End of August car traffic volumes in Dublin were 3% lower than the same week in 2019.
Public transport journeys remained below pre-COVID-19 levels.
There were 13 fatalities on Irish roads in August 2022 compared with 22 in the same month in 2021.
The number of new cars licensed in August 2022 increased by 379 (4%) vehicles compared with August 2021.
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (13 September 2022) published its latest Transport Bulletin. This bulletin captures changing traffic volumes and the number of journeys taken on public transport. This bulletin is compiled using data collected by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the Road Safety Authority, the National Transport Authority, Dublin City Council, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, and the Department of Transport.
The bulletin shows that traffic count data have increased since the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions but remained only slightly below 2019 figures (pre-pandemic).
Commenting on this latest bulletin, Dr Nele van der Wielen, Statistician in the Transport Division, said: “In August 2022, car traffic volumes in Dublin nearly returned to pre-COVID-19 pandemic counts. For the week beginning 22 August 2022 (week 34), car traffic volumes were only 3% lower than in the same week in 2019.
There were 8,942 new private cars and 4,390 used (imported) private cars licensed in August 2022. Compared with August 2021, this was an increase of 4% for new private cars and a fall of 16% for used private cars.”