Petrol and diesel prices rise for record 40th consecutive day as rate of increase begins to slow
Petrol and diesel prices have risen every day for the past 40 days.
Diesel has set a new record for the longest run of consecutive daily price rises since 2015.
The national average petrol price today is 158.16p a litre, up 25.33p since 28 February, a rise of 19.1%.
Diesel has climbed from 142.38p to 191.31p over the same period, a rise of 48.93p or 34.4%.
Simon Williams, head of policy at the RAC, said the consecutive rise in diesel prices was a new record.
“For diesel this is a new record for consecutive daily prices rises since 2015 and for petrol it matches the run of rises seen at the end of June 2022,” he said.
“A full tank of diesel for a 55-litre family car is now £105.22, up £27 since the end of February.
“The cost for a similar petrol car is now £87, £14 more than it was before the conflict began,” he added.
Williams said the rate of increase had begun to ease after oil fell below $100 a barrel for two consecutive days.
“More positively, as we predicted earlier this week, the rate of price increases has slowed due to oil falling back below $100 for the last two days,” he said.
“This has reduced wholesale costs which should, if sustained, lead to the price of petrol coming down.
“So, as things stand, we really shouldn’t see unleaded rise any further for the time being and the record diesel price of 199p now shouldn’t be surpassed,” he added.
Across Flintshire, the Deeside.com fuel price tracker, which draws data from the GOV.UK Fuel Finder Scheme, shows prices running below the national average at several local stations.
The cheapest petrol in the area with a current price is 153.9p a litre at EG Mold, 4.5p below the national average, last reported on 7 April.
Dobshill Service Station is charging 157.9p, 0.5p below the national average, as of this morning.
The most expensive with recently submitted data is Asda Treffynnon in Holywell at 162.9p, last reported on 6 April.
Prices at some stations, including Shell forecourts in Northop and Northop Hall, have not been updated in more than five days and are shown on the tracker as potentially out of date.
Retail security firm VARS Technology has reported a 115% increase in incidents of aggressive or anti-social behaviour, or damage to fittings and stock, at forecourts since the beginning of March.
The company compared data from its facial recognition system at forecourt sites across the first two weeks of March with the last two weeks of February.
VARS said the same comparison at non-forecourt retail locations using the same technology showed no increase in reported incidents.
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