Indonesia’s crash rate falls but fatalities rise

Indonesia has seen an increase in road fatalities although the number of crashes has declined during 2016. This official information was released by the Jakarta Police Traffic Unit, which revealed that 678 people were killed in road traffic crashes in the Greater Jakarta during 2016. This represents a 15% increase from the 591 people killed in road traffic crashes in the Greater Jakarta during 2015. However the number of people involved in road crashes dropped by 2% from 7,569 in 2015 to 7,415 in 2016. Duri
January 11, 2017 Read time: 1 min
Indonesia has seen an increase in road fatalities although the number of crashes has declined during 2016. This official information was released by the Jakarta Police Traffic Unit, which revealed that 678 people were killed in road traffic crashes in the Greater Jakarta during 2016. This represents a 15% increase from the 591 people killed in road traffic crashes in the Greater Jakarta during 2015. However the number of people involved in road crashes dropped by 2% from 7,569 in 2015 to 7,415 in 2016. During 2016, 4,476 people were slightly injured while 2,250 suffered severe injuries. The number of road crashes dropped in 2016 to 6,180, a drop of 4% from the 6,434 reported in 2015. The majority of crashes involved motorcycles, with the owners of 5,626 bikes being either fined or have their vehicles seized by the police. Among the municipalities of Greater Jakarta, top three areas with highest number of road crashes were East Jakarta, Bekasi and North Jakarta, recording 904, 769 and 617 incidents respectively.

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