This volume of penalties, which excludes Catalonia and the Basque Country due to their traffic autonomy, equates to twelve fines issued every minute. Although the DGT report does not detail statistics by type of infraction for the past year, data from previous years indicates that speeding remains the primary cause of penalties.
By autonomous communities, Andalucía led with 1.5 million fines, followed by the Valencian Community with 940,000 and the Community of Madrid with 721,465. Castilla y León registered 601,184 penalties.
Breaking down by provinces, Madrid led with 721,465 fines, followed by Valencia (468,121), Cádiz (369,586), Alicante (339,000), and Málaga (282,163). The last four years have marked the period with the highest number of fines imposed by the DGT since the current system was introduced in 1961.
Last year saw 1,119 road deaths, just 29 less than in 2022, when a million fewer fines were issued, suggesting that boosting state revenue may be more of a priority rather than improving road safety.
