The invention discloses a method and apparatus for acquiring traffic information. The method comprises: a first request sent by a first client is received, wherein the first request is used for requesting target traffic information and the target traffic information is traffic information of a target geographical location at target time; responding to the first request is carried out to obtain the target traffic information reported by a target automobile data recorder, wherein the target automobile data recorder has a correspondence relationship with the target time and the target geographical position; and the target traffic information is sent to the first client. Therefore, a technical problem that the traffic information, obtained by monitoring, of the road is not comprehensive because of the fixed setting position and collection angle of the camera when the camera is used for monitoring the traffic information of the road is solved.