Drivers across the UK slapped with hefty traffic fines as one road rakes in £10,000 a day

Busy streets in London and other major cities are catching drivers violating traffic rules and issuing hefty fines.

For Dulwich Village in Southwark, London, more than 43,000 penalty notices were issued to drivers breaking rules, resulting in £2.9million in fines being handed out.

While this was the street with the highest amount of revenue raised in London, one street in Birmingham raised more than £1million more.

Moor Street in Queensway, Birmingham surrounds the world-famous Bull Ring shopping centre and was found to have issued 65,755 fines.

This amounted to a total of £3,945,300 a year in driving fines, resulting in staggering daily fines of £10,809.

These fines can come from a number of traffic violations including driving in a bus lane, taking a wrong turn or stopping in a yellow box junction.

​Another expensive road that caught motorists out was the Oxford Street bus lane in Manchester, with total fines in the 2021/2022 financial year of £1,746,240.

Ian Taylor, director of the Alliance of British Drivers, said councils with a lack of funding were looking “for an excuse to milk the motorist”.

He added: “It's the modern equivalent of the highwaymen, but because councils are doing it it's legal,” he told This is Money.

From May 31, 2022, local authorities were handed additional powers to enforce “moving traffic offences”.

The new powers were previously only available to the police who were able to issue fines, with a number of councils now having the ability to do so.

This followed a survey in 2019 which reported that 67 per cent of local authorities said that police did not actively enforce traffic offences in their area.

A further 90 per cent said they would use civil enforcement powers to alleviate congestion and improve road safety.

The fines handed out to motorists can range from £20 for “lower-level penalties” paid promptly up to £105 for late payment of higher-level penalties.

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With the new changes, local authorities can use the money raised from the penalties to pay for public transport, highway improvements and environmental matters.