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Fuel, Vehicles and Safety

The number of new cars licensed increased by 3,028 vehicles in July 2023 compared with July 2022

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Fuel Excise Clearances

Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners

At 289 million litres, clearances of autodiesel in June 2023 were 3% lower than in June 2022 and June 2019.

At 84 million litres, clearances of petrol in June 2023 were 7% higher than in June 2022 and were 4% lower than in June 2019.

More detailed information can be found in the full release: Fuel Excise Clearances June 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, June 2019 to 2023
Table 2.1 Monthly excise clearances of autodiesel and unleaded petrol, June 2019 to 2023

Vehicles Licensed

Source: Department of Transport

There were 18,106 new private cars and 4,348 used (imported) private cars licensed in July 2023. Compared with July 2022, there was an increase of 20% for new private cars while used private cars were up 6%.

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

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

Road Fatalities

Source: Road Safety Authority

There were 16 fatalities on Irish roads in July 2023 compared with 12 in July 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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