SPAIN’S motorists paid up a record €246.8 million from speeding fines in 2025 – up 14% on the previous year.
Speeding offences now account for 41.5% of all traffic fine revenue collected by the DGT.
Just 50 speed cameras were responsible for issuing more than 1.34 million tickets last year, according to a new report by motorists’ association Automovilistas Europeos Asociados (AEA).
That is despite there being more than 1,000 speed cameras across Spain.
One camera stood well above the rest.
The device on the A-7 near Valencia topped the national rankings after catching 90,766 speeding drivers over the course of the year.
It was followed by cameras on the CV-905 in Alicante and the A-15 in Navarra, which recorded 72,557 and 67,445 fines respectively.
Malaga also featured prominently in the report.
A camera on the A-7 at kilometre 968 in Rincon de la Victoria issued 45,050 fines, making it the fifth busiest in Spain and the most active in Andalucia.
Even so, it was actually quieter than the year before, when more than 67,500 drivers were caught at the same spot.
And it was not the only Malaga camera keeping busy.
Another device on the A-7 near El Palo recorded 42,088 offences, up from fewer than 33,500 the previous year.
Meanwhile, the camera inside the Carlos Haya tunnel on the MA-20 issued a further 20,320 fines.
All of that helped place Malaga fifth nationally for speeding fine revenue, with €12.6 million collected.
Valencia brought in the most money, with €18.9 million, followed by Madrid on €17.9 million and Cadiz on €16.5 million.
AEA president Mario Arnaldo has called on the DGT to rethink its speed camera policy.
He said most fines continue to be issued on motorways and dual carriageways, despite 70% of accidents involving victims taking place on conventional roads.
Arnaldo warned that speed cameras risk becoming little more than ‘revenue-raising tools’ rather than serving their main purpose of improving road safety.
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