The number of motorists ditching vehicles in Wales has increased by more than 200% in five years, as the region has become a scrapyard for abandoned cars. Details obtained by Confused.com through Freedom of Information requests to local authorities in Wales reveals 466 abandoned vehicles were removed by councils in 2017/18 – that’s one car per day on average, at a cost of £30,793. Delaying … [Read more...]
Cars dumped in Wales jump 347%, reports Confused.com
Wales has become a scrapyard for abandoned cars as the numbers dumped on the roadside has tripled (347%) in four years and Rhondda tops the pile. Dumping data obtained by Confused.com through Freedom of Information requests to the region’s councils, reveals a total of 12,456 cars were reported as abandoned throughout 2016 and 2017. To visualise the epidemic, the driver savings site has … [Read more...]