In March 2017 we published a story on fines for driving in a bus lane:
"Almost 4,000 motorists a day are fined for driving in bus lanes, with the most lucrative camera making £6,000 every 24 hours."
The story was widely followed up by local newspapers and broadcast media, including:
- The ten most lucrative bus lane cameras in England - is one of them near you? (Telegraph)
- Revealed: Country’s most lucrative bus lane camera (Metro)
- BUS-TED England’s 10 most lucrative bus lanes revealed – with one catching out 4,000 drivers EVERY DAY (The Sun)
- Top 10 bus lanes where motorists are most likely to be fined revealed as figures show they rake in £31MILLION (Mirror)
- Why drivers must be more aware of costly bus lane cameras (Plymouth Herald)
- Revealed: Britain's most lucrative bus lane camera which rakes in £6,000-a-DAY from hapless motorists even though it only covers 54 yards of road (Daily Mail)
- England's most lucrative bus lane cameras revealed... and three are in London (Evening Standard)
- Keighley bus lane camera rakes in £170,000 in fines (Keighley News)
- This bus lane camera is raking in £1,000 per day in fines (Plymouth Herald)
- Revealed: How much money each of Plymouth's bus lane cameras makes (Plymouth Herald)
- Why drivers must be more aware of costly bus lane cameras (Plymouth Herald)
- Watch: Bus lanes along this Bristol road generate millions for the city council (Bristol Post)
- Drivers in Bristol forking out millions in fines after being caught out by bus lane cameras (Bristol Post)
- The new bus lane cameras that are raking in nearly £5,000 a day in fines (Manchester Evening News)
- Council rakes in £6,000 per day from single bus lane camera (Aol)
- BUS LANE CAMERAS BRING IN MILLIONS OF POUNDS IN FINES. MOST PROFITABLE ONES MAKE UP TO £6000 A DAY (Evo News)
- The bus lanes which catch most drivers in Birmingham revealed (Birmingham Mail)
- Controversial QA Hospital bus lane named one of the most profitable for fines in country (Portsmouth News)
- Wolverhampton bus lane cameras are second most lucrative in the country (Wolverhampton Express and Star)
- BBC Midlands Today
- Google Sheet: FOI response data - income, notices and time covered by council
- Same FOI response data - income, notices and time covered by council - in CSV format
- You can see the original FOI request, plus an explanation about why we chose to use FOI, here
- Bar chart: England's most lucrative bus lane cameras
- Infographic: Fines for driving in bus lanes