Terminal for collecting traffic information and method of generating traffic information

The present invention provides a terminal for collecting traffic information generates a data set, including information about a measurement start point and a travel locus, periodically measured for a predetermined period from the start point, using DR information based on DR and GPS information, and transmits the data set to a remote traffic information center. The start point includes a vehicle ID, and absolute coordinates and an absolute time at the start point, and the travel locus information includes relative coordinates of each measurement location with respect to a previous measurement location. A method for generating traffic information in a remote traffic information center using information collected from the terminal is also provided. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce the amount of data provided by the terminal to the remote traffic information center, and can generate high-precision traffic information even in an area in which the reception of GPS signals is not possible and GPS signals are weak.