Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Annual clearances of autodiesel for 2022, at around 3.6 billion litres, saw an increase of 6% on 2021 but a decrease of 2.5% on 2019. Annual clearances of unleaded petrol for 2022, at 931 million litres, were 13% higher than in 2021 but 11% lower than in 2019.
More detailed information can be found in the full release: Fuel Excise Clearances December 2022
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.
Source: Department of Transport
There were 16,787 new private cars and 3,362 used (imported) private cars licensed in January 2023. Compared with January 2022, there was an increase of 6% for new private cars and a decrease of 9% for used private cars.
See full release: Vehicles licensed for the first time January 2023
Source: Road Safety Authority
There were 18 fatalities on Irish roads in January 2023 compared with 14 in the same month in 2022.
Note: Data is provisional.
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