Between January 1 and October 31, 2026, the Carabinieri provincial command in Naples issued 18,489 traffic violations across the province of Naples, an average of about 61 per day.
The figures come from the Carabinieri's road-safety record for the first ten months of 2026, reported by Il Mattino Napoli and Ottopagine. During the same period, officers checked more than 125,000 vehicles and identified 209,395 people. Total fines exceeded 15.4 million euros.
Controls also led to 4,568 seized vehicles, 2,430 subjected to administrative detention, and 525 removed — 7,523 vehicles taken off the road in total.
Impaired driving remains a central concern: officers recorded 146 cases of driving under the influence of alcohol and 40 cases of driving under the influence of drugs.
The human toll is significant. In the accidents recorded in the first ten months of 2026, there were nine deaths, 579 injured people, and 388 crashes involving only vehicle damage.
Alongside the figures, the Carabinieri issued a direct appeal to drivers: do not use a mobile phone while driving, respect speed limits, never drive after drinking alcohol or taking drugs, and always use seat belts and helmets. Road safety, they said, is a shared responsibility between law enforcement and citizens, with particular attention to pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users.
The data cover the province of Naples as a whole; a detailed breakdown between the city of Naples and the rest of the province was not provided in the sources. The breakdown of the 18,489 violations by type — such as speeding, distraction, phone use, seat belts, or helmets — was also not detailed.
