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Fuel, Vehicles and Safety

The number of new cars licensed increased by 1,810 vehicles compared with June 2022

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Fuel Excise Clearances

Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners

At 342 million litres, clearances of autodiesel in May 2023, were 9% higher than in May 2022 and 5% higher than May 2019.

At 98 million litres, clearances of petrol in May 2023 were 18% higher than in May 2022 and were 5% higher than in May 2019.

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

Vehicles Licensed

Source: Department of Transport

There were 5,584 new private cars and 4,107 used (imported) private cars licensed in June 2023. Compared with June 2022, there was an increase of 48% for new private cars while used private cars were up 4%.

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

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

Road Fatalities

Source: Road Safety Authority

There were 11 fatalities on Irish roads in June 2023 compared with 13 in June 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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