“Safe City” to measure speed from moving police vehicles and mobile cameras

The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced plans to expand the "Safe City" system with mobile speed cameras and devices installed in police vehicles that will be able to register traffic violations while in motion, Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski said at a press conference on 10 November 2026.

Officials said analyses showed that placing cameras only at predetermined fixed locations does not produce a sufficient preventive effect. The expansion aims to make drivers aware they can be detected wherever they drive, reducing the incentive to speed or otherwise break traffic rules.

Mobile units, patrol-car equipment and a national rollout

According to experts involved in the proposals, existing police cars should be fitted with speed-measuring cameras capable of recording violations while the patrols are moving. In parallel, the ministry plans to procure mobile cameras to be deployed at so-called black spots—locations with a high frequency of fatal and serious-injury crashes.

The ministry will work to identify all critical traffic points across the country, both in urban centres and on main and express roads. The minister said the "Safe City" system will start operating in the SVR Strumica area in the first week of December 2026.

SVR Shtip is scheduled to follow, with activities expected to be completed by the end of 2026. The SVR Bitola area will need about one to one-and-a-half months to be covered. Toshkovski said he expects the "Safe City" system to be introduced across the entire territory of North Macedonia by February 2027.

Responding to criticism of the project, Toshkovski asked citizens to keep in mind that more than 2,000 people have lost their lives in traffic accidents over the past 15 years. He stressed that safety work will not end with camera installation, but will continue with additional measures aimed at preventing violations and reducing the number of crashes.

Photo: press material from the event