Switzerland, Federal (about 170 border crossings)
Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (BAZG)
Automatic number plate recording at border crossings
OperationalJournalismPAI-07D0FAAC
- Body
- Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (BAZG)
- Country
- Switzerland
- Area
- Federal (about 170 border crossings)
- Technology
- Automatic number plate recording at border crossings
- Supplier
- Not stated in the source
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- Not known
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the reports read.
- Oversight
- Not stated in the source
- Evidence
- Journalism
Named reporting by a reputable outlet - Source
- Blick, 17 April 2026
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-07D0FAAC
Notes
Blick (17 April 2026) reports that cameras at about 170 Swiss border crossings automatically record vehicle plates, with plate, date and time stored, normally for 30 days, and that plates are checked against search databases; the federal office says drivers cannot be identified from the images and declines to say which crossings are equipped. Auto Motor und Sport gives 177 equipped sites out of 692 crossings, names the RIPOL police database as the check and says data may also support heavy-vehicle fee checks and traffic statistics. Parliament has approved a transit fee ('Alpenmaut') that the existing scanners could be used to collect; the Federal Council has yet to draft the bill. No start date or vendor is given in either report.
Automatic number plate recording at border crossings elsewhere in Switzerland
See them in the tracker| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kantonspolizei BernAutomated vehicle search (AFV) with number plate recognition | SwitzerlandCanton of Bern | — | 2024 | Operational | |
| Kantonspolizei ThurgauAutomated vehicle search and traffic surveillance (AFV) with number plate scanners | SwitzerlandCanton of Thurgau | — | — | Discontinued |