Spain breaks records for number of radars per kilometer of roadway

Italy and Spain are, in that order, the countries with the most speed cameras installed per kilometer, according to data from Coyote, the real-time traffic information service with a presence in seven European countries. In addition, both countries are the only ones that maintain residential priority areas in some cities.

In total, and according to information verified by Coyote, in our country there are 1,845 fixed, stretch and mobile radars, distributed throughout the territory. The fixed ones amount to 1,409. The figure is much lower than the 7,043 such devices in Italy, or the 3,324 in France, but considerably higher than those in Poland, with 1,059 speed cameras, and Belgium, with 1,034.

However, we must not forget that all these countries have many more kilometers of roads than we do, which places Spain as the second country of the seven that make up the “Coyote universe” in Europe with more radars per kilometer, behind Italy.

In this sense, in our country, with 163,273 km of roads (12,777 of them freeways) there are 0.8 radars per 100 km, while in Italy (with 452,541 roads and 26,990 freeways) the amount amounts to 1.5 radars per 100 km.

In France (with 978,000 km of roads and 11,882 of highways) there are 0.3 radars per 100 km; the same as in Belgium, with 280,158 circulable km (4,129 of them on highways). Poland closes the ranking with 0.2 radars per 100 km, distributed in its 412.035 km of roads and 1,488 of highways.

The data provided by this platform are the result of the daily work of the quality teams that make up the company and consolidate the information from various official sources: DGT, Servei Catal de Tr nsit, Trafikoa and municipalities. In addition, to complete the database on speed cameras in Spain, information from unofficial roads is also added.

 In addition, Spain and Italy are the only countries that have residential priority areas (RPA). Specifically, in our country there are 205. Another peculiarity of the Spanish system is the implementation of belt and mobile phone radars, which began to be installed in 2015. These cameras capture 50 images per second and are capable of determining whether the mobile phone is being used or the seat belt is not fastened. As of today, there are 233 radars of this type on our roads.

As is logical, the more radars, the more fines: in 2015, 3,286,799 complaints were issued in Spain, while the 3,953 French radars caught 13,619,555 speeding violations, for example.