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More than 200,000 people owe the National Road and Transport Authority over 700 million lempiras (about $28 million) in unpaid traffic fines, according to the agency's director Lenin Morell.

Honduras recorded 20 traffic fatalities and 106 accidents over the weekend as the National Road and Transport Authority intensified enforcement operations, seizing 3,011 driving licenses and citing 326 drivers for drunk driving.

Honduras's transportation authority (DNVT) is rationing physical driver's licenses in San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa due to high demand and a single printing machine, prioritizing travelers, commercial drivers, and the first 100 applicants daily, while expecting new equipment next month.

The national traffic authority confirms it still lacks sufficient materials to print physical driver licenses, keeping the service operating at reduced capacity until new supplies arrive in August.

The National Road and Transport Authority (DNVT) says it has supplies to issue physical driver's licenses and is resuming all renewal and new-license processing; people who received only a digital receipt in prior months can now claim their cards at any DNVT office.

Honduras's National Directorate of Roads and Transport announced it will prevent over 325,000 drivers with unpaid traffic fines from accessing public services, including police clearances and gun permits, and is considering reporting them to the national credit-risk registry.

Honduras's traffic authority says current penalties—including a 600-lempira fine for speeding—have lost their deterrent effect and proposes expanding technological speed enforcement, breath-alcohol testing, and stricter sanctions to reduce road fatalities.

The National Roads and Transport Authority director said Honduras is comprehensively reforming its traffic law to include new driver-licensing rules, speed regulations, and breathalyzer standards, while also training teachers nationwide on road safety education.

Honduras has recorded approximately 850 traffic fatalities through early June 2026, up 22 deaths from the same period last year, prompting authorities to pursue new prevention strategies focused on driver behavior, road infrastructure, vehicle safety, and victim care.

Honduras is piloting an anti-fraud digital licensing system in Tegucigalpa that ties first-time applicants to one exam center until the platform expands nationwide.

Honduras has recorded 832 traffic fatalities so far in 2026, with motorcyclists accounting for 46% of deaths and young drivers aged 18–32 most at risk, according to the National Traffic Authority.

Tegucigalpa will see temporary road closures on June 6 for the 36th Police Race, a sporting event involving national police and residents; authorities recommend using alternate routes and following traffic directions.

Following a deadly dump-truck accident in Tegucigalpa, Honduras's road police are launching nationwide operations to verify that heavy-truck drivers hold proper licenses and to check for speeding and impaired driving.

Seven people were killed and 37 traffic accidents reported across Honduras over the weekend, according to César Aguilar of the national traffic authority (DNVT).

The director of the National Roads and Transport Authority said Honduras is the only Central American country without speed-limit regulations, but officials are now working to establish them.