Speed Limits, Cameras and Fines in Armenia
24 September 2026
Speed limits in Armenia run from 20 km/h in residential courtyards to 110 on the rare stretch of proper expressway, and almost all of it is enforced by camera, not by an officer with a radar gun. The fines are real money. There is also a legitimate, stackable discount of close to 44 per cent for paying quickly — official, government-published, and almost never mentioned on an English-language page.
The speed limits
| Zone | Limit |
|---|---|
| Residential and courtyard zones | 20 km/h |
| Built-up areas | 60 km/h |
| Outside built-up areas | 90 km/h |
| Expressways, where signposted | 110 km/h |
The last row is the one visitors overestimate. Armenia has very few true expressway sections, so 110 km/h applies far less often than the table suggests. Outside towns, assume 90 unless a sign specifically tells you otherwise.
How enforcement actually works
Armenia polices speed overwhelmingly by fixed camera rather than by roadside stop. Cameras are concentrated in and around Yerevan, on the airport road, and along the approach to Lake Sevan — exactly the roads a tourist itinerary uses most. The network is described by every source we found as expanding, and it is dense enough that assuming you will not be caught is a bad bet.
We cannot give you a current camera count, and any page that does is guessing. The last publicly reported figure — 178 cameras nationally, 98 of them in Yerevan — dates from 2017 and is certainly out of date by now. The honest description is “several hundred fixed cameras, concentrated in Yerevan and on the main M-roads, with the network still growing.”
What a violation actually costs
Fine amounts, current at time of writing
- Speeding 1–10 km/h over1,000 AMD per km/h over
- Speeding 11–30 over20,000 AMD, 2 points
- Speeding 31–50 over25,000 AMD, 3 points
- Speeding 51–80 over29,000 AMD, 4 points
- Speeding 81+ over200,000 AMD or a 1-year licence suspension
- Running a red light25,000 AMD, 2 points
- Entering the oncoming lane25,000 AMD, 4 points
- Seatbelt or hand-held phone10,000 AMD, 1.5 points each
- Licence not carried3,000 AMD
A note on where those figures come from, because it matters for how much confidence you should place in them. The specific fine amounts above are published by tuganq.com, a privately run Armenian services database, and presented as current 2026 rates rather than a government tariff. They are consistent with what other Armenian sources quote and we have no reason to doubt them, but we are flagging the source rather than presenting them as an official schedule, because they are not one.
Drink driving sits in the same fine table: under 1 gram per litre carries a 29,000 AMD fine and 5 points, over that threshold a one-year licence suspension, and driving under drugs a two-year suspension. Every Western advisory describes Armenian policy as zero tolerance in practice, and the safest reading is exactly that — do not drink at all before driving, regardless of where a graduated threshold might sit on paper.
The discount that is genuinely official, and genuinely useful
Unlike the fine amounts above, the discount system comes from the government’s own National Services Gateway, and it is worth knowing before any fine reaches you.
Twenty per cent off for electronic notification — registering an email address on roadpolice.am so fines reach you digitally rather than by post. Thirty per cent off for paying within fifteen days of the fine being issued. The two discounts are stackable, applied one after the other, for a combined reduction of roughly 44 per cent. The government’s own worked example turns a 5,000 AMD fine into 2,800 AMD.
For a tourist that discount is not always practical to claim directly — it depends on having an Armenian-registered email on file and a route to pay within the window — but it is worth asking about if a fine reaches you through your rental company. If the company pays fines on your behalf and passes on the cost, ask whether the early-payment discount was applied before you settle the bill.
Penalty points, and why they matter less than the money
Armenia raised its annual penalty-point allowance from 9 to 13 per year on 1 May 2025. Exhaust the allowance once and the licence is suspended for six months; exhaust it twice in a year and it is revoked outright, with a retest required to get it back. This is also official, from the same government sources as the discount system above.
Points attach to the driver’s Armenian licence record, which makes the system largely academic for a visiting tourist — there is no equivalent record for a foreign licence to accumulate against. The fines are a different matter entirely, and they follow you regardless of nationality.
How a fine actually reaches a rental car
This is the part that surprises most visitors. Armenian traffic fines are processed centrally and attach to the vehicle, identified by its plate, not to the individual driver at the moment of the offence. In a rental car, that means the fine lands with the rental company first, not with you.
The practical pattern reported by operators in this market: a fine surfaces roughly a month after the violation, charged to the renter’s card on file, with the camera photograph available as evidence. There is no roadside negotiation and nothing to resolve at the time of the offence — the camera simply records it and the paperwork follows later.
Fines can be checked or paid at roadpolice.am, which has an English version, or through e-payments.am, Armenian bank apps searchable by plate, or the Telcell, EasyPay, Idram and MobiDram payment services, which carry a small commission of around 200–300 AMD. Whether a foreigner without an Armenian personal identification number can complete one of these payments independently is not something we can confirm one way or the other, so do not assume you can self-serve a payment from abroad — in practice, most visitors deal with it through the rental company.
Drive at the posted limit through Yerevan, the airport road and the Sevan approach specifically — that is where the camera density is highest and where a moment’s inattention is most likely to cost money weeks after you have gone home.
The full picture of Armenian driving rules, beyond speed and fines, is in our guide to driving in Armenia.
We will tell you if a fine reaches your rental
If a camera catches a Goyerevan.am car during your rental, we will show you the evidence and the amount before anything is charged.
Questions people actually ask
What is the speed limit in Armenia?
20 km/h in residential and courtyard zones, 60 in built-up areas, 90 outside built-up areas, and 110 on signposted expressways — which are rare, so assume 90 outside towns unless a sign says otherwise.
How are speed limits enforced in Armenia?
Overwhelmingly by fixed camera rather than roadside stops, concentrated in Yerevan, on the airport road and around Lake Sevan. No reliable current count of cameras is published; the network is described as expanding.
Is there a discount for paying an Armenian traffic fine quickly?
Yes, and it is official. Twenty per cent off for electronic notification and thirty per cent for payment within fifteen days, stackable for roughly a 44 per cent total reduction. It comes from the government’s own National Services Gateway.
Will I get billed for a speeding ticket after I return my rental car?
Possibly, yes. Fines attach to the vehicle’s plate and are processed centrally, so they typically reach the rental company about a month after the violation and are then charged to the card on file, with photo evidence available.
How many penalty points can I lose in Armenia?
The annual allowance is 13, raised from 9 on 1 May 2025. Exhausting it once means a six-month suspension; twice in a year means revocation and a retest. Points attach to an Armenian licence record, so this mostly does not apply to a foreign visitor — the fines still do.
Is drink driving really zero tolerance in Armenia?
Every Western advisory describes it that way in practice, and the fine table starts at 29,000 AMD and 5 points for a lower reading, rising to a licence suspension above it. The exact statutory threshold is not something we can verify from the law itself, so the only safe approach is not to drink at all before driving.
Where can I check or pay an Armenian traffic fine?
roadpolice.am has an English-language section for checking fines. Payment channels include e-payments.am, Armenian bank apps that search by plate, and services like Telcell, EasyPay, Idram and MobiDram, which charge a small commission. In a rental car, the company usually handles this on your behalf.
Last verified 25 September 2026. The penalty-point system and the electronic-notification and early-payment discounts are official, from the Armenian National Services Gateway (hartak.am). The individual fine amounts in the table above are indicative figures from tuganq.com, a privately run Armenian services database, presented as current 2026 rates rather than a government tariff — we flag them as such rather than as an official schedule. Camera counts have no reliable current source and are described only in general terms. Speed limits are consistent across multiple Armenian motoring sources.