The DGT wants to incorporate French radar cars: they are already operational in Catalonia and have issued 150,000 fines by 2025.

Speeding remains the leading cause of fatal accidents in Spain. In 2024, speed was a contributing factor in 24% of fatal accidents, according to data from the DGT (Directorate-General for Traffic and Traffic). Despite awareness campaigns and increased controls , the DGT continues to find that many drivers fail to adjust their speed. In fact, two out of every three traffic fines issued in 2024 were for speeding, according to data provided by the Associated European Motorists (AEA).

In recent years, the pressure on drivers from speed cameras has only increased, with a progressive deployment of fixed and mobile devices aimed at reducing accidents and promoting safer driving. With road safety as a priority, the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, announced during the presentation of this summer's accident report that the DGT plans to implement mobile speed cameras on wheels next year.

These devices, popularly known as radar cars, are similar to those already operating in both Catalonia and France. The DGT confirmed to La Vanguardia 's Channel Moveo that they will be identical to those used by the Catalan Traffic Service (SCT) from their implementation in November 2024 .

Pere Navarro will visit France to study firsthand how radar cars work and adapt them to Spanish roads.

Radar trailers are characterized by being mounted on wheels that allow them to easily move to high-risk sections . They are specially designed to be placed in construction zones or on roads with a high accident rate, where speed reduction is essential to protect both workers and drivers. The SCT (Spanish Traffic Police) has four of these radar trailers, and the first two, which began operating last year , issued as many as 10,000 fines in just six days . Trànsit has informed Moveo that, so far in 2025, these towed devices have filed 150,000 tickets.

According to Marlaska, the Director General of Traffic, Pere Navarro, will soon visit France to study their operation firsthand and optimally adapt them to Spanish roads. The minister stated that "our goal is to implement them next year," emphasizing that these radars will operate primarily in construction sites and high-risk areas where speed reductions are necessary to ensure the safety of workers.

The radar cars will operate in construction zones of 2 to 3 kilometers, after the DGT verified that drivers do not adjust their speed in these sections.

The minister specified that the radar vehicles will be deployed on two- or three-kilometer stretches of road construction where a need to reduce speed is indicated due to road conditions or risk to workers. "These mobile radars are called wheeled because they are mounted on wheeled devices and can be easily moved to the sections or locations where they are needed or deemed necessary and can be used."

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The importance of these controls is underscored by the low compliance with speed limits on roadworks. In a specific campaign carried out by the DGT between June 23 and 29, 2025, 240,170 vehicles were inspected, of which 14,964 were reported, with speeding being the main cause in 86% of cases.