Speeding FinesAustria Speeding Fines 2026: €726 Cap, Then €200 to €7,500
No legal tolerance. Up to 30 km/h over: up to €726. Over 30: €200-5,000. Over 40 in town/50 outside: €400-6,000. Over 60/70: €500-7,500, and the car can be seized.
Austria has no fixed price list for speeding in its road traffic act, only ceilings and bands. Anything up to 30 km/h over the limit can cost up to €726. Beyond that the Straßenverkehrsordnung (StVO) switches to minimum-and-maximum bands, raised on 30 July 2026: €200-5,000 above 30 km/h over, €400-6,000 above 40 km/h over in town or 50 outside, and €500-7,500 above 60 in town or 70 outside, where police can also take the car.
Your case: Section control averages your speed over whole stretches rather than at one camera, so the band you land in depends on the road as much as the pedal. Build the Austrian route, vignette and equipment list you will actually drive in Plan My Drive before you set off.
The bands in StVO §99
| Excess over the limit | Fine (StVO) |
|---|---|
| Up to 30 km/h | up to €726 (§99(3)) |
| More than 30 km/h | €200-5,000 (§99(2d)) |
| More than 40 km/h in town / 50 km/h outside | €400-6,000 (§99(2e)) |
| More than 60 km/h in town / 70 km/h outside | €500-7,500 (§99(2f)) plus provisional seizure (§99a) |
There is no statutory tolerance. The law fines any excess; whatever margin a speed camera applies is a feature of the device, not a right.
Where €2,180 fits
The figure €2,180 often quoted for Austria is not the speeding maximum. It is the ceiling for a different group of offences: under §99(2)(c), speeding “under particularly dangerous conditions or with particular recklessness” towards other road users costs €36-2,180, unless the excess already falls into the 30/40/50 km/h bands above. The same €2,180 cap applies to failing to form an emergency corridor when it obstructs emergency vehicles (§99(2c)).
When the car is taken
Since 1 March 2024 the StVO lets the state take the vehicle in the worst cases. At more than 60 km/h over in town or 70 km/h outside, police provisionally seize the car on the spot (§99a). The authority can order a formal seizure at more than 80/90 km/h over, or at 60/70 km/h over when the driver lost their licence within the previous four years (§99b). A rental company or other third party that proves ownership gets the vehicle back; the driver still faces the fine.
Other fines you might meet at the same stop
- Hand-held phone: €100 if paid on the spot, up to €140 if charged formally (KFG §134(3c))
- No seatbelt: €50 on the spot, up to €100 if charged formally (KFG §134(3d))
Paying, and fines that follow you home
Police can settle minor offences on the spot with an Organstrafverfügung. Camera fines are sent by post; for a hire car the notice goes to the rental company first, which passes on your details. Speeding is covered by EU Directive 2015/413, so Austria can trace the keeper of a car registered in another member state.
Speed limits for context
Unless signs say otherwise (StVO §20):
- Built-up areas: 50 km/h
- Other roads: 100 km/h
- Motorways: 130 km/h
Calculate the exact fine for any speed
Calculate Your FineSources
- StVO 1960 §99 (in force since 30 July 2026), RIS: PDF
- StVO 1960 §99a and §99b (seizure), RIS: §99a, §99b
- StVO 1960 §20 (speed limits), RIS: PDF
- KFG 1967 §134 (phone and seatbelt), RIS: PDF
- Directive (EU) 2015/413, EUR-Lex: text
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Related Questions
Up to 30 km/h over, StVO §99(3) allows a fine of up to €726. More than 30 km/h over costs €200-5,000, more than 40 in town or 50 outside €400-6,000, and more than 60 in town or 70 outside €500-7,500.
Not in law. StVO §99 penalises any excess over the posted limit. A camera's measuring margin is a technical matter for the device, not an allowance a driver can count on.
Yes. At more than 60 km/h over in town or 70 km/h outside, police provisionally seize the vehicle (StVO §99a). It is released if another owner, such as a rental company, proves the car is theirs.
Speeding is one of the offences covered by EU Directive 2015/413, so Austria can obtain the keeper's details from another member state's registration authority and send the notice by post.