Value of outstanding traffic tickets hits $4.5B
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Motorists owe a total of $4.5 billion for outstanding traffic tickets issued over the last eight year, authorities disclosed on Friday.
A total of 1,174,961 traffic tickets that were issued between January 2018 and January this year remained outstanding up to March 25 this year, Court Administration Division (CAD) confirmed.
St Andrew (326,578), St Catherine (216,318), St Ann (109,881), St James (105,134) and Kingston (103,631) accounted for over 70 per cent of the outstanding tickets, according to data disclosed by CAD in response to questions submitted by The Gleaner.
CAD revealed, too, that $22.8 million was collected from 6,139 tickets during the recent Traffic Ticket Day at the St Catherine Parish Court.
See outstanding tickets by parish:
Westmoreland 36,436
Trelawny 43,334
St Thomas 14,766
St Mary 20,869
St James 105,134
St Elizabeth 51,242
St Catherine 216,318
St Ann 109,881
St Andrew 326,578
Portland 13,102
Manchester 58,625
Kingston 103,631
Hanover 13,663
Clarendon 61,382
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