Millions of UK cars too big for parking spaces

Millions of UK cars too big for parking spaces

Cars have continued to grow in size over the decades

A million cars sold in UK each year are too big for normal parking spaces

Increasing number of large cars also concerning as they are more deadly in crashes and worse for roads and the environment

Millions of UK cars too big for parking spaces - have your say

Cars have continued to grow in size over the decades

Millions of SUVs labelled 'too big' for UK roads could face higher taxes - 'Only fair'

Millions of SUVs labelled 'too big' for UK roads could face higher taxes - More than one million cars have been found to be too large to fit in standard parking spaces, despite still being sold in the UK each year, with drivers risking fines

The Paris model, which provides three times as high parking fees for SUVs as for smaller cars, is also conceivable for the top green candidate. Furthermore, municipal voting rights should be linked to the registration slips rather than to citizenship.

More than a million SUVs too large to be parked in cities are sold each year in the UK. This is the finding of Clean Cities, a European network of organizations dedicated to developing electric and shared mobility. This figure represents 62% of car sales in the UK in 2024, compared to 47% in 2020 (44% in France). Most SUV models are over 1.80 m wide, the size of standard city parking spaces, and 71 (…) Read more In brief / Transport