Ghana TRAFFITECH-GH Starts Nov 1: Fines and How to Pay
Ghana Police’s TRAFFITECH-GH automated traffic enforcement starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026. A camera-detected offence is followed by an Electronic Notice of Violation (ENV), an SMS sent to the registered owner of the vehicle, who then has 14 days to pay or contest it. Police say it starts with speeding.
The start was moved from Thursday, October 1 in a police statement dated September 29, 2026, to allow more public education (MyJoyOnline). The reports we read describe the fines in two ways, and we found no police statement that reconciles them: a schedule of graduated camera fines in the Road Traffic Regulations, 2026 (L.I. 2519), and the Motor Traffic and Transport Department’s (MTTD) description of a speeding fine. Both are below.
TRAFFITECH-GH at a glance
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Start date | Sunday, November 1, 2026, for full implementation. The police first said Thursday, October 1. | MyJoyOnline, Graphic Online |
| What it catches first | Speeding. MTTD says other behaviours will be added later. The CitiNewsroom explainer also lists red lights, expired roadworthiness certificates, wrongful overtaking, seat belts, expired licences, uninsured vehicles and siren misuse among the offences covered. | Graphic Online, CitiNewsroom |
| How you are told | An SMS from the sender ID GPS-MTTD: an Electronic Notice of Violation (ENV) with the ticket number, location, date and time, vehicle number, offence, amount to pay and payment deadline. | CitiNewsroom, Pulse Ghana |
| Who gets the notice | For a camera offence, the notice goes to the registered owner of the vehicle first, on the phone number in the DVLA record. ACP Obeng said on October 8 that the owner can then name the driver. If an MTTD officer stops you and records the offence on a handheld PDA, the notice can go to the driver. | CitiNewsroom, CitiNewsroom, October 8, Pulse Ghana |
| Deadline | 14 days from the issue of the ENV, to pay or to start a contest. MTTD told Graphic: “two weeks to either pay or contest”. | CitiNewsroom, Graphic Online |
| If you pay late | Pulse Ghana reports that 1% of the original fine is added for every day of default after the 14 days. We did not find this in a police statement. CitiNewsroom says only that a late-payment penalty can accrue. | Pulse Ghana, CitiNewsroom |
| How to pay | Ghana.gov.gh by mobile money (MTN, Telecel, AirtelTigo) or a debit or credit card, or dial *222# and choose option 6. | CitiNewsroom, Pulse Ghana |
| See the evidence | Enter your ticket number at www.ghana.gov.gh to see the photo, video or other evidence, Pulse Ghana says. | Pulse Ghana |
| Contest a notice | Start online within 14 days, choose an MTTD regional police station and a hearing date, and wait for the SMS confirmation. Bring the ENV reference number and valid ID. You do not go to court unless you contest. | CitiNewsroom |
What a camera fine costs: the graduated schedule
Graphic Online and Pulse Ghana both report fines for offences detected by traffic enforcement devices under Section 242(12) of L.I. 2519. They take them from a 14-page offences schedule prepared by D/Sgt Nana Kwadwo Otibu-Gyan of the police Legal and Prosecution Unit in Ho. We did not find a tariff published by the Police Service itself. One penalty unit is GH¢12, MTTD’s ACP Alexander Obeng said (CitiNewsroom).
| Camera offence count | Penalty units | Fine |
|---|---|---|
| 1st offence | 10 | GH¢120 |
| 2nd offence | 10 | GH¢120 |
| 3rd offence | 10 | GH¢120 |
| 4th offence | 15 | GH¢180 |
| 5th offence | 20 | GH¢240 |
| 6th offence within 24 months | – | Court proceedings: licence suspension or revocation for at least 12 months, plus retraining and retesting |
The reports do not say whether the count is kept per driver or per vehicle.
What MTTD said about speeding
ACP Obeng, MTTD’s Director of Research, Education and Training, told the Citi Breakfast Show on Thursday, October 8: “for every 5 kilometers above, it is 20 penalty units, which is GH¢240, so the more you go, the more it goes up.” He cited Regulation 242 and said the penalty “starts at 20 penalty units” at 5 km/h over the limit (CitiNewsroom). That is steeper than the graduated schedule above, where GH¢240 is the fifth camera offence. We found no statement saying which one applies to a first speeding notice.
Fine ranges for some offences in L.I. 2519
The same offences schedule lists these ranges. They are the ranges for an offence as prosecuted; the reports do not say how they relate to the automated amounts above (from Graphic Online; cedi amounts from Pulse Ghana).
| Offence | Fine range in L.I. 2519 | In cedis | Possible jail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speeding, exceeding the prescribed limit (Reg. 212) | 10 to 25 penalty units | GH¢120 to GH¢300 | Up to 30 days, or both |
| Jumping a red light (Reg. 222) | 10 to 30 penalty units | GH¢120 to GH¢360 | Up to 30 days, or both |
| Overtaking at a pedestrian crossing (Reg. 224) | 10 to 25 penalty units | GH¢120 to GH¢300 | Up to 30 days |
| Failing to wear a seat belt (Reg. 144) | 10 to 50 penalty units | GH¢120 to GH¢600 | Up to 8 months, or both |
| Using a mobile phone while driving (Reg. 132) | Up to 50 penalty units | Up to GH¢600 | Up to 3 months, or both |
What to do when the SMS arrives
- Check the sender. A genuine ENV shows GPS-MTTD as the sender. The police warn that a genuine notice does not tell you to send money to a personal mobile-money number (Pulse Ghana).
- Check the details. The ticket number, location, date and time, and vehicle number should match your vehicle. Look at the evidence at www.ghana.gov.gh with the ticket number.
- Pay within 14 days on Ghana.gov.gh with mobile money or a card, or dial *222# and choose option 6.
- Or contest within 14 days. Start online, pick an MTTD regional police station and a date, wait for the SMS confirmation, and bring the ENV reference number and valid ID (CitiNewsroom).
- No court visit is needed if you pay and do not contest.
Where the cameras are
MTTD’s Alexander Kwaku Obeng told Graphic the police have two kinds of camera: cameras fitted into “smart” police vehicles and tripod-mounted cameras at chosen sites. He said cameras are already deployed in parts of Accra, Tema, Takoradi, Kumasi, Sunyani, Tamale, Koforidua and Ho, and the mobile vehicles are meant to cover major intercity roads. About nine regional teams run the equipment (Graphic Online).
The police named cities and routes, not individual camera sites. They tested on routes including Accra to Cape Coast to Takoradi, Takoradi to Kumasi, Kumasi to Tamale, and roads linking Accra with Nkawkaw, Koforidua and Aflao. A third kind of equipment, able to catch speeding and red lights at signalised junctions, is due later in the year, with the Borteyman New Road junction and the Kawukudi junction on the Kanda Highway among the sites being considered (Graphic Online).
If you sold the car, or someone else was driving
- The notice goes to the registered owner first. MTTD’s ACP Obeng said on October 8 that the owner can then name the driver, since the rules make either the owner or the driver at the time responsible (CitiNewsroom, October 8).
- If you sold your vehicle, tell the DVLA so the ownership and phone details are updated. Until then the notice goes to the person on the register, and CitiNewsroom’s September 29 explainer says that person remains responsible, including for a late-payment penalty (CitiNewsroom). ACP Obeng said the ticket “will go to the owner whose name is on the vehicle register” (Graphic Online).
- If you never owned the vehicle named, contact the TraffiTech-GH Call Centre at once. False reports may attract more penalties (CitiNewsroom). The explainers we read give no phone number.
- If the vehicle was stolen, the owner should have reported it to the police straight away (CitiNewsroom).
- If you think the speed was wrong, you can contest. Authorities say the speed devices are type-approved and periodically calibrated by the Ghana Standards Authority (CitiNewsroom).
Key dates
| Date | What happened | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 15 | The Police Service issued a press release on TRAFFITECH-GH, which Pulse Ghana says would use cameras and handheld PDA devices to detect offences. Full implementation was then due on October 1. | Pulse Ghana, MyJoyOnline |
| Sept 29 | A police statement moved full implementation from October 1 to November 1, for more public education. | MyJoyOnline |
| Oct 8 | MTTD’s ACP Alexander Obeng told the Citi Breakfast Show that speeding costs 20 penalty units, GH¢240, for every 5 km/h over the limit, and that a notice goes to the registered owner first, who can then name the driver. | CitiNewsroom, CitiNewsroom, October 8 |
| Oct 9 | The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) asked the police to delay full implementation to 2027, citing preparation and public education. | MyJoyOnline |
| Nov 1 | Full implementation starts. | MyJoyOnline, CitiNewsroom |
Why the police say they are doing it
MTTD says speeding alone accounts for 62 out of every 100 road crash deaths (Graphic Online). A police sergeant presenting the pilot said crashes fell from 1,108 in September 2025 to 1,003 in September 2026, injuries from 1,405 to 1,194 and deaths from 243 to 224. During the pilot, motorists caught received caution notices instead of penalties (MyJoyOnline). These are police figures, and we have not checked them.
What is not clear yet
- Which speeding fine applies: the graduated GH¢120 to GH¢240 schedule, or 20 penalty units for every 5 km/h over the limit.
- How offences are counted: per driver, per vehicle or per owner.
- Who pays when someone else was driving: CitiNewsroom’s September 29 explainer says the registered owner remains liable whoever was driving, while ACP Obeng said on October 8 that the owner can name the driver. We found no published steps or deadline for naming the driver.
- The late fee: the 1% a day appears in Pulse Ghana only.
- Whether November 1 holds: the GPRTU asked on October 9 for a delay to 2027. The police statement dated September 29 gives November 1, and the reports we read show no later change.
- Exact camera sites, and the call-centre number for wrongly addressed notices.
This page is not an official police notice. Check Ghana.gov.gh and the Ghana Police Service’s own channels before you pay anything.
Sources
- MyJoyOnline: TRAFFITECH-GH full implementation rescheduled to November 1 (police statement dated September 29)
- Graphic Online: Police set for traffic offence crackdown, TRAFFITECH-GH rolls out Nov. 1 (September 30)
- CitiNewsroom: TraffiTech-GH: What changes for motorists from November 1 (September 29)
- CitiNewsroom: TRAFFITECH-GH: Every 5km/h above speed limit attracts GH¢240 fine, MTTD (October 8 interview)
- Graphic Online: New road traffic regulations 2026: The full list of offences, fines, and penalties (September 18)
- Pulse Ghana: New Road Traffic Regulations L.I. 2519: List of offences, penalties and jail terms (September 18)
- Pulse Ghana: Ghana’s traffic cameras start October 1: How it works, offences, fines (September 29)
- CitiNewsroom: TraffiTech-GH: Registered owners initially liable for traffic offences, MTTD (October 8)
- MyJoyOnline: GPRTU wants full TRAFFITECH-GH implementation to start in 2027 (October 10)
- MyJoyOnline: TraffiTech-GH pilot reduces road crash injuries, fatalities
