Directorate-General for Traffic

Directorate-General of Traffic
Dirección General de Tráfico
Department overview
FormedJuly 30, 1959; 65 years ago (1959-07-30)
TypeAutonomous agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Spain
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Annual budget 980 million, 2023[1]
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Luis Aguilera Ruiz, Under Secretary of the Interior
Department executive
Parent departmentUndersecretariat of the Interior (Ministry of the Interior)
Key document
  • Law 47/59
Websitewww.dgt.es

The Directorate-General for Traffic (Spanish: Dirección General de Tráfico, DGT) is a component of the Spanish Department of the Interior responsible for the execution of the government's road policy in the Spanish road transport network. The DGT is both an administrative body and an autonomous agency, acting as Central Traffic Headquarters (Spanish: Jefatura Central de Tráfico, JCT).

  1. ^ "State Budget 2023" (PDF).