Fines: Record €2 billion in fines for families in 2024

A monstrous bill for Italian families: they paid over €2 billion to pay traffic fines in 2024, an increase of approximately €200 million compared to 2023. Next in line are businesses, which paid just under €145 million in fines, followed by public administrations (€35.3 million), and finally private social institutions (€890,000). These figures emerge from an analysis of revenues collected between 2023 and 2025, conducted by the Centro Studi Enti Locali (Local Authorities Study Center) based on data from the Ministry of the Economy and Finance and Istat (National Institute of Statistics).

Fines revenue for the first seven months of the year also showed a remarkable figure: €860,353,976. This is a significant figure, even though the data for 2025 is not considered consolidated. In particular, for small entities, revenues are not always recorded immediately in the correct balance sheet item. Therefore, repeating the analysis in a few months' time will likely reveal higher amounts.

At the top of the list for revenue are small Italian towns. Clearly, the largest revenues are in the large metropolitan cities, but if we look at the per capita figures, Colle Santa Lucia ranks first overall in terms of average revenue per inhabitant in 2024. With just over 300 inhabitants, this small village in the Dolomites collected €745,000 in fines last year. In per capita terms, this translates to over €2,154.

Available data shows that, when looking at per capita revenue, small tourist centers or those located along strategic traffic arteries often lead the way. However, large cities clearly generate the most revenue in absolute terms. The municipality that remains the king of traffic fine revenue is the municipality of Milan, with over €431.7 million in the three-year period (still ongoing) from 2023 to 2025. Rome follows, with over €356.8 million in the same period.