A SOPHISTICATED radar speed trap in Torrevieja claimed 72,557 law-breakers in its first full year of operation, according to the Associated European Motorists association(AEA).
The unit, which entered service in the autumn of 2024, has quickly become the second-busiest in Spain- behind one on the A7 in La Canada, Valencia which caught out 90,766 drivers in 2025.
The Torrevieja device is on the CV-905 between the San Luis and La Siesta roundabouts which is a busy dual-carriageway with a 50 km/s speed limit.
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It monitors speeds on both carriageways where a lower limit was introduced in 2018 after it was reclassified as an urban route.
Prior to that, a speed limit of 70 km/s was in operation.
The unit stands two-and-half metres high and is powered by two solar panels, and was initially vandalised.
There are warning signs on both carriageways but motorists- mainly tourists or non-locals- have flouted the limit to their own cost.
It uses microwaves to detect vehicle speeds which are transmitted to photographic equipment to clock offenders.
It can also detect people travelling without speed belts and drivers holding mobile phones.
The facility cost around €60,000 to install with an annual maintenance fee of €6,500.
The AEA estimates that the DGT Traffic Authority pocketed nearly €247 million nationally from speeding fines in 2025- up by 14% on the previous year.
The organisation says the rise in fines is not down to a general increase in speeding but rather the introduction of new radar equipment.
It also questioned the location of the DGT’s radars and believes there is an ‘excessive concentration of controls on motorways and dual carriageways’.
AEA president, Mario Arnaldo, says the DGT should review its radar policy as he considers that the current network is not doing enough to reduce speeding and accidents.
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