Last year's road death toll 30 a day
Last year's road death toll 30 a day
JAKARTA (JP): Every day last year more than 30 people died and 57 others were injured as a result of traffic accidents in Indonesia.
The national police recorded that 11,019 people were killed, 9,941 seriously injured and 11,631 slightly injured in 16,516 serious traffic accidents during 1995.
A serious accident is one in which at least one person is injured.
Even though there was a decline in the number of accidents last year as compared to the year before, there was a slight increase in the number of fatal casualties. There were 17,469 traffic accidents in 1994, in which 11,004 people were killed, 11,055 slightly injured and 12,348 seriously injured.
Data compiled at the state insurance company, PT Jasa Raharja, paints a different picture however. Last year it paid Rp 51.8 billion (US$22.5 million) in compensation for the deaths of 16,245 people and the sufferings of 29,262 who were injured and 146 who became permanently disabled because of the accidents.
In Jakarta alone, there were 1,215 serious traffic accidents in 1995. Five hundred and eight people died, 867 were seriously injured and 429 slightly injured. In 1994, there were 1,440 serious traffic accidents, in which 584 people died, 1,026 were seriously injured and 503 slightly injured.
The police also recorded almost 16,000 traffic violations on the toll roads throughout Java in 1995. Most involved people driving too slowly or on the hard shoulder of the highway. (sim/bsr)
Traffic accidents in Indonesia:
Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 ------------------------------------------------------ Accidents 22,587 19,920 17,323 17,469 16,516
Deaths 10,621 9,819 10,038 11,004 11,516
Seriously 13,794 13,363 11,453 11,055 9,941 injured
Slightly 17,536 14,846 13,037 12,348 11,631 injured
Sources: National Police
Traffic accidents in Jakarta:
Year 1993 1994 1995 ----------------------------------------- Accidents 1,754 1,407 1,215
Deaths 498 584 508
Seriously 1,192 1,026 867 injured
Slightly 911 503 429 injured
Sources: City Police
Traffic violations on toll roads in Java in 1995:
Driving on hard shoulder of the highway : 3,619 Continuously driving in the outside lane of the highway : 3,241 Weaving between lanes : 1,447 Speeding : 1,578 Driving too slowly : 3,633 Overtaking other vehicles on the left : 2,433 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Total : 15,951
Sources: National Police
Types of vehicles involved in violations of toll road regulations in 1995:
Buses 2,404 Trucks 5,384 Minibuses 2,084 Cars 2,550 Pick ups 2,484 Jeeps 1,045 ------------------ Total 15,951
Sources: National Police