At 10:43 a.m. this morning, 3 small passenger cars were involved in a collision accident on the southbound section of Ruilong Road (368.3 km) in the middle lane of State 1.

(Picture provided by Gaogong Bureau)

[Reporter Chen Xinyu/Taipei Report] Today (25th), the return traffic flow of the National Highway will reach a 10-day continuous holiday peak, and the road conditions of some road sections have become "purple". Closed, including National 1 Tainan Camp to Miaoli Toufen, National 3 Tainan Guantian to Miaoli Zhunan, high traffic control from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm; National 5 is Toucheng, Yilan, Luodong, Suao The northbound entrance will be subject to high traffic control from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and it is also reminded to avoid 9 congested road sections.

Cai Mingzhe, Section Chief of the Traffic Management Team of the Highway Public Security Bureau, said that short-distance southbound tourist vehicles appeared on the national highway in the northern district at 9:00 this morning, and the northward return traffic flow is expected to peak in the afternoon.

The Gaogong Bureau predicts that the northbound direction of Country 1 Miaoli-Hukou will be blocked until 2:00 am tomorrow, the northbound direction of Country 3 will be Dashan-Xiangshan, and the northbound direction of Country 5 Yilan-Pinglin will be blocked until 3:00 tomorrow morning.

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At present (12:00 noon), the "Zibo" section with an immediate speed of less than 20 kilometers is the northbound section from National 1 Taichung to Daya; other sections with an immediate speed below 30 kilometers include National 3 Wuri to Zhongtou Southbound, National 3 Mingjian to Nantou service area to the north, Country 1 Fengyuan to Taichung system north, Country 3 CIC to Wufeng south, Country 1 Hukou service area to Zhubei south, etc.

State 5 road conditions at 12:00 noon today, State 3 northbound to the State 5 Nangang system, State 3 southbound to the State 5 Nangang system backblocked for 2.5 to 3 kilometers, currently the bridgehead of the Yilan River to the entrance of the Yilan Interchange is blocked for 2 kilometers, Jiaoxi transfer station Line 9 from Toucheng to the entrance of the National 5 Toucheng Interchange for 1.5 kilometers, Luodong Chuanyi Intersection to the Luodong Interchange entrance for 0.5 kilometers, and Suao Haishan West Road to the Suao Interchange entrance for 0.5 kilometers.

The Gaogong Bureau stated that at 9:47 this morning, 3 small passenger cars collided with the Gangshan Weighbridge Station (346.3 km) in the northbound direction of Country 1 and occupied the inner lane, resulting in a backlog of 7 kilometers; km) 3 small passenger car collision accidents occurred in the middle lane, resulting in a 3-kilometer backlog; at 10:57, 2 small passenger car collision accidents occurred in the inner lane of the National 3 North-to-Nantou Interchange (228 kilometers), resulting in a 5-kilometer backlog , the Gaogong Bureau said that the accidents have been ruled out, but the back-blocking of vehicles affects the overall traffic flow.

The Gaogong Bureau stated that there is a wave of northbound vacation or tourist vehicles on the national highway today. The diversion measures include Gaocheng at the northbound entrance of each interchange from the Xiaying system of State 1 to Toufen, and from the Guantian system of State 3 to Zhunan from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Load control; from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., high load control at the northbound entrances of Suao, Luodong, Yilan, and Toucheng Interchanges on State 5.

In addition, from 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight today, the Puyan system of Country 1 and the northbound entrance of Country 3 Xibin will be closed. From 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m., the northbound entrances of Country 1 Huwei and Rende, and the northbound entrances of Country 1 Wangtian and Country 3 will be closed. In addition, a single rate is adopted, the national 3 Hsinchu system to the Yanchao system adopts a single rate and a 20% discount is charged, the toll is suspended from 0 to 5, open road shoulders, ramp instrument control, etc.

The Gaogong Bureau predicts 9 key congested road sections today:

●Northbound National Highway No. 1:

10am to 11pm Xiluo – Puyan System

10am to 11pm Nantun – Houli

2:00 pm to 2:00 tomorrow Miaoli – Hukou

●Northbound National Highway No. 3:

2:00 pm to 11:00 pm Zhushan – Zhongxing

4:00pm to 11:00pm Caotun – Wufeng

3:00 pm to 3:00 tomorrow Dashan – Xiangshan

2pm to 9pm Kansai – Daxi

●Northbound on National Highway No. 5:

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. tomorrow Yilan – Pinglin

●National Highway No. 6 Westbound:

4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Old Positive – Wufeng System

At 09:47 this morning, 3 passenger cars collided with the northbound Okayama Weighbridge Station (346.3 kilometers) and occupied the inner lane.

(Picture provided by Gaogong Bureau)