Parking fines accelerate past £30m a month

British motorists pay more than £30m each month in parking fines, figures suggest.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Sep 2013, 09:53 BST

More tickets are being issued this year by councils than last year and there has been a 13 per cent rise in fines issued on a Sunday, according to data obtained by LV=.

The car insurer calculated that councils have handed out more than 890,000 parking fines per month in 2013 – a four per cent increase on 2012 figures – and, based on an average amount of £42 per ticket and excluding any successful appeals, drivers are now paying over £30m each month.

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A Freedom of Information request produced figures showing councils hand out an average of 162 parking tickets a day, compared with 154 in 2012.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said: “This new research 
is more evidence that drivers are being ripped off by unfair and confusing municipal parking policies.

“Over-zealous enforcement is damaging local high streets and shops, as they lose business to out of town superstores and internet retailing.”