Automated control and sanction system (speed cameras)

Locations of fixed speed cameras in the various cantons of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

When installing the first fixed speed cameras, 105 potential sites were proposed by the "Safety Audit" working group (comprising representatives from the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure (Ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures) (MDDI 2013-2018), the National Roads Administration (Administration des ponts et chaussées), the Grand-Ducal Police (Police Grand-Ducale), Association of Road Traffic Victims (Association des victimes de la route), the Road Safety Association (Sécurité Routière), the Automobile Club of Luxembourg (ACL) and the Driver Safety Training Centre (Centre de formation pour conducteurs) in partnership with an engineering consultancy. The sites were chosen according to 3 main criteria: the number of accidents resulting in personal injury, the severity of the accidents and the speeds reached on the section of road.

• Fixed speed cameras are indicated by an advance warning sign.
• Mobile speed cameras are not indicated by a road sign.

Mobile speed cameras are deployed in locations where speed enforcement checks are not feasible, particularly when it is not possible to guarantee the safety of all parties.
Deploying mobile speed cameras continues the long-term policy applied by the Police for speed checks:

• balancing prevention and enforcement checks;
• checks in the most dangerous locations (high number of accidents, frequent instances of dangerous behaviour, etc.);
• at the most appropriate times.

As with other speed checks that have been implemented to date, mobile speed cameras can be used by the Police at any time.

Fixed speed cameras measure the speed of traffic in both directions across a maximum of 3 lanes. They are designed to distinguish between 2 categories of vehicle (light vehicles such as passenger cars/motorcycles and heavy goods vehicles) based on their respective authorised speeds on the section of road in question. They take photographs of the front and rear of the offending vehicle, its registration plate and the driver.
The photograph is recorded and sent instantly through the network to the National processing centre (Centre national de traitement - CNT), where the police officers record the offence and identify the holder of the vehicle registration certificate. The information is then posted to the holder of the certificate.

Yes. But please note, using a smartphone while driving is not tolerated.

Speeds measured on the speed gun must fall within a 3 km/h margin of tolerance, when the speed measured is between 25 and 100 km/h, and 3%, when the speed measured exceeds 100 km/h.

For example:

• 90 km/h speed limit >>> margin of tolerance up to and including 93 km/h
• 130 km/h speed limit >>> margin of tolerance up to and including 135 km/h.

For fines, the offender will receive:

• a "notice of offence" and
• a "dispute form" 

For penalty notices, the offender will receive:

• a "penalty notice"
• a "statement of position" form and
• a "dispute form"

The financially liable person is duly informed by post that they are liable to pay a fine. The fine must be paid within 45 days by making a payment, bank transfer or using your credit card (Visa or MasterCard) on the website www.csa.public.lu

REMINDERS: If no payment is made or dispute filed within the prescribed time frame, the fine will be sent by registered letter to the financially liable person. If no payment is made or dispute filed within the time frame prescribed by the registered letter (45 days), as set out in paragraph 1, indent 2 of a fine (€49) issued for an offence not resulting in points being deducted, the financially liable person is advised by registered letter that they are liable for a fixed fine (€98), equivalent to twice the amount of the fine.

If no payment is made or dispute filed within the time frame of 45 days set out in paragraph 1, indent 2 of a fine (€145) issued for an offence resulting in points being deducted from the driving licence, the fine is replaced by a penalty notice pursuant to article 15, indent 4 of the aforementioned Law of 14 February 1955.

How do you dispute the offence?

The information required includes a dispute form, which the person concerned must complete, sign and return by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the National processing centre (Centre national de traitement - CNT), along with one of the following documents:

• if the vehicle has been stolen: a receipt acknowledging the complaint filed
• if the vehicle has been destroyed: a copy of the declaration of destruction
• if naming another driver: a written statement signed and dated by the author, specifying the surname, forenames, gender and address of the person they wish to name as the driver of the vehicle at the time of the offence
• if the vehicle has been sold: the sales contract and proof of the transaction in the register for road vehicles and their owners and holders
• if the vehicle has been rented/leased: a copy of the rental agreement.

You have 45 days to dispute being the offender. The period of 45 days starts from the date on which you accept the notice of offence/penalty notice or, failing this, from the date on which the registered letter is delivered or the date on which the notice is delivered by the postal worker.

If your normal place of residence is not in Luxembourg, the period of 45 days is extended by one month.

To this end, the dispute form, along with any supporting documentary evidence required, must be sent to the National processing centre (Centre national de traitement - CNT) at the following address:

Grand-Ducal Police
UCPR-CSA-CNT
L-2880 Luxembourg

or using the State's secure interactive platform www.csa.public.lu. It must include an advanced electronic signature based on a qualified certificate.

All false statements are punishable by a fine of between €251 and €10,000.

When financial liability falls on the legal representative of a legal entity, they are required to provide the National processing centre (Centre national de traitement - CNT) with information enabling identification of the driver of the vehicle at the time of the offence...
Failure to fulfil this legal obligation is punishable by a fine of between €1,000 and €10,000. For a repeat offence within 3 years of an irrevocable previous conviction, the minimum and maximum fines are doubled.

It must comply with the formal requirements (within the prescribed time frame, registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, supporting documents). If naming another driver, it must be possible to identify the driver of the offending vehicle.

The person liable for the fine is:

• the holder, or otherwise the owner, appearing on the registration certificate of the offending vehicle;
• if the vehicle has been leased, the "leaseholder";
• if the vehicle has been sold, the buyer;
• for a legal entity, the legal representative

unless they can provide information identifying the driver.

Only the driver identified loses points on their driving licence.

Photographs are not sent in the post. The person in question may view the photograph at the National processing centre (Centre national de traitement - CNT) of the Central road police unit in Bertrange, but no images will be handed over. They may also provide a written power of attorney, to avoid having to travel themselves. Any people other than the driver are concealed. The same applies to other vehicles.

1. Recorded photographs are erased a maximum of 2 weeks after

• the fine is paid;
• the date on which the case is permanently dismissed by the Prosecutor's Office;
• the date on which the ruling becomes final.

Recorded photographs that cannot be used are erased a maximum of 2 months after being recordedOther data may be stored for up to 3 years after.

2. If a notified offence does not result in a fine or penalty notice, all data (including the photograph) are erased after the one-year limitation period for action by the authorities expires.

• the fine is paid;
• the date on which the case is permanently dismissed by the Prosecutor's Office;
• the date on which the ruling becomes final.

3. After this period of 3 years, the data in question may only be stored if they have been anonymised.

4. With regard to average speed control systems, if the speed limit has not been exceeded, data are deleted a maximum of 24 hours after being recorded.

A punishment of imprisonment for between 8 days and one year and a fine of between €251 and €5,000 shall apply to anyone who destroys, tears down, defaces or damages objects intended for public interest.