Box Junction at Upper Woburn Place/Endsleigh Gardens
Request ID: FOI-0974-2122 Date published: 23 August 2021
You asked
The temporary traffic lights on Endsleigh Gardens are currently affecting traffic flow in this area. This box junction is has become a game of Russian Roulette, with drivers approaching the Euston Road traffic lights in the left and right lanes and then switching to the right lane after the box junction but before the lights. This means that even with a clear exit in the right hand lane, there is no way of predicting when a vehicle will move from the left and block the exit, thus stranding you in the box junction. This has happened to me twice. I have paid both fines but feel aggrieved as I am aware of the rules and have still struggled to negotiate this junction. I would like to know how many people have been caught in this box in the last 6 months, where this ranks in the list of most profitable box junctions in London and how many vehicles have been fined more than once in this same box junction. Please consider this a complaint and also a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Many thanks
We answered
Our ref: FOI-0974-2122/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 29 July 2021 asking for information about Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs).
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require.
Between the dates of 1 February 2021 and 31 July 2021 there were 2,086 PCNs issued for contraventions of this yellow box junction. This box junction comes 4th in terms of volume of PCNs issued over this period of time, and 14 unique vehicle registrations have been sent PCNs more than once within this time period.
If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
