This year, there are more cars on the 228 National Highway than last year, but the congestion rate and accident rate have both decreased.

(File photo, photo by reporter Ding Yi)

[Reporter Ding Yi/Taipei Report] The 4-day 228 Peace Memorial Day holiday this year has ended. The High Public Security Bureau of the Ministry of Communications stated that the average daily two-way traffic volume on all national highways during this year’s continuous holiday period is 116.8 million vehicle kilometers (mvk). An increase of 2.2% compared to the same period last year; the average daily congestion rate was 1.8%, a decrease of 0.3% compared with last year; the average number of accidents per day was 142, a decrease of 16 compared with last year, a decrease of about 9.9%.

Although the traffic flow has increased, the accident rate and the congestion rate have both decreased. It is judged that the dredging measures are effective.

According to the research and judgment of the Gaogong Bureau, due to the slowdown of the epidemic situation during this holiday, people's travels are gradually increasing, so the traffic volume has increased, and the congestion rate has decreased slightly compared with the same period last year, which shows that the relief measures have played a certain role.

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According to the Gaogong Bureau, the daily two-way traffic volume during the holidays ranged from 105.7 to 121.4mvk. Among them, the southbound traffic volume was the highest at 65.5mvk on the first day, the northbound traffic volume was the highest at 63.1mvk on the third day, and the two-way traffic volume was 121.4mvk on the second day. The mvk is the highest, 1.4 times that of normal days.

Regarding the overall traffic situation of the national highway, the Highway Public Security Bureau pointed out that the daily congestion ratio (that is, the proportion of the number of road sections with a driving speed of less than 40 kilometers per half hour to the whole day) ranges from 1.7 to 3.4%, with an average of 1.8%, compared with 111 The year-over-year average was 2.1%, down 0.3%.

The Gaogong Bureau stated that the average number of accidents per day during the consecutive holidays was 142, a decrease of 16 (about 9.9%) from the average of 158 in the same period in 2011. However, the number of accidents on national highways reached 199 on the third day The number of cases increased by 5% compared with the 189 cases in the same period in 2011, which greatly affected the traffic flow of the national highway.

Under the joint cooperation of the Expressway Bureau and the National Highway Police Bureau, accidents can be eliminated quickly within 20 minutes at most, effectively reducing the impact of accidents on the overall traffic flow.

The Gaogong Bureau said that with the cooperation of passers-by and various national highway traffic control measures, although some sections of the road were congested due to excessive traffic volume or accidents, they were not too serious, showing that the overall control is effective.