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CSO statistical publication, 30 November 2022, 11am

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Vehicle Licensing and Registrations

TEA11: Number of mechanically propelled vehicles under current licence by taxation class as at 31 December
TTA01: Number of mechanically propelled vehicles by taxation class and licensing authority as at 31 December
TEA02: Vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class
TEA15: Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class and body type
TEA17: Number of new vehicles licensed for the first time by taxation class and type of fuel
TEA29: Number of private cars licensed for the first time by make, engine size, licensing authority and CO2 emission band
TEA22: Number of motor cycles licensed for the first time by engine size, make and licensing authority
TEA23: Number of tractors licensed for the first time by licensing authority and make
TEA19: Number of goods vehicles licensed for the first time by make, unladen weight and licensing authority
TEA20: Number of other vehicles licensed for the first time by road tax class, make and licensing authority
RTA01: Value profile of new cars registered
RTA02: Age profile of used (imported) cars registered

Driver and Vehicle Testing

Penalty Points

Table 3.1 Key figures for penalty point endorsement notices, 2020 and 2021

Table 3.2 Number of penalty points recorded by county at 31 December 2020 and 2021

Table 3.3 Top 20 penalty point endorsement notices issued, 2020 and 2021

Table 3.4 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued by gender and county, 2021

Table 3.5 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued by gender, 2015 - 2021

Table 3.6 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued by gender and age, 2021

Table 3.7 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued to males by offence type and age group, 2021

Table 3.7 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued to males by offence type and age group, 2021
Offence description	Age (years)
Offence description	Under 21	21-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-65	66 and over	Total	%
Speeding	2,405	8,008	8,495	21,210	22,875	21,958	8,079	93,030	72.3%
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	241	1,166	1,654	4,749	4,068	2,901	564	15,343	11.9%
Driving without reasonable consideration	349	583	383	658	620	513	210	3,316	2.6%
Learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver	522	708	425	505	225	95	9	2,489	1.9%
Fail to obey traffic lights	98	230	232	632	582	553	139	2,466	1.9%
Use vehicle without NCT certificate	53	222	203	551	523	391	94	2,037	1.6%
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M1 Vehicle	43	124	108	308	332	403	169	1,487	1.2%
Non-Display of L Plate (Learner Driver)	220	356	179	223	73	29	3	1,083	0.8%
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N1 Vehicle	5	42	56	179	183	243	102	810	0.6%
No insurance - (user)	46	158	113	204	152	95	17	785	0.6%
Cross continuous white line/broken white line	29	79	64	143	146	145	44	650	0.5%
Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	6	38	43	147	139	117	31	521	0.4%
Non-Display of N plate (Novice driver)	213	173	52	40	10	2	0	490	0.4%
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N3 Vehicle	0	6	26	96	137	169	36	470	0.4%
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N2 Vehicle	3	22	27	76	103	117	29	377	0.3%
Offence relating to Overtaking	22	42	42	72	69	61	16	324	0.3%
Driver Fail Restrain Child O/3 in Child Restraint	3	6	33	105	59	23	9	238	0.2%
Driver Fail ensure Passenger U/17 wear Safety Belt	8	14	15	56	81	37	11	222	0.2%
Entry to hatched marked area	6	21	11	42	58	53	21	212	0.2%
Bald/Not maintained/cause damage tyre-Right front wheel	14	22	22	53	38	26	7	182	0.1%
Other offence types	133	329	247	503	422	402	122	2,158	1.7%
Total issued	4,419	12,349	12,430	30,552	30,895	28,333	9,712	128,690	100.0
Source: Department of Transport

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2021 Table 3.7 (XLS 13KB)

Table 3.8 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued to females by offence type and age group, 2021

Table 3.8 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued to females by offence type and age group, 2021
Offence description	Age (years)
Offence description	Under 21	21-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-65	66 and over	Total	%
Speeding	694	3,288	4,295	12,649	14,920	13,435	4,084	53,365	82.2%
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	58	326	507	1,764	1,426	765	99	4,945	7.6%
Learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver	133	337	233	353	248	92	8	1,404	2.2%
Driving without reasonable consideration	46	125	91	225	220	170	83	960	1.5%
Use vehicle without NCT certificate	5	38	82	281	301	203	28	938	1.4%
Fail to obey traffic lights	21	63	68	204	200	192	43	791	1.2%
Non-Display of L Plate (Learner Driver)	30	111	129	134	89	53	2	548	0.8%
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M1 Vehicle	3	17	20	77	61	91	31	300	0.5%
No insurance - (user)	4	16	38	70	64	26	2	220	0.3%
Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	0	9	17	45	50	33	6	160	0.2%
Driver Fail Restrain Child O/3 in Child Restraint	2	6	31	67	34	11	2	153	0.2%
Cross continuous white line/broken white line	3	15	15	35	39	40	4	151	0.2%
Driver Fail ensure Passenger U/17 wear Safety Belt	0	4	20	60	43	11	1	139	0.2%
Non-Display of N plate (Novice driver)	17	34	17	9	3	1	0	81	0.1%
Driver Fail Restrain Child U/3 in Child Restraint	1	11	8	22	18	12	1	73	0.1%
Careless Driving	2	3	5	20	14	17	7	68	0.1%
Offence relating to Overtaking	1	10	5	10	18	14	0	58	0.1%
Entry to hatched marked area	2	6	5	13	13	9	0	48	0.1%
Bald/Not maintained/cause damage tyre-Right front wheel	1	2	9	17	10	6	1	46	0.1%
Dangerous driving reduced to careless driving	0	5	9	8	12	10	0	44	0.1%
Other offence types	14	38	35	96	111	88	21	403	0.6%
Total issued	1,037	4,464	5,639	16,159	17,894	15,279	4,423	64,895	100.0
Source: Department of Transport

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2021 Table 3.8 (XLS 13KB)

Table 3.9 Top 10 penalty point endorsement notices issued for males by county, 2021

Table 3.10 Top 10 penalty point endorsement notices issued for females by county, 2021

Table 3.11 Number of drivers by number of penalty points applied in 2021

Table 3.12 Number of drivers by cumulative number of penalty points and county at 31st December 2021

Table 3.12 Number of drivers by cumulative number of penalty points and county at 31st December 2021
	Number of Drivers
	1 P.P	2 P.P	3 P.P	4 P.P	5 P.P	6 P.P	7 P.P¹	8 P.P	9 P.P	10 P.P	11 P.P	12 P.P²	Total
Carlow	31	514	5,023	98	422	944	27	64	189	19	14	17	7,362
Cavan	32	611	5,904	88	542	912	22	72	144	17	19	12	8,375
Clare	42	775	10,200	117	774	1,817	36	128	318	30	40	27	14,304
Cork	245	3,294	40,869	720	3,291	6,646	154	435	987	108	115	113	56,977
Donegal	74	1,049	9,310	122	987	1,249	34	99	175	27	14	21	13,161
Dublin	1,674	9,587	77,891	2,049	8,021	12,473	400	902	1,945	300	208	231	115,681
Galway	133	1,444	20,671	340	1,831	3,408	66	202	504	67	52	54	28,772
Kerry	36	853	10,774	167	1,023	1,636	25	116	227	44	36	51	14,988
Kildare	132	1,976	18,119	368	1,549	3,138	58	217	548	64	53	47	26,269
Kilkenny	40	771	6,824	144	512	1,163	17	91	184	18	17	22	9,803
Laois	37	740	6,662	157	652	1,298	33	104	284	33	21	34	10,055
Leitrim	10	210	2,275	26	173	336	8	20	40	4	8	2	3,112
Limerick	111	1,343	14,779	299	1,718	2,531	48	189	366	60	49	45	21,538
Longford	17	456	3,324	81	490	564	22	69	101	17	18	15	5,174
Louth	89	883	7,505	159	755	1,096	28	62	169	23	24	19	10,812
Mayo	27	702	10,768	89	492	1,735	22	82	276	26	27	25	14,271
Meath	149	1,344	15,524	227	1,145	2,572	42	115	390	34	31	27	21,600
Monaghan	75	453	4,486	83	421	641	11	33	93	10	5	11	6,322
Offaly	19	594	7,088	117	621	1,313	24	84	232	25	24	28	10,169
Roscommon	21	486	5,158	79	434	859	18	65	137	12	15	10	7,294
Sligo	51	404	4,314	59	246	618	11	39	110	13	12	5	5,882
Tipperary	57	1,281	13,192	224	1,094	2,302	48	162	360	42	38	36	18,836
Waterford	48	1,125	8,810	196	821	1,608	47	129	296	32	27	45	13,184
Westmeath	37	633	7,409	118	725	1,297	32	116	200	26	28	26	10,647
Wexford	114	1,363	13,519	295	1,116	2,580	53	230	477	61	65	58	19,931
Wicklow	88	1,156	13,669	238	853	2,738	53	165	443	38	38	36	19,515
Foreign licence holder³	314	2,123	40,150	81	812	2,886	29	158	409	10	39	48	47,059
Unknown⁴	0	3	15	55	1,050	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1,126
Total	3,703	36,173	384,232	6,796	32,570	60,361	1,368	4,148	9,606	1,160	1,037	1,065	542,219
Source: Department of Transport
¹ Receipt of 7 points results in disqualification for six months for certain Novice and Learner Permit Drivers issued a licence since 01 August 2014.
² Receipt of 12 points results in disqualification for six months.
³ Drivers who produce a valid foreign licence and have an Irish address.
⁴ Unknown refers to non-resident drivers who pay on the spot penalty fines.

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2021 Table 3.12 (XLS 14KB)

Road Safety and Road Lengths

Road Traffic Volumes

Road Freight Transport

Aviation

Table 7.3 Top 10 arrivals and departures for main Irish airports by number of passengers, 2021

Table 7.6 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Dublin airport by number of passengers, 2021

Table 7.7 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Cork airport by number of passengers, 2021

Table 7.8 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Shannon airport by number of passengers, 2021

Table 7.9 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Knock airport by number of passengers, 2021

Table 7.10 Top 5 arrivals and departures for Kerry airport by number of passengers, 2021

Public Transport

Maritime

Small Public Service Vehicles

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Table 3.1 Key figures for penalty point endorsement notices, 2020 and 2021
Number and rate
Offence type	2020	2021	% Change 2020-2021
Male	118,413	128,690	9%
Female	59,502	64,895	9%
No gender recorded	20,674	22,966	11%
Total endorsement notices issued	198,589	216,551	9%
Sources: Department of Transport and Road Safety Authority

Table 3.2 Number of penalty points¹ recorded by county at 31 December 2020 and 2021
County	2020	2021	% Change 2020-2021
Carlow	8,383	7,362	-12%
Cavan	10,204	8,375	-18%
Clare	17,610	14,304	-19%
Cork	63,525	56,977	-10%
Donegal	14,302	13,161	-8%
Dublin	137,321	115,681	-16%
Galway	34,452	28,772	-16%
Kerry	17,951	14,988	-17%
Kildare	30,058	26,269	-13%
Kilkenny	11,584	9,803	-15%
Laois	11,925	10,055	-16%
Leitrim	3,502	3,112	-11%
Limerick	27,387	21,538	-21%
Longford	6,273	5,174	-18%
Louth	12,383	10,812	-13%
Mayo	16,557	14,271	-14%
Meath	25,374	21,600	-15%
Monaghan	7,322	6,322	-14%
Offaly	10,858	10,169	-6%
Roscommon	8,310	7,294	-12%
Sligo	6,812	5,882	-14%
Tipperary	20,425	18,836	-8%
Waterford	15,766	13,184	-16%
Westmeath	11,356	10,647	-6%
Wexford	24,433	19,931	-18%
Wicklow	22,346	19,515	-13%
Foreign licence holders²	54,553	47,059	-14%
Unknown³	809	1,126	39%
Total	631,781	542,219	-14%
Sources: Department of Transport and Road Safety Authority
¹ Penalty points are recorded on the offender’s driving licence and remain on the licence for a period of three years.
² Drivers who produce a valid foreign licence and have an Irish address.
³ Unknown refers to non-resident drivers who pay on the spot penalty fines.

Table 3.3 Top 20 penalty point endorsement notices issued, 2020 and 2021
Number and rate
Offence type	Penalty points on payment	Penalty points on conviction	2020	2021	% Change 2020-2021
Speeding	3	5	146,958	161,299	10%
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	3	5	21,143	22,152	5%
Driving without reasonable consideration	2	4	4,500	4,809	7%
Learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver	2	4	3,068	4,047	32%
Fail to obey traffic lights	3	5	3,553	3,586	1%
Use vehicle without NCT certificate	3	5	3,878	3,519	-9%
No insurance - (user)¹	n/a	5	2,420	3,311	37%
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M1 Vehicle	3	5	2,468	2,054	-17%
Non-Display of L Plate (Learner Driver)	2	4	1,284	1,716	34%
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N1 Vehicle	3	5	942	939	0%
Cross continuous white line/broken white line	3	5	846	884	4%
Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	1	3	738	729	-1%
Dangerous Driving Reduced to Careless Driving	3	5	442	659	49%
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N3 Vehicle	3	5	503	639	27%
Non-Display of N plate (Novice driver)	2	4	594	585	-2%
Careless Driving¹	n/a	5	465	578	24%
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N2 Vehicle	3	5	378	485	28%
Driver Fail Restrain Child O/3 in Child Restraint	3	5	525	453	-14%
Offence relating to Overtaking	3	5	383	446	16%
Driver Fail ensure Passenger U/17 wear Safety Belt	3	5	414	431	4%
Sources: Department of Transport and Road Safety Authority
¹ n/a-Mandatory court offence

Table 3.5 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued by gender and county, 2021
County	Female	Male	No gender recorded	Total
Carlow	1,064	2,236	91	3,391
Cavan	937	1,911	88	2,936
Clare	2,251	3,532	171	5,954
Cork	8,762	15,992	644	25,398
Donegal	1,456	3,414	200	5,070
Dublin	13,455	28,603	1,369	43,427
Galway	3,877	6,378	570	10,825
Kerry	1,837	3,753	253	5,843
Kildare	3,662	7,605	446	11,713
Kilkenny	1,278	2,632	90	4,000
Laois	1,433	3,100	140	4,673
Leitrim	407	777	24	1,208
Limerick	2,446	4,828	353	7,627
Longford	605	1,357	110	2,072
Louth	1,209	2,903	120	4,232
Mayo	1,588	3,232	70	4,890
Meath	2,589	5,674	200	8,463
Monaghan	700	1,504	83	2,287
Offaly	1,651	3,098	138	4,887
Roscommon	1,014	1,835	93	2,942
Sligo	800	1,461	35	2,296
Tipperary	2,966	5,563	204	8,733
Waterford	1,734	3,678	179	5,591
Westmeath	1,631	3,048	142	4,821
Wexford	2,649	5,283	195	8,127
Wicklow	2,894	5,293	140	8,327
Foreign licence holder¹			16,282	16,282
Unknown²			536	536
Total	64,895	128,690	22,966	216,551
Source: Department of Transport
¹ Drivers who produce a valid foreign licence and have an Irish address.
² Unknown refers to non-resident drivers who pay on the spot penalty fines.

Table 3.6 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued by gender and age, 2021
Age profile	Female	Male	No gender recorded	Total	% of total
Under 21	1,037	4,419		5,456	3%
21 to 25	4,464	12,349		16,813	8%
26 to 30	5,639	12,430		18,069	8%
31 to 35	7,282	14,365		21,647	10%
36 to 40	8,877	16,187		25,064	12%
41 to 45	9,366	16,423		25,789	12%
46 to 50	8,528	14,472		23,000	11%
51 to 55	7,046	11,988		19,034	9%
56 to 60	5,009	9,513		14,522	7%
61 to 65	3,224	6,832		10,056	5%
over 65	4,423	9,712		14,135	7%
Date of birth not recorded			22,966	22,966	11%
Total	64,895	128,690	22,966	216,551	100.0
Source: Department of Transport

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Table 3.9 Top 10 penalty point endorsement notices issued for males by county, 2021
Number
County	Total no. of penalty point endorsement notices issued	Speeding	Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	Driving without reasonable consideration	Learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver	Fail to obey traffic lights	Use vehicle without NCT certificate	Adult failing to wear safety belt cat. M1 vehicle	Non-display of L Plate (learner driver)	Adult failing to wear safety belt cat. N1 vehicle	No insurance - (user)
Carlow	2,236	1,474	394	58	43	11	24	43	29	40	10
Cavan	1,911	1,412	155	48	40	16	61	17	24	10	16
Clare	3,532	2,856	338	55	14	20	33	32	7	23	30
Cork	15,992	12,264	1,643	301	300	251	238	154	98	41	117
Donegal	3,414	2,333	432	159	70	23	30	46	18	48	37
Dublin	28,603	20,701	2,488	756	785	1,280	562	187	327	71	137
Galway	6,378	4,751	662	184	79	94	93	70	53	45	37
Kerry	3,753	2,538	675	91	29	34	38	75	16	34	17
Kildare	7,605	5,332	1,115	226	118	122	129	101	78	71	49
Kilkenny	2,632	1,711	498	60	42	29	45	57	25	19	4
Laois	3,100	1,990	555	81	95	19	63	58	37	52	9
Leitrim	777	577	82	23	10	4	8	14	5	5	14
Limerick	4,828	3,503	563	117	66	69	102	75	40	45	19
Longford	1,357	920	142	55	26	23	16	10	13	10	43
Louth	2,903	2,048	395	80	50	68	47	18	19	14	15
Mayo	3,232	2,259	571	86	37	24	26	17	12	4	16
Meath	5,674	4,006	894	129	89	95	91	58	43	22	30
Monaghan	1,504	1,075	162	35	24	16	23	18	5	7	7
Offaly	3,098	2,235	373	64	70	34	52	66	25	39	19
Roscommon	1,835	1,343	204	63	26	9	29	13	13	10	15
Sligo	1,461	1,137	155	30	13	12	18	8	8	5	7
Tipperary	5,563	4,100	663	154	116	34	77	75	59	12	27
Waterford	3,678	2,407	599	151	83	57	54	43	32	34	21
Westmeath	3,048	2,257	365	81	46	21	39	64	14	13	32
Wexford	5,283	3,686	755	111	124	28	72	111	50	86	34
Wicklow	5,293	4,115	465	118	94	73	67	57	33	50	23
Total	128,690	93,030	15,343	3,316	2,489	2,466	2,037	1,487	1,083	810	785
Source: Department of Transport

Table 7.6 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Dublin airport by number of passengers, 2021
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Heathrow	192,584	211,427	404,011
Amsterdam - Schiphol	203,191	193,989	397,180
London - Gatwick	161,070	159,029	320,099
London - Stansted	152,534	156,774	309,308
Manchester	123,433	128,136	251,569
Malaga/Costa del Sol	121,163	122,123	243,286
Paris - Charles De Gaulle	108,680	111,708	220,388
Frankfurt - main	107,929	105,378	213,307
Faro	93,239	92,407	185,646
Birmingham	91,022	93,939	184,961
Source: CSO

Table 7.7 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Cork airport by number of passengers, 2021
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Heathrow	25,308	26,861	52,169
London - Stansted	19,942	20,542	40,484
Amsterdam - Schiphol	16,718	15,394	32,112
London - Luton	9,340	8,291	17,631
Malaga/Costa del Sol	7,956	8,796	16,752
Faro	4,935	5,168	10,103
Liverpool	4,892	4,963	9,855
Alicante	4,604	4,996	9,600
Wroclaw/Strachowice	3,825	4,337	8,162
Palma de Mallorca	3,230	3,205	6,435
Source: CSO

Table 7.8 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Shannon airport by number of passengers, 2021
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Stansted	32,311	31,313	63,624
London - Gatwick	17,361	16,436	33,797
London - Heathrow	11,737	12,313	24,050
Krakow/Balice	8,425	9,194	17,619
Manchester	8,779	8,558	17,337
Wroclaw/Strachowice	7,987	8,557	16,544
Warszawa/Modlin	7,537	7,650	15,187
Malaga/Costa del Sol	7,520	7,663	15,183
Lanzarote	7,230	7,920	15,150
Alicante	7,506	7,436	14,942
Source: CSO

Table 7.9 Top 10 arrivals and departures for Knock airport by numberof passengers, 2021
Route	Arrivals	Departures	Total
London - Luton	18,717	18,812	37,529
London - Stansted	17,401	18,617	36,018
Liverpool - John Lennon	14,744	15,136	29,880
East Midlands	6,131	5,991	12,122
Faro	5,295	5,414	10,709
Bristol	5,095	5,305	10,400
Alicante	4,488	4,560	9,048
Manchester	4,086	4,143	8,229
Edinburgh	3,020	3,167	6,187
Malaga/Costa del Sol	2,957	2,771	5,728
Source: CSO