More than half a million traffic fines registered until July – most for speeding
There were more than 395 thousand speeding violations, of which only around 335 thousand were related to radars
More than half a million traffic violations were detected in the first seven months of the year, 6.2% more than in the same period in 2023, the majority of which were due to speeding, the National Road Safety Authority (ANSR) revealed this Friday.
According to the ANSR report on 24-hour accidents and road inspection, from January to July 2024, 141.9 million vehicles were inspected, either in person or through automatic inspection methods, an increase of 79.8% compared to the same period in 2023.
Of the 141.9 million vehicles inspected in that period, the authorities detected 545.1 thousand infractions, which represents an increase of 6.2% compared to the same period in the previous year.
Most of the fines were for speeding, namely drivers caught by radars managed by the National Road Safety Authority, which recorded, in this period, a 49.6% increase in the number of infractions, rising from 224,464 from January to July 2023 to 335,801 in the same period this year.
According to the report, of the 395,492 speeding violations recorded, 335,801 were recorded using ANSR radars.
The document highlights that the number of drivers checked by the radar system under the responsibility of ANSR, totaling 136,719,761, increased by 88% between January and July, compared to the same period in 2023.
“SINCRO managed by ANSR registered an increase of 88.1%, in contrast to the PSP and GNR which registered decreases of 22.4% and 14.7%, respectively”, the document states.
The ANSR reports that 72.6% of the total number of fines registered in the first seven months of 2024 corresponded to speeding and 5.9% of the infractions were due to the lack of mandatory periodic inspection, and it was also found that driving under the influence of alcohol reached a weight of 2.8% of the total, the lack of insurance represented 1.8%, the use of a cell phone 1.6% and the failure to use a seat belt 1.3%.
Compared to the previous year, with the exception of speeding, which saw an increase of 23.1%, ANSR highlights that there were generalized decreases in all other types of infraction, highlighting the absence of seat belts (-44.9%), child restraint systems (-33.2%), use of a mobile phone while driving (-32.3%), excess alcohol (-21.4%) and lack of insurance (-14.0%).