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Fuel, Vehicles and Safety

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Fuel Excise Clearances

Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners

At 75 million litres, clearances of petrol in February 2023, were 14% higher than in February 2022, but 3% lower than in February 2020.  At 285 million litres, clearances of autodiesel in February 2023 were 1% higher than in February 2022, but also 3% lower than the same month in 2020.

More detailed information can be found in the full release: Fuel Excise Clearances February 2023

Statistics on the volume of fuel clearances covered by excise taxes are collected by the Revenue Commissioners. Clearances reflect the excise duties paid on oil removed from tax warehouses. This data provides a proxy for sales and the associated level of consumption, but they do not reflect actual consumption.

Figure 2.1 Fuel excise clearances, 2019 to 2023
Table 2.1 Monthly excise clearances of autodiesel and unleaded petrol, 2019 to 2023

Vehicles Licensed

Source: Department of Transport

There were 15,782 new private cars and 4,529 used (imported) private cars licensed in March 2023. Compared with March 2022, there was an increase of 33% for new private cars and arise of 16% for used private cars.

See full release: Vehicles licensed for the first time March 2023

Figure 2.2 Number of new and secondhand private cars licensed, March 2019 to 2023

Road Fatalities

Source: Road Safety Authority

There were 12 fatalities on Irish roads in March 2023 compared with 16 in March 2022.

Note: Data is provisional.

Table 2.2 Number of road fatalities per month, 2019 to 2023

Additional Data

More detailed statistics can be found under “Data”.

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