Two-in-every five vehicles on UK roads pose a serious safety risk to drivers, passengers, and other road users, according to an annual tyre report. We urgently need to move beyond minimum standards and make tyre safety a national priority.”The report also uncovered regional disparities. Northern Ireland recorded a national average of 21% of vehicles on illegal tyres, with a focused study revealing a staggering 57% non-compliance rate. In Halesownen in the West Midlands, more than 70% of vehicles found to be illegally equipped – the worst figures ever recorded in UK tyre safety monitoring. Only 39% of drivers knew that the minimum tyre tread allowed by law is 1.6mm, leaving the majority (61%) potentially driving on one or more illegal tyres.