Drivers crossing Castilla y León this summer will encounter 401 active speed-enforcement devices as the Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) steps up monitoring across Spain’s largest autonomous community. Its network covers major highways and secondary roads, using permanent installations alongside surveillance that can be deployed on designated stretches.
Provinces Under Watch
Palencia and León lead the region, with 56 speed cameras each. Burgos follows with 49. Valladolid, Ávila, Salamanca, Soria, Segovia and Zamora make up the rest of the list. Zamora has the fewest, with 35. The distribution reflects the provinces’ size and the complexity of their road networks.
Types of Speed Cameras
The DGT’s Castilla y León network includes 90 fixed cameras, 282 mobile units and 29 section controls, which measure average speed between points. Fixed cameras operate at selected locations, often on high-traffic routes. Mobile units can be relocated and are frequently used on secondary roads. Section controls calculate a vehicle’s average speed from the time it takes to travel between two points on a monitored stretch.
The DGT has also published a nationwide list of 1,314 secondary-road sections within its jurisdiction where mobile radar controls may operate. The program shows how enforcement can cover designated stretches as well as sites with permanent equipment. In a separate national campaign on secondary roads, the agency checked more than 500,000 vehicles. Speeding was the most frequent infringement.
Basic Locations by Province
In Ávila, drivers will encounter fixed cameras on the AP-6 and CL-501, as well as mobile and section controls on routes such as AV-500, AV-502 and N-403. Burgos has fixed devices on the A-1, CL-629 and N-120, with mobile patrols covering many provincial and national roads. León’s network includes fixed cameras on the A-6, A-66 and AP-66, plus many mobile units on basic and rural routes.
Palencia’s roads are monitored by fixed cameras on the A-231, A-62 and N-610, with mobile and section controls on the CL-613 and CL-615. Salamanca’s basic highways, including the A-62 and A-66, have fixed cameras. Mobile units and section controls are deployed on the CL-517 and SA-20. Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora each have a mix of camera types, covering urban and rural stretches.
Summer Enforcement and Safety
The DGT’s camera network is part of a broader effort to enforce speed limits and improve road safety during the busy summer travel period, when holiday and tourism traffic rises. Enforcement combines fixed installations with mobile controls, including operations on secondary roads. In the agency’s national campaign, speeding was the most frequent infringement among more than 500,000 vehicles checked, underscoring the focus on speed compliance.
Context and Impact
Speed enforcement is basic to the DGT’s road-safety work. Its published mobile-radar sections and targeted roadside campaigns extend monitoring beyond permanent camera locations, especially on secondary roads. In Castilla y León, the regional network covers major routes and rural stretches across all nine provinces.
Travelers and residents can check the DGT’s published radar-location information to plan their journeys and stay alert to speed limits. Respecting those limits is both a legal obligation and a matter of public safety.
