Easter fuel cost burden for drivers

26/04/2011

Drivers are set to pay £2 more for every 100 miles travelled this Easter weekend compared with last year, according to the AA.

The rise comes with record fuel costs, the average pump prices now standing at 135.79p a litre for petrol and 141.99p for diesel.

Such rises are likely to be accompanied by drivers keeping a more wary eye on their budgets to allow for car insurance.

Petrol has risen 2.91p a litre since mid-March, and diesel 3.01p. But in the year since last Easter petrol rose 14.92p a litre and diesel 20.09p.

The AA added that compared with a year ago, a typical 50-litre tank refill now costs £7.46 more for petrol and £10.05 more for diesel. A two-car family is spending £31.68 a month more on petrol.

South East England and Northern Ireland are currently the most expensive places for petrol, with both regions averaging 136.3p a litre.

The most-expensive diesel is in Scotland at 142.8p a litre. Yorkshire and Humberside has the cheapest petrol, at 135.1p a litre on average, and it also has the least-expensive diesel, at 141.5p a litre.