Truck accidents often occur on the country’s main roads, partly because of overloading. Among the latest is one that occurred on the Cipularang toll road at kilometer 92 in Purwakarta, West Java on Sept. 10, when two container trucks collided in a crash that also involved three smaller vehicles. Although no casualties were reported, the event added to the long list of traffic accidents involving freight vehicles in the past two months.

The accident occurred just eight days after a massive crash involving a large truck and several passenger cars took place near the same location on the toll road on Sept. 2, killing eight people and injuring 28 others.   

In August, a transport truck loaded with soil rolled and crashed into a car, killing the driver of an app-based ride-hailing service and his three passengers in Tangerang, Banten. An infant who was traveling with them survived. Five days later, another truck loaded with blocks crashed into a car in Neglasari, Tangerang. While the car was severely damaged, its driver survived.

The road accidents involving large trucks taking place across the country in the past few months have raised questions over safety standards and law enforcement in the freight services

The Transportation Ministry’s Land Transportation director general Budi Setyadi promised that the government and other stakeholders would tighten law enforcement on freight vehicles to make sure of their safety and obedience to regulation.

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