Drivers Fined Nearly £1M Across 36 Yellow Box Junctions England

New legislation introduced in May 2022 has allowed councils across England to enforce yellow box junction rules, leading to nearly £1 million in fines issued in 2024 from 36 such junctions outside London and Cardiff. Manchester City Council was the highest issuer of penalties, handing out 13,130 fines across six junctions, generating £446,706 in revenue, with Medway Council and Buckinghamshire Council following. The Dennis Roundabout in Guildford, Surrey, was the single most lucrative junction, issuing 4,250 fines totaling £81,445. The RAC expressed concern over the high number of fines, warning councils not to use yellow boxes as revenue-raising tools and emphasizing that well-functioning yellow boxes should only generate a small number of penalties. Issues noted include poorly designed or positioned boxes that may unfairly catch drivers, with calls for enforcement to be fair and junctions to be clearly marked and appropriately sized. Council representatives have stated that enforcement is intended to improve traffic flow rather than penalize drivers unfairly.