Fresh reporting, official updates and original PureCar analysis for drivers across Northern Ireland.
Mountjoy Road in Omagh faces a one-way restriction from 6–8 November and further daytime controls on 21–22 November during widening and resurfacing wo...
The PSNI says ignoring legally enforceable roadworks restrictions in Northern Ireland can mean at least a £60 fine and three penalty points.
A section of Boghead Bridge Road in Lower Ballinderry is closed after structural damage was identified. DfI has issued a diversion but no reopening da...
Northern Ireland officials have outlined about £98m for structural maintenance, around £30m above the previous opening allocation, with £10m targeted...
Northern Ireland is consulting on new drug-driving offences based on specified limits, with a medical defence proposed. Responses close 27 January 202...
The A3 Moira Road in Lisburn faces closures on 14–15 and 29 November during a £505,000 scheme. Here are the affected sections, hours and diversion.
A £875,000 Hillhead Road scheme in Ballyclare has started. Outbound lane restrictions run to December, with daytime full closure planned for January–M...
A seven-year-old was critically injured while cycling in Coleraine. We examine the police appeal, medical-update limits and child road-injury figures.
A drink-driver killed Paul Marshall on a Belfast pedestrian island. We examine the proven driving sequence, six-year sentence and unresolved safety is...
A man died in a Falls Road collision involving a lorry on 30 October. What police know, what remains unproven and what historic collision records can...
Pauline Downing died after an Aghagallon crash. A man faces four motoring charges. We explain the court evidence, legal status and unanswered question...
Two Newry crashes turned fatal in October 2026. Why one death came 23 days later and why the planned A1 safety scheme does not cover the affected junc...
Official 2025/26 figures show subsidised school journeys made up 33.3% of Translink bus trips, a major part of the network that headline fares cannot...
Cookstown’s A29 Bypass has a £100.1m approved business case. We examine the £30.1m estimate increase, identified funding and steps before construction...
A DfI council report records 58% of inspected utility street works as unsatisfactory in Mid Ulster. Other published figures tell a very different stor...
People aged 70 and over represented 25% of clinically serious road casualties in 2020–24, compared with 11% of police-recorded serious injuries.
An audit of 26 Antrim EV listings finds 12 records with non-BT41 postcodes and seven without power, operator or connector details. Why the gaps matter...
We compare Fastned and E.ON Drive at Antrim’s Junction: 79p, 74p and a separately listed 71p app tariff, plus connection fees and real charging limits...
Our analysis of January, April and July 2026 data reveals NI’s fastest charger growth, the council still ranked last and a shrinking but persistent re...
Budget 2026 names Great Britain for a £100m EV charging price cut. We examine the funding detail, the contrast with other NI energy measures and what...
DfT-derived data show rapid charger counts rose by 50 in NI from January to July 2026, while all public chargers rose 48. We investigate what that cha...
Speed-camera detections rose 78% on the A1 but fell 55% on Belfast’s A55 Outer Ring in 2025. PureCar examines the 2,268-detection reversal between rou...
More than 71% of Northern Ireland mobile speed-camera detections in 2025 were pooled in one category, with no named road in the published breakdown.
PureCar finds 88 serious injury collisions around the M2 versus 70 around the M1 over 13 years, despite fewer total crashes in the M2 corridor.
