Average Daily Nationwide Traffic Volume 15,983 Vehicles... 1.5%p Increase Compared to Previous Year

2022 National Road Status and Traffic Volume Survey Statistics
Average Traffic Volume Increased by 19.5%p Over 10 Years

Last year, the average daily traffic volume on roads nationwide was 15,983 vehicles, an increase of 1.5 percentage points (p) compared to the previous year. The average daily traffic volume has risen every year except in 2020, when the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak occurred, and the increase over the past 10 years (2013?2022) reached 19.5 percentage points.

This is mainly attributed to the continuous growth in the number of registered vehicles (up 31.5%) and the gross domestic product (GDP) (up 25.7%) compared to 10 years ago in 2013.

According to the "2022 National Road Status and Traffic Volume Survey Statistics" announced by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on the 27th, the average daily traffic volume on roads nationwide, which is the expected traffic volume observed at a random point on all surveyed road sections, was 15,983 vehicles.

By vehicle type, passenger cars accounted for 72.8%, freight vehicles 25.3%, and buses 1.9%. Compared to the previous year, passenger cars increased by 1.6 percentage points, buses by 27.8 percentage points, and freight vehicles decreased by 0.2 percentage points.

In particular, the significant increase in the average daily traffic volume of buses is interpreted as a result of increased use of group transportation means due to the phased return to normal life after the COVID-19 pandemic.

By road type, the average daily traffic volume increased on expressways (up 2.2 percentage points) and national highways (up 0.7 percentage points) compared to the previous year, while it decreased on nationally supported local roads (down 4.0 percentage points) and local roads (down 3.7 percentage points).

By region, the average daily traffic volume increased compared to the previous year in Gangwon-do (up 3.6 percentage points), Chungcheongbuk-do (up 2.5 percentage points), Gyeonggi-do (up 2.2 percentage points), Chungcheongnam-do (up 1.7 percentage points), Jeollabuk-do (up 1.2 percentage points), Jeollanam-do (up 0.5 percentage points), and Gyeongsangnam-do (up 0.3 percentage points), while it decreased in Jeju-do (down 4.1 percentage points) and Gyeongsangbuk-do (down 0.7 percentage points).

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