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Fuel excise clearances

Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners

The Revenue Commissioners collect statistics on the volumes of fuel clearances covered by excise taxes. Clearances reflect the excise duties paid on oil removed from tax warehouses. Clearances data provide a proxy for sales and the associated level of consumption but do not reflect actual consumption per se.

Clearances of autodiesel in November 2021 were 17.9% higher than in November 2020 and 2.1% lower than in November 2019.

There was an increase of 39.7% for clearances of petrol in November 2021 compared with the level in November 2020. November 2021 petrol clearance volumes were 12.9% below November 2019. See table 2.1 and figure 2.1.

See full release Fuel excise clearances November 2021.

	Autodiesel 2019	Autodiesel 2020	Autodiesel 2021	Petrol 2019	Petrol 2020	Petrol 2021
January	292	298	197	83	79	38
February	281	295	213	78	77	42
March	308	281	262	88	68	56
April	312	139	273	91	25	65
May	325	198	290	93	47	70
June	298	248	304	87	58	79
July	316	297	313	92	78	83
August	308	283	297	90	76	78
September	308	300	310	87	77	80
October	323	280	336	87	62	84
November	316	262	309	84	53	73
December	293	286	0	83	72

Table 2.1 Monthly excise clearances of autodiesel and unleaded petrol (million litres)

Vehicles Licensed

Source: Department of Transport

In 2021, 101,853 new private cars were licensed for the first time, an increase of 20.8% compared with the previous year.

In addition, the number of used (imported) private cars licensed fell by 13.4% to 68,042 in 2021 compared with 78,541 in 2020.

In December 2021, 832 new private cars were licensed for the first time, a decrease of 19.4% compared with December 2020. The number of used (imported) private cars licensed fell by 62.0% compared with the same period in 2020. See table 2.2 and figure 2.2.

See full release Vehicles licensed for the first time December and Year 2021.

	2019	2020	2021
January	22279	20665	16948
February	14178	13263	11672
March	14404	10239	10672
April	13794	1338	8214
May	9126	1490	7337
June	3858	2189	4980
July	18741	15329	20232
August	7202	7360	8563
September	4104	5747	6354
October	3214	4189	3882
November	1676	1468	2167
December	729	1032	832

Table 2.2 Number of private cars licensed for the first time

Road Fatalities

Source: Road Safety Authority

There were 134 fatalities on Irish roads in 2021 compared with 146 in 2020, a decrease of 8.2%. In December 2021, there were 18 fatalities on Irish roads compared with 8 in December 2020. See table 2.3.

Note: data is provisional.

Table 2.3 Number of road fatalities per month

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Table 2.2 Number of private cars licensed for the first time
Month	New private cars				Used/imported private cars						All private cars
Month	2019	2020	2021	Change	2019	2020	2021	Change	2019	2020	2021	Change
January	22,279	20,665	16,948	-3,717	8,131	7,683	8,126	443	30,410	28,348	25,074	-3,274
February	14,178	13,263	11,672	-1,591	8,674	7,087	6,679	-408	22,852	20,350	18,351	-1,999
March	14,404	10,239	10,672	433	9,101	5,582	6,590	1,008	23,505	15,821	17,262	1,441
April	13,794	1,338	8,214	6,876	8,728	1,321	6,241	4,920	22,522	2,659	14,455	11,796
May	9,126	1,490	7,337	5,847	9,062	1,170	6,426	5,256	18,188	2,660	13,763	11,103
June	3,858	2,189	4,980	2,791	7,998	3,738	5,900	2,162	11,856	5,927	10,880	4,953
July	18,741	15,329	20,232	4,903	9,203	8,275	5,590	-2,685	27,944	23,604	25,822	2,218
August	7,202	7,360	8,563	1,203	9,320	8,032	5,219	-2,813	16,522	15,392	13,782	-1,610
September	4,104	5,747	6,354	607	9,868	9,300	5,056	-4,244	13,972	15,047	11,410	-3,637
October	3,214	4,189	3,882	-307	10,941	9,543	4,506	-5,037	14,155	13,732	8,388	-5,344
November	1,676	1,468	2,167	699	9,874	7,892	4,324	-3,568	11,550	9,360	6,491	-2,869
December	729	1,032	832	-200	7,995	8,918	3,385	-5,533	8,724	9,950	4,217	-5,733
Year to date	113,305	84,309	101,853	17,544	108,895	78,541	68,042	-10,499	222,200	162,850	169,895	7,045
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Table 2.1 Monthly excise clearances of autodiesel and unleaded petrol (million litres)
	Autodiesel				Unleaded petrol
Year	2019	2020	2021	2021-2019 % change	2019	2020	2021	2021-2019 % change
January	292	298	197	-32.5	83	79	38	-54.1
February	281	295	213	-24.0	78	77	42	-46.2
March	308	281	262	-15.0	88	68	56	-35.9
April	312	139	273	-12.5	91	25	65	-28.1
May	325	198	290	-10.6	93	47	70	-24.5
June	298	248	304	2.0	87	58	79	-9.2
July	316	297	313	-1.0	92	78	83	-10.0
August	308	283	297	-3.5	90	76	78	-12.5
September	308	300	310	-0.8	87	77	80	-7.7
October	323	280	336	3.9	87	62	84	-3.7
November	316	262	309	-2.1	84	53	73	-12.9
December	293	286			83	72
January to December	3,679	3,167			1,043	773
Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Table 2.3 Number of road fatalities per month
	2019¹	2020¹	2021¹
January	14	9	4
February	14	19	5
March	11	18	10
April	9	7	18
May	11	6	7
June	11	12	9
July	8	10	17
August	8	15	22
September	18	18	10
October	10	13	10
November	11	11	4
December	15	8	18
Total	140	146	134
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Data is provisional and subject to change