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Deadliest road in Malaga province is revealed: Figures show a surge in fatal car crashes this summer with at...
A TOTAL of 12 people have lost their lives on the road in Malaga province this summer, the deadliest figures in the last 10...
August Holiday Exodus: Spain’s Malaga Road Conflict Points Revealed
AS the August holiday exodus gets underway, the roads of Malaga are bracing for heavy traffic and potential bottlenecks.
The National Traffic Authority in Spain...
Revving up for Summer: Spain’s traffic authorities activate first Special Summer Traffic Operation
SPANISH traffic authorities, DGT, have activated the 1st Summer Special Traffic Operation 2023.
From today, Friday June 30 until Sunday July 2, coinciding with the...
Top speed camara in Malaga dishes out 130 fines per day
A SPEED camera in Malaga generates the highest number of fines in Andalucia, and fourth highest in Spain, according to the latest report from...
Pedestrians can face huge fines for distracted walking in Spain
PEDESTRIANS in Spain who walk distracted may face consequences.
According to Spanish lawmakers, pedestrians who fail to pay attention while crossing a roadway and break...
Look mum, no hands! Moped rider fined €600 after recording TikTok dancing while on the road
THE CATALAN REGIONAL police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, have slapped a moped rider with a €600 fine and docked her six points off her driving...
May 1 and 2: Spain’s public holidays explained
IF YOU didn’t know already, this weekend will last three days, thanks to International Workers’ Day falling on May 1.
That means a bank holiday,...
Drivers warned as 1.3 million trips expected on Andalucian roads during Spain’s Labour Day weekend
SPAIN’S Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) will launch a special traffic operation this Friday, April 28, for the long weekend ahead of Labour Day...
Spain’s tourism sector hopeful of record-breaking Easter
SPAIN’S Easter break, which officially got underway at 3pm on Friday, is set to be a record-breaking one for the tourism sector, as the...
Explainer: Everything you need to know about swapping your UK driving licence for a Spanish one
TO THE relief of hundreds if not thousands of people across Spain, this week the Spanish Cabinet finally approved a deal on driving licence...
Pilot who crashed one of Spain’s traffic helicopters tests positive for cocaine and amphetamine
A PILOT for one of Spain’s traffic helicopters, which are used to detect infractions on the road, has been arrested after crashing his aircraft...
LISTED: Roads expected to be saturated during Semana Blanca in Spain’s Andalucia
AN increase in road trips are expected across the whole of southern Spain as people gear up to enjoy Andalucia Day which will be...
Spain’s traffic authorities step up policing, with 18.2 million car journeys predicted during the Christmas season
SPAIN’S DGT traffic department is predicting 18.2 million car journeys during the Christmas season this year, with ‘Operación Salida’, as the start of the...
DGT’s festive drugs and alcohol campaign in Spain’s Andalucia sees 47 drivers a day caught under influence of alcohol...
THE DGT’s (General Directorate of Traffic) six-day festive drugs and alcohol campaign, carried out at the start of the month between December 5-11, has...
Plug pulled on speed trap after motorists get fines refund on busy Costa Blanca highway in Spain
MOTORISTS are having speeding fines cancelled after complaining about inaccurate speed limit signs on the N-332 on the Orihuela Costa.
The DGT traffic authority has...
Marbella council plans to regulate use of electric scooters from October
ELECTRIC scooter drivers will need to use helmets and get third-party insurance if they wish to continue riding them from next month.
Currently, the scooters...
Almost 800 deaths on Spanish roads so far this year
ON average, six people die on Spanish roads every day and this year has seen nearly 800 people die in Spain as a result...
More drivers have died this summer in Spain, than in the year before the pandemic
SOME 225 motorists have died in Spain during July and August, 10 more than in the same months of 2019, according to official data.
"It...
Spain’s Andalucia sees out last weekend of August with zero fatal traffic accidents
ANDALUCIA has finalised the last weekend of August with zero traffic fatalities.
As August holidays come to an end, Andalucian roads have been heaving with...
Malaga speed camera generates the third highest number of fines in Spain
A SPEED camera in Malaga generates the highest number of fines in Andalucia, and third highest in Spain, according to the latest report from...
Over hundred drivers in Spain’s Malaga test positive for alcohol or drugs in latest DGT road campaign
THE latest DGT (The Directorate-General for Traffic) road campaign ‘Operation August 15’ in Spain’s Malaga has tallied over hundred road users driving under the...
DGT’s Special Operation August 15 begins today throughout Spain
THIS Friday, August 12, kicks off the DGT’s (The Directorate-General for Traffic) Special Operation August 15.
More than 7 million vehicle movements are expected...
OPERACION SALIDA: What you need to know about driving on Spain’s roads this weekend
THE big exodus from the cities to the coast is underway in Spain with the transport agency DGT estimating that 6.9million cars will take...
LISTED: The most common reasons drivers are fined in Spain over the summer including driving in flip-flops, barefoot or...
Driving with flip-flops, barefoot or without a t-shirt behind the steering wheel could land drivers with fines, warns Spain’s Department of Traffic (DGT).
According to...
U-Turn Campaign: Everything you need to know about the driving licence exchange debacle for Brits in Spain
ONE of the biggest issues currently facing British expats resident in Spain or those hoping to relocate here is the failure between the UK...
Two Malaga speed cameras give out most tickets in the whole of Spain
A report from the traffic authority the DGT has revealed that two-speed cameras in Malaga are the third and fourth most prolific at giving...
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