Contravention codes for Parking, Bus Lane, Moving Traffic, Road User Charging and Littering from Vehicles contraventions in England (outside London) and Wales can be found in the table below.
Additionally, specific codes applicable only to Exeter / Essex, as well as descriptions of the suffixes related to contravention codes, can be accessed using the below tabs.
| CODE | SUFFIXES | DESCRIPTION | LEVEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ajoyz | Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours | Higher |
| 02 | ajo | Parked or loading / unloading in a restricted street where waiting and loading / unloading restrictions are in force | Higher |
| 04 | cs | Parked in a meter bay when penalty time is indicated | Lower |
| 05 | cgpsuv1 | Parked after the expiry of paid for time | Lower |
| 06 | cipv1 | Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher | Lower |
| 07 | cgmprsuv | Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time | Lower |
| 08 | c | Parked at an out-of-order meter during controlled hours | Lower |
| 09 | ps | Parked displaying multiple pay & display tickets where prohibited | Lower |
| 10 | p | Parked without clearly displaying two valid pay and display tickets when required | Lower |
| 11 | gu | Parked without payment of the parking charge | Lower |
| 12 | arstuwy4 | Parked in a residents’ or shared use parking place or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket issued for that place where required, or without payment of the parking charge | Higher |
| 14 | ay89 | Parked in an electric vehicles’ charging place during restricted hours without charging | Higher |
| 16 | abdehqstwxyz4569 | Parked in a permit space or zone without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required | Higher |
| 17 | RESERVED FOR ROAD USER CHARGING USE | N/A | |
| 18 | abcdefghmprsvxy12356789 | Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited | Higher |
| 19 | airsuwxyz4 | Parked in a residents’ or shared use parking place or zone with an invalid virtual permit or displaying an invalid physical permit or voucher or pay and display ticket, or after the expiry of paid for time | Lower |
| 20 | Parked in a part of a parking place marked by a yellow line where waiting is prohibited | Higher | |
| 21 | abcdefghlmnpqrsuvxy1256789 | Parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space | Higher |
| 22 | cfglmnopsv1289 | Re-parked in the same parking place or zone within one hour after leaving | Lower |
| 23 | abcdefghklprsvwxy123789 | Parked in a parking place or area not designated for that class of vehicle | Higher |
| 24 | abcdefghlmpqrsvxy1256789 | Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space | Lower |
| 25 | n2 | Parked in a loading place or bay during restricted hours without loading | Higher |
| 26 | n | Parked in a special enforcement area more than 50 cm from the edge of the carriageway and not within a designated parking place | Higher |
| 27 | no | Parked in a special enforcement area adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge lowered to meet the level of the carriageway | Higher |
| 28 | no | Parked in a special enforcement area on part of the carriageway raised to meet the level of a footway, cycle track or verge | Higher |
| 29 | j | Failing to comply with a one-way restriction | N/A |
| 30 | acfglmnopsuy12789 | Parked for longer than permitted | Lower |
| 31 | j | Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited | N/A |
| 32 | jdt | Failing to proceed in the direction shown by the arrow on a blue sign | N/A |
| 33 | jbcefghikqrsyz | Using a route restricted to certain vehicles | N/A |
| 34 | j0 | Being in a bus lane | N/A |
| 35 | Parked in a disc parking place without clearly displaying a valid disc | Lower | |
| 36 | j | Being in a mandatory cycle lane | N/A |
| 37 | j | Failing to give way to oncoming vehicles | N/A |
| 38 | jlr | Failing to comply with a sign indicating that vehicular traffic must pass to the specified side of the sign | N/A |
| 40 | n | Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without displaying a valid disabled person’s badge in the prescribed manner | Higher |
| 41 | Stopped in a parking place designated for diplomatic vehicles | Higher | |
| 42 | Parked in a parking place designated for police vehicles | Higher | |
| 43 | Stopped on a cycle docking station parking place | Higher | |
| 45 | nw | Stopped on a taxi rank | Higher |
| 46 | n | Stopped where prohibited (on a red route or clearway) | Higher |
| 47 | jn | Stopped on a restricted bus stop or stand | Higher |
| 48 | j | Stopped in a restricted area outside a school, a hospital or a fire, police or ambulance station when prohibited | Higher |
| 49 | j | Parked wholly or partly on a cycle track or lane | Higher |
| 50 | jlru | Performing a prohibited turn | N/A |
| 51 | j | Failing to comply with a no entry restriction | N/A |
| 52 | jgmsvx | Failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicle | N/A |
| 53 | cj | Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering a pedestrian zone | N/A |
| 54 | cj | Failing to comply with a restriction on vehicles entering and waiting in a pedestrian zone | N/A |
| 55 | A commercial vehicle parked in a restricted street in contravention of the Overnight Waiting Ban | Higher | |
| 56 | Parked in contravention of a commercial vehicle waiting restriction | Higher | |
| 57 | Parked in contravention of a bus ban | Higher | |
| 58 | Using a vehicle on a restricted street during prescribed hours without a valid permit | N/A | |
| 59 | Using a vehicle on a restricted street during prescribed hours in breach of permit conditions | N/A | |
| 61 | 124cgn | A heavy commercial vehicle wholly or partly parked on a footway, verge or land between two carriageways | Higher |
| 62 | 124cgn | Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway | Higher |
| 63 | Parked with engine running where prohibited | Lower | |
| 67 | Using a vehicle on a restricted street without a valid HGV Safety Permit | n/a | |
| 68 | Using a vehicle on a restricted street in breach of HGV Safety Permit conditions | n/a | |
| 70 | Parked in a loading place or bay during restricted hours without loading | Higher | |
| 71 | Parked in an electric vehicles’ charging place during restricted hours without charging | Higher | |
| 73 | gu | Parked without payment of the parking charge | Lower |
| 74 | prs | Using a vehicle in a parking place in connection with the sale or offering or exposing for sale of goods when prohibited | Higher |
| 75 | RESERVED FOR LITTERING FROM MOTOR VEHICLES | ||
| 77 | RESERVED FOR DVLA USE | N/A | |
| 78 | abdefghklpquv156789 | Parked wholly or partly in a suspended bay or space | Higher |
| 80 | gu | Parked for longer than permitted | Lower |
| 81 | o | Parked in a restricted area in an off-street car park or housing estate | Higher |
| 82 | puv4 | Parked after the expiry of paid for time | Lower |
| 83 | 4 | Parked in a car park without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher or parking clock | Lower |
| 84 | gu | Parked with payment made to extend the stay beyond initial time | Lower |
| 85 | abtrwyz45 | Parked without a valid virtual permit or clearly displaying a valid physical permit where required | Higher |
| 86 | prs | Not parked correctly within the markings of a bay or space | Lower |
| 87 | Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without displaying a valid disabled person’s badge in the prescribed manner | Higher | |
| 89 | Vehicle parked exceeds maximum weight or height or length permitted | Higher | |
| 90 | psuv | Re-parked in the same car park within one hour after leaving | Lower |
| 91 | cg | Parked in a car park or area not designated for that class of vehicle | Higher |
| 92 | o | Parked causing an obstruction | Higher |
| 93 | Parked in car park when closed | Lower | |
| 94 | p | Parked in a pay & display car park without clearly displaying two valid pay and display tickets when required | Lower |
| 95 | Parked in a parking place for a purpose other than that designated | Lower | |
| 96 | Parked with engine running where prohibited | Lower | |
| 99 | no | Stopped on a pedestrian crossing or crossing area marked by zigzags | Higher |
These are the contravention codes that only apply within Exeter.
| CODE | SUFFIX | DESCRIPTION | LEVEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 124cg | Parked on a verge, central reservation or footway comprised in an urban road | n/a |
These are the contravention codes that only apply within Essex.
| CODE | SUFFIX | DESCRIPTION | LEVEL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 124 | Parked in contravention of a notice prohibiting leaving vehicles on a grass verge, garden, lawn or green maintained by a local authority | n/a |
| 65 | 124 | Parked in contravention of a notice prohibiting leaving vehicles on land laid out as a public garden or used for purpose of public recreation. | n/a |
General suffixes
a) permit holder only electric vehicle charging bay
b) business bay
c) buses only
d) doctor’s bay
e) car club bay
f) free parking bay
g) motorcycle bay
h) hospital bay
i) wrong type of voucher
j) camera enforcement
k) ambulance bay
l) loading place
m) parking meter
n) red route
o) blue badge holder
p) pay & display
q) market traders’ bay
r) residents’ bay
s) shared use bay
t) voucher/P&D ticket used in permit bay
u) electronic payment
v) voucher
w) e-scooter bay
x) disabled bay
y) electric solo motorcycle bay
0) local buses / trams only
1) electric vehicles bay
2) goods vehicle loading bays
3) bicycle bay
4) virtual permit
5) dedicated disabled bay
6) hotel bay
7) taxis only
8) zero emission capable taxis only
9) electric vehicle car club bay
Restricted street (Codes 01 and 02 only)
a) temporary traffic order (code specific)
Permit contravention codes (Codes 01, 12, 16, 19 and 85 only)
w) wrong parking zone
x) incorrect VRM
y) obscured/illegible permit
z) out of date permit (code specific)
Note: Suffixes ‘y’ and ‘z’ are applicable on code 01 for Blue Badge contraventions only
Taxi Ranks (Code 45 only)
w) amends the contravention code description to change the wording from ‘stopped’ to ‘waiting’
Footway parking (Codes 61, 62, 64, 65 and 66 only)
1) one wheel on footway
2) partly on footway
4) all wheels on footway
c) on vehicle crossover
g) on grass verge
Moving traffic contraventions only
32
d) proceeding in the wrong direction
t) turning in the wrong direction
33
b) buses only
c) buses and cycles only
e) buses, cycles and taxis only
f) buses and taxis only
g) local buses only
h) local buses and cycles only
i) local buses, cycles and taxis only
k) local buses and taxis only
q) tramcars and local buses only
r) tramcars only
s) tramcars and buses only
y) pedal cycles only
z) pedal cycles and pedestrians only
38
l) must pass to the left
r) must pass to the right
50
l) no left turn
r) no right turn
u) no U-turn
52
b) buses
g) goods vehicles exceeding max gross weight indicated
m) motor vehicles
s) solo motorcycles
v) all vehicles except non-mechanically propelled ones being pushed
x) motor vehicles except solo m/cycles
53
Code specific suffix c) amends the description to add ‘and cycle’ after the word pedestrian
54
Code specific suffix c) amends the description to add ‘and cycle’ after the word pedestrian
Camera Enforcement
j) identifies a contravention that can be used on highways other than red routes using CCTV. The suffix itself is not required on a PCN.
Note: For contravention codes 01 and 02, Suffix ‘j’ can only be used if there is also a mandatory cycle lane at the location (London and England only)