INTERACTIVE MAP: where are the invisible speed cameras located in Spain?
Spain has nearly 50 laser-powered radars that are hard to detect and which try to catch speeding drivers
Speeding is one of the main causes of traffic accidents in Spain. That’s why the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) has increased control of the roads to catch those who break the law. Among other measures, the DGT has installed laser speed cameras or ‘invisible radars’ which are very difficult for drivers to see to try to catch speeding motorists.
These types of radar, known in Spain as a ‘velolaser’, are capable of detecting offences at a distance of between 15 and 20 metres, at speeds of between 30 and 250 kilometres per hour, and can perfectly identify which type of vehicle is committing the offence. They then transmit this data and the images in the almost real-time to Guardia Civil traffic officers so they can find the drivers and fine them.
Velolasers are 50cm high and weigh just 2kg, so they can be attached almost anywhere. They are usually attached to traffic signs or stood up on tripods by the side of the road. However, there is one place that it is illegal for police to set up these cameras – on the protective guardrails at the exit ramps of motorways.
Despite this, the Union for the Defense of Motorists in Spain has detected some of these speed cameras placed illegally by police, and have successfully campaigned to have them removed, such as the one at kilometre 123 of the N-502 road in Toledo.
Where are the laser-guided speed cameras in Spain?
SocialDrive, an app for drivers in Spain, has produced an interactive map showing all the laser speed cameras currently installed in the country. Although they are distributed throughout Spain, there are more in some places than others.
Galicia is the autonomous community with the most velolasers, followed by Valladolid, Madrid and Albacete. In Extremadura and Teruel there aren’t any. Murcia and Alicante have one radar each, and Andalucía has three.
According to the map, the exact location of each of the radars is as follows:
- Calle Rambla de Capuchinos, in direction Calahonda
- CM-401 between the Guajaraz and Guadamur petrol stations
- N-122 km 13 towards Soria
- Calle San Román to Talavera at the Canal crossroads
- Gran Vía la Manga in front of the local Zoco
- N-322 straight road junction Motilleja
- N-403 from Escalona entrance to Maqueda
- A-4 km 89 towards Madrid
- N-502 Pletil llanos de velada
- LE-110 by the Jiménez cemetery
- N-420 in the Pinassa area towards Cuenca
- A-22 km 79 towards Barcelona-Fraga
- N-322 after the Romica bridge
- EL-20 km 3 before Martínez Valero
- Torrero on Vía Hispanidad
- CM-4000 leaving Toledo towards Torre la Puebla
- GR-3404 Romilla
- Cobeña M-118 40km/h zone
- TO-1261 Cazalegas road direction Talavera de la Reina
- VA-30 by the petrol station
- CL-602 between Medina and Olmedo, going towards Olmedo
- Ribeira, Coruña
- Boadilla del Monte at the entrance to the Pino Centinela urbanisation
- Ronda Oeste by the ECO park
- Sant Boi de Llobregat in Avinguda d'Aragó
- Polígono de Cazalegas, Toledo
- Lugo. Estrada Vella de Santiago
- AP-9 km 104 towards Pontevedra
- Bahamonde junction A-8 with A-6
- VG-4.8 Poio cemetery direction
- Corredor de Nadela km 8 to Sarria
- N-634 km 672
- AS-216 Millariega, Tineo
- Mieres in front of Más y Más
- N-VI Carral before the Finsa Bridge in the direction of Lugo
- Straight of Saron
- Ciudad Jardín, entrance to sports centre
- Elecrec roundabout
- León Felipe Park
- Cuesta Bolón, Zamora
- A-6 km 42 near Villalba where the petrol station is located
- Cepsa direction Coruña
- Calle Alameda entrance from the A42 Illescas
- A-15 height Ágreda
- N-122 height Matalebreras
- A-15 km 62 near Lubia
- Calle Clara Campoamor
- P-405 Villalobón
- N-301 km 204 height La Roda direction Ocaña
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