Eid Return Traffic: 58 Percent of Vehicles Have Returned to Jakarta

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - As many as 58 percent of vehicles in the 2026 Eid return flow have returned to Jakarta as of Wednesday (25/3/2026), with traffic conditions beginning to ease.

“If we look at it up to now, it’s almost 58 percent. So, 1,958,000 vehicles,” said the Head of the Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps (Kakorlantas), Inspector General Agus Suryonugroho, in his statement on Wednesday.

According to him, following the peak return flow on 24 March 2026, the volume of vehicles from East Java, Central Java, and Yogyakarta heading to Jakarta has started to decrease.

In line with this situation, the National Police Traffic Corps has adjusted traffic engineering, including revoking part of the national one-way scheme.

“So, we will revoke the local national one-way from kilometre 414 to 263. It will be revoked, but from kilometre 263 to 70, the second stage local one-way will continue,” he explained.

This policy is implemented to maintain the smooth flow of vehicles, particularly in the Cikampek area, which is a crucial convergence point for traffic heading to Jakarta.

He emphasised that traffic arrangements will continue to be adjusted situationally based on field monitoring of vehicle volumes.

“We will look at the predictions, we will look at the flow, traffic counting volume of vehicles heading to Jakarta,” he said.

In addition, the Traffic Corps has recorded a positive trend in terms of road safety. Up to now, the fatality rate of deaths due to traffic accidents has decreased by around 28.5 percent compared to the previous period.

“The fatality rate of deaths has dropped by approximately 28 to 30 percent, because we will close at one o’clock. So up to now, it’s a 28.5 percent decrease in the fatality incident rate,” he said.