TfL and councils rake in £400m as drivers get 7.6m traffic fines

THE number of penalty fines issued to drivers in London hit a record of almost 7.6 million in the past year, figures revealed today.

- Ross Lydall

This included more than three million £130 tickets issued to drivers who were caught on CCTV failing to obey road signs — such as driving through low traffic neighbourhoods or school streets. Data published by London Councils revealed that 7,599,875 penalty charge notices were issued in 2022-23 — up 1.7 per cent on the previous 12 months. This was due to a 5.7 per cent increase in parking fines, which increased to 4,100,177 tickets.

The total income received by Transport for London and the 33 London councils was not revealed but is likely to be in excess of £400million.