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🇪🇸 Spain — truck driving bans 2026

Unlike many of its neighbours, Spain does not close its roads to all heavy goods vehicles at weekends: the basic restriction only targets vehicles carrying dangerous goods. However, certain regions — Catalonia and the Basque Country in particular — add their own rules, sometimes right at the French border. Here are the details.

Tolls

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Vehicles concerned Tolled motorways
National system Sociétés concessionnaires

Tolls are paid at barriers. An electronic tag is possible but not mandatory.

ASETA — concessionnaires espagnols

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Sunday driving ban Conditions apply
Public holiday ban Conditions apply
Seasonal restrictions Conditions apply
Night-time ban No
Additional ADR rules Yes
Specific zones or regions Yes
Vehicles concerned ADR vehicles, including empty and uncleaned ones
⚠️ Public holiday calendars and regional restrictions are subject to change. This fact sheet is kept as up to date as possible but does not replace the official order: before a sensitive journey or in the event of a dispute, check the regulations in force (Dirección General de Tráfico, authority of the relevant autonomous community). GVW is the gross vehicle weight authorised.

1. General rule

The basic national ban does not apply to all heavy goods vehicles, but only to those carrying dangerous goods:

☢️Dangerous goods. Vehicles carrying dangerous goods — including empty and uncleaned ones — may not run on Sundays and public holidays from 8:00 to 24:00, nor on the eve of a national holiday when that eve is a Wednesday or a Thursday, from 16:00 to 24:00.

🌉Long weekends. When several non-working days run back to back — Sundays included — the rule changes: only the first is closed, from 8:00 to 15:00, the last follows the Sunday or holiday rule, and the days in between are free. The eve of the first day, unless it is a Saturday, is closed from 16:00 to 24:00.

🏙️Madrid and Barcelona. Specific restrictions apply in and around these two cities on Sundays and public holidays.

2. Catalonia and the Basque Country

These two autonomous communities apply their own restrictions and impose mandatory routes (RIMP) for dangerous goods. Click to expand the details:

Basque Country ▾

Mandatory RIMP routes for dangerous goods (enquiries with the Dirección de Tráfico de Euskadi).

HGV traffic over 7.5 t on Sundays and public holidays is only permitted in the France → Spain direction, and only on the "major corridors": the A8 and N1 routes after crossing the French-Spanish border at Biriatou.

Catalonia ▾

Mandatory RIMP routes for dangerous goods (enquiries with the Servei Català de Trànsit).

In the province of Girona, HGV traffic over 7.5 t is banned on the AP7 / E15 in the Spain → France direction, between Agullana and the Col du Perthus, on certain public holidays listed in the French restriction calendar.

3. Public holidays 2026

Below, national public holidays only. Note: Spain has numerous regional and local holidays that vary by autonomous community — check the calendar for the region you are travelling through.

1st January — New Year's Day

6 January — Epiphany

3 April — Good Friday

1st May — Labour Day

15 August — Assumption

12 October — National Day

1st November — All Saints' Day

6 December — Constitution Day

8 December — Immaculate Conception

25 December — Christmas Day

4. Good to know

🚦Speed limits: 50 km/h in built-up areas, 90 km/h on motorways, 80 km/h on priority roads or dual carriageways, and 70 km/h on other roads.

Alcohol and drugs

Your limit, driving goods over 3.5 t
0,3 g/L of blood
0,15 mg/L of breath
General limit
0,5 g/L of blood
0,25 mg/L of breath

Drugs : zero tolerance · Criminal threshold : 1,2 g/L of blood

BOE · Regulatory text · Checked on August 17, 2026

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Official sources

The links below lead to the authorities and the legal texts that prevail. They are in the language of the country.

Before a sensitive journey

Bans may be changed temporarily because of the weather, roadworks, events, environmental measures or local decisions. This page provides a general overview and does not replace checking the official source before a sensitive journey. It covers the national rules and the main routes. Local bans — city centres, mountain passes, minor roads, often “except for access” — come from municipal and prefectural orders: far too many to list here, and to be checked on the road signs or on a truck GPS.

Neighbouring countries and related routes

France: HGV driving bans Portugal: HGV driving bans Netherlands: HGV driving bans United Kingdom: HGV driving bans Switzerland: HGV driving bans Belgium: HGV driving bans Italy: HGV driving bans
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