Kildare drivers more likely to be caught with no insurance
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NEW figures have revealed that Kildare drivers are more likely to be caught without car insurance than those in neighbouring counties.
A total 488 car insurance offences were recorded in Kildare in 2025, with 14,257 offences recorded on the county’s roads since 2003.
Analysis of CSO data by CompareInsurance.ie found there was one insurance offence for every 364 driving licences in Kildare last year, almost the same as the national average of one in 363.
But drivers in Kildare are almost twice as likely as neighbouring Meath to be caught without insurance - with the Royal county recording a rate of just one in every 694 drivers.
The study shows that Galway recorded the highest rate of offences last year, with one in every 242 drivers failing to produce or display insurance.
The total number of insurance incidents recorded nationally last year was 9,749, with 305,469 recorded between 2003 and 2025.
Insurance offences include failures to have, produce or display valid insurance documentation, which means the offences do not necessarily mean uninsured driving.
