Number Of Vehicles Being Clamped In The Midlands Has Increased

There was a 152% increase in two years.

The number of vehicles clamped across three Midlands counties has more than doubled in just two years. 

New figures show more than 3,300 vehicles were clamped in Laois, Offaly and Westmeath between 2023 and 2025. 

Figures obtained from the National Transport Authority show APCOA clamped 673 vehicles across the three counties in 2023. 

That figure rose to 929 in 2024, before jumping to almost 1,700 last year  an increase of 152 per cent in just two years. 

Westmeath accounted for the overwhelming majority of incidents, with 2,865 vehicles clamped over the three-year period. 

That’s compared with 410 in Laois and just 26 in Offaly. 

Overall, the figures show clamping across the three counties has more than doubled since 2023. 

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