Private parking penalties incurred by company car and van drivers cost £2.21 million in the first half of the year, according to new figures from Lex Autolease.  

The data reveals that the proportion of company car and van drivers fined for parking on private land increased by 16% in the first half of the year.

The research was compiled from the firm’s fleet of 378,000 leased company vehicles operating across the UK, which has grown by 14.5% in the period June 2016 to June 2017.

The findings also revealed the proportion of drivers penalised for motoring offences increased by 9% between January and June compared with the first half of 2016. And the bill for businesses reached £5.67m, with the average cost per driver up 13% year-on-year.

Guy Mason, operations director at Lex Autolease, said: “It’s clear from the findings that businesses will be feeling the effects of the fines and penalties that drivers are increasingly racking up.

“While there are issues with poor signage in some private car parks, businesses would benefit significantly from a greater focus on driver awareness and education to change behaviour. Putting in place mandatory training schemes for employees may also help.”

The proportion of drivers fined for offences, such as breaking the speed limit or driving while on a mobile phone was up 2% year-on-year in the first six months of 2017.

In total, company drivers committed 102,397 offences between January and June, compared with 81,994 recorded in H1 2016.

The figures for the growth in number and value of offences have been adjusted in line with the 14.5% growth in the Lex Autolease’s fleet.

 

Fine type	H1 2016 incidents		H1 2017 incidents			% increase in value	% increase in average cost per driver
	Value	Average cost per driver	Value	Average cost per driver		2016-2017	2016-2017
Speeding *	£0	N/A	£0		N/A	N    N/A	N/A
Parking (Council	£651,600.00	£1.97	£776,520		£2.05	19.17	4.06
Parking (Private)	£1,657,980.00	£5.02	£2,209,680		£5.85	33.28	16.53
Bus lane	£726,700.00	£2.20	£844,155		£2.23	16.16	1.36
Other motoring offences**	£1,343,651.11	£4.07	£1,836,469.80		£4.86	36.68	19.41
Total number of offences / fines incurred	£4,379,931.11	£13.27	£5,666,824.80		£14.99	29.38	12.96

 

Fine type	H1 2016 incidents		H1 2017 incidents		% increase in volume	% increase of fleet proportion
	Volume	Proportion of fleet (%)	Volume	Proportion of fleet (%)	2016-2017	2016-2017
Speeding *	22,852	6.92	26,698	7.06	16.83	2.02
Parking (Council	10,860	3.29	12,942	3.42	19.17	3.95
Parking (Private)	27,633	8.37	36,828	9.74	33.27	16.37
Bus lane	11,180	3.39	12,987	3.44	16.16	1.47
Other motoring offences**	9,469	2.87	12,942	3.42	36.67	19.16
Total number of offences / fines incurred	81,994	24.85	102,397	27.09	24.88	9.01

* Includes all endorsable offences such as dangerous driving, driving whilst on a mobile phone, etc. 

** Includes all non-endorsable “traffic” offences such as driving in a box junction or stopping on a red route.