Driver beware: Additional police speed checks are in place on Murcia roads all this week
16,000 vehicles are to be monitored this week as traffic police aim to reduce accidents and remind drivers to stick to the speed limits
Drivers across the Region of Murcia might want to ease off the accelerator this week. Starting this Monday, April 7, and running through to Sunday April 13, the Guardia Civil’s traffic division is launching a major speed control campaign that will see around 16,000 vehicles checked.
More than 200 officers will be out in force as part of this operation, which has been organised by the Provincial Traffic Headquarters. The goal is to reduce accidents on the roads and get drivers thinking more seriously about the dangers of speeding.
Speeding continues to be a major factor in fatal road accidents. Out of the 43 deadly crashes that happened on interurban roads in Murcia last year, nine involved drivers going too fast – that’s more than 1 in 5. And in the first three months of 2025, speed was a factor in 14% of all accidents with injuries, and in 12.5% of fatal crashes on non-urban roads.
Just last week, a motorcyclist was killed in a terrible accident at kilometre 12 of the RM-422 dual carriageway a busy stretch of road between Abanilla and Pinoso in Alicante that took his head clean off.
Officials stress that higher speeds don’t just increase the risk of an accident; they also make the outcome much worse. For example, at 70kmh, a car crash gives the driver a 16% chance of dying, but that risk more than doubles for a pedestrian. At 80kmh, it becomes almost impossible for a pedestrian to survive a collision. On the other hand, if a car is travelling at 30kmh, the risk of death for a pedestrian drops to just 5%.
During the last speed control campaign of a similar size in Murcia, held in July 2024, nearly 39,000 vehicles were checked. Of those, around 1,840 drivers were caught speeding – about 5% of all vehicles.
Those caught speeding can lose anywhere from two to six points on their licence, depending on how far over the limit they were. Last year, 8,290 drivers in Murcia were fined for speeding, leading to more than 19,600 points being docked. So far in 2025, nearly a third of all points-based penalties in the Region have been for speed-related offences.
Authorities are urging drivers to be mindful of their speed, not just to avoid fines but to help keep everyone on the road safer, especially more vulnerable users like pedestrians and cyclists.
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