ALMOST 40 parking tickets were issued each day in the first half of 2022, new data has revealed.
A Freedom of Information request was submitted by Churchill Motor Insurance, which revealed the scale of parking penalties issued by Warrington Borough Council in 2022 up to June.
According to the figures, from the beginning of 2022 until June, motorists in the town were slapped with 6,862.
That's the equivalent of 38 every single day.
Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) are issued when drivers break parking regulations, such as by parking on double yellow lines or on a single yellow line at a prohibited time.
This was a rise from 2021, when there was an average of 26 PCNs issued to drivers in Warrington.
The figures obtained by Churchill show that in the first half of 2022, Warrington Borough Council brought in £121,900 from PCNs - £677 per day, on average.
However, this is a fall in the average daily revenue that the council snatched up in 2021, which was approximately £730 per day.
From the beginning of 2020 to June 2022, Warrington Borough Council pulled in 6£42,930 in parking penalties.
Nicholas Mantel, head of Churchill Motor Insurance, said: “Motorists across Britain are regularly being caught out by increased and sometimes complicated parking restrictions.
“We would encourage drivers to always check parking signs carefully to ensure they avoid any expensive fines.
“If motorists do receive a parking fine, they have 28 days to pay it or appeal to an independent tribunal."
Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, said: “Whichever way they turn and wherever they decide to stop, on-street and off-street, drivers are faced with the threat of parking sanctions.
“Between the 20,000 tickets issued by councils daily and the 30,000 dished out by private parking companies, motorists are seemingly facing a positive flurry of fines and charges – around one every two seconds.
A spokesperson for the Local Government Association, which represents councils in England and Wales, said: “Income raised through on-street parking charges and parking fines is spent on running parking services.
"Any surplus is spent on essential transport projects, including fixing the £11 billion road repairs backlog, reducing congestion, tackling poor air quality and supporting local bus services."
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