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Over 80 vehicles are rejected daily during mandatory vehicle inspections across Portugal.
One in four vehicles was detected in the Lisbon and Porto regions.
Lisbon and Porto account for about 35% of the total number of vehicles without mandatory inspection. Porto had the highest number (10,212), followed by Lisbon (8,117), Braga (6,725), Aveiro, Setúbal, and Faro.
The National Republican Guard (GNR) detected nearly 73,000 vehicles circulating without mandatory inspection last year, averaging around 200 per day, with one in four cases occurring in Lisbon and Porto. In a statement, the GNR indicated that over 17,000 vehicles have already been caught without inspection this year up to March 23rd, with 6,782 cases recorded in January alone. The GNR emphasizes the importance of vehicle inspections for safety and notes that the Porto district had the highest number of non-compliant vehicles (10,212), followed by Lisbon (8,117). The GNR also provided guidelines on inspection intervals for different vehicle types and announced the start of a special nationwide road enforcement operation this Monday.
In 2025, around 200 vehicles per day were identified driving without mandatory inspection. Porto and Lisbon accounted for 35% of the offences, while in 2026 more than 17,000 cases have already been recorded up to 23 March, the GNR warns.
The National Republican Guard (GNR) detected almost 73,000 vehicles driving without mandatory inspection last year, an average of around 200 per day, with one in four occurring in Lisbon and Porto.
The Porto district had the highest number of vehicles detected without an inspection.
“The constant pressure we exerted on the IMT (Institute of Mobility and Transport) paid off. Today the tender was opened for the Miranda do Douro vehicle inspection centre.” The announcement on the Miranda do Douro Municipal Council's website is dated August 2024 and reflects the difficulty faced by some inland municipalities...
The main offences recorded were speeding, drink-driving, lack of vehicle inspection and lack of car insurance. The special road enforcement operation ends at the start of the year.
