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Fines and licence points

How much is the fine and how many points do you lose?

Using the official Traffic Act tables: speeding with each camera's margin, alcohol, phones, seatbelts, ITV, insurance and more. And what you pay if you pay within 20 days.

Speeding fine

Where was it?

Speed limit

Your speed

How were you measured?

This camera has 5 km/h deducted up to 100 km/h and 5% above that.

Points you have now

What you're facing

Measured
150 km/h
Margin
−7,5 km/h
Counts
142 km/h

Serious offence · 22 km/h over

100 €

50 € if you pay within 20 calendar days

No points lost

Criminal offence from 201 km/h. The fine can go up by as much as 30% for repeat offences or danger.

Source: Traffic Act (Royal Legislative Decree 6/2015), articles 76.a, 77.a, 80.1, annex IV (BOE-A-2015-11722, consolidated text as of 01/10/2026)

The margin is the maximum error Order ICT/155/2020 allows each type of camera, and whoever fines you deducts it. It isn't a tolerance: the limit is the one on the sign.

Source: Order ICT/155/2020, metrological control of speed cameras, annex XII (BOE-A-2020-2573, consolidated text as of 24/02/2026)

See the full table by speed limit

Other fines

Alcohol, phones, seatbelts, ITV, insurance…

What each one costs, the points it takes and the article of the law it comes from. Find yours.

Points-based licence

Your points: how many you have and how to get them back

What the Traffic Act and the DGT say about your balance, what happens at zero and the courses.

12 points to start

8 if your licence is less than 3 years old or you've got it back after losing it. You go up to 12 after 2 years without losing points.

Up to 15 points

With no fines that cost points: 2 more after 3 years and 1 more after the next 3. A safe and efficient driving course adds another 2 (one of each type every 2 years).

At most 8 in one day

Even if you get several fines on the same day. This doesn't apply to very serious offences for speeding, alcohol, drugs, refusing tests, reckless or wrong-way driving, racing and jammers.

Deducted once the fine is final

If you pay with the discount, the fine becomes final that same day. Otherwise, when the procedure ends.

How to get points back

  1. Wait 2 years

    If you have no final fine that costs points for 2 years, you go back to 12.

  2. Partial recovery course: 4 points

    10 hours at an approved centre, if you have at least 1 point left. Once every 2 years (every year for professional drivers). You pay the centre.

    Source: Order INT/914/2024, points recovery courses, articles 3.a, 4 (BOE-A-2024-17780, consolidated text as of 20/12/2025)

The Traffic Act allows up to 6 points back with the course, but Order INT/914/2024 cut it to 4 from 4 November 2024.

If you run out of points

  • You lose your licence: 6 months before you can get it back (3 for professional drivers; 12 if it happens again within the next 3 years).
  • To get it back: a 20-hour course and a theory exam at Traffic. You return with 8 points.
  • Driving after losing your licence for points is a criminal offence: 3 to 6 months in prison, a fine or community service.

Source: Order INT/914/2024, points recovery courses, articles 3.b, 5, 10 (BOE-A-2024-17780, consolidated text as of 20/12/2025)

Check your points on the DGT website Find a recovery course

Source: Traffic Act (Royal Legislative Decree 6/2015), articles 63, 64, 65, 71 (BOE-A-2015-11722, consolidated text as of 01/10/2026)

Source: DGT: how the points-based licence works (updated 22/09/2026)

Questions

Frequently asked questions

How much is a speeding fine?+

From €100 to €600 depending on how far over you are and the road's limit, and 0 to 6 points. For example, on a 120 road, doing 151 km/h (with the camera margin already deducted) means €300 and 2 points. Going more than 60 km/h over in town or 80 outside is a criminal offence.

How much do I save by paying early?+

Half, if you pay within 20 calendar days of the notice. In return, you can no longer appeal to Traffic (you can still go to court) and the fine becomes final that day: you lose the points anyway. There's no discount for carrying a radar jammer or for not identifying the driver.

How many points for using a phone?+

Holding it while driving means €200 and 6 points since March 2022. Touching it or operating the sat nav without holding it, €200 and 3 points.

What margin do speed cameras have?+

The maximum permitted error under Order ICT/155/2020: 5 km/h (5% above 100) for fixed and tripod cameras, 3 km/h (3%) for average speed cameras and 7 km/h (7%) for cameras in a moving car. Whoever issues the fine deducts it; the limit is always the one on the sign.

What happens if I run out of points?+

You lose your licence: 6 months before you can get it back (3 for professional drivers), a 20-hour course and an exam. You return with 8 points. Driving in the meantime is a criminal offence.

How do I get points back?+

If 2 years go by without final fines that cost points, you go back to 12. Before that, a 10-hour course gets you 4 points back, once every 2 years.

Sources

All figures come from the BOE consolidated texts and DGT pages, and each fine says which article it comes from. Reviewed on 16/10/2026. This is general information: what counts is what your notice says.