equivalent of 2006 Regional Head Office of the tube Expressway for fatal traffic accidents and fatalities in, let you know that it has compiled the bulletin.

The trends in the number of traffic fatal accidents and the number of fatalities in the Tohoku Regional Head Office 2006 (business extension of 1,277km) are as follows.

"The number of deaths decreased by about 60% compared to the previous year"
"Lowest number of traffic fatalities and fatalities in the last 5 years"
"There was no accident that caused multiple deaths in one accident."

* NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office survey
Note: The numbers for H14 include 1 case and 2 cases that occurred in Niigata prefecture between Nishiaizu IC and Tsugawa IC, which are within the jurisdiction of the Tohoku Regional Head Office in addition to the 6 prefectures of Tohoku.

We believe that the decrease in traffic fatal accidents is due to the efforts of the Tohoku Prefectural Police, related organizations and groups, and the enhancement of customer safety awareness, and we would like to thank everyone involved.

In addition, NEXCO EAST is implementing the following traffic safety measures, and we believe that these have led to a reduction in traffic fatal accidents.

• Implementation of high-performance pavement (pavement with drainage function)
• Implementation of traffic safety publicity (such as "Okuno Snow Road Campaign" which is being implemented this winter)

Furthermore, in 2007 as well, we worked on various measures such as construction of sight distance improvement between Shiraishi IC and Sendai Minami IC (construction to improve the visibility of the curve) so that customers can use the Expressway safely and comfortably. I will come.

Request from NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office

On the Expressway the Tohoku region in winter, the weather may change suddenly and snow with strong winds may fall. When you drive, be sure to keep winter tires and other winter equipment in place, reduce your speed, and drive safely.

About Expressway snow road information

NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office is holding an "Oku no Snow Road Campaign" until March 31, 2007 (Saturday) in order to drive safely and comfortably on the winter Expressway.

If you access the special site of this campaign with a computer or mobile phone (i-mode, Yahoo! Keitai, Ezweb), you can easily get the latest "Expressway snow road information" (snowfall condition, road condition, road condition) etc. in the Tohoku region. You can obtain it, so please use it when you go out for leisure.