More people being caught using phones while driving each year

For the first three months of this year, 6,073 people were caught using their phones while driving, meaning 2025 is on course to be the worst year yet. File picture: Alamy

More people are being caught using their phone while driving, with almost 60,000 offences landing fines and penalty points over the last three years.

Amid another bank holiday clampdown on drivers flouting road safety laws, new figures from the department of justice show that from 2022 to 2024, a total of 59,603 people were caught by gardaí driving while on the phone.