US EditionRecord 14.4 Million Parking Fines Issued by Private Firms Last Year
BRITAIN, JUL 9 – Private parking firms issued 14.4 million fines in 2024/25, a 13% rise from last year, with daily charges nearing £3.9 million amid lack of government regulation.
- In 2024/25, British drivers received a record high of 14.4 million parking fines from private firms, representing a 13% rise compared to the previous year.
- This increase comes after the planned implementation of a government-approved code of conduct was abandoned at the end of 2023 following legal challenges from the parking sector.
- In June 2024, industry bodies published a voluntary code of practice including consistent signage and appeals rules, but motoring groups criticized its lack of key safeguards like charge caps and debt recovery fee removal.
- RAC’s Simon Williams stated that unfair tickets persist from operators not forced to follow stricter rules, and that firms issued 1,640 tickets per hour while requesting vehicle owner records tripled since the original bill.
- Motoring groups urge the Government to implement the original code and an independent appeals service urgently to protect drivers and prevent further fines growth.
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Record 14.4 million parking fines issued by private firms last year
The figure is up 13% from the previous year
·London, United Kingdom
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Private parking companies issue a record 14.4m tickets - FleetPoint
Private parking companies have issued a record 14.4m (14,371,841) tickets to drivers in a single year, according to RAC analysis of just-published government data for the year ending March 2025.* Requests to the DVLA from car park management companies for vehicle keeper details show the equivalent of almost 1.2m a month (1,197,653) or nearly 40,000 a day (39,375) were made. As each parking charge notice (PCN) is £100 this means drivers could be …
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