Spain
Part 1: Driving with a Disability
Are there any laws or regulations in your country that restrict whether people with disabilities can obtain a driving licence?
Yes, The conditions for obtaining and extending driving licenses in Spain is based on the Directive 2006/126/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL, of December 20, 2006, on driving licenses. People with disabilities can obtain, extend or be holders of extraordinary driving licenses contingent upon the adaptations, restrictions or other limitations in people, vehicles or traffic conditions that in each case might be necessary.
Are there any restrictions on the type of vehicle or adaptation to controls that can be driven by a person with a disability?
Yes, Please refer to Annex I of the Directive 2006/126/EC
If you have answered yes to the above question, do the same restrictions apply to a person with a disability visiting your country in their own or a rented vehicle? Please give details
Yes, Drivers from other countries, driving on Spanish roads, must comply with the provisions laid out in their driving licenses.
Please give details of the section responsible in your Ministry for driver licensing and vehicle adaptations for people with disabilities. Please also include any websites which give details of the official national policy.
Name of Department/Ministry: Ministry of Interior, Directorate General for Traffic (DGT)
Name of section responsible: Deputy Directorate for Road Training and Education
email address for queries: [email protected]
Phone number for queries: 34 91 714 33 36
website (s): https://www.dgt.es/es/
Part 2: Parking Cards for people with a disability
Does your country have a national scheme of parking concessions for people with a disability?
Yes, In Spain, the responsibility for issuing parking cards for drivers with a disability lies with local and regional authorities. The parking card for people with a disability follows a European scheme, i.e., the card of a Spanish driver is valid in any other European country.
Which categories of people with a disability are eligible for the parking card?
Wheelchair users, People with walking difficulty, People with vision impairment, People with mental health issues, learning disabilities Other: the parking card is granted to people for which an impossibility to perform by themselves a number of basic vital tasks has been certified. Please note that parking cards might be granted to people with no driver license.
Are there parking spaces reserved for people with a disability?
Yes
If you have answered yes, where are the reserved parking spaces?
On street, In municipal car parks, Other (please specify): In private car parks
What concessions does the parking card give people with a disability?
Free parking on-street, Free parking in municipal car parks
Are there any regions or cities in your country that do not recognise the parking card, or which have their own, different system?
No
Are the same concessions available to individuals with a disability visiting your country?
Yes
If you have answered yes to the above question, please tell us if there is a formal system of reciprocal recognition of parking cards from other countries?
Yes
If you have answered yes to the above question, please tell us
Which countries' parking cards are recognised (please list): European Countries What other proof of eligibility should a visitor with a disability carry with them? (Please give details): Note that this responsibility lies with local and regional authorities.
Are there minimum dimensions for the size of a parking space reserved for a person with a disability?
No
Please give details of the section in your ministry responsible for parking concessions for people with a disability
Name of Department/Ministry: Ministry of Interior, Directorate General for Traffic (DGT)
Name of section responsible: National Road Safety Observatory
email address for queries: [email protected]
phone number for queries: 34 91 301 84 31
website(s): https://www.dgt.es/es/
Please include a link to any websites which give details of the official national policy on parking concessions for people with a disability.
For full information on parking concessions for people with disabilities, please visit the Directorate General for Traffic - https://www.dgt.es/es/
Part 3: Hiring a car if you have a disability
Does your country have any laws which require hire car companies to make adapted vehicles available for people with disabilities to rent?
No
Where are such vehicles available?
Available at airports and major city centre outlets
Please give details of the section responsible in your ministry for laws/policies on adapted hire cars.
The Directorate General for Traffic has further information - https://www.dgt.es/es/la-dgt/
Part 4: Further Information
Please give contact details (email, phone, weblinks) for any sections or organisations which have supplied information for your response to this survey if they are not already listed.
Name(s) of sections/organisations: Ministry of Interior, Directorate General for Traffic (DGT)