2025: State revenue from Road Traffic Code fines up 22.8% to €86.9 million

Road Traffic Code fines: State revenue up in 2025

In 2025, State income from Road Traffic Code fines rose by 22.8% to €86.9 million, according to budget execution figures reported by the newspaper Jornal de Notícias.

The year before, in 2024, the total had remained below €71 million. Even with this increase, the figure still fell short of what had been set out in the State Budget, which had projected €99.2 million.

SINCRO speed cameras managed by ANSR

This rise in revenue is closely tied to new speed cameras coming into operation. Within SINCRO (the National Speed Control System), overseen by the National Road Safety Authority (ANSR), Portugal now has 123 active cameras measuring both instant speed and average speed. See the locations.

Increased enforcement

By September 2025, road traffic enforcement was up by 26.5% compared with the same period in 2024. The GNR checked almost three times as many vehicles (+193.5%), SINCRO recorded a 22.3% increase, the PSP stepped up its operations by 9.7%, and the Lisbon Municipal Police almost doubled the number of vehicles monitored (+99%) - source: ANSR.

Overall, across the first nine months of 2025, 239.5 million vehicles were checked, and 1.1 million offences were recorded (+14.1%). Interestingly, the offence rate went down, from 0.43% in 2024 to 0.38% last year.

New technology and more cameras in 2026

For 2026, the Government expects to collect around €113.5 million from fines and penalties. The anticipated growth is linked to the roll-out of a new digital system designed to cut by at least 5% the number of fines that lapse due to administrative delays. In addition, the State Budget for 2026 indicates that new average-speed and fixed speed cameras are due to begin operating.