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Fuel, Vehicles and Safety

Traffic count data in December 2022 remained slightly below 2019 figures

CSO statistical publication, , 11am

Fuel Excise Clearances

Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Clearances of petrol in November 2022, at 79 million litres, were 8% higher than in November 2021, but were 6% lower than November 2019. Clearances of autodiesel in November 2022, at 310 million litres, were 0.4% higher than in November 2021, and were 2% lower than November 2019.

More detailed information can be found in the full release: Fuel Excise Clearances November 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.

Figure 2.1 Fuel excise clearances, 2019 to 2022
Table 2.1 Monthly excise clearances of autodiesel and unleaded petrol, 2019 to 2022

Vehicles Licensed

Source: Department of Transport

There were 866 new private cars and 2,886 used (imported) private cars licensed in December 2022. Compared with December 2021, there was an increase of 4% for new private cars and a decrease of 15% for used private cars.

See full release: Vehicles licensed for the first time December 2022

 

Figure 2.2 Number of new and secondhand private cars licensed, 2019 to 2022

Road Fatalities

Source: Road Safety Authority

There were 15 fatalities on Irish roads in December 2022 compared with 19 in the same month in 2021, eight in 2020, and 15 in 2019.

Note: Data is provisional.

Table 2.2 Number of road fatalities per month, 2019 to 2022

Additional Data

More detailed statistics can be found under “Data”.

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