There were 25 accidents on the morning of the first day of the National Day holiday. The High Commissioner estimated that the road section at 7 pm was likely to be blocked.

On the first day of the National Day holiday, as of 11 a.m. today, there have been 25 accidents on national highways. The current speed of some road sections is less than 40 kilometers per hour. The High Commissioner said that it is expected that seven sections of the National Highway 1 southbound Changhua system-Puyan system and the National Highway 5 southbound Nangang system-Toucheng will be prone to congestion in the afternoon. (File photo)

On the first day of the National Day holiday, as of 11 a.m. today, there have been 25 accidents on national highways. The current speed of some road sections is less than 40 kilometers per hour. The High Commissioner said that it is expected that seven sections of the National Highway 1 southbound Changhua system-Puyan system and the National Highway 5 southbound Nangang system-Toucheng will be prone to congestion in the afternoon.

This year’s National Day holiday runs from today to October 11. The Expressway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport issued a press release stating that as of 11 a.m., the traffic volume on the entire national highway was 38.2 million vehicle kilometers. The estimated traffic volume today is 114 million vehicle kilometers, which is still within the expected traffic range.

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The High Commissioner stated that a total of 25 accidents occurred from today to 11 a.m., including a small passenger car collision at 8:16 a.m. at 333.5 kilometers southbound on National Highway 1, at 9:40 a.m. at 337.8 kilometers northbound on National Highway 3, and at 8:49 a.m. at 70.3 kilometers southbound on National Highway 1. Although they were all eliminated within 40 minutes, they still resulted in back-blocking of vehicles and affected the overall traffic flow.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration pointed out that it is predicted that there will be long-term and long-distance congestion this afternoon. The key congestion sections are the National 1 southbound elevated airport system-Yangmeituan, Yangmei-Toufen, Changhua system-Puyan system, the northbound Yuanshan-Dahua system; the National 3 southbound Zhonghe-Kuanxi; the National 5 southbound Nangang system-Toucheng; the National 10 westbound Renwu to Zuoyingduan and other sections.

According to the real-time traffic conditions of the National Highway Traffic Control Bureau, as of 12:28 noon, some sections of the national highway were congested, and the speed of the sections of China 1 northbound Diding-Xizhiduan and southbound Hukou Service Area-Zhubei, China 3 northbound Muzha-Nanshen Road, and China 5 southbound Nangang system-Shiding were less than 40 kilometers per hour.

The High Power Public Security Bureau recommends that southbound users of National Highway 5 depart after 5 p.m. to save valuable time. It also calls on users to use the Highway 1968 website and APP and listen to police broadcasts while driving to get real-time traffic information and avoid congested sections and times on national highways. (Editor: Chen Qingfang) 1151009