Last year, the road with the highest average daily traffic nationwide was found to be from the Gyeonggi Circular Road's Hanam Junction to the Namyangju Toegyewon Interchange.
According to the '2024 Road Traffic Volume Survey' announced by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on the 1st, the number of vehicles traveling on highways, national roads, and local roads last year averaged 16,262 per day, an increase of 1.3% from the previous year. The number of vehicles on highways increased to 53,392 (1.6% increase), while local roads saw an increase to 5,934 (1.1% increase), but the number on general national roads decreased to 13,136, a decline of 0.3%.
The busiest section was from the Gyeonggi Circular Road's Hanam Junction to the Namyangju Toegyewon Interchange (13.6 km), where an average of 222,540 vehicles passed each day. On general national roads, the section from the Jayuro to the Goyang Janghang Interchange (19.5 km) recorded 191,565 vehicles, and on local roads, the section from Hwaseong Cheoncheon Interchange to the Seosuwon Interchange (5.6 km) had 127,525 vehicles.
By region, Gyeonggi Province had the highest average of 40,677 vehicles per day, while Gangwon Province had the lowest at 8,292 vehicles. The highest traffic volume increase rate was in Chungbuk at 2.9%, while Jeju recorded the largest decrease rate at 4.3%.
By vehicle type, passenger cars comprised 11,906 units (73.2%), while trucks accounted for 4,053 units (24.9%), and buses totaled 303 units (1.9%). In particular, while the number of passenger cars increased by 1.9% compared to the previous year, trucks and buses decreased by 0.2% and 2.3%, respectively, strengthening the passenger car-centered movement pattern.
By time of day, traffic was concentrated from 4 to 5 p.m., and by day of the week, on Fridays.
Heo Nayun, head of the digital roads team at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, said, "The total distance of average daily traffic is about 516 million km, which is equivalent to circling the Earth 12,885 times," and noted, "We plan to gradually introduce artificial intelligence (AI) video analysis-based traffic volume survey equipment starting this year to enhance data utilization."