Abstract-In order to develop a fast and convenient traffic information collection system, the wireless sensor traffic information collection system based on congestion control algorithm is designed. This new system reduces the operation and maintenance costs and improves the efficiency of traffic information collection. By analyzing the wireless sensor network, the application of wireless sensor network in intelligent traffic information collection system is discussed. In addition, the design scheme of traffic information collection system is designed. After analyzing the size of the network in the scheme, the congestion problem in the scheme is discussed finally. The simulation results show that the node communication radius is 50 m when the simulation scene is located in the monitoring area, while the MAC protocol is 802.11 DCF and the initial energy of all nodes is 1 J. Based on the above finding, it is concluded that the congestion control algorithm has better throughput, network delay and network energy consumption, which is suitable for the wireless sensor traffic information collection system.