Could you please update the information supplied in answer to FOI-1710-1920 (TfL Ref: 1710-1920) to include up to the present day. Could you please also provide the number of PCNs issued to the top 5 repeat offender vehicles (i.e. individual vehicles with the most PCNs issued).

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TfL Ref: FOI-2197-2021

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 31 January 2021.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked: 

Could you please update the information supplied in answer to FOI-1710-1920 (TfL Ref: 1710-1920) to include up to the present day. 

1. The number of light goods vehicles that have been issued a PCN since the fines were introduced

Any vehicle which is registered with the DVLA as being more than two metres (6'6") high and two metres (6'6") wide or goods vehicles weighing more than two tonnes (gross vehicle weight) are not safe to travel through the Rotherhithe Tunnel; we do not differentiate between vehicles i.e. HGVs and LGVs.

The below table details the amount of penalty fare notices (PCNs) we issued to drivers whose vehicles were observed by our cameras on the northbound and southbound Rotherhithe Tunnel approaches which exceeded the width and weight restriction from 1 August 2019 – 31 January 2021.

           

2019	PCNs issued
Aug	12,037
Sep	15,007
Oct	13,472
Nov	10,481
Dec	7,419
2020
Jan	7,624
Feb	8,441
Mar	8,910
Apr	4,261
May	6,225
Jun	9,239
Jul	11,531
Aug	11,117
Sep	12,544
Oct	11,142
Nov	8,674
Dec	7,037
2021
Jan	2,142
Grand Total	167,303

1. The amount of revenue generated in fines to those groups (which will obviously need refunding)

Our PCNs are payable at £130, reduced to £65 if paid within 14 days. The total value of payments received for PCNs issued to drivers whose vehicles were observed by our cameras on the northbound and southbound Rotherhithe Tunnel approaches which exceeded the width and weight restriction between 1 August 2019 – 31 January 2021 is £11,044,734.

Could you please also provide the number of PCNs issued to the top 5 repeat offender vehicles (i.e. individual vehicles with the most PCNs issued).

VRM	PCN Volume
VRM1	476
VRM2	301
VRM3	245
VRM4	203
VRM5	189

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Eva Hextall

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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