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title: Wrong fuel facts, sourced | Misfuel Doctor
url: https://mis-fueldoctor.co.uk/facts/
focus: wrong fuel facts
phone: 01295 380724
updated: 2026-10-03
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# Wrong fuel facts, sourced
**Short answer**
Each wrong fuel fact here is one number with its unit, period, geography and named source stated in the same sentence, a note on how far to trust it, and a citation. Where a figure is an old industry estimate rather than a count, the page says so. For help right now, leave the engine off and call 01295 380724.

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## Wrong fuel facts on this site
- [How many UK drivers put the wrong fuel in each year?](/facts/wrong-fuel-each-year-uk/)about 150,000 a year — a 2007 industry estimate
- [What share of wrong-fuel searches are about petrol in a diesel?](/facts/petrol-in-diesel-share-of-wrong-fuel-searches/)56.8% of searches that name a mix-up
- [How much is the misfuel call-out fee?](/facts/misfuel-callout-fee-uk/)call-out £89–£199; drain £199–£1,999

## Why the sources matter
Figures about misfuelling travel a long way from where they started: a breakdown provider's estimate becomes "according to" an insurer, then "a study found". Every fact here links to the earliest source we could find, and says when the number was first published. Use the citation under each one, and check the date before you repeat it.

Sister data: [Wrong Fuel Drain publishes the fuel-drain coverage dataset](https://wrongfueldrain.com/datasets/) (catalogue: [DCAT](https://wrongfueldrain.com/catalog.jsonld)). Each dataset lives on one site only.

### Open data and facts
[UK wrong-fuel searches by the fuel mix-up they name](/datasets/wrong-fuel-search-demand/)[The 50 questions UK drivers search most after misfuelling](/datasets/wrong-fuel-search-questions/)[Misfuel call-out price structure, UK and Ireland](/datasets/misfuel-callout-prices/)[How many UK drivers put the wrong fuel in each year?](/facts/wrong-fuel-each-year-uk/)[What share of wrong-fuel searches are about petrol in a diesel?](/facts/petrol-in-diesel-share-of-wrong-fuel-searches/)[How much is the misfuel call-out fee?](/facts/misfuel-callout-fee-uk/)[Glossary](/glossary/)[Open data licence](/licence/)