Report parking issues or abandoned vehicles

Your local council is responsible for enforcing most parking issues, including the removal of abandoned vehicles.

If nuisance parking or an abandoned vehicle in Avon and Somerset is affecting you, you may want to know who is best positioned to deal with it.

Council responsibilities

Your local council is responsible for vehicles that are:

• abandoned
• preventing you from entering your driveway
• parked on double yellow lines, or single yellow lines outside the permitted hours (check signs for times)
• in a space for Blue Badge holders or in a residential parking bay, unless they are entitled to do so
• in a marked taxi bay, cycle lane, bus lane or on a red line
• parked near a school entrance with mandatory school keep clear markings or a bus stop

Police responsibilities

You should report a vehicle to us if it is causing an obstruction or hazard by:

• blocking a road or pavement which causes pedestrians to enter the road
• parking in a dangerous position, such as on zig-zag lines or other pedestrian crossings
• parking over a dropped kerb
• preventing access for emergency vehicles
• preventing you from leaving your driveway

Before you make a report to us

We can only accept reports where a vehicle is causing an obstruction or hazard in Avon and Somerset. If you are unsure which police force covers the location, you can check which force is responsible.

If the vehicle is in Avon and Somerset, make sure you have as many details as possible including its:

• registration number
• make and model
• colour
• location

Other reporting options