The Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) has received 287 claims relating to accidents caused by uninsured and untraced driving in Donegal over the last five years. Nationally there were over 10,000 claims submitted to the MIBI during this period.
As the MIBI is a not for profit organisation that was established to compensate victims of road traffic accidents caused by uninsured and unidentified vehicles. The MIBI say that over the five year period the average Donegal motorist will have contributed between €150 – €175 to cover these costs through their motor insurance policies.
On a county by county basis, over the last five years the highest total number of claims received were in Dublin (4,605), Cork (819) and Limerick (617). However, using the Census 2022 data, the most claims per capita were in Dublin, Louth and Limerick.
The five year figures also show that the number of claims dropped over the course of the pandemic when fewer vehicles, including uninsured vehicles, were on the roads.
However last year the number of claims relating to uninsured and untraced driving grew significantly once again, with the 1,739 received by the MIBI representing a 17 per cent increase on the 2021 numbers.
In 2022 there were a total of 47 claims in Donegal which was up by 31 per cent on the comparison for 2021.
The figures for 2022 also show that the number of claims received by the MIBI grew in 22 of the 26 counties in the Republic. The largest percentage increases year on year were in Kilkenny (up 70%), Galway (up 59%) and Clare (up 52%). The greatest drop was in Mayo (down 21%), followed by Wexford (down 9%) and Westmeath (down 4%).
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