23,000 British car write-offs on Irish roads

UP TO 23,000 vehicles classified as “write-offs” in Britain have been imported into Ireland and issued with Irish registrations in recent years.

That’s according to independent car history checking company, Cartell.ie, who say that lives are being put at risk as a result of British write-offs being driven on our roads.

The company carried out a survey of 4,479 vehicles imported to Ireland from Britain between 2001 and 2005.