On Sunday, November 1, 2026, the Ghana Police Service rolled out its new TraffiTech‑GH digital traffic enforcement system across the country. Cameras mounted on police vehicles and on tripods will record speeding incidents and feed footage to the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), which will issue electronic violation notices to vehicle owners via text message.
Under the system, motorists will be warned of any offence with details such as the vehicle’s registration number, date, time, and location, plus a link to view the video evidence. The notices will also state the applicable traffic regulation and the prescribed penalty. Vehicle owners will have two weeks to pay the fine.
ACP Alexander Kwaku Obeng, Director of Education, Research and Training at the MTTD, told Channel One TV’s Breakfast Daily that the police had completed the deployment and urged drivers to observe the speed limits of 50 km/h in built‑up areas, 90 km/h on highways and 100 km/h on motorways. He warned that speeding accounts for about 60 % of road traffic casualties in Ghana.
“We have deployed. We hope people will be admonished, and our sensitisation has gone down well with vehicle owners and, in particular, drivers,” Obeng said. “Anybody who ignores the warning and thinks that the road is straight and flat and thinks that police are not there, I want to say we are there. We are there; our vehicles are embedded with the cameras.”
Between September 10 and October 31, the MTTD issued more than 70,000 caution notices to prepare the public for the new system. The department now moves from caution to deterrence, as Regulation 242: Automated Road Traffic Offences and Fines requires the use of cameras for enforcement.
The rollout comes amid threats by commercial transport operators to suspend services nationwide from November 1 in protest against the system. Police and MTTD officials remain confident that the new technology will improve road safety and reduce violations.
Motorists should expect the system to be fully operational across all major routes and to comply with the prescribed speed limits to avoid fines. The MTTD will continue public education efforts to ensure drivers understand the new enforcement measures.
