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Drivers told to hunt for cheapest fuel as Easter set to be busiest on UK roads since 2022

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 597 words · By Kalyeena Makortoff
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What to know about Drivers told to hunt for cheapest fuel as Easter set to be busiest on UK roads since 2022

Drivers are being urged to hunt for the cheapest petrol and “to fill up as usual” as UK travellers prepare to make 21.7m journeys on what is expected to be the busiest Easter on the roads in four years.

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What happened

Drivers are being urged to hunt for the cheapest petrol and “to fill up as usual” as UK travellers prepare to make 21.7m journeys on what is expected to be the busiest Easter on the roads in four years.

Why it matters

The average price of a litre of unleaded petrol rose by 20p from 132.83p on 1 March to 152.83p by the end of the month, raising concerns about the cost of filling up for Easter journeys, as rising oil prices triggered by the US-Israel war with Iran translated…

Common ground

It was the fastest monthly price rise for petrol on record, according to new data released by the motoring services company RAC, surpassing the previous all-time biggest monthly increase of 16.6p recorded in June 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The average price of a litre of unleaded petrol rose by 20p from 132.83p on 1 March to 152.83p by the end of the month.”
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Wikipedia entries about March, Cambridgeshire, and SNL UK contain no data about petrol prices or March 2024 fuel cost trends.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — March is the the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — March is a Fenland market town and civil parish in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England. It was the county town of the Isle of Ely which was a separate administrative county from 1889 to 19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March,_Cambridgeshire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saturday Night Live UK (SNL UK) is a British live sketch comedy variety show that premiered on Sky One on 21 March 2026. Based on the original American version of the series, it features an ensemble c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_UK
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Claim 2: “The previous all-time biggest monthly increase of 16.6p recorded in June 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
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No evidence found in any source to support or refute the claim about June 2022 petrol price increases.
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Claim 3: “easyJet preparing for its busiest Easter getaway yet, reporting it would run 16,000 flights from UK airports during the two-week school break.”
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No evidence found in any source to support or refute the easyJet flight operation claims.
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Claim 4: “National Highways are planning to temporarily suspend 1,500 miles of roadworks from motorways and major A-roads in England between Thursday and Easter Monday.”
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No evidence found in any source to support or refute the claim about National Highways roadwork suspensions.
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Claim 5: “The EU’s Entry Exit System requires those from third-party countries such as the UK to have their photograph and fingerprints taken in order to enter the Schengen area.”
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Claim 6: “Abta estimating that 2 million people from the UK will travel overseas this weekend.”
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No evidence found in any source to support or refute the Abta overseas travel estimate.
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Claim 7: “Traffic is predicted to peak on Thursday, when many schools break up for the holiday.”
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No evidence found in any source to support or refute the traffic peak prediction claims.
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Claim 8: “The AA said that just over half of travellers expect to travel under 50 miles this weekend.”
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Claim 9: “It was the fastest monthly price rise for petrol on record, according to new data released by the motoring services company RAC.”
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Wikipedia entries about March on Washington, RAC (musician), and Racism provide no information about petrol price records or RAC's data analysis.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (commonly known as the March on Washington or the Great March on Washington) was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — André Allen Anjos, better known by his stage name RAC, is an American musician and record producer based in Oregon. RAC has created more than 200 remixes in the rock, electronica, and dance music genr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race or ethnicity over another. …
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Claim 10: “The AA predicted 1 million additional trips will be made compared to last year.”
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No evidence found in any source to support or refute the AA's trip prediction claims.
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Claim 11: “UK travellers prepare to make 21.7m journeys on what is expected to be the busiest Easter on the roads in four years.”
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All cited Wikipedia sources are unrelated to UK travel statistics or Easter road traffic data. No evidence supports the claim about 21.7m journeys or road congestion trends.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Easter, also called Pasch () or Pascha or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the Bible's New Testamen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Easter eggs, also called Paschal eggs, are eggs that are decorated for the Christian festival of Easter, which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus. As such, Easter eggs are commonly used during the s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American technology company Google has added Easter eggs into many of its products and services, such as Google Search, YouTube, and Android since the 2000s. Google avoids adding Easter eggs to po…
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