Dartford crossing traffic enforcement and road charging 2022/2023/2024
Case reference FOI2025/01882
Received 3 October 2025
Published 17 December 2025
Request
I would be grateful if you could provide the following information for the financial year 2022/2023/2024 for Dartford crossing.
1. The total number of road charges that were successfully paid by motorists (organised by month).
2. The total number of instances where the charge was not paid and a PCN was subsequently issued (organised by month).
3. Of the PCNs issued:
* How many escalated to a higher charge (e.g. doubled).
* How many progressed into formal enforcement procedures.
Response
We have provided the requested data in the table below.
|
Year |
Month |
Total paid crossings |
Total PCNs issued |
Total Charge Certificates issued |
Total number of Orders for Recovery issued* |
|
2025 |
March |
3,994,230 |
187,738 |
46,366 |
37,847 |
|
2025 |
February |
3,506,646 |
148,876 |
41,285 |
25,258 |
|
2025 |
January |
3,545,325 |
188,621 |
53,700 |
48,857 |
|
2024 |
December |
3,688,444 |
180,990 |
63,720 |
35,532 |
|
2024 |
November |
3,841,672 |
200,646 |
75,261 |
40,277 |
|
2024 |
October |
3,992,461 |
216,677 |
82,050 |
59,699 |
|
2024 |
September |
3,940,245 |
207,196 |
84,102 |
57,546 |
|
2024 |
August |
4,181,743 |
262,666 |
87,105 |
61,832 |
|
2024 |
July |
4,142,445 |
252,978 |
98,232 |
66,646 |
|
2024 |
June |
3,968,003 |
231,437 |
147,843 |
62,986 |
|
2024 |
May |
4,028,392 |
525,852 |
180,547 |
73,710 |
|
2024 |
April |
3,878,320 |
547,029 |
86,433 |
59,588 |
|
2024 |
March |
3,865,598 |
304,934 |
79,883 |
55,306 |
|
2024 |
February |
3,612,379 |
248,609 |
73,079 |
49,750 |
|
2024 |
January |
3,508,003 |
316,761 |
90,699 |
41,271 |
|
2023 |
December |
3,629,901 |
251,146 |
54,095 |
27,155 |
|
2023 |
November |
3,719,227 |
170,187 |
15,950 |
65,681 |
|
2023 |
October |
4,017,387 |
48,280 |
10,075 |
50,798 |
|
2023 |
September |
3,954,743 |
18,534 |
48,944 |
31,255 |
|
2023 |
August |
4,179,059 |
44,429 |
64,719 |
1,724 |
|
2023 |
July |
4,206,934 |
233,637 |
46,103 |
35,960 |
|
2023 |
June |
4,103,279 |
190,932 |
52,659 |
45,956 |
|
2023 |
May |
4,068,954 |
199,366 |
54,013 |
31,957 |
|
2023 |
April |
3,910,458 |
167,994 |
51,874 |
35,945 |
|
2023 |
March |
3,955,479 |
206,652 |
58,927 |
45,958 |
|
2023 |
February |
3,552,168 |
196,739 |
49,766 |
39,968 |
|
2023 |
January |
3,610,225 |
239,570 |
62,349 |
43,941 |
|
2022 |
December |
3,661,242 |
180,526 |
71,630 |
39,940 |
|
2022 |
November |
3,747,597 |
297,206 |
57,309 |
36,460 |
|
2022 |
October |
3,912,005 |
215,106 |
44,991 |
39,983 |
|
2022 |
September |
3,900,622 |
210,312 |
55,882 |
39,982 |
|
2022 |
August |
4,196,958 |
222,864 |
63,582 |
43,230 |
|
2022 |
July |
4,078,624 |
206,486 |
46,948 |
42,118 |
|
2022 |
June |
3,906,914 |
203,095 |
50,730 |
40,216 |
|
2022 |
May |
4,043,292 |
207,257 |
51,837 |
42,463 |
|
2022 |
April |
3,789,059 |
183,393 |
53,841 |
38,566 |
Advice and Assistance
*The total number of Orders for Recovery issued only includes vehicles registered inthe UK, as we are unable to register debts for non-UK vehicles.
When a road user uses the Crossing but does not pay the appropriate road user charge (RUC) by midnight the following day, we will issue a PCN requesting payment of £70 (plus the appropriate RUC) within 28 days (note, this is reduced to£35 for the first 14 days). Should the PCN remain unpaid, we will issue a charge certificate and the sum owed will increase to £105 (plus RUC).
If the road user fails to respond to the charge certificate the debt will be referred tothe Traffic Enforcement Centre (Northampton County Court) and a registration fee(currently £10) will be added to the amount due. This results in an order for recoverybeing issued.
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