Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Following the re-introduction of Level 5 restrictions on 27 December 2020, car traffic volumes dropped significantly at the beginning of this year. However, in line with the gradual lifting of travel restrictions car traffic volumes increased in 2021. Latest available data for week 48 (week beginning 29 November) show that car traffic volumes were 90.8% higher in Dublin and 104.0% higher in selected regional sites compared with week 1 of this year.
Comparing the latest available data for week 48 to the same week in 2020 shows that the traffic volume of private cars was 42.4% higher in the Dublin sites in 2021. This was to be expected as during the same week in 2020 level 5 COVID-19 restrictions were in place. However, 2021 car traffic volumes continue to remain below 2019 levels. Comparing week 48 with the same week in 2019 shows that car traffic volumes in Dublin were still 10.2% lower in 2021.
A similar trend is shown when looking at the selected regional sites. The volume of private cars in the regional locations was 42.6% higher in week 48 of 2021 than it was in week 48 of 2020. Car traffic volumes were still 14.1% lower than in week 48 of 2019. See table 1.1, figure 1.1 and figure 1.2.
The impact on HGV traffic of COVID-19 restrictions has not been as pronounced as for cars and HGV traffic volumes in 2020 even exceeded 2019 volumes for the second half of the year. The latest data available (for week beginning 29 November 2021) show that HGV traffic volumes were 0.4% higher in Dublin and 5.6% lower in regional sites compared with the same week in 2020. See table 1.2, figure 1.3 and figure 1.4.
X-axis label | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | 463064 | 459023 | 272255 |
Week 2 | 534609 | 535401 | 255928 |
Week 3 | 549470 | 546354 | 258384 |
Week 4 | 550892 | 556012 | 265613 |
Week 5 | 543468 | 563146 | 274482 |
Week 6 | 551850 | 551737 | 274363 |
Week 7 | 567892 | 547994 | 292400 |
Week 8 | 575255 | 566784 | 304825 |
Week 9 | 569793 | 560278 | 319482 |
Week 10 | 570752 | 563919 | 333343 |
Week 11 | 546053 | 483016 | 302788 |
Week 12 | 559722 | 327382 | 338888 |
Week 13 | 592217 | 248058 | 327226 |
Week 14 | 579543 | 143557 | 317690 |
Week 15 | 583124 | 134308 | 398787 |
Week 16 | 560245 | 134401 | 411255 |
Week 17 | 564764 | 155938 | 414958 |
Week 18 | 580301 | 159169 | 397630 |
Week 19 | 569762 | 169694 | 460196 |
Week 20 | 594815 | 200968 | 476938 |
Week 21 | 603575 | 263438 | 497019 |
Week 22 | 587534 | 286726 | 503412 |
Week 23 | 572720 | 289055 | 500566 |
Week 24 | 595508 | 369887 | 513231 |
Week 25 | 593055 | 397286 | 512834 |
Week 26 | 601581 | 413348 | 515383 |
Week 27 | 590467 | 449555 | 507907 |
Week 28 | 587003 | 463106 | 526467 |
Week 29 | 584356 | 471550 | 534571 |
Week 30 | 588741 | 473671 | 515382 |
Week 31 | 579020 | 476103 | 504869 |
Week 32 | 564465 | 467430 | 524890 |
Week 33 | 588621 | 463641 | 531446 |
Week 34 | 599607 | 459846 | 549047 |
Week 35 | 591575 | 468215 | 531509 |
Week 36 | 592419 | 474557 | 533924 |
Week 37 | 588597 | 477994 | 536930 |
Week 38 | 586374 | 451770 | 540797 |
Week 39 | 588882 | 420403 | 536807 |
Week 40 | 572375 | 417913 | 538104 |
Week 41 | 587243 | 388453 | 537892 |
Week 42 | 580936 | 380446 | 537632 |
Week 43 | 583163 | 338897 | 525536 |
Week 44 | 561316 | 279363 | 533257 |
Week 45 | 577276 | 334772 | 535318 |
Week 46 | 579190 | 346055 | 532073 |
Week 47 | 572909 | 354476 | 514876 |
Week 48 | 578130 | 364810 | 519436 |
Week 49 | 579484 | 427251 | |
Week 50 | 583247 | 451974 | |
Week 51 | 585770 | 491375 | |
Week 52 | 423282 | 376254 | |
Week 53 | 235248 |
X-axis label | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | 158311 | 158687 | 83185 |
Week 2 | 173232 | 175814 | 80500 |
Week 3 | 180472 | 179424 | 82449 |
Week 4 | 180047 | 187680 | 85048 |
Week 5 | 172015 | 187774 | 89064 |
Week 6 | 183723 | 183195 | 88159 |
Week 7 | 186751 | 180801 | 95426 |
Week 8 | 192191 | 195377 | 98451 |
Week 9 | 185374 | 185090 | 103837 |
Week 10 | 184850 | 190970 | 108629 |
Week 11 | 179990 | 160181 | 99825 |
Week 12 | 186557 | 101789 | 110154 |
Week 13 | 194924 | 80749 | 106975 |
Week 14 | 191457 | 47243 | 106651 |
Week 15 | 191186 | 44648 | 129277 |
Week 16 | 189240 | 43828 | 131971 |
Week 17 | 192476 | 50869 | 133817 |
Week 18 | 194851 | 52442 | 128842 |
Week 19 | 191255 | 55070 | 152039 |
Week 20 | 196349 | 65547 | 159748 |
Week 21 | 196073 | 86890 | 162685 |
Week 22 | 197118 | 92619 | 171880 |
Week 23 | 191441 | 94805 | 174218 |
Week 24 | 196687 | 118789 | 173329 |
Week 25 | 195671 | 128712 | 175527 |
Week 26 | 198187 | 135411 | 179058 |
Week 27 | 199642 | 155568 | 179929 |
Week 28 | 199348 | 162178 | 185055 |
Week 29 | 197061 | 166790 | 185627 |
Week 30 | 202725 | 169314 | 182335 |
Week 31 | 199496 | 173011 | 183001 |
Week 32 | 197696 | 172145 | 184203 |
Week 33 | 203866 | 168549 | 188659 |
Week 34 | 206511 | 165222 | 190594 |
Week 35 | 200630 | 168301 | 176614 |
Week 36 | 199271 | 165670 | 179982 |
Week 37 | 201263 | 167122 | 180197 |
Week 38 | 199879 | 167668 | 179219 |
Week 39 | 198275 | 158986 | 179438 |
Week 40 | 190430 | 153341 | 177623 |
Week 41 | 197228 | 136574 | 175472 |
Week 42 | 192724 | 130745 | 176860 |
Week 43 | 196678 | 111940 | 178493 |
Week 44 | 192738 | 89263 | 173700 |
Week 45 | 194668 | 108262 | 174526 |
Week 46 | 195621 | 112432 | 171548 |
Week 47 | 195203 | 115487 | 171518 |
Week 48 | 197541 | 119023 | 169729 |
Week 49 | 193350 | 142709 | |
Week 50 | 194046 | 149927 | |
Week 51 | 195796 | 164733 | |
Week 52 | 140418 | 126966 | |
Week 53 | 81881 |
X-axis label | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | 23838 | 21007 | 37827 |
Week 2 | 38353 | 42054 | 35905 |
Week 3 | 39973 | 43727 | 36698 |
Week 4 | 40314 | 44415 | 37463 |
Week 5 | 40709 | 44479 | 38621 |
Week 6 | 40682 | 44839 | 38444 |
Week 7 | 41778 | 43672 | 39031 |
Week 8 | 41783 | 44516 | 39375 |
Week 9 | 42588 | 44497 | 41836 |
Week 10 | 42979 | 46362 | 41981 |
Week 11 | 41785 | 47411 | 37885 |
Week 12 | 38313 | 40137 | 43558 |
Week 13 | 43440 | 44447 | 41840 |
Week 14 | 43310 | 28099 | 37786 |
Week 15 | 42998 | 25812 | 45445 |
Week 16 | 40096 | 23460 | 46328 |
Week 17 | 35429 | 27389 | 46462 |
Week 18 | 42366 | 28668 | 40408 |
Week 19 | 37060 | 26065 | 46449 |
Week 20 | 42644 | 30139 | 46268 |
Week 21 | 42946 | 38828 | 46158 |
Week 22 | 42419 | 41753 | 46647 |
Week 23 | 38651 | 38104 | 41210 |
Week 24 | 43891 | 43727 | 46322 |
Week 25 | 44160 | 43846 | 45761 |
Week 26 | 43695 | 44004 | 45649 |
Week 27 | 43422 | 45038 | 46107 |
Week 28 | 42534 | 44822 | 45397 |
Week 29 | 42507 | 44049 | 44981 |
Week 30 | 41604 | 44327 | 43547 |
Week 31 | 40527 | 43459 | 38145 |
Week 32 | 37706 | 38129 | 44557 |
Week 33 | 42592 | 43811 | 44647 |
Week 34 | 42878 | 43282 | 44654 |
Week 35 | 43586 | 43934 | 45329 |
Week 36 | 44461 | 44803 | 45227 |
Week 37 | 44727 | 45076 | 45640 |
Week 38 | 44917 | 46214 | 45938 |
Week 39 | 45197 | 46030 | 46128 |
Week 40 | 44118 | 46474 | 46700 |
Week 41 | 44632 | 45906 | 47617 |
Week 42 | 44899 | 46591 | 46750 |
Week 43 | 45342 | 46845 | 41012 |
Week 44 | 39478 | 41479 | 46894 |
Week 45 | 43402 | 46947 | 46861 |
Week 46 | 43796 | 46837 | 47700 |
Week 47 | 42971 | 47281 | 46614 |
Week 48 | 43419 | 48101 | 48297 |
Week 49 | 44217 | 48718 | |
Week 50 | 44302 | 49328 | |
Week 51 | 45311 | 50049 | |
Week 52 | 13757 | 25598 | |
Week 53 | 15878 |
X-axis label | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | 8869 | 7676 | 13374 |
Week 2 | 14282 | 14148 | 13761 |
Week 3 | 14646 | 14236 | 13799 |
Week 4 | 14251 | 14918 | 14094 |
Week 5 | 14171 | 15038 | 14553 |
Week 6 | 14617 | 15084 | 14612 |
Week 7 | 14756 | 14686 | 14476 |
Week 8 | 14727 | 15090 | 14672 |
Week 9 | 15125 | 15032 | 15436 |
Week 10 | 15260 | 15651 | 15222 |
Week 11 | 15170 | 15966 | 13867 |
Week 12 | 13812 | 13854 | 15774 |
Week 13 | 15902 | 15147 | 15453 |
Week 14 | 15818 | 11202 | 13836 |
Week 15 | 15827 | 10674 | 16280 |
Week 16 | 14946 | 9523 | 16345 |
Week 17 | 13381 | 11187 | 16579 |
Week 18 | 15685 | 11414 | 14643 |
Week 19 | 13975 | 10430 | 16748 |
Week 20 | 15741 | 12092 | 16371 |
Week 21 | 15605 | 13617 | 16443 |
Week 22 | 15711 | 14151 | 16796 |
Week 23 | 14022 | 13070 | 14626 |
Week 24 | 15891 | 15152 | 16269 |
Week 25 | 15783 | 15319 | 16297 |
Week 26 | 15605 | 15378 | 16114 |
Week 27 | 15716 | 15500 | 16092 |
Week 28 | 15630 | 15785 | 15997 |
Week 29 | 15651 | 15904 | 15813 |
Week 30 | 15382 | 15899 | 15406 |
Week 31 | 14837 | 15345 | 13551 |
Week 32 | 13487 | 13485 | 15669 |
Week 33 | 15196 | 15506 | 15908 |
Week 34 | 15265 | 15132 | 15824 |
Week 35 | 15234 | 15445 | 16005 |
Week 36 | 15343 | 15377 | 15950 |
Week 37 | 15311 | 15996 | 15945 |
Week 38 | 15143 | 15885 | 15944 |
Week 39 | 15228 | 15779 | 15912 |
Week 40 | 15251 | 15873 | 16134 |
Week 41 | 15433 | 16039 | 16176 |
Week 42 | 15481 | 16133 | 16171 |
Week 43 | 15743 | 16066 | 14185 |
Week 44 | 13488 | 13977 | 16149 |
Week 45 | 15373 | 16082 | 16389 |
Week 46 | 15730 | 16220 | 16464 |
Week 47 | 15306 | 16285 | 16533 |
Week 48 | 15520 | 15903 | 16786 |
Week 49 | 16320 | 16974 | |
Week 50 | 16000 | 17389 | |
Week 51 | 16195 | 17515 | |
Week 52 | 4882 | 9307 | |
Week 53 | 5759 |
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