Cyprus’s traffic camera system has issued more than 850,000 fines since it launched, with the total expected to reach one million by the end of the year, according to figures obtained by Phileleftheros.
Now in its fifth year of operation, the system recorded around 790,000 violations up to the end of 2025, of which 505,413 were captured by fixed cameras. Nearly half of all fines issued remain outstanding, either because drivers did not receive them, because of problems in locating and serving them, or because some drivers have deliberately withheld payment and are allowing cases to proceed to court.
The figures show 2024 was the peak year for violations, while a decline was recorded in 2025, a trend authorities hope will continue. At the same time, the data points to a pattern of systematic non-compliance with road traffic rules.
According to Haris Christodoulou, who is responsible for the Legislation, Policing and Road Traffic Code committee at the Road Safety Council, fixed cameras recorded 505,413 violations between 2022 and 2025, with most relating to speeding and red-light offences.
Year-by-year breakdown
In 2022, the system’s first year of operation, 79,288 fines were issued, of which 57,438 were paid. Some 21,850 remain pending, either awaiting service or court registration.
In 2023, when the full system of 110 cameras — 90 fixed and 20 mobile — became operational, 168,061 fines were issued. Of these, 103,831 were paid and 64,230 remain pending or have been referred to the courts.
In 2024, the number of fines rose to 256,704, of which 140,347 were paid and 116,362 remain outstanding.
In 2025, by the end of November, the system had issued 269,127 fines. Fewer than half were paid: only 105,373 drivers settled their fines, while 163,754 cases remain pending.
Fixed camera violations
Of the 505,413 violations recorded by fixed cameras between 2022 and 2025, the breakdown by year is as follows.
In 2022: 19,854 stop-line violations, 7,203 speeding offences and 6,924 red-light violations, for a total of 33,981. In 2023: 19,243 stop-line violations, 26,700 speeding offences and 30,741 red-light violations, totalling 76,684. In 2024: 41,365 stop-line violations, 106,135 speeding offences and 78,624 red-light violations, totalling 228,124. In 2025: 35,349 stop-line violations, 65,719 speeding offences and 65,556 red-light violations, totalling 166,624.
One junction, 56,851 fines
The intersection of Grivas Digenis and Dimostheni Severi avenues in Nicosia, known as the “Honda” lights, was the first to have fixed cameras installed in 2022. According to figures presented by Christodoulou of the Public Works Department, violations at that junction have fallen sharply over the four years.
In 2022, the intersection recorded 7,297 speeding violations, 6,924 red-light violations and 19,852 stop-line violations, a total of 39,973. By 2023 the total had dropped to 10,355, comprising 2,304 speeding, 2,225 red-light and 5,626 stop-line violations. In 2024 it fell further to 3,598, and in 2025 to 2,925.
New fine structure from March 2026
Following problems that emerged with the system and a need to differentiate fines according to the severity of the offence, parliament passed legislation that took effect on March 6, 2026 under Law 91(I)/2024. The new fine structure for violations recorded by the photo-enforcement system is as follows.
Crossing the mandatory stop line at a signalised junction: €25.
Failing to comply with a red light at a signalised junction where a pedestrian crossing is present, with the vehicle entering the crossing: €85 and three penalty points.
Failing to comply with a red light, with the vehicle passing beyond the pedestrian crossing: €300 and three penalty points.
Failing to comply with a red light at a junction where no pedestrian crossing exists, with the vehicle entering the intersection: €300 and three penalty points.
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