2,000 cars too dangerous to go on roads after NCT

Almost 2,000 cars were towed from NCT centres so far this year after being deemed too dangerous to be driven home.

The latest figures from operator Applus, also show that more cars failed than passed the NCT between January and April.

A total of 554,297 tests were carried out in the first four months of the year on 2007, 2009 and 2011-registered cars as well as cars 10 years and older.