Motorists’ behaviour improves following sensitisation on TraffiTech – ACP Alexander Obeng

The Director of Education, Research and Training at the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Alexander Kwaku Obeng, says the introduction of the TraffiTech-GH initiative and the issuance of caution notices to drivers have contributed to improved road-use behaviour. He said the police had observed positive changes in driver conduct, supported by data gathered since the technology-driven traffic enforcement system was introduced in some parts of the country. “With this strategy of embedding some of these cameras in vehicles running our roads all over and having some that are tripod-mounted that are also able to move from one end to the other, we have seen a very positive impact on the behaviour of motorists in the first place,” he said on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Wednesday, October 28. He attributed the changes to increased awareness of the initiative and warnings issued to drivers, which he said had encouraged them to be more cautious on the roads. “Within twenty days of September this year, when we enhanced sensitisation, gathering evidence and confronting vehicle owners with it, with an embedded message with GPS, MTTD sender ID sending messages saying speed kills, reduce it now with your vehicle number, time and place of the offence; if you compare the data of crashes from September last year (2025) with the same period this year, we have seen a significant change in behaviour of drivers,” he disclosed. He backed the claims with the data, saying, “Crises reported to the Ghana Police Service across our twenty-five police regions in Ghana in the last year amounted to 1,108. Now we have recorded 1,003, a reduction of 9.4%.” “Vehicles that were involved in these crashes last year were 1,928, and we have seen a significant reduction of 12.19%; that is, 1,693. In terms of morbidity, we have seen last year’s record of 1,405 persons, both male and female, getting injured; we have seen a significant reduction of 15.02% to 1,194,” he added. Traffitech-GH is an automated system developed by the Ghana Police Service to enforce road traffic laws and regulations and improve road safety in the country. The system uses cameras and sensors to automatically take a picture and/or video of vehicles that flout road traffic laws and regulations, such as speeding and running a red light.