[Fifth] About 20% of customers do not have winter tires! Before winter

-Results of winter tire installation survey (5th report)-

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  • [Fifth] About 20% of customers do not have winter tires! Before winter

December 5, 2018
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku office

NEXCO EAST Tohoku Branch (Sendai-shi Aoba-ku), aiming at the early winter tire replacement, will aim to raise a safe driving of snow road driving, in the coming snowfall period, for winter use on expressway We will investigate the mounting condition of the tire and announce the result.

 The installation rate of winter tires in the Tohoku region is 84%, which is higher than the previous survey (74%).

Since the beginning of December is about to begin full-scale winter, if you have not yet installed winter tires, Please change to early winter tires and drive safely when using the Expressway.

1 December 3 (Monday) Survey Results (5th)

Survey location Winter tire installation rate Number of surveys this time JMA observation data
This time survey
(December 3)
Last survey
(November 26)
Winter tires
Number of installed
Total number First snow day
(Observation point)
Aomori Prefecture E4 Tohoku Expressway Aomori IC 100% 100% 48 48 Last year: November 16 (Aomori City)
this year: Nov. 22
Normal year: November 6
E4A Hachinohe Expressway Hachinohe IC 100% 98% 37 37
Aomori prefecture total 100% 99% 85 85
Iwate Prefecture E4 Tohoku Expressway Morioka Minami IC 97% 90% 162 167 Last year: November 16 (Morioka City)
this year: Nov. 21
Normal year: November 8
E4 Tohoku Expressway north Ezuriko IC 97% 87% 94 97
Iwate prefecture total 97% 89% 256 264
Miyagi Prefecture E4 Tohoku Expressway Sendai Miyagi IC 81% 61% 80 99 Last year: November 19 (Sendai City)
this year: Unobserved
Normal year: November 24
E6 Sendai-Tobu Road Tobu Road Sendai Higashi IC 63% 55% 69 109
Miyagi prefecture total 72% 58% 149 208
Akita E4 Tohoku Expressway Towada IC 100% 100% 25 25 Last year: November 16 (Akita City)
this year: Nov. 22
Normal year: November 13
E7 Akita Expressway Akita Minami IC 86% 85% 57 66
E46 Akita Expressway Yokote IC 99% 99% 84 85
Akita prefecture total 94% 95% 166 176
Yamagata Prefecture E48 Yamagata Expressway Yamagata Kita IC 95% 90% 42 44 Last year: November 16 (Yamagata City)
this year: November 23
Normal year: November 18
E48 Yamagata Expressway Tsuruoka IC 92% 81% 24 26
Yamagata total 94% 87% 66 70
Fukushima Prefecture E4 Tohoku Expressway Fukushima Iisaka IC 75% 59% 83 110 Last year: November 19 (Fukushima City)
this year: Unobserved
Normal year: November 26
E4 Tohoku Expressway Koriyama IC 70% 62% 118 168
E49 Ban-Etsu Expressway Aizuwakamatsu IC 88% 74% 94 107
E6 Joban Expressway Iwaki Central IC 73% 61% 154 211
Fukushima Prefecture total 75% 63% 449 596
Tohoku Regional Head Office 84% 74% 1,171 1,399
  • Survey method: Visually check the tire type of the vehicle passing through the general lane at the toll gate. (About 3 hours each time)
  • "IC" is an abbreviation for interchange.
  • About the first snow day, it is the information as of the survey date.

The next survey is scheduled for December 10 (Monday) (published on December 12 (Wednesday)).
(The survey date and publication date are subject to change without notice due to weather conditions.)
This material is a press release "About the results of the winter tire installation situation survey (first) -Winter tire installation rate 17%, winter is just around the corner! Early tire replacement- (November 7, 2018 ) ”Is a continuous survey.

2 Request from NEXCO EAST Tohoku Branch

  • Please put on early winter tires before snowfall. Summer tires tend to slip on snowy roads, and slip accidents on winter roads can lead to serious accidents, so please replace them with winter tires early.
  • "Driving slowly and safely on snowy roads" please. Reference Material-1 [PDF: 189KB]
    When driving on a snowy road at the beginning of the season, the feeling of safe driving on the snowy road may not be restored. Please do not operate suddenly and operate slowly and safely.
  • "Frequently gathering information before and after going out" please. Reference Material-2 [PDF: 1.4MB]
    The weather on winter Expressway changes rapidly, so be sure to check the road and weather information before and during your trip.

In order to use the winter highway safely, securely and comfortably, NEXCO EAST enlightenment activities at SA, PA, IC, traffic safety campaign, "Drupa" HP 's winter highway We actively send out information such as lectures ".

  • Dr. Mammoshi: A researcher who specializes in car and snow road safety
Image of Dr. Mammoshi
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