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Even in countries with extensive and reliable transportation networks, holiday travel brings headaches for travelers and authorities alike, with traffic congestion on major highways and, or, long queues at airports.
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Vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on March 17, 2026, on the freeway, in this aerial photo, leave from Greater Jakarta at a toll booth in Cikampek, West Java. People were heading to their hometowns for the Idul Fitri holiday, which marks the end of the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AFP/Bay Ismoko)
From Thanksgiving to Lunar New Year, the holiday season the world over brings its own trials and tribulations.
Even in countries with extensive and reliable transportation networks, holiday travel creates headaches for travelers and authorities alike, from traffic congestion on major highways to long queues at airports.
In Indonesia, holiday travel, especially the Idul Fitri mudik (homecoming exodus) which involves an upwards of 100 million people traveling between major cities in the country, has long been known as an annual deadly affair.
This Idul Fitri holiday season at least 228 people died in traffic accidents, data from the state-owned insurance company PT Jasa Raharja shows. A figure that is actually lower than last year’s fatalities, which stood at 318.
Behind those numbers are tragic stories of lives cut short by the most random acts of fellow travelers.
This holiday season, one of the most tragic accident happened when a speeding minivan hit an intercity bus from behind on the Pemalang section of the Transjava toll road, killing a family of five, including a three-year-old.
Four family members died instantly from the crash, while the three-year-old was pronounced dead hours after receiving treatment at a local hospital.
