Some people aren’t obeying the rules of the road…
The rules of the road are in place for the safety and comfort of all road users, but failure to follow the rules of the road while driving will result in you getting penalty points and fines.
New figures released by the Central Statistics Office show the number of drivers in each county in Ireland who had penalty points in 2017 as well as the percentage of drivers in each county who have penalty points.
Wexford has the unwanted position at the top of the list with 21.5% of drivers in the county having penalty points with Galway coming in second with 20.5%.
Of all the regions, the CSO found that the mid-west of the country had the highest percentage of drivers with points at 20%, followed closely by the south-east at 19.9%.
Meanwhile the lowest percentage of drivers with penalty points is in Donegal with 12.9% followed by Louth at 13.6% and Leitrim at 14.3%.
| Region and county | Licence holders with penalty points | Total licence holders | % of licence holders with penalty points |
| Total | |||
| Border | 37,678 | 253,133 | 14.9 |
| Cavan | 8,063 | 47,779 | 16.9 |
| Donegal | 12,885 | 99,787 | 12.9 |
| Leitrim | 3,117 | 21,796 | 14.3 |
| Monaghan | 7,033 | 40,698 | 17.3 |
| Sligo | 6,580 | 43,073 | 15.3 |
| Midland | 33,066 | 177,903 | 18.6 |
| Laois | 9,599 | 47,614 | 20.2 |
| Longford | 4,702 | 25,139 | 18.7 |
| Offaly | 8,685 | 48,718 | 17.8 |
| Westmeath | 10,080 | 56,432 | 17.9 |
| West | 53,877 | 290,895 | 18.5 |
| Galway | 32,996 | 160,586 | 20.5 |
| Mayo | 13,044 | 87,304 | 14.9 |
| Roscommon | 7,837 | 43,005 | 18.2 |
| Dublin | 117,419 | 713,102 | 16.5 |
| Mid-East | 75,224 | 419,426 | 17.9 |
| Kildare | 27,523 | 134,869 | 20.4 |
| Louth | 10,087 | 73,958 | 13.6 |
| Meath | 21,173 | 119,961 | 17.6 |
| Wicklow | 16,441 | 90,638 | 18.1 |
| Mid-West | 61,240 | 305,900 | 20.0 |
| Clare | 16,072 | 79,424 | 20.2 |
| Limerick | 24,338 | 120,580 | 20.2 |
| Tipperary | 20,830 | 105,896 | 19.7 |
| South-East | 53,866 | 270,960 | 19.9 |
| Carlow | 7,165 | 38,678 | 18.5 |
| Kilkenny | 12,398 | 60,795 | 20.4 |
| Waterford | 13,297 | 73,735 | 18.0 |
| Wexford | 21,006 | 97,752 | 21.5 |
| South-West | 74,217 | 434,843 | 17.1 |
| Cork | 58,594 | 337,208 | 17.4 |
| Kerry | 15,623 | 97,635 | 16.0 |
| Total | 506,587 | 2,866,162 | 17.7 |
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