System to prevent unsafe cars being driven on roads to begin in October

Insurers will be legally obliged to notify the Department of Transport when it determines a vehicle is beyond repair, and also whether parts could be salvaged.

A new system to ensure unsafe cars don’t find their way back on to Irish roads will take effect on October 1 this year, the Department of Transport has said.

Last week, Minister Eamon Ryan signed the order to enact Part 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2016, providing for the mandatory reporting of written off vehicles by insurers.