Accident Rate In East Java Claimed To Drop 80 Percent

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The East Java Regional Police have held Operation Zebra Semeru 2023 for 14 days held by the Regional Police and Polres throughout East Java.

During the operation, the Directorate of Traffic (Dirlantas) of the East Java Police, Kombes M Taslim Chairuddin claimed the number of accidents in his area fell by 80 percent.

"For traffic violations, it also decreased by 80 percent, when viewed from 14 days before and 14 days after the Zebra Operation was held in East Java," said Taslim, Tuesday, September 26.

Taslim said that before the Zebra Operation, there were 1,786,046 violators. Meanwhile, during the operation, 353,596 violators were recorded. "So the number of violations decreased by 1,432,450 violators," he said.

The downward trend also occurred in the accident rate of up to nine percent. Accidents that caused fatality that left the victim dead also fell 28 percent, compared to before surgery.

If during the 14 days before the operation, 95 people died. However, at the time of the operation, it fell to 68 victims. "For the victims, minor injuries also decreased, which was originally 14 days before the launch of the zebra operation, there were 1,468," said Taslim.

Not only that, Taslim also said that his party managed to confiscate 102 cars during the implementation of Operation Zebra Semeru 2023. Hundreds of these cars had to take firm action by the police in the field.

Due to the current age of the Vehicle Number Certificate (STNK), it is dead or not extended.

According to Taslim, if the vehicle registration is dead, it will still be driven by the owner walking on public roads. If an accident occurs, you will not get compensation.

"We reiterate, this is our effort to provide an understanding that the law enforcement that we do in the field is not actually in order to make it difficult to make the suffering of the wider community. But build legal awareness and control so that crime does not occur," he said.