Police Record 173 Accidents During Eid Exodus, 29 Dead

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Indonesian Police recorded 173 traffic accidents during the monitoring period of the 2026 Eid exodus, from Tuesday (17/3/2026) at 18:00 WIB until Wednesday (18/3/2026) at 06:00 WIB. From that number, 29 people were reported dead. “In this period, the number of traffic accidents reached 173 incidents. From that number, 29 people died, 70 people suffered serious injuries, and 505 people had minor injuries. Material losses are estimated to exceed Rp 1 billion,” said the Spokesperson for Operation Ketupat 2026, Commissioner Marupa Sagala, in his statement on Wednesday (18/3/2026). As many as 142,000 vehicles passed through the four main toll gates, an increase of about 45 percent compared to normal conditions. “This shows that the 2026 Eid exodus is starting to experience a quite significant increase,” Marupa said. Marupa added that the Indonesian Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas Polri) has implemented traffic engineering in the form of a one-way system gradually since Tuesday at 15:00 WIB. In addition, on Wednesday (18/3/2026), a national one-way system is planned from KM 70 of the Cikampek Toll to KM 414 at the Kalikangkung Toll Gate, taking into account the current traffic conditions on the ground. Furthermore, he revealed the congestion conditions monitored at Gilimanuk Port, Bali. “Based on field reports on Wednesday morning at 09:30 WITA, the queue of vehicles heading to Java reached about 11 kilometres from Denpasar to in front of SD 5 Melaya. Meanwhile, from Singaraja, the queue was recorded at about 100 metres from Tugu Cekik,” he said. The congestion was dominated by private vehicles. In the port area, all parking pockets at the pier and terminal were reported to be full. As many as 33 ships operated until 07:00 WITA, and starting at 08:00 WITA, 23 ships implemented the Arrive-Unload-Depart (TBB) pattern to speed up the crossing process.