Speeding fine calculator for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Speeding fines in Bosnia and Herzegovina

more than 10 up to 20 km/h → 50 KM · more than 20 up to 30 km/h → 100–300 KM · more than 30 km/h → 400–1,000 KM

The state Law on the Basics of Road Traffic Safety in Bosnia and Herzegovina prescribes three basic bands. For an excess of more than 10 up to 20 km/h the fine is 50 KM (Article 237, paragraph (1), item 3) — a fixed amount, with no penalty points and no driving ban.

For more than 20 up to 30 km/h the fine is 100 to 300 KM, together with a protective measure banning the driver from driving a motor vehicle for one to four months, and two penalty points (Article 235, paragraph (1), item 3, paragraphs (2) and (4)). The points and the ban are routinely overlooked — they are not optional, the law attaches them to the fine.

For more than 30 km/h the fine is 400 to 1,000 KM, with a ban of two to six months and two penalty points (Article 234a, paragraph (1), item 5, and paragraph (2)).

These three bands do not distinguish driving inside a settlement from driving outside one: they cite Articles 44 and 46 together, that is, every kind of limit. Croatia and Serbia are different — there the settlement distinction is built into every band.

On the result the law is cited the way it is written in Bosnian, because that is the address of the provision in the official gazette: „čl.“ is an article (član), „st.“ a paragraph (stav) and „t.“ an item (tačka).

There is no 10 km/h radar tolerance in Bosnia and Herzegovina

It is widely believed that in Bosnia and Herzegovina „the first 10 km/h do not count“. The law prescribes no tolerance, no safety difference and no deduction from the measured speed — there is simply no such provision in it.

What does exist is that the lowest band only begins above 10 km/h of excess („za više od 10 km do 20 km“ — for more than 10 km up to 20 km). So at a limit of 50 km/h a measured 60 km/h falls into no band at all, while 61 km/h falls into the 50 KM band. The outcome looks like a tolerance, but the mechanism is different — and the difference shows the moment you go faster.

Example: at a limit of 50 km/h and a measured 75 km/h the excess is 25 km/h, so the range is 100 to 300 KM with a ban of one to four months. If 10 km/h really were deducted, the excess would be 15 km/h and the fine 50 KM with no ban at all — which is not what the law prescribes.

For an excess of 1 to 10 km/h the calculator therefore shows no amount. It says plainly that for that range there is no penalty provision we can cite. That does not mean the driving was lawful.

Wanton driving — new since 27 May 2026

inside a settlement more than 40 km/h above the limit · outside a settlement more than 60 km/h → 2,000–3,000 KM + a 6-month ban + 2 penalty points

The amendments published in Službeni glasnik BiH number 35/26, in force since 27 May 2026, introduced the concept of wanton driving (obijesna vožnja, Article 42a). It covers, among other things, driving inside a settlement at more than 40 km/h above the permitted speed, or outside a settlement at more than 60 km/h above it.

For wanton driving Article 234b prescribes a fine of 2,000 to 3,000 KM, a protective measure banning driving for six months, and two penalty points. Where wanton driving caused a road accident the range is 3,000 to 5,000 KM with a nine-month ban. On a repeat within two years the law also allows the vehicle to be confiscated permanently.

Unlike the basic bands, this threshold does depend on whether you were inside a settlement or outside one — which is why the calculator asks.

When two provisions overlap

A driver going 45 km/h above the limit inside a settlement satisfies Article 234a item 5 (more than 30 km/h) and the wanton-driving provision (more than 40 km/h inside a settlement) at the same time. The Law on the Basics of Road Traffic Safety does not say which one then applies — the answer is in the Law on Misdemeanours of BiH.

Article 21 of that law (Sticaj — concurrence) expressly covers the case where several misdemeanours are committed „by one or more acts“: a penalty is determined for each individual misdemeanour, and then one unified fine is imposed which must be greater than each individual fine but may not exceed their sum.

In practice, for 45 km/h above the limit inside a settlement: the floor is the wanton-driving range (at least 2,000 KM) and the ceiling is the sum of the maxima, 4,000 KM. Penalty points and driving bans are not added together in the process; Article 21 unifies the fine only.

The calculator therefore shows both legal bases and the range of the unified fine, instead of picking one article for you.

One limitation: for misdemeanours committed in Republika Srpska the entity Law on Misdemeanours of Republika Srpska also claims jurisdiction, and its concurrence rules differ — there the unified fine must be lower than the sum, and protective measures are added together. Which of the two laws applies is not settled by the legislation, so the calculator computes under the Law on Misdemeanours of BiH and says so beside the result.

Why the amount is a range and not a single number

Where the law prescribes a range („from 400 to 1,000 KM“), the actual amount in an individual case is set by the competent authority, that is, by the court. The calculator therefore shows the range exactly as it is written and deliberately does not offer one „expected“ figure.

One provision does help to make sense of a range. Under Article 27, paragraph (2) of the Law on Misdemeanours of BiH, a misdemeanour order — the one issued on the spot — may impose a fixed fine, a fine calculated by a formula, or the lowest amount of a prescribed range, together with a protective measure of the shortest duration. A higher amount within the range is not a matter for a misdemeanour order but for misdemeanour proceedings before a court.

There is one more piece of BiH law to keep in mind for speed. Republika Srpska has its own entity traffic law, which penalises speed only in the most serious case: driving more than 50 km/h above the permitted speed inside a settlement, or more than 80 km/h above it outside one, counts as reckless driving (nasilnička vožnja) — 1,000 KM, a ban of three to six months and four penalty points. The legislation does not settle how that provision relates to the state Articles 234a and 234b, so the calculator shows it as a note beside the result and never adds it to the state fine.

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