Kuwait Speeding Fines Increase 2025: New Rules Updated
Recently, fines for exceeding the speed limit in Kuwait have been increased, aiming to reduce violations that lead to many fatal accidents. Recent decisions also include increasing fines for all traffic violations in Kuwait, some of which have reached up to KWD 5,000, making them extremely expensive.
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Kuwait Speeding Fines Increases
At the beginning of 2025, the State of Kuwait approved new amendments to existing traffic fines. All fines were increased, including speeding fines, which now have a maximum fine of KWD 600, while the settlement value for these fines has reached KWD 100. All drivers must adhere to the speed limit to avoid fines. [1]
New Speeding Fines in Kuwait
The following table shows the speeding fine according to the new law in Kuwait:
| Violation | The value of reconciliation | Maximum fine | Maximum imprisonment |
| Exceeding the speed limit by no more than 20 km/h | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | One year |
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 20 km/h | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | One year |
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 30 km/h | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | One year |
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 40 km/h | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | One year |
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 50 km/h | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | One year |
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 60 km/h | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | One year |
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 70 km/h | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | One year |
The Difference Between Old and New Speeding Fines in Kuwait
The following table compares the new and old speeding fines in Kuwait:
| Description of the violation | Old Traffic Law | New Traffic Law | ||||
| Fine | prison term | Fine | prison term | |||
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 20 km/h | 20 KWD | 100 KWD | 3 months | 100 | 600 | One year |
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 20 km/h | Doesn’t exist | 100 | 600 | One year | ||
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 30 km/h | 30 KWD | 100 KWD | 3 months | Doesn’t exist | ||
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 30 km/h | Doesn’t exist | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | 1 year | ||
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 40 km/h | 50 KWD | 100 KWD | 3 months | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | 1 year |
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 40 km/h | 40 KWD | 100 KWD | 3 months | Doesn’t exist | ||
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 50 km/h | Doesn’t exist | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | 1 year | ||
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 60 km/h | Doesn’t exist | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | 1 year | ||
| Exceeding the speed limit by more than 70 km/h | Doesn’t exist | 100 KWD | 600 KWD | 1 year | ||
Conclusion
The new speeding fines in Kuwait, after the increase, start at KWD 100 and go up to KWD 600, which means they are very expensive, and drivers should avoid exceeding the speed limit on the roads to ensure they do not receive a violation.
Questions & Answers
The speeding fine in Kuwait, according to the new regulations, is up to 600 Kuwaiti dinars, and starts at 100 Kuwaiti dinars.
The speeding fine in Kuwait according to the old law starts at 30 Kuwaiti dinars and goes up to 100 Kuwaiti dinars.
Yes, there is a fine for driving at low speeds in Kuwait if it causes traffic obstruction.
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