Incidents of wrong-way driving on UK motorways skyrocket as major warning issued

New data shows that 31 drivers in the past 30 weeks were charged by police with criminal offences involving driving in the wrong direction on the 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.

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.

Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has said deliberately drving down the wrong side of a motorway is akin to attempted murder.

Gardaí have begun specialist pursuit training with a British police force but can more be done?

The Fianna Fáil MEP’s comments follow two separate crashes on Ireland’s motorways in which cars being driven the wrong way collided with other vehicles.

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

A family including a young boy have been seriously injuredTaite Johnson Audience and Trending Writer and Jonathan McCambridge Press Association11:41, 17 Aug 2026Five teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured in a crash after a car reportedly drove in the wrong direction on a motorway in Irel

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