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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 July 2021 were 1.0% lower than in July 2019 and 5% higher than in July 2020.

There was an increase of nearly 7% for clearances of petrol in July 2021 compared with the levels in July 2020. July 2021 petrol clearance volumes were 10.0% below July 2019. See table 2.1 and figure 2.1.

See full release Fuel excise clearances July 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	313	92	78	83
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

Table 2.1 Monthly excise clearances of autodiesel and unleaded petrol (million litres)

Vehicles Licensed

Source: Department of Transport

In August 2021, 8,563 new private cars were licensed in Ireland, compared with 7,360 in August 2020 an increase of 16.3%. This compares with 7,202 new private cars licensed in August 2019.

In addition, the number of used (imported) private cars licensed fell from 8,032 in August 2020 to 5,219 in August 2021. The number of used (imported) private cars licensed is still 4,101 vehicles lower in August 2021 than in August 2019.

Looking at the first eight months of 2021, a total of 88,618 new private cars were licensed, an increase of 23.3% compared with the same period last year. The number of used (imported) private cars licensed increased by 18.4% compared with the same period in 2020. See table 2.2 and figure 2.2.

See full release Vehicles licensed for the first time August 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	8563
September	4104	5747
October	3214	4189
November	1676	1468
December	729	1032

Table 2.2 Number of private cars licensed for the first time

Road Fatalities

Source: Road Safety Authority

There were 99 fatalities on Irish roads in the first months of 2021 compared with 96 in the same period in 2020, an increase of 3.1%. In August 2021 there were 24 fatalities on Irish roads compared with 15 in August 2020. See table 2.3.

Note: data is provisional.

Table 2.3 Number of road fatalities per month

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Table 2.2 Number of private cars licensed for the first time
Month	New private cars				Used/imported private cars						All private cars
Month	2019	2020	2021	Change	2019	2020	2021	Change	2019	2020	2021	Change
January	22,279	20,665	16,948	-3,717	8,131	7,683	8,126	443	30,410	28,348	25,074	-3,274
February	14,178	13,263	11,672	-1,591	8,674	7,087	6,679	-408	22,852	20,350	18,351	-1,999
March	14,404	10,239	10,672	433	9,101	5,582	6,590	1,008	23,505	15,821	17,262	1,441
April	13,794	1,338	8,214	6,876	8,728	1,321	6,241	4,920	22,522	2,659	14,455	11,796
May	9,126	1,490	7,337	5,847	9,062	1,170	6,426	5,256	18,188	2,660	13,763	11,103
June	3,858	2,189	4,980	2,791	7,998	3,738	5,900	2,162	11,856	5,927	10,880	4,953
July	18,741	15,329	20,232	4,903	9,203	8,275	5,590	-2,685	27,944	23,604	25,822	2,218
August	7,202	7,360	8,563	1,203	9,320	8,032	5,219	-2,813	16,522	15,392	13,782	-1,610
September	4,104	5,747			9,868	9,300			13,972	15,047
October	3,214	4,189			10,941	9,543			14,155	13,732
November	1,676	1,468			9,874	7,892			11,550	9,360
December	729	1,032			7,995	8,918			8,724	9,950
Year to date	113,305	84,309	88,618		108,895	78,541	50,771		222,200	162,850	139,389
Source: CSO

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Table 2.1 Monthly excise clearances of autodiesel and unleaded petrol (million litres)
	Autodiesel				Unleaded petrol
Year	2019	2020	2021	2021-2019 % change	2019	2020	2021	2021-2019 % change
January	292	298	197	-32.5	83	79	38	-54.1
February	281	295	213	-24.0	78	77	42	-46.2
March	308	281	262	-15.0	88	68	56	-35.9
April	312	139	273	-12.5	91	25	65	-28.1
May	325	198	290	-10.6	93	47	70	-24.5
June	298	248	304	2.0	87	58	79	-9.2
July	316	297	313	-1.0	92	78	83	-10.0
August	308	283			90	76
September	308	300			87	77
October	323	280			87	62
November	316	262			84	53
December	293	286			83	72
January to December	3,679	3,167			1,043	773
Source: Office of the Revenue Commissioners

Table 2.3 Number of road fatalities per month
	2019¹	2020¹	2021¹
January	14	9	5
February	14	19	5
March	11	18	10
April	9	7	19
May	11	6	8
June	11	12	11
July	8	10	17
August	8	15	24
September	18	18
October	10	13
November	11	12
December	15	8
Total	140	147	99
Source: Road Safety Authority
¹ Data is provisional and subject to change