32% rise in wrong-way driving on Irish motorways

Sixty-two incidents of wrong-way driving have been recorded on motorways so far this year, according to Transport Infrastructure Ireland's Motorway Operations Control Centre.

Wrong-way driving on Irish motorways is now “out of control”, gardaí have warned, amid a 32 per cent increase in the number of incidents detected in 2026 so far.Cars have been detected driving the wrong way down motorways 62 times so far this year, against 47 such incidents between January and mid-August 2025, data rel

Cleveland Police have officially named the five people who died when a car travelling in the wrong direction on the A66 collided with a police patrol vehicle, also killing PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough.

Drivers who encounter a vehicle travelling in the wrong direction towards them have been advised to ‘stay calm and avoid any sudden or dangerous manoeuvres’

The organisation was contacted by the road safety minister this week over its lack of visibility in the wake of the M9 tragedy.

Drivers caught driving wrong way down motorways and reversing along carriageways Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published August 21, 2026 10:56am Updated August 21, 2026 10:56am The scene on the M9 in Co Kildare after a catastrophic head-on collision between two cars (Picture: PA) A motorist is prosecuted every

Court records show cases of people reversing along the carriageway, carrying out U-turns or driving against the flow of traffic moving at 70mph.

Motorists prosecuted every week for driving the WRONG DIRECTION on Britain's motorways  GB News

Some 31 drivers in the past 30 weeks were charged with criminal offences involving driving in the wrong direction on motorways of England and Wales.

Some 31 drivers in the past 30 weeks were charged with criminal offences involving driving in the wrong direction on motorways of England and Wales.

Police have urged people to stop driving the wrong way down roads for social media likes.

The five teenagers killed in the Ireland motorway crash have been named as Jeremy O'Brien, Alex McCarthy, Joey Carthy, Jack Kennedy and Kamil Pustkowski

Head-on collision between two vehicles on M9 in County Kildare also injured four other people, say police Five teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured in a crash involving a car driving in the wrong direction on a motorway in the Republic of Ireland, police said. Gardaí confirmed the bodie

The collision occurred on on the M9 Northbound at about 03:00 local time on Sunday in County Kildare.

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly described the head-on collision between two cars on the M9 as ‘horrific’

Five teenagers killed in head-on motorway crash after car travelled the wrong way  lbc.co.uk