Bus Company Involved in Krapyak Toll Road Crash Owned 12 Vehicles, Only 4 Had Permits
Ahmad Warsito, the President Director of PT Cahaya Wisata Transportasi, has been named a suspect in connection with a bus crash that killed 16 people on the Krapyak Toll Road in Central Java. The company owns 12 buses, the majority of which lack route permits and roadworthiness (KIR) certificates.
“Of the 12 buses owned by Cahaya Wisata Transportasi, eight do not have route permits or KIR certificates. Only four, if I’m not mistaken on the Palembang-Blitar route, had permits, but those on the Bogor-Yogyakarta route all lacked route permits and KIR certificates,” said Semarang Metropolitan Police Chief M Syahduddi during a live broadcast on the Semarang Metropolitan Police YouTube channel on Wednesday (18 February 2026).
PT Cahaya Wisata Transportasi was established in 2022. The bus involved in the crash on the Krapyak Toll Road in December 2025 had never had its route permit or KIR certificate processed.
“Since the company began operations — it acquired older companies and then commenced operations in 2022 — to this day, the route permit and KIR testing for the vehicle involved in the crash were never processed,” he said.
Investigators from the Semarang Metropolitan Police named Ahmad Warsito, or AW, as President Director of PT Cahaya Wisata Transportasi, as a suspect in the Cahaya Trans bus crash case. The suspect AW is alleged to have failed to carry out his supervisory function over the operations of PT Cahaya Wisata Transportasi.
Furthermore, the suspect AW was aware that the bus lacked a route permit and was operating without oversight, yet still authorised it to operate despite staff and the company’s head of operations having reported that the bus did not possess a route permit or supervision card.
Police also urged transport owners, operators, and route permit holders to guarantee the safety of passengers using their services, as a surge in public transport usage is expected in the coming weeks ahead of the Idul Fitri homecoming period.
Police expressed hope that traffic accidents, particularly those resulting in mass fatalities among passengers, would not be repeated.
“We remind all public transport owners and operators to strictly comply with regulations, standard operating procedures, and applicable laws. What we have announced today demonstrates our commitment to delivering justice for all parties in connection with the crash that occurred some time ago,” he said.