Back to Top

 Skip navigation

Fuel, Vehicles and Safety

Public Transport usage in September continued to exceed pre-pandemic numbers

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

After October 2023 we will no longer be publishing the Transport Bulletin in the current format. Going forward the data will be available on the Transport Dashboard which we will be launching shortly.

Fuel Excise Clearances

Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners

At 325 million litres, clearances of autodiesel in August 2023, were 7.3% higher than in August 2022.

At 97 million litres, clearances of petrol in August 2023, were 19% higher than in August 2022.

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

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, August 2019 to 2023
Table 2.1 Monthly excise clearances of autodiesel and unleaded petrol, August 2019 to 2023

Vehicles Licensed

Source: Department of Transport

There were 6,882 new private cars and 4,232 used (imported) private cars licensed in September 2023. Compared with September 2022, there was a decrease of 9% for new private cars and a decline of 3% for used private cars.

See full release: Vehicles Licensed 

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

Road Fatalities

Source: Road Safety Authority

There were 9 fatalities on Irish roads in September 2023 compared with 10 in September 2022 and 11 in September 2021.

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”.

Why you can Trust the CSO

Learn about our data and confidentiality safeguards, and the steps we take to produce statistics that can be trusted by all.