TraffiTech-GH: First Speed-Camera Results, 2,151 Road Deaths and the Test Ahead

Speaking to the Presidential Press Corps on 5 November, President Mahama urged motorists to give the system time. He said the government would compare crash figures month by month against the corresponding periods in 2025.

The president cited 2,151 road deaths in 2025, including 474 pedestrian fatalities. These are figures stated by the president, not independently reconciled here against the National Road Safety Authority’s final annual dataset.

These figures show the scale of the road-safety problem. They do not establish how many deaths were caused by speeding, occurred on camera corridors or could have been prevented.

ACP Alexander Kwaku Obeng, the MTTD project coordinator, reported vehicles exceeding 130 km/h on roads with posted 50 km/h speed limits.

Reported locations included stretches around Boundary Road, School Junction, Mallam and Kasoa. Police said electronic notices were sent to registered owners with photographic or video evidence.

Police reported speeds greater than 130 km/h. Accordingly, the reported examples exceeded the limit by more than 80 km/h, more than 160%, or more than 2.6 times the limit. The initial calculator values are lower thresholds, not exact measured speeds. Slider adjustments are hypothetical.

In a subsequent radio interview, ACP Obeng described first-day offences as numbering in the thousands but did not give a precise audited count.

Police have not publicly supplied a complete, independently auditable dataset showing vehicles monitored, unique vehicles cited, camera-hours, cancelled notices or successful challenges.

Without these denominators, a valid speeding offence rate cannot be calculated. High ticket numbers could reflect high offending, high traffic volumes, more active cameras or some combination of these.

Police officials have associated preparatory warnings and education with reported September year-on-year reductions in crashes and deaths.

Weather, traffic volume, road works, enforcement elsewhere and ordinary statistical variation may affect monthly totals.

A more robust evaluation would compare matched camera and non-camera corridors over time, adjust for traffic exposure, examine serious injuries and fatalities separately, and report uncertainty. Month-on-month comparison is a useful starting point, but does not establish causation by itself.

Commercial transport unions have criticised enforcement conditions and raised concerns about roadside trading, blocked bus stops and the potential burden of penalties.

These objections are not evidence that speed cameras are inaccurate. The government says the current system targets speeding, while other offences remain subject to existing enforcement arrangements.

In an advisory issued on 4 November and reported on 5 November, the Ghana Police Service urged motorists to verify notices before paying.

The actual offence tariff is governed by the relevant legal schedules; there is no single universal fine amount established here. Police say registered owners may be liable even where another person was driving, making accurate DVLA ownership records important.

Some commentary has cited a multiyear contract value and proposed revenue-sharing arrangements. These have not been verified against a complete official contract and Ministry of Finance disclosure for this article.

Publishing the signed agreement and audited financial flows would allow a more reliable assessment. No unverified contract amounts are presented here as established facts.