Number of uninsured vehicles on road almost halved under new detection system

Last year there were 101,881 uninsured private vehicles against an overall total of 2.4m; in 2022, this number was 187,803 against a total of 2.25m.

The number of uninsured vehicles on Irish roads has almost halved since the introduction of a new system to detect them, insurers have said.

The Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) said just over 4% of vehicles on the road were uninsured in 2024 compared to 8.3% of vehicles in 2022.