Spain’s traffic authority launches five new speed cameras and steps up checks

Spain’s Directorate-General for Traffic is intensifying speed checks and putting five new radar points into operation as part of a special campaign running from tomorrow through Sunday.

The campaign coincides with one of the busiest periods of the summer, when long journeys to holiday destinations overlap with frequent short trips during days off. Controls will increase on conventional roads, motorways, dual carriageways and urban streets, particularly where speed poses a greater risk and crashes are more concentrated.

The new installations include a fixed radar on the CL-101 in Soria, at kilometre 7.020 in the decreasing direction. Four section-control points will operate in both directions: two on the N-110 in Segovia, between kilometres 158.7 and 161.3, and two on the CM-412 in Albacete, between kilometres 202.5 and 208.15.

The DGT said all the cameras would be clearly marked on the roads. Their locations will also appear on the agency’s website and be made available to traffic-information providers for inclusion in navigation systems.

During the first month, drivers exceeding the limits will receive an information notice warning them that one of the devices recorded them. After that period, speeding violations will be reported and sanctioned. Fines range from €100 to €600, and drivers can lose up to six licence points. The DGT said inappropriate speed contributed decisively to 307 fatal crashes in its area of responsibility in 2024, representing 22% of the total and making it the third most common contributing factor.

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All will be properly signposted on the road, and their locations will be published on the DGT website and made available to traffic-information providers so they can include them in navigation systems.