Filling the tank of a diesel vehicle currently regularly costs more than £100 after fuel costs hit record levels.

The typical cost of diesel in the UK rose to 182.59p a liter on Sunday, as per the AA.

Simultaneously, petroleum hit another record of 172.73p a liter, it said.

These ascents mean drivers will pay more at the siphon in front of half-term escapes or excursions over the four-day Platinum Jubilee bank occasion which starts on Thursday.

Filling the typical 55-liter tank with diesel costs £100.42 and petroleum £95, the AA said.

RAC fuel representative Simon Williams said: “With raw petroleum costs reliably above $115 a barrel last week, more terrible is unfortunately on the way, with perfect timing for the Jubilee bank occasion”.

He said petroleum was currently more costly than diesel to wholesalers, so retailers were taking more modest edges on petroleum yet bigger ones on diesel.

“In the event that the discount cost of petroleum stays above diesel, we should see the current 10p-a-liter hole in normal petroleum and diesel forecourt costs slender,” he said.

“On the off chance that this doesn’t occur diesel drivers will get an unfair arrangement, and with costs at these notable highs, each penny matters to drivers.”

The cost of Brent raw petroleum – the worldwide benchmark at costs – has taken off lately, after Russia’s intrusion of Ukraine raised worries of potential worldwide inventory issues.

Fuel costs had previously been ascending after economies resumed from Covid lockdowns, provoking a flood popular.

A month prior, diesel across the UK found the middle value of 176.47p a liter and 131.64p a liter a year prior, the AA said.

In the meantime petroleum a month prior cost a normal of 162.40p a liter and 129.31p a year prior, it added.

“With the expense of topping off now above £100, what had once been a ‘run for diesel’ among UK vehicle proprietors is quickly turning into the demise of diesel,” said Luke Bosdet, the AA’s representative on siphon costs.

“Diesel’s new record cost is the most recent nail in the final resting place of the diesel vehicle after it had been slandered for its discharges in a metropolitan climate.

“Be that as it may, a diesel vehicle’s 15%-20% better fuel utilization contrasted with a petroleum identical out on the open street implies less CO2 emanations and would make it more appealing were it not for the ongoing greater expense of refueling,” Mr. Bosdet said.