The police have revealed that they do not have a database on drunk-driving related accidents following a recent accident that left four people dead in the capital.

Jakarta Police did not have specific data on drunk-driving accidents, Jakarta Police's traffic directorate chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Budiyanto admitted on Tuesday.

"We don't have specific data on drunk-driving accidents. However, it'€™s not a big deal as the number of drunk-driving accidents is not very big," he told thejakartapost.com.

The police's lack of data strongly indicated weak monitoring and anticipation by the police of traffic accidents, Jakarta Residents Forum (Fakta) chairman Azas Tigor Nainggolan said on Tuesday.

"Police must have data on drunk-driving accidents to anticipate and cope with such accidents. There are a lot of accidents that are caused because the driver is under the influence of alcohol, for example the accidents in Tugu Tani, Pondok Indah, Kelapa Gading and Daan Mogot, of which the last happened just a few days ago," he said.

Police had only general data on road accidents accounting to 6,231 road accidents that had left 566 people dead throughout 2015, Traffic Police Budiyanto said.

The majority of accidents happened because of human error such as a lack of concentration while driving.

"It can happen when the driver is too tired, under the influence of narcotics and alcohol, or using gadgets while driving," Budiyanto said.

The most recent accident involved a Toyota Fortuner that hit a motorcycle in the Daan Mogot area of West Jakarta early on Monday morning killing four people and injuring three others.

Police have named the Fortuner driver Riki Agung Prasetyo, 24, as a suspect in the accident.

Riki admitted that he had drunk alcoholic beverages in Jakarta's infamous red light district of Kalijodo, West Jakarta, before the accident occurred at 4 a.m.

Riki and his eight friends, all passengers in the car, ordered 10 bottles of beer during their night of entertainment in a cafe in Kalijodo.

Two people riding the motorcycle died while two of Riki's friends were killed after being thrown from the car.

With a proper database, police would know the trends in accidents, Tigor said.

The data would reveal when and where drunk-driving accidents were prone to happen such as on the weekends. Thus, Police would then be able to anticipate accidents more effectively by relying on such data, Tigor said.

Tigor added that police would also needed proper data to implement electronic traffic law enforcement (E-TLE) or electronic fine schemes.

Jakarta could follow the example of Singapore, he said, as all roads were monitored by closed-circuit television (CCTV) in the city state. With CCTV, police were able to monitor drivers who drove at high speeds or drove erratically because of alcohol or another reasons, Tigor said.

Police did plan to implement the E-TLE, Budiyanto said, but a database obstacle had hampered the plan as police did not have accurate and integrated data on the number of motor vehicles in the country.

Jakarta Police and provincial administrations had to coordinate and cooperate to compile integrated data on vehicles, he added. (rin)(+)

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