Speeding and Running a Red Light? Traffitech-GH Can Issue Separate Tickets

A motorist who commits more than one traffic offence during the same incident could receive separate Electronic Notices of Violation under Ghana’s Traffitech-GH system.

The Ghana Police Service states that where more than one offence is recorded at the same time—for example, speeding and running a red light at the same intersection—each offence is recorded and processed separately.

The motorist would therefore receive a separate ENV and ticket number for each offence.

This means a single driving episode can potentially result in multiple enforcement records rather than one combined violation.

Traffitech-GH was developed by the Ghana Police Service as an automated road traffic enforcement system. It uses cameras and sensors to identify violations and automatically capture pictures and/or videos of offending vehicles.

The system is intended to increase compliance with road traffic laws and reduce road crashes, deaths and injuries.

The offences being monitored go beyond speeding and red-light violations.

The Police list expired roadworthiness certificates, wrongful overtaking, failure to use seatbelts, expired licences, driving uninsured vehicles and misuse of sirens among the offences that can be enforced under the system.

For insurance offences, drivers have a specific responsibility. The brochure says a driver is responsible for ensuring that the vehicle being driven has valid motor insurance, even if the driver does not own the vehicle.

Motorists can check insurance status by dialling 92057# followed by the vehicle registration number.

The system also applies broadly to vehicles using Ghana’s public roads.

The Police say Traffitech-GH covers private cars, motorcycles, tricycles such as aboboyaa, taxis, trotros, ride-hailing vehicles, haulage trucks and commercial buses.

However, the brochure says the system applies to Ghanaian-licensed drivers and locally registered vehicles, while offences involving foreign-registered vehicles are handled through separate procedures.

Company vehicles are also covered.

Where a vehicle is registered to a company, employer or organisation, the ENV is issued to the registered owner, with the company responsible for paying or contesting the violation within the stipulated period.

The enforcement process gives motorists 14 days to either settle a violation or begin a contest.

Those who choose to contest must start the process online. They cannot begin the contest procedure by simply walking into a GPS-MTTD or Judicial Service office.

After submitting the contest and selecting a preferred MTTD police station, the motorist will be contacted to arrange an appointment. Following the police-station stage, a court hearing will be scheduled.

If the motorist changes their mind during the contest process, they can pay the outstanding fine plus any accumulated late-payment penalty, which ends the contest process.

The multiple-ticket rule could therefore become particularly significant for motorists who commit several offences during a single journey, because each recorded offence is treated independently under the Traffitech-GH framework.