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The DGT (Spanish traffic authority) has broken all previous records by issuing over 6.1 million fines on the roads of the country in 2025.
The Directorate General of Traffic has confirmed that there are 6,106,354 fines. This is the first time in history the total annual amount of fines has exceeded six million. Nearly 17,000 of these penalties are issued daily. Around 700 of them occur every hour, which is 12 per minute.
Spanish road traffic fines avalanche to record levels
Information contained in this document 2025 General Statistical Yearbook DGT shows a steady increase in the number of enforcement actions. The first time the number of penalties exceeded one million was in 1961, when Spanish roads were much less crowded and there were far fewer drivers and vehicles. In a steady progression, two million were exceeded in 1970. Three million in 1974. Four million in 2008, and only five million in 2022. The figures for 2025 easily exceeded the previous record of 5,54 million in 2022. 2024 recorded 5.41 million, and 2023 slightly over 5.14 millions. Catalonia and Basque Country are excluded from the authorities’ list of penalties because they manage their own traffic.
Andalucia has the largest number of penalties.
Southern drivers faced the biggest burdens in the entire country. Andalucia has received 1,526.897 fines. This is the highest number of all the autonomous communities, and double that of the Community of Madrid, which handed out 721,465. Valencia was second with 939 573, while Castilla y Leon had 601 184. Madrid is still the top ranking province, but Andalucian regions are prominent, with Cadiz at third place (369,586), Malaga at fifth place (282,163), and Seville and Granada making significant contributions.
Speed cameras in Southern Region are a busy force for enforcement
The sophisticated camera networks in Andalucia were a major factor in the dominance of this region. Local radars have generated 959.592 speeding tickets, or 27.8% of the national total. The South is the most heavily monitored region in Spain. Many devices are among the most effective in Spain. The A-381 fixed camera on kilometre 74 near Cadiz, issued more than 54,800 fines. A-45 at kilometre 128, Malaga has nearly 49,400 penalties and there are multiple units on the A-92. A busy average-speed camera at kilometre 256 in Granada, towards Seville, produced 166,000 fines. This is far more profitable than other cameras nationwide.
The increased deployment of fixed and average speed cameras in 2025, especially on the high-traffic Andalucian autobahns, has contributed to an overall increase. On routes where speeding continues to be the predominant offence, drivers continue to face increased scrutiny. The above number of fines is not the complete total in Spain. These fines do not include those issued by the local authorities.
Rising enforcement reshapes driver behaviour
Despite the fact that record traffic is causing debate amongst motorists, continued investment in patrols and technology signals a clear commitment towards safer roads. Spanish authorities have no intention of easing pressure in the months to come.
