Average cost of filling a tank of petrol hits £100 for first time

"Dark day today for drivers" as average price of petrol reaches record 182.3p

Average cost of filling a tank of petrol hits £100 for first time
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The average cost of filling a 55-litre family car has now passed the £100 mark, figures show.

Data firm Experian Catalist say the average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts reached a record 182.3p on Wednesday.

That was an increase of 1.6p compared with Tuesday, taking the average cost of filling a 55-litre family car to £100.27 — a day after prices jumped by the most in 17 years.

The average price of a litre of diesel on Wednesday was 188.1p.

RAC fuel spokesperson Simon Williams said: “It’s a truly dark day today for drivers with petrol now crossing the thoroughly depressing threshold of £100 a tank (£100.27p).

“A complete diesel fill-up now costs £103.43.

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“With average prices so high – 182.31p for a litre of unleaded and 188.05p for diesel – there’s almost certainly going to be upward inflationary pressure which is bad news for everybody.

“While fuel prices have been setting new records on a daily basis, households up and down the country may never have expected to see the cost of filling an average-sized family car reach three figures.

“With RAC research showing as many as eight-in-10 depend on their cars many must be wondering if any further financial support from the government will be forthcoming.

“March’s 5p fuel duty cut now looks paltry as wholesale petrol costs have already increased by five-times that amount since the Spring Statement (25p).

“A further duty cut or a temporary reduction in VAT would go a long way towards helping drivers, especially those on lower incomes who have no choice other than to drive.

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“It’s also important to remember that the government is still benefitting from the high fuel prices by taking around 30p in VAT from every litre sold.

“This compares to just 25p before Russia invaded Ukraine.

“On top of this the government is still collecting 53p fuel duty from every litre.

“Other price records were also unfortunately set on Wednesday as the average of a litre of unleaded at a supermarket jumped 2.5p to 175.91p while diesel increased by nearly 2p to 184.13p.

“As we expected, other supermarkets raised their prices yesterday in line with the increases made by Asda.”

1 Comment

  1. I am just an average thinker. The government intends to go electric with cars. That is fine, there are supposed to be 26,000,000 million cars at present. When all are electric there will be no revenue from road tax, and no revenue from petrol & diesel fuel. WHO is going to fund the roads?

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