Barcelona City Council is set to install a traffic enforcement camera at the junction of Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes and Carrer de Selva de Mar in Sant Martí, after the crossing became the city’s worst accident blackspot in 2025. For drivers using this stretch of Gran Via, the immediate consequence is tighter enforcement at a junction where the camera is expected to penalise improper turning manoeuvres.

According to El Periódico's reporting of council figures, the junction on the mountain side of Gran Via, the north-facing side in Barcelona’s usual orientation, recorded 18 collisions in 2025. By 21 April this year, another 11 crashes causing material damage had already been logged there, more than half the previous year’s total.

"Barcelona will install a turn camera to penalise improper manoeuvres at the Gran Via and Selva de Mar junction," El Periódico reported in its video report on the planned measure.

The published reports do not give a date for when fines will start, nor do they specify the exact penalty amount. The available information indicates the device is aimed at sanctioning manoeuvres banned at that crossing, rather than acting as a conventional fixed speed camera.

The junction has already recorded 11 crashes this year

The location is in the Sant Martí district, on one of the city’s busiest east-west arteries. The collision figures cited by El Periódico, based on council data, made it the most accident-prone point on Barcelona’s road network in 2025.

Barcelona City Council said in its January road safety update that traffic accidents and injuries in the city had continued to fall overall. On the same official balance, the council said road accident levels had remained broadly stable across Barcelona, even as particular junctions continued to generate repeated incidents.

  • Junction: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes with Carrer de Selva de Mar
  • District: Sant Martí
  • Collisions recorded in 2025: 18, according to figures cited by El Periódico from council data
  • Crashes recorded by 21 April this year: 11, all involving material damage

Previous cameras used a warning period before fines

The planned installation follows a wider council push to increase automated traffic enforcement at high-risk points. In July 2025, the Ajuntament, Barcelona’s city council, announced two new fixed speed cameras on the Ronda Litoral in the Zona Franca industrial and port area in the south of the city.

When those cameras were later brought into operation, the council said in its December 2025 announcement that they would begin with an initial warning phase before penalties were issued. No equivalent start date or warning calendar has yet been published for the Gran Via and Selva de Mar device.

What drivers should know now

Motorists who regularly use this junction should expect closer monitoring once the camera is installed, particularly for prohibited turns at the crossing as described in the published reports. Enforcement could begin after installation once the council activates the system, so drivers will need to follow the lane layout and turn restrictions in place on approach to Selva de Mar.

Official mobility and road safety updates are published through Barcelona City Council channels, including its road accident information page. No further operational details had been published at the time of writing.

Primary sources: Ramon, Ramon, Barcelona City Council, Ramon. Reported by Jordi Ribalaygue, elperiodico.com, lavanguardia.com, Silvana Antonelli, Alvaro Llagunes, Barna Diario, beteve.cat, El Periódico Barcelona.