Traffic on Jalan MT Haryono in East Jakarta, towards Cawang, was\nbriefly congested after a lorry struck the TransJakarta Corridor 9\nbusway barrier. Similar accidents have occurred repeatedly.<\/p>\n
Traffic at the scene, heading towards Cawang, was briefly backed up.\nThe lorry was removed on Monday (19 October 2026), with the evacuation\ncompleted at 08.45 WIB.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe evacuation of a lorry that struck the busway barrier on Jl\nLetjen M.T. Haryono, Cawang, Kramat Jati district, East Jakarta, in\nfront of the Shell petrol station towards Pancoran, has now been\ncompleted and traffic has returned to normal,\u201d the Jakarta Metro\nPolice\u2019s Traffic Management Centre (TMC) said on its X account.<\/p>\n
Footage posted by the TMC showed two tow trucks at the scene, towing\nthe lorry from both the front and rear.<\/p>\n
The crash caused congestion at the location and on the road towards\nCawang. The left front of the lorry was badly damaged.<\/p>\n
Motorcyclists caught in the congestion<\/strong><\/p>\n A motorcyclist named Dwi said he was caught in traffic in Cawang for\n15 minutes that morning. He was travelling along Jl Mayjen Sutoyo\ntowards Jatinegara at around 08.30 WIB.<\/p>\n \u201cTraffic was really bad at the turn towards MT Haryono. It got even\nworse when I turned left, towards Cawang,\u201d Dwi said when contacted.<\/p>\n Traffic was also backed up on the route towards PGC. He said queues\nstretched both towards Cawang and towards Jatinegara.<\/p>\n Motorcycles and cars were at a standstill for around 15 minutes.\nTraffic had returned to normal by the time he reached Jatinegara.<\/p>\n \u201cIt took more than 15 minutes to get to the descent towards\nJatinegara,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Several similar incidents<\/strong><\/p>\n 9 October<\/strong><\/p>\n Lorries have struck busway barriers several times. On 9 October, a\ncontainer lorry hit a barrier on Jl S Parman in Grogol Petamburan, West\nJakarta. The lorry struck the barrier after swerving to avoid a\nmotorbike travelling on its right.<\/p>\n West Jakarta Metro Police Traffic Unit enforcement officer AKP Joko\nsaid the container lorry had been travelling south from the north. Near\nGelong bus stop, it entered the busway. Joko said the driver was\navoiding a motorbike travelling alongside it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe lorry entered the busway to avoid a motorbike travelling\nalongside it on its right, in the same direction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The driver then lost control, causing the lorry to veer left and hit\nthe busway barrier, damaging it.<\/p>\n 29 September<\/strong><\/p>\n On 29 September, a rubbish lorry struck a busway barrier near Gerbang\nPemuda bus stop in Central Jakarta. TransJakarta Corridor 9 services\nwere briefly disrupted.<\/p>\n \u201cThe incident happened at around 05.00 WIB, when a rubbish lorry\nstruck the busway barrier,\u201d said Kompol Kharisma Arbita Bangsa, head of\nthe traffic accident section of the Jakarta Metro Police traffic\ndirectorate\u2019s law enforcement sub-directorate, on Tuesday (29 September\n2026).<\/p>\n He said officers subsequently removed the rubbish lorry and took it\nto Teluk Gong in North Jakarta.<\/p>\n Following the crash, TransJakarta briefly diverted services on\nCorridor 9 towards Pluit. Buses heading to Pluit temporarily did not\nstop at Gerbang Pemuda bus stop until conditions returned to normal.<\/p>\n 22 September<\/strong><\/p>\n A Hino lorry struck a busway barrier on Jl Gatot Subroto, in front of\nDenpasar bus stop in South Jakarta, on Tuesday (22 September). The\nsingle-vehicle accident was caused by a punctured tyre.<\/p>\n The crash occurred at around 05.00 WIB on Tuesday (22 September\n2026), on Jl Gatot Subroto heading east, in front of Denpasar bus stop.\nThe lorry, registration number Z-9041-AD, had been travelling from west\nto east.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it reached the scene, in front of Denpasar bus stop, the\nvehicle is suspected to have suffered a punctured tyre,\u201d Kompol Kharisma\nArbita Bangsa, head of the traffic accident section of the Jakarta Metro\nPolice traffic directorate\u2019s law enforcement sub-directorate, said in a\nstatement on Tuesday (22 September 2026).<\/p>\n Pramono\u2019s response<\/strong><\/p>\n In response to the incident, Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung called on\neveryone to comply with the rules.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are continuously monitoring the use of large vehicles and heavy\nlorries,\u201d Pramono said in Cipayung, East Jakarta, on Monday (19\nOctober).<\/p>\n He said lorry-related accidents could disrupt traffic. He also noted\nthat lorries had become stuck on pedestrian bridges because they were\noverloaded.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes they cause congestion by hitting barriers, or damage\npedestrian bridges because they are too tall,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Pramono urged drivers to obey the rules, saying this was important to\nprevent further accidents.<\/p>\n \u201cI ask everyone to follow the rules,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
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