Countermeasures Enhanced at 189 Locations Nationwide to Prevent Wrong-Way Driving on Expressways.

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".

By AI of "Isesaki FM".

In order to strengthen measures against wrong-way driving on expressways, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has selected 189 particularly dangerous locations nationwide as priority locations for countermeasures. From Gunma Prefecture, the Minakami Interchange on the Kan-etsu Expressway was selected. This location has an at-grade intersection structure and is considered to be at high risk of wrong-way driving. According to the Gunma Prefectural Police, 20 cases of wrong-way driving were confirmed on expressways in the prefecture in the five years from 2020 to 2024, two of which escalated into accidents, and four people were killed or injured on the Kita-Kanto Expressway in 2024.