Research Article

The Impact of the COVID-19 Movement Restrictions on the Road Traffic in the Czech Republic during the State of Emergency

Table 2

Basic overview for all road types and three selected road types: motorways, 1st class roads, and residential area roads.

StateWeekAll road typesAll road types+MotorwaysMotorways+1st class roads1st class roads+Residential area roadsResidential area roads+

NS24/2/2020–1/3/20200.211.49%0.838.59%0.171.66%0.20.89%
NS2/3/2020–8/3/20200.040.27%0.444.91%0.121.27%0.160.71%
NS and ES from 12/39/3/2020–15/3/20200.10.79%0.9310.68%0.414.26%0.251.16%
ES16/3/2020–22/3/20202.0415.43%2.1124.16%2.4225.37%3.4315.53%
ES23/3/2020–29/3/20202.8120.95%0.9710.79%3.233.09%4.0818.4%
ES30/3/2020–5/4/20202.8420.61%0.21.91%3.3132.79%3.8117.19%
ES6/4/2020–12/4/20201.6512.88%0.495.14%221.7%2.5812.18%
ES13/4/2020–19/4/20201.139.03%0.798.6%1.4116%1.848.87%
ES20/4/2020–26/4/20200.987.43%0.161.6%1.111.67%1.446.66%
ES27/4/2020–3/5/20200.312.54%0.131.38%0.364.15%0.52.45%
ES4/5/2020–10/5/20200.141.15%0.22.08%0.070.81%0.31.48%
ES11/5/2020–17/5/20200.080.61%0.454.44%0.121.25%0.231.08%
NS18/5/2020–24/5/20200.10.71%0.121.19%0.161.68%0.070.31%
NS25/5/2020–31/5/20200.030.24%0.242.27%0.010.06%0.140.63%
NS1/6/2020–7/6/20200.070.50%0.252.4%0.050.46%0.20.9%

ES: emergency state; NS: normal situation. Relative speed difference in percentage points. +Relative speed difference in percentage points compared to normal situation.