In the last two years , the radar that has been less respected in Spain -and therefore has given more fines- is one of those located in the Community of Madrid: specifically in the M-40, at the height of the kilometer point 20.2 (near Mercamadrid).
The data comes from the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT), which has collected in a document “the data of the 50 fixed and stretch radars that were least respected in the period 2017-2024“, which you can consult in this link-.
It is there where it is reflected that in 2023 and 2024 this radar of the M-40 accumulated more fines than any other in the country, with 118,149 and 74,553 complaints, respectively. Although, as can also be seen, from one year to another these have been reduced by more than 43,000.
New radars in Madrid this 2025
This year the DGT, as part of its Plan to install 122 new speed control points throughout 2025, has put into operation since March two new radars in the Community of Madrid on the M-521, a road in the western mountains of Madrid that connects the municipalities of Navalagamella and Fresnedillas de la Oliva.
They are located on the following stretches:
- M-521: initial kilometer point 26.915 and final kilometer point 27.885.
- M-521: initial kilometer point 27.885 and final kilometer point 26.915.
According to the European Road Safety Observatory, “an increase in speed of 10 km/h results in an increase in the risk of a fatal accident of 220% with respect to the original risk“, they remind that “an increase in speed of 10 km/h results in an increase in the risk of a fatal accident of 220% with respect to the original risk“.