At kilometer 326 of the A-7 motorway near La Canyada, Valencia, one speed camera recorded 90,766 speeding complaints in 2025, the highest total in Spain, information from figures compiled by Automovilistas Europeos Asociados (AEA). That averages nearly 249 a day, or about one every six minutes. The Valencian Community reported €18.9 million in total traffic-fine revenue that year. That is a regional figure, not revenue attributable to this individual camera.
AEA’s figures place the device within a much wider enforcement network: Spain’s Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) operates more than 1,000 cameras, and the 50 most active generated 1,342,285 complaints combined. These figures describe detected violations. The legal outcome of each case depends on the measured speed and applicable limit, while penalties may be paid, appealed or annulled.
National Ranking
After Valencia, the camera on the CV-905 at kilometer 7 in Alicante recorded 72,557 complaints. Navarra’s A-15 at kilometer 127 ranked third, with 67,445, up from 60,878 the previous year. Together, the three leading cameras accounted for 230,768 complaints. The TF-2 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife saw a sharp increase, recording 49,641 in 2025, compared with 1,358 in 2024.
Other high-activity cameras included the A-7 at kilometer 968 in Málaga, with 45,050 complaints, and the M-40 at kilometer 20 in Madrid, with 43,500. Another A-7 camera at kilometer 978 in Málaga recorded 42,088. The A-381 in Cádiz, at kilometer 74, recorded 36,925, while the A-4 in Ciudad Real, at kilometer 135, recorded 32,041. The M-40 camera at kilometer 52 in Madrid completed the top ten, with 31,175 complaints.
The Valencia camera’s reported total rose dramatically from six complaints in 2024. Changes in device-level totals can reflect traffic volume and road layout, as well as speed limits, camera operation and enforcement coverage. A high count alone does not establish that a camera malfunctioned.
Record Revenues
Across Spain, DGT speed cameras generated €246,802,934 in speeding fines during 2025, a 14% increase on the previous year, according to AEA. The association said speeding fines represented 41.5% of traffic-penalty income nationwide, excluding the Basque Country and Catalonia. This national revenue figure is distinct from the camera ranking: complaints by device do not show how much money was ultimately collected from each one.
Speeding penalties generally range from €100 to €600 and carry between two and six licence points, depending on how far a driver exceeds the limit. More serious cases can cross the threshold from administrative sanctions into criminal offences. Penalties vary, and cases may be appealed or cancelled, or paid under different terms. So, the number of complaints cannot be multiplied by a single fine amount to calculate revenue.
Mario Arnaldo, president of AEA, has called for the DGT to reconsider its radar policy, arguing that cameras are becoming “mere revenue-raising instruments” rather than adequately reducing speeding and crashes. That is AEA’s criticism of the policy. DGT director Pere Navarro has defended radar enforcement as a road-safety measure. Navarro said, “The only way to reduce accidents is through speed cameras,” and linked speeding to 22% of crashes in Spain. The same report put the country’s road deaths in 2025 at 1,775.
Regional Breakdown
Five provinces stood out for their traffic-fine revenues in 2025. Alicante led with €28.7 million, a 38% increase from the previous year, while speed-related fines rose 83.6%. Almería followed with €13.2 million, up 32.5%; its speed-fine income nearly tripled. Asturias collected €12.6 million, a 29.9% increase, as speed fines rose 67.6%. Albacete’s total reached €6.76 million, up 0.6%, although its speed-fine income fell 11.3%. Ávila reported €4.89 million, a 12.7% increase, with speed fines rising 31.2%.
Context and Implications
The DGT uses fixed cameras and section-control systems that measure average speed over a stretch, along with mobile enforcement. The agency also publishes selected roads where mobile radar controls may operate. Traffic levels and road geometry, along with posted limits and changes in enforcement coverage, help explain why recorded totals vary considerably by location.
Rising fine revenue has sharpened debate over whether speed-camera enforcement is primarily a safety tool or a source of public income. AEA argues that the policy needs reconsideration. The DGT’s stated rationale, as defended by Navarro, is to reduce crashes and casualties. The reported rise in fines does not by itself establish whether road safety improved or worsened, but the figures show that enforcement activity was concentrated among a relatively small group of cameras.
Spain’s network includes fixed and mobile cameras, with section-control systems also in use across major corridors and secondary roads. The 2025 ranking highlights sharp differences among individual locations. The wider dispute over road safety, deterrence and revenue continues.
