DOZENS of parking tickets were handed out in Dudley every day in the first half of 2022, figures reveal.

Penalty Charge Notices 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.

Figures obtained by Churchill Motor Insurance through Freedom of Information requests show 5,238 penalty charge notices were handed out by Dudley Council in the six months to June 2022 – equivalent to 29 each day.

This was a fall from 31 per day across the whole of 2021.

Nicholas Mantel, head of Churchill Motor Insurance, said: “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."

The figures show Dudley Council brought in £148,815 in revenue in the first half of 2022 from penalty charge notices – £827 a day.

This was a fall from £968 a day across the whole of 2021.

The figures further show £836,997 has been collected by Dudley Council from parking tickets from the start of 2020 to June 2022.

Steve Gooding, director of The RAC Foundation - a charity for motorists, 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."