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Fuel, Vehicles and Safety

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Fuel Excise Clearances

Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners

At 83 million litres, clearances of petrol in March 2023 were 6% higher than in March 2022 but were 5% lower than in March 2019. At 313 million litres, clearances of autodiesel in March 2023 were 1% higher than in March 2022. This was the highest volume of autodiesel recorded for the month of March since records began in 2000.

More detailed information can be found in the full release: Fuel Excise Clearances March 2023

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

Vehicles Licensed

Source: Department of Transport

There were 11,277 new private cars and 4,145 used (imported) private cars licensed in April 2023. Compared with April 2022, there was an increase of 12% for new private cars while used private cars were up 10%.

See full release: Vehicles licensed for the first time April 2023

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

Road Fatalities

Source: Road Safety Authority

There were 12 fatalities on Irish roads in April 2023 compared with nine in April 2022.

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”.

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