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Fuel, Vehicles and Safety

Public transport usage continues to surpass pre-pandemic figures

Online ISSN: 2811-6151
CSO statistical release, , 11am

Fuel Excise Clearances

Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners

At 293 million litres, clearances of autodiesel in April 2023, were 4% lower than in April 2022 and 6% lower than April 2019.

At 82 million litres, clearances of petrol in April 2023 were 4% higher than in April 2022 but were 9% lower than in April 2019.

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

Vehicles Licensed

Source: Department of Transport

There were 10,452 new private cars and 4,323 used (imported) private cars licensed in May 2023. Compared with May 2022, there was an increase of 47% for new private cars while used private cars were up 7%.

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

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

Road Fatalities

Source: Road Safety Authority

There were 20 fatalities on Irish roads in May 2023 compared with 12 in May 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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