270,000 Vehicles Pass During Peak Return Flow, Traffic Corps Chief: National One-Way System Still in Effect
Cikampek, VIVA – The Head of the Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps (Kakorlantas Polri), Inspector General Agus Suryonugroho, reported that the number of vehicles during the peak return flow reached around 270,000 units up to Thursday, 19 March 2026. To anticipate density, the police continue to implement traffic engineering in the form of a national one-way system and contraflow at several points, particularly on the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road.
The number of vehicles during this year’s peak return flow increased by 4.26% compared to the same period in 2025. In the previous year, the total vehicles passing were around 258,000.
Agus assured that traffic conditions remain under control so far despite the surge in vehicles. He stated that the national one-way policy implemented since the return flow on 18 March 2026 is still being enforced.
“Up to now (Thursday, 19 March 2026), we are still implementing the national one-way system. As for the traffic conditions, especially on toll roads, we are also observing the impact on arterial roads. So far, it is quite under control,” said Agus.
He conveyed that traffic conditions on the toll road under the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed (MBZ) elevated road are monitored to be smooth after the national one-way return flow was implemented on Wednesday, 18 March 2026. To ease congestion, the National Police Traffic Corps also applies a contraflow scheme gradually on several sections.
The engineering starts from kilometre 36 to km 47 with one lane, then extended to km 48 with two lanes. It then continues to km 70 with three lanes up to the Trans Java Toll Road.
“Of course, the direction to the Trans Java is, alhamdulillah, smooth because we have implemented the national one-way system. That is the updated condition today,” Agus continued.
In the process of implementing the contraflow, Agus stated that the MBZ Toll elevated road was temporarily closed for about one and a half hours. The closure was carried out to ensure the smooth regulation of traffic flow.
“(The) MBZ was closed for almost one and a half hours earlier. Because the contraflow steps have been completed, of course, we open it again and alhamdulillah, now it’s smooth. It’s smooth now,” Agus explained.
On the other hand, the Traffic Corps recorded a positive trend in traffic accident figures. Up to now, the number of accidents has decreased by 2.8%, while the fatality rate of deaths has dropped significantly by up to 40% compared to the previous year.