Motorists have handed over more than half a million pounds worth of traffic fines because of a single camera in Colliers Wood.

The camera, which catches out drivers who stop in the middle of a yellow box in Christchurch Road, next to the derelict Brown and Root tower, has generated a whopping £676,000 from 11,600 tickets issued since April 2008.

According to figures from Transport for London (TfL), released under the Freedom of Information Act, the revenue from that camera alone accounted for 83 per cent of all traffic fines in Merton paid to TfL in the last three years, which was more than £800,000.

The remaining five TfL cameras, all programmed to monitor parking in Colliers Wood and Morden, raised £140,886.

The most lucrative of these was again in Christchurch Road where it meets Colliers Wood High Street.

A TfL spokesman said: “Yellow box junctions are located on the most important junctions in the capital and penalty charges issued to motorists who stop in them are not about raising revenue but about keeping traffic moving.

“We enforce parking restrictions on busy stretches of roads to keep traffic moving smoothly and safely in this heavily used part of London.

“If motorists feel they have been unfairly charged they can challenge this by following the information shown on the penalty charge notice.”

The spokesman added the majority of motorists were aware stopping in a yellow box junction would impede traffic flow and that revenue from enforcement was reinvested in maintaining and improving the transport network.

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