Avon and Somerset Police has obtained more than £12.5million in fines from uninsured drivers since 2012, according to a new study. It ranks ninth in a list of police forces in the UK.
The average fine given is £405, 8.5% less than the UK average (£443) and 6.25% less than its neighbouring authority, Devon and Cornwall (£432). According to the study, carried out by Confused.com, Avon and Somerset Police has issued 48,703 fines in total since 2012, 38% more than the UK average (30,166).
In comparison, since 2012 the Metropolitan Police (which came top of the list) has collected £75,756,926 in fines from uninsured drivers, more than double the amount collected by West Yorkshire, which placed second in the list (£31,946,116). In total, 220,694 fines were handed out by the Met over the past decade, over 190,000 more than the average number of fines given across all police authorities analysed (30,166).
