Source: Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Following the re-introduction of Level 5 restrictions on 27 December 2020, car traffic volumes dropped significantly at the beginning of this year. However, in line with the gradual lifting of travel restrictions car traffic volumes increased over the first half of 2021. Latest available data for week 35 (week beginning 30 August) show that car traffic volumes were 95.2% higher in Dublin and 112.3% higher in selected regional sites compared with week 1 of this year.
Comparing the latest available data for week 35 to the same week in 2020 shows that the traffic volume of private cars was 13.5% higher in the Dublin sites. Car traffic volumes continue to remain below 2019 levels but the gap between 2021 and 2019 figures is gradually declining. Comparing week 35 with the same week in 2019 shows that car traffic volumes in Dublin were still 10.2% lower in 2021, however, in week 1 of 2021 car traffic volumes in Dublin were 41.2% lower than in week 1 of 2019.
A similar trend is shown when looking at the selected regional sites. The volume of private cars in the regional locations was 4.9% higher in week 35 of 2021 than it was in week 35 of 2020. Car traffic volumes were still 12.0% lower than in week 35 of 2019. However, in week 1 of 2021 regional traffic count volumes were 47.5% below 2019 levels. See table 1.1, figure 1.1 and figure 1.2.
The impact on HGV traffic of COVID-19 restrictions has not been as pronounced as for cars. In August 2021 HGV traffic volumes in both regional and Dublin locations have been mostly above 2020 levels. The latest data available (for week beginning 30 August) show that HGV traffic volumes are 3.2% higher in Dublin and 3.6% higher in regional sites compared with the same week in 2020. See table 1.2, figure 1.3 and figure 1.4.
X-axis label | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | 463064 | 459023 | 272255 |
Week 2 | 534609 | 535401 | 255928 |
Week 3 | 549470 | 546354 | 258384 |
Week 4 | 550892 | 556012 | 265613 |
Week 5 | 543468 | 563146 | 274482 |
Week 6 | 551850 | 551737 | 274363 |
Week 7 | 567892 | 547994 | 292400 |
Week 8 | 575255 | 566784 | 304825 |
Week 9 | 569793 | 560278 | 319482 |
Week 10 | 570752 | 563919 | 333343 |
Week 11 | 546053 | 483016 | 302788 |
Week 12 | 559722 | 327382 | 338888 |
Week 13 | 592217 | 248058 | 327226 |
Week 14 | 579543 | 143557 | 317690 |
Week 15 | 583124 | 134308 | 398787 |
Week 16 | 560245 | 134401 | 411255 |
Week 17 | 564764 | 155938 | 414958 |
Week 18 | 580301 | 159169 | 397630 |
Week 19 | 569762 | 169694 | 460196 |
Week 20 | 594815 | 200968 | 476938 |
Week 21 | 603575 | 263438 | 497019 |
Week 22 | 587534 | 286726 | 503412 |
Week 23 | 572720 | 289055 | 500566 |
Week 24 | 595508 | 369887 | 513231 |
Week 25 | 593055 | 397286 | 512834 |
Week 26 | 601581 | 413348 | 515383 |
Week 27 | 590467 | 449555 | 507907 |
Week 28 | 587003 | 463106 | 526467 |
Week 29 | 584356 | 471550 | 534571 |
Week 30 | 588741 | 473671 | 515382 |
Week 31 | 579020 | 476103 | 504869 |
Week 32 | 564465 | 467430 | 524890 |
Week 33 | 588621 | 463641 | 531446 |
Week 34 | 599607 | 459846 | 549047 |
Week 35 | 591575 | 468215 | 531509 |
Week 36 | 592419 | 474557 | |
Week 37 | 588597 | 477994 | |
Week 38 | 586374 | 451770 | |
Week 39 | 588882 | 420403 | |
Week 40 | 572375 | 417913 | |
Week 41 | 587243 | 388453 | |
Week 42 | 580936 | 380446 | |
Week 43 | 583163 | 338897 | |
Week 44 | 561316 | 279363 | |
Week 45 | 577276 | 334772 | |
Week 46 | 579190 | 346055 | |
Week 47 | 572909 | 354476 | |
Week 48 | 578130 | 364810 | |
Week 49 | 579484 | 427251 | |
Week 50 | 583247 | 451974 | |
Week 51 | 585770 | 491375 | |
Week 52 | 423282 | 376254 | |
Week 53 | 235248 |
X-axis label | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | 158311 | 158687 | 83185 |
Week 2 | 173232 | 175814 | 80500 |
Week 3 | 180472 | 179424 | 82449 |
Week 4 | 180047 | 187680 | 85048 |
Week 5 | 172015 | 187774 | 89064 |
Week 6 | 183723 | 183195 | 88159 |
Week 7 | 186751 | 180801 | 95426 |
Week 8 | 192191 | 195377 | 98451 |
Week 9 | 185374 | 185090 | 103837 |
Week 10 | 184850 | 190970 | 108629 |
Week 11 | 179990 | 160181 | 99825 |
Week 12 | 186557 | 101789 | 110154 |
Week 13 | 194924 | 80749 | 106975 |
Week 14 | 191457 | 47243 | 106651 |
Week 15 | 191186 | 44648 | 129277 |
Week 16 | 189240 | 43828 | 131971 |
Week 17 | 192476 | 50869 | 133817 |
Week 18 | 194851 | 52442 | 128842 |
Week 19 | 191255 | 55070 | 152039 |
Week 20 | 196349 | 65547 | 159748 |
Week 21 | 196073 | 86890 | 162685 |
Week 22 | 197118 | 92619 | 171880 |
Week 23 | 191441 | 94805 | 174218 |
Week 24 | 196687 | 118789 | 173329 |
Week 25 | 195671 | 128712 | 175527 |
Week 26 | 198187 | 135411 | 179058 |
Week 27 | 199642 | 155568 | 179929 |
Week 28 | 199348 | 162178 | 185055 |
Week 29 | 197061 | 166790 | 185627 |
Week 30 | 202725 | 169314 | 182335 |
Week 31 | 199496 | 173011 | 183001 |
Week 32 | 197696 | 172145 | 184203 |
Week 33 | 203866 | 168549 | 188659 |
Week 34 | 206511 | 165222 | 190594 |
Week 35 | 200630 | 168301 | 176614 |
Week 36 | 199271 | 165670 | |
Week 37 | 201263 | 167122 | |
Week 38 | 199879 | 167668 | |
Week 39 | 198275 | 158986 | |
Week 40 | 190430 | 153341 | |
Week 41 | 197228 | 136574 | |
Week 42 | 192724 | 130745 | |
Week 43 | 196678 | 111940 | |
Week 44 | 192738 | 89263 | |
Week 45 | 194668 | 108262 | |
Week 46 | 195621 | 112432 | |
Week 47 | 195203 | 115487 | |
Week 48 | 197541 | 119023 | |
Week 49 | 193350 | 142709 | |
Week 50 | 194046 | 149927 | |
Week 51 | 195796 | 164733 | |
Week 52 | 140418 | 126966 | |
Week 53 | 81881 |
X-axis label | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | 23838 | 21007 | 37827 |
Week 2 | 38353 | 42054 | 35905 |
Week 3 | 39973 | 43727 | 36698 |
Week 4 | 40314 | 44415 | 37463 |
Week 5 | 40709 | 44479 | 38621 |
Week 6 | 40682 | 44839 | 38444 |
Week 7 | 41778 | 43672 | 39031 |
Week 8 | 41783 | 44516 | 39375 |
Week 9 | 42588 | 44497 | 41836 |
Week 10 | 42979 | 46362 | 41981 |
Week 11 | 41785 | 47411 | 37885 |
Week 12 | 38313 | 40137 | 43558 |
Week 13 | 43440 | 44447 | 41840 |
Week 14 | 43310 | 28099 | 37786 |
Week 15 | 42998 | 25812 | 45445 |
Week 16 | 40096 | 23460 | 46328 |
Week 17 | 35429 | 27389 | 46462 |
Week 18 | 42366 | 28668 | 40408 |
Week 19 | 37060 | 26065 | 46449 |
Week 20 | 42644 | 30139 | 46268 |
Week 21 | 42946 | 38828 | 46158 |
Week 22 | 42419 | 41753 | 46647 |
Week 23 | 38651 | 38104 | 41210 |
Week 24 | 43891 | 43727 | 46322 |
Week 25 | 44160 | 43846 | 45761 |
Week 26 | 43695 | 44004 | 45649 |
Week 27 | 43422 | 45038 | 46107 |
Week 28 | 42534 | 44822 | 45397 |
Week 29 | 42507 | 44049 | 44981 |
Week 30 | 41604 | 44327 | 43547 |
Week 31 | 40527 | 43459 | 38145 |
Week 32 | 37706 | 38129 | 44557 |
Week 33 | 42592 | 43811 | 44647 |
Week 34 | 42878 | 43282 | 44654 |
Week 35 | 43586 | 43934 | 45329 |
Week 36 | 44461 | 44803 | |
Week 37 | 44727 | 45076 | |
Week 38 | 44917 | 46214 | |
Week 39 | 45197 | 46030 | |
Week 40 | 44118 | 46474 | |
Week 41 | 44632 | 45906 | |
Week 42 | 44899 | 46591 | |
Week 43 | 45342 | 46845 | |
Week 44 | 39478 | 41479 | |
Week 45 | 43402 | 46947 | |
Week 46 | 43796 | 46837 | |
Week 47 | 42971 | 47281 | |
Week 48 | 43419 | 48101 | |
Week 49 | 44217 | 48718 | |
Week 50 | 44302 | 49328 | |
Week 51 | 45311 | 50049 | |
Week 52 | 13757 | 25598 | |
Week 53 | 15878 |
X-axis label | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | 8869 | 7676 | 13374 |
Week 2 | 14282 | 14148 | 13761 |
Week 3 | 14646 | 14236 | 13799 |
Week 4 | 14251 | 14918 | 14094 |
Week 5 | 14171 | 15038 | 14553 |
Week 6 | 14617 | 15084 | 14612 |
Week 7 | 14756 | 14686 | 14476 |
Week 8 | 14727 | 15090 | 14672 |
Week 9 | 15125 | 15032 | 15436 |
Week 10 | 15260 | 15651 | 15222 |
Week 11 | 15170 | 15966 | 13867 |
Week 12 | 13812 | 13854 | 15774 |
Week 13 | 15902 | 15147 | 15453 |
Week 14 | 15818 | 11202 | 13836 |
Week 15 | 15827 | 10674 | 16280 |
Week 16 | 14946 | 9523 | 16345 |
Week 17 | 13381 | 11187 | 16579 |
Week 18 | 15685 | 11414 | 14643 |
Week 19 | 13975 | 10430 | 16748 |
Week 20 | 15741 | 12092 | 16371 |
Week 21 | 15605 | 13617 | 16443 |
Week 22 | 15711 | 14151 | 16796 |
Week 23 | 14022 | 13070 | 14626 |
Week 24 | 15891 | 15152 | 16269 |
Week 25 | 15783 | 15319 | 16297 |
Week 26 | 15605 | 15378 | 16114 |
Week 27 | 15716 | 15500 | 16092 |
Week 28 | 15630 | 15785 | 15997 |
Week 29 | 15651 | 15904 | 15813 |
Week 30 | 15382 | 15899 | 15406 |
Week 31 | 14837 | 15345 | 13551 |
Week 32 | 13487 | 13485 | 15669 |
Week 33 | 15196 | 15506 | 15908 |
Week 34 | 15265 | 15132 | 15824 |
Week 35 | 15234 | 15445 | 16005 |
Week 36 | 15343 | 15377 | |
Week 37 | 15311 | 15996 | |
Week 38 | 15143 | 15885 | |
Week 39 | 15228 | 15779 | |
Week 40 | 15251 | 15873 | |
Week 41 | 15433 | 16039 | |
Week 42 | 15481 | 16133 | |
Week 43 | 15743 | 16066 | |
Week 44 | 13488 | 13977 | |
Week 45 | 15373 | 16082 | |
Week 46 | 15730 | 16220 | |
Week 47 | 15306 | 16285 | |
Week 48 | 15520 | 15903 | |
Week 49 | 16320 | 16974 | |
Week 50 | 16000 | 17389 | |
Week 51 | 16195 | 17515 | |
Week 52 | 4882 | 9307 | |
Week 53 | 5759 |
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