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Speeding Fines in Spain: The Anexo IV Table, Points and the Criminal Threshold (2026)
Speeding is the one Spanish traffic offence with its own published price list. Art. 80.1 TRLTSV deliberately pulls speeding out of the standard leve/grave/muy grave bands and routes it to Anexo IV, a table keyed to two numbers: the posted limit, and how many km/h over it you were measured. This page reproduces that table and marks where the fine stops being a fine at all.
Information last verified on 23 July 2026. This page provides general legal information about Spanish law and does not constitute legal advice in an individual case.
How Anexo IV actually works
Anexo IV is organised by posted speed limit across the columns, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120 and 130 km/h, and by measured excess across the rows. For each limit, four increasing bands of excess fall inside the grave classification, followed by a single muy grave band above them. The grave bands and the muy grave threshold both shift depending on the posted limit, but the fine and points attached to each band do not.
Grave: four bands
| Límite (km/h) | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 3 | Band 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 21 a 40 | 41 a 50 | 51 a 60 | 61 a 70 |
| 30 | 31 a 50 | 51 a 60 | 61 a 70 | 71 a 80 |
| 40 | 41 a 60 | 61 a 70 | 71 a 80 | 81 a 90 |
| 50 | 51 a 70 | 71 a 80 | 81 a 90 | 91 a 100 |
| 60 | 61 a 90 | 91 a 110 | 111 a 120 | 121 a 130 |
| 70 | 71 a 100 | 101 a 120 | 121 a 130 | 131 a 140 |
| 80 | 81 a 110 | 111 a 130 | 131 a 140 | 141 a 150 |
| 90 | 91 a 120 | 121 a 140 | 141 a 150 | 151 a 160 |
| 100 | 101 a 130 | 131 a 150 | 151 a 160 | 161 a 170 |
| 110 | 111 a 140 | 141 a 160 | 161 a 170 | 171 a 180 |
| 120 | 121 a 150 | 151 a 170 | 171 a 180 | 181 a 190 |
| 130 | 131 a 150 | 151 a 170 | 171 a 180 | 181 a 190 |
| Multa | 100 € | 300 € | 400 € | 500 € |
| Puntos | ninguno | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Muy grave: a single open-ended band
| Límite (km/h) | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 110 | 120 | 130 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desde | 71 | 81 | 91 | 101 | 131 | 141 | 151 | 161 | 171 | 181 | 191 | 191 |
Any reading at or above that threshold is fined a flat 600 € and 6 points, with no further band above it in the table itself.
The article also carries a specific rule for lower-limit urban approach stretches: on motorway and dual-carriageway sections leading into cities where the posted limit has been lowered below 100 km/h, the money fine still follows the corresponding Anexo IV row, but the wider administrative and criminal consequences of speeding only kick in once the reading itself passes 100 km/h.
The one band with no points
Worth repeating on its own: Band 1, the 100 € tier, is the only speeding band that costs no points at all. Every other band, from 300 € up through the muy grave 600 €, carries a deduction from the licence's balance, covered in full on the points page.
The pronto pago still applies
A speeding fine is not excluded from the standard 20-day, 50 percent early-payment discount. It carries the same trade as any other infraction, alegaciones waived, the sanction final on payment, only the courts left as a route, detailed on the multas page. If the reading was near a band boundary, it can also be worth checking the camera's own legal margin of error before paying, covered on the speed-camera margins page.
Where speeding becomes a crime
Anexo IV has a ceiling of its own, not in euros but in law. Art. 379.1 of the Código Penal takes over once a driver is measured at more than 60 km/h over the limit in an urban area, or more than 80 km/h over the limit outside one. At that point the case leaves the DGT and becomes a criminal prosecution: prison of three to six months, or a fine of six to twelve months, or thirty-one to ninety days of community service, and in every case, loss of the right to drive for more than one and up to four years.
The same administrative-versus-criminal split applies to alcohol, at fixed numeric thresholds rather than a speed differential, covered on the blood alcohol limit page. The wider map of Spanish traffic law is on the driving section.
This page is general legal information about Spanish law and does not constitute legal advice in an individual case. The controlling texts are the current versions in the BOE and the DGT's official pages.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a speeding fine always come with points?
No. The lowest grave band, fined at 100 €, carries no points at all. Every band above it, from 300 € (2 points) through the muy grave 600 € (6 points), deducts from the licence balance.
At what speed does speeding become a criminal offence in Spain?
Above 60 km/h over the posted limit in an urban area, or above 80 km/h over the limit outside one, under art. 379.1 of the Código Penal. Below those thresholds, speeding is an administrative fine under Anexo IV, not a crime.
Can the 50 percent early-payment discount be used on a speeding fine?
Yes. Speeding fines are not on the short list of infractions excluded from the pronto pago, so the same 20-day, 50 percent discount applies, with the same trade of giving up alegaciones and the administrative appeal routes.
What determines which speeding band a fine falls into?
Two numbers: the posted speed limit and the measured excess in km/h over it, read against the Anexo IV table. Because a camera's reading already carries a legal margin of error, a measurement near a band boundary is worth checking before assuming the higher band applies.