Fuel excise clearances
Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners
The Revenue Commissioners collect statistics on the volumes of fuel clearances covered by excise taxes. Clearances reflect the excise duties paid on oil removed from tax warehouses. Clearances data provide a proxy for sales and the associated level of consumption but do not reflect actual consumption per se.
Clearances of autodiesel in June 2021 were 2% higher than in June 2019. The June 2021 autodiesel figure is the highest June figure in the 2000-2021 time series and was 23% higher than the level in June 2020.
There was a large increase of 36% for clearances of petrol in June 2021 compared with the levels in June 2020. June 2021 petrol clearance volumes were 9% below June 2019. See table 2.1 and figure 2.1.
See full release Fuel Excise Clearances June 2021.
Autodiesel 2019 | Autodiesel 2020 | Autodiesel 2021 | Petrol 2019 | Petrol 2020 | Petrol 2021 | |
January | 292 | 298 | 197 | 83 | 79 | 38 |
February | 281 | 295 | 213 | 78 | 77 | 42 |
March | 308 | 281 | 262 | 88 | 68 | 56 |
April | 312 | 139 | 273 | 91 | 25 | 65 |
May | 325 | 198 | 290 | 93 | 47 | 70 |
June | 298 | 248 | 304 | 87 | 58 | 79 |
July | 316 | 297 | 0 | 92 | 78 | |
August | 308 | 283 | 0 | 90 | 76 | |
September | 308 | 300 | 0 | 87 | 77 | |
October | 323 | 280 | 0 | 87 | 62 | |
November | 316 | 262 | 0 | 84 | 53 | |
December | 293 | 286 | 0 | 83 | 72 |
Vehicles Licensed
Source: Department of Transport
In July 2021, 20,232 new private cars were licensed in Ireland, compared with 15,329 in July 2020, an increase of 32.0%. This compares with 18,741 new private cars licensed in July 2019.
In addition, the number of used (imported) private cars licensed fell from 8,275 in July 2020 to 5,590 in July 2021. The number of used (imported) private cars licensed is still 3,613 vehicles lower in July 2021 than in July 2019.
Looking at the first seven months of 2021, a total of 80,055 new private cars were licensed, an increase of 24.1% compared with the same period last year. The number of used (imported) private cars licensed increased by 30.7% compared with the same period in 2020. See Vehicles licensed for the first time July 2021.
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
January | 22279 | 20665 | 16948 |
February | 14178 | 13263 | 11672 |
March | 14404 | 10239 | 10672 |
April | 13794 | 1338 | 8214 |
May | 9126 | 1490 | 7337 |
June | 3858 | 2189 | 4980 |
July | 18741 | 15329 | 20232 |
August | 7202 | 7360 | |
September | 4104 | 5747 | |
October | 3214 | 4189 | |
November | 1676 | 1468 | |
December | 729 | 1032 |
Road Fatalities
Source: Road Safety Authority
There were 75 fatalities on Irish roads in the first seven months of 2021 compared with 81 in the same period in 2020, a drop of 7.4%. In July 2021 there were 17 fatalities on Irish roads compared with 10 in July 2020.
Note: data is provisional.
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