More than one million penalty notices have been issued for yellow box junction offences by councils in England and Wales since 2023, according to new research from used car retailer cinch.
Freedom of Information requests to 217 local authorities found that 37 councils issued 1,047,472 notices between 2023 and 2026, with nearly £58m in payments reported. That is about one every two minutes.
Redbridge in east London topped the list with 213,122 penalties, around one in five of the total. Manchester (109,450) and Cardiff (72,547) followed.
The busiest junction in 2026 so far is Regent Road/Water Street in Manchester, with 25,130 penalties between January and July.
More than 100,000 challenges have been lodged, with over 18,000 accepted, according to the research.
Penalties are £160 in London, reduced to £80 if paid within 14 days. Elsewhere in England, they are £60 or £70, halved for prompt payment.
