There is Two main fears That a driver can feel when he prepares to make a car journey. The first is an accident that can cause some type of personal or material damage, a risk that always exists. The second is to receive a fine, something that can be quite likely today. Road surveillance has increased with the promise to reduce accidents, something that does not happen. Now we have seen the Fine collection data And several aspects have surprised us.
With the data of 2023 closed, a record figure can be seen. In that year they were collected 501.43 million eurosthe second most beneficial year for the coffers of the State just behind the 507.36 million of 2022. From one year to another, the number of complaints have dropped by 6.67 %, but there is still a collection that is very superior to that of a decade ago. How could it be otherwise, the speeding It is what drivers pay the most. They were a total of 3,355,287 complaints for this reason, being present in two out of three infractions.
Other of the most repeated fines are the Not having passed the ITVa trend that goes up and picked up 637,520 sanctions. The inexplicable driving are repeated without a card (134,547) and not wearing a seat belt (100,739). The presence of a very current one is raised such as driving using the mobile phone that earns 5.34 % in a single year. Among those that increase and that concern the authorities are also that of DRUG PRESENCEwhich reached up to 54,693 complaints, more than double than in 2022.
Regarding the concentration of fines, Andalusia is the one that registered the most sanctions With more than 1.4 million. The community with the highest density remains Madrid, with 187 complaints per kilometer of road, with some cases as flagrant as the Radar of the M-40 (km 20,2) that by itself formulated 118,149 complaints of the 605,670 that make up the totality . Other curious data from the AEA study is that Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla y León register 0.28 complaints per vehiclewhile Ceuta and Melilla are the least fined in absolute numbers and depending on the vehicle park.
