Bristol City Council earned more than £47,000 in driving fines from just one road in the city last year. The council dished out 1,305 penalties to people for driving or parking illegally on Gloucester Road in the 2020/2021 financial year, racking up a total of £47,187, according to data obtained through a Freedom of Information request by confused.com.
It makes the road the ninth most expensive street for fines in the United Kingdom outside of London. Topping the list outside of the capital was Stockport Road in Manchester, where £193,893 was earned from 5,258 penalty charge notices (PCNs).
And in London, the most expensive street was Browning Road in Newham, where the local council took a massive £3,316,255 from 67,557 tickets. Drivers could be issued a penalty charge notice for various reasons, including parking offences, straying into bus lanes or blocking a yellow box junction.
