Parliament: Decrease in Mobility and Road Accident Figures for 2026 Eid Exodus
Commission V of the House of Representatives (DPR) held a working meeting to evaluate the handling of the 2026 Eid exodus and return flows. Chairman of Commission V DPR, Lasarus, stated that his commission recorded a decline in both mobility and the number of traffic accidents during this year’s exodus.
He explained that during the 2025 exodus and return, public mobility was recorded at 154.62 million people. However, for the 2026 exodus and return, public mobility was recorded at 147.55 million people.
“Public mobility decreased by around 4.57 percent from the previous year’s exodus,” said Lasarus at the DPR, MPR, and DPD Complex on Monday, 13 April 2026.
He continued that, based on data obtained from the Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas Polri) during Operation Ketupat from 13-25 March, the number of traffic accidents following this year’s exodus also experienced a decline.
During the 2025 exodus and return, said Lasarus, Korlantas recorded 2,888 accident cases, but this year the figure dropped to 2,727 incidents.
Decline data was also presented from records of the Ministry of Transportation. Lasarus said that the Ministry of Transportation, during the H-8 to H+8 period of Eid al-Fitr 1447 Hijriah, recorded a decrease in accidents of around 6.31 percent from the previous year.
“This year there were 3,517 cases compared to 3,754 cases in 2025,” said the PDIP politician.
Previously, on 30 March, Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi stated that although public mobility decreased during the 2026 exodus, the number of public transport users this year actually increased.
During the Lebaran period, said Dudy, the total number of public transport passengers reached 23.54 million people, an increase of 10.87 percent compared to the same period the previous year.
If broken down by mode, all types of transportation experienced an increase in passenger numbers. Dudy explained that road transport grew by 11.64 percent, sea transport rose by 9.86 percent, air transport increased by 6.97 percent, and rail transport added 10.13 percent.
The highest surge occurred in ferry crossings, reaching 15.36 percent. From the perspective of private vehicles, he said, the outbound flow from the Jabodetabek area was dominated by movement towards the east of Java Island.
Dudy continued that 50 percent of private vehicles leaving Jabodetabek moved towards Central Java and East Java. Meanwhile, vehicles heading west, such as to West Java, Banten, and Sumatra, reached 22 percent.