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Bavaria Limits 2026 Speed Crackdown to April 15 Blitzermarathon

Officials cite last year's crash toll as the reason for the focus.

Overview

  • Bavaria will run 24-hour speed checks on Wednesday, April 15, and will skip Roadpol's two Speedweeks, with Munich following the same plan.
  • The Interior Ministry has not released the 2026 checkpoint list, and police say it will land only a few days before the operation.
  • Drivers face the standard penalty scale, from €20 for small overages to €800, two points and a three-month ban for inner-city excesses over 70 km/h.
  • In 2025 the Blitzermarathon used about 1,470 sites across Bavaria, including roughly 75 in the Munich area, and recorded 9,832 speeders in 24 hours.
  • Police typically target crash hot spots and routes near schools, hospitals and care homes, and they also check highways and federal roads.