Overview
- The Dirección General de Tráfico has published a BOE resolution and set up a special traffic device to manage observation points for the total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026.
- The DGT’s measures cover Aragón, Asturias, Castilla‑La Mancha, Castilla y León, La Rioja, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community and can impose temporary rules on those roads.
- Planned tactics include temporary bans for heavy vehicles on key routes, clear signage of alternative itineraries and the designation of specific parking and rest areas near viewing sites.
- Regional governments in País Vasco, Cataluña and Navarra, which control traffic rules locally, are expected to announce their own restrictions before the eclipse.
- Authorities warn the greatest danger will be the mass, simultaneous return after the eclipse and urge drivers to plan ahead, use legal parking, switch on lights as needed and follow officers’ directions to avoid distraction-related crashes.