Chief of Police Traffic Unit Reveals Traffic Slowdown on Palembang-Jambi Route Due to Accident
The Chief of the Indonesian National Police’s Traffic Corps (Kakorlantas), Inspector General Agus Suryonugroho, reported traffic slowdowns on the Palembang-Jambi route due to an accident.
“The situation on the Palembang-Jambi route is similar because there was an accident requiring quite an extensive evacuation, causing traffic slowdown. After the accident was evacuated, there was a broken truck axle, which is what caused the slowdown in Jambi,” said Inspector General Agus whilst inspecting KM 57 A on the Jakarta-Cikampek (Japek) Toll Road on Monday evening, 16 March 2026.
Inspector General Agus stated that traffic clearance efforts were underway, with the police committed to ensuring safe and smooth Eid travel in 2026.
“We have already received a report from the regional police commander that it has been cleared this evening, and hopefully by midnight it will be running smoothly,” he said.
Inspector General Agus explained that so far during the 2026 Ketupat Operation, no major accidents have occurred. The fatality rate from accidents has also decreased compared to the previous year.
“This means that in terms of traffic safety, security and orderliness, there have been no notable incidents, no major accidents,” he noted.
Inspector General Agus also emphasised that the 2026 Ketupat Operation adopted the tagline ‘Safe Travels, Happy Families’ in accordance with instructions from National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo. To this end, Inspector General Agus appealed for prayers for smooth travel this year.
“We ask for your blessings because the Ketupat Operation is directly overseen by the National Police Chief, whose tagline is ‘Safe Travels, Happy Families’. And I would also like to announce that the National Police Chief also has a Free Precision Travel programme which will be dispatched from each regional police unit, including free return travel with precision route planning,” he said.
The 2026 Ketupat Operation is scheduled to run for two weeks, from 13 to 25 March 2026. An estimated 143.9 million journeys are predicted as people undertake Eid holiday travel this year.