Speed camera fines in Alicante soar to record €13.2 million

Speed cameras across Alicante province generated a record €13.2 million in speeding fines during 2025, an increase of 83.5% compared with the previous year.

The figures, published by Spanish motorists’ organisation Automovilistas Europeos Asociados (AEA), make Alicante the fourth highest-earning province in Spain for speed camera penalties.

Only Valencia (€18.9 million), Madrid (€17.9 million) and Cádiz (€16.5 million) collected more from speeding offences. Málaga completed the top five with €12.6 million.

Alicante also recorded one of the biggest year-on-year increases. Revenue rose by 83.5%, compared with 87% in Valencia and 22% in Cádiz. Meanwhile, Madrid and Málaga both recorded falls.

Torrevieja radar among Spain’s busiest

Much of Alicante’s total comes from a fixed speed camera on the CV-905 near Torrevieja, which has become one of the busiest in the country.

Located at kilometre 7 between the La Siesta and San Luis urbanisations, the camera issued 72,557 speeding fines during 2025. That makes it the second most active speed camera in Spain, behind only a camera on the A-7 near Valencia, which recorded 90,766 offences.

The bidirectional camera monitors traffic in both directions on the CV-905, where the speed limit is 50km/h. Authorities installed it during the summer of 2024, and warning signs appear in both directions before drivers reach the camera.

Record year across Spain

According to the AEA report, speed cameras generated €246.8 million in fines across Spain during 2025, the highest figure ever recorded and 14% more than the previous year.

The organisation says income from speeding offences accounted for 41.5% of all traffic fine revenue collected by the DGT, excluding Catalonia and the Basque Country, where traffic powers are devolved.

The report also found that just 50 of Spain’s more than 1,000 speed cameras issued 1.34 million speeding fines between them during 2025.

Drivers’ group questions DGT strategy

AEA believes the rise in revenue is partly due to the installation of new cameras on some of Spain’s busiest roads.

The organisation has again criticised the DGT’s speed camera policy, arguing that too many cameras are located on motorways and dual carriageways instead of conventional roads, where a large proportion of serious accidents occur.

AEA president Mario Arnaldo said the DGT should rethink its strategy to strengthen the preventive role of speed cameras rather than allowing them to be seen mainly as revenue-raising devices.