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Fuel, Vehicles and Safety

Car traffic volumes in Dublin in August had almost returned to pre-pandemic levels

CSO statistical release, , 11am

July 2022 autodiesel volumes down 5% on July 2021

Fuel excise clearances

Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Clearances of autodiesel in July 2022, at 296 million litres, were 5% lower than in July 2021 and matched that of July 2020. The July 2022 autodiesel clearances were also 6% lower than July 2019.

Clearances of petrol in July 2022, at 81 million litres, were 3% lower than in July 2021 and were 13% lower than July 2019.

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

See full release Vehicles licensed for the first time August 2022

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

Road Fatalities

Source: Road Safety Authority

There were 13 fatalities on Irish roads in August 2022 compared with 22 in the same month in 2021, 16 in 2020 and 8 in 2019.

Note: Data is provisional.

More detailed statistics can be found under “Data”.

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

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