Scottish Transport Statistics No 22

Scottish Transport Statistics No 22 - 2003 Edition

SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS No 22 - 2003 Edition

Table H1 Summary of passenger traffic ¹

Year ¹	Car vehicle kilometres on major roads ² (M and A)	Bus passenger journeys on local services ³	Rail passenger journeys originating in Scotland	Air terminal passengers at airports	Ferry passengers on selected ferry services ⁴	Car	Bus	Rail	Air	Ferry
million									Index, 1985 = 100
1960	..	1,664	64.9	1.20	..	..	248	114	17	..
1961	..	1,633	63.4	1.41	..	..	243	111	20	..
1962	..	1,579	72.3	1.59	..	..	235	127	23	..
1963	..	1,561	71.7	1.82	..	..	233	126	26	..
1964	..	1,506	73.0	2.07	..	..	224	128	30	..
1965	..	1,417	71.0	2.29	..	..	211	124	33	..
1966	..	1,344	65.8	2.56	..	..	200	115	37	..
1967	..	1,297	65.9	2.76	..	..	193	115	40	..
1968	..	1,220	67.0	2.69	..	..	182	117	39	..
1969	..	1,169	68.4	2.91	..	..	174	120	42	..
1970	..	1,057	70.7	3.10	..	..	157	124	45	..
1971	..	1,019	66.5	3.20	..	..	152	116	46	..
1972	..	998	61.2	3.64	..	..	149	107	52	..
1973	..	975	60.5	4.07	4.82	..	145	106	59	103
1974	..	896	69.1	4.00	4.96	..	134	121	58	106
1975	9,318	891	66.2	4.18	5.28	68	133	116	60	113
1976	9,438	881	60.1	4.78	5.17	69	131	105	69	111
1977	9,622	824	56.8	4.85	4.82	71	123	99	70	103
1978	9,749	794	59.7	5.90	4.64	72	118	105	85	99
1979	9,643	786	57.6	6.33	4.56	71	117	101	91	98
1980	10,262	763	61.5	6.37	4.48	75	114	108	92	96
1981	10,418	716	57.8	6.50	4.27	77	107	101	94	91
1982	10,733	694	49.5	6.37	4.19	79	103	87	92	90
1983	11,043	680	55.7	6.48	4.51	81	101	98	93	97
1984	12,794	669	51.3	6.99	4.67	94	100	90	101	100
1985	13,606	671	57.1	6.94	4.67	100	100	100	100	100
1986	14,012	644	53.1	7.24	4.85	103	96	93	104	104
1987	14,881	647	54.1	7.81	5.35	109	96	95	112	115
1988	15,946	647	54.0	8.51	5.66	117	96	95	123	121
1989	17,027	613	51.8	9.23	6.18	125	91	91	133	132
1990	17,476	585	54.8	9.86	6.54	128	87	96	142	140
1991	17,553	571	54.8	9.57	6.80	129	85	96	138	146
1992	18,068	532	60.2	10.38	6.63	133	79	105	150	142
1993	18,105	525	59.6	11.12	6.63	133	78	104	160	142
1994	18,576	513	55.3	11.86	6.65	137	76	97	171	142
1995	19,114	494	57.9	12.39	6.86	140	74	101	178	147
1996	19,770	467	59.3	13.26	5.59	145	70	104	191	120
1997	20,145	438	62.6	14.44	5.63	148	65	110	208	121
1998	20,384	413	64.6	15.25	5.33	150	62	113	220	114
1999	20,544	434	67.5	15.99	5.33	151	65	118	230	114
2000	20,359	435	67.7	16.79	5.29	150	65	119	242	113
2001	20,766	441	65.3	18.08	5.30	153	66	114	260	114
2002	21,536	..	62.2	19.78	5.37	158	..	109	285	115

1. The figures for "Car" and "Air" are for calendar years; latterly, the figures for "Bus" and "Rail" are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (eg the "1996" figures are for "1996-97")
2. The figures for 1993 onwards have been revised, following improvements to DfT's method of estimating road traffic volumes.
3. Pre-1975, the figures are the totals of passenger journeys for the Scottish Bus Group and the four city corporations. Therefore, include any "non-stage" (non-local) services run by these operators, and exclude other operators' "stage" (local) services. Glasgow Corporation's figures may have included passenger journeys on trolley buses and the Glasgow Underground.
4. Those routes for which figures are available back to 1973: Caledonian MacBrayne, P&O Scottish Ferries / NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries, and Orkney Ferries. The figures from 1995 are affected by the reduction in traffic caused by the withdrawal of the Kyle-Kyleakin service when the Skye Bridge opened in October 1995.

Table H2 Summary of freight traffic ¹ (a) freight lifted - millions of tonnes

Year ²	Road lifted in Scotland	Rail lifted in Scotland	Coastal shipping see notes	Coast- wise shipping lifted in Scotland	Inland waterway lifted in Scotland	Pipeline see notes	Road lifted in Scotland	Rail lifted in Scotland	Coastal shipping see notes	Coast- wise shipping lifted in Scotland	Inland water way lifted in Scotland	Pipeline see notes
millions of tonnes lifted											Index, 1985 = 100
1960	..	29.8	..	..	..	..	..	248	..	..	..	..
1961	..	28.1	..	..	..	..	..	234	..	..	..	..
1962	..	24.7	..	..	..	..	..	206	..	..	..	..
1963	..	24.6	..	..	..	..	..	205	..	..	..	..
1964	..	25.4	..	..	..	..	..	212	..	..	..	..
1965	..	24.3	..	..	..	..	..	203	..	..	..	..
1966	..	21.4	..	..	..	..	..	178	..	..	..	..
1967	..	20.0	..	..	..	..	..	167	..	..	..	..
1968	..	20.9	..	..	..	..	..	174	..	..	..	..
1969	..	21.1	..	..	..	..	..	176	..	..	..	..
1970	..	20.8	..	..	..	..	..	173	..	..	..	..
1971	..	20.0	..	..	..	..	..	167	..	..	..	..
1972	..	18.1	..	..	..	..	..	151	..	..	..	..
1973	..	19.3	5.7	..	..	8.0	..	161	17	..	..	27
1974	161	17.9	5.7	..	..	7.5	123	149	17	..	..	25
1975	165	16.1	4.9	..	..	6.3	126	134	14	..	..	21
1976	172	16.2	7.0	..	..	11.9	132	135	20	..	..	40
1977	145	14.0	13.6	..	..	23.2	111	117	40	..	..	78
1978	150	13.8	18.6	..	..	26.4	115	115	54	..	..	89
1979	157	12.0	23.8	..	..	27.9	120	100	69	..	..	94
1980	135	11.7	33.5	..	8.1	26.7	103	98	98	..	76	90
1981	144	12.2	33.2	..	7.3	24.1	110	102	97	..	69	81
1982	135	10.4	34.5	..	10.4	22.4	104	87	101	..	98	75
1983	129	10.3	37.3	..	12.1	26.5	99	86	109	..	114	89
1984	128	6.4	35.6	..	10.0	26.9	98	53	104	..	94	90
1985	131	12.0	34.3	..	10.7	29.8	100	100	100	..	100	100
1986	128	9.7	32.3	..	11.0	28.2	98	81	94	..	103	95
1987	135	10.5	28.6	24.1	10.3	28.5	103	88	83	..	97	96
1988	156	9.7	31.9	28.3	10.2	25.2	119	81	93	..	96	85
1989	155	9.4	32.5	28.3	10.4	21.3	119	78	95	..	97	71
1990	161	9.8	29.9	25.2	11.9	26.9	123	82	87	..	112	90
1991	149	9.0	31.6	26.7	11.3	21.4	114	75	92	..	106	72
1992	157	7.0	30.1	25.7	10.7	24.0	120	58	88	..	100	81
1993	159	5.0	29.0	24.5	11.4	26.9	122	42	85	..	107	90
1994	156	5.4	32.0	27.5	11.2	24.1	119	45	93	..	105	81
1995	158	..	35.9	31.9	11.2	25.6	121	..	105	..	105	86
1996	162	5.4	40.3	36.2	11.1	25.6	124	45	117	..	104	86
1997	157	7.0	39.4	34.5	11.6	25.7	121	59	115	..	109	86
1998	156	6.0	45.7	39.7	10.4	28.1	119	50	133	..	97	94
1999	156	6.2	41.3	35.3	9.5	28.0	119	52	120	..	89	94
2000	159	5.8	30.9	24.7	12.2	28.1	121	48	90	..	115	94
2001	151	6.8	27.4	20.6	11.4	28.1	116	57	80	..	107	94
2002	154	..	..	..	..	..	118	..	..	..	..	..

1. The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' are the total amounts lifted in Scotland.
The category of 'coastal shipping' is shown for historical reasons. It is defined in a different way:
the 'coastal shipping' figure is the total lifted in Scotland plus
the total lifted elsewhere in the UK which is delivered in Scotland.
The 'pipeline' figure is the estimated amount of crude oil carried by pipelines which are over 50km in length
Some of the estimates which were published previously have been revised.
This table does not show "one port" traffic to / from oil rigs and the sea bed.
2. The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for "rail" from 1985, which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (e.g. the "rail" figures for "1996" are for "1996-97").

Table H2 Summary of freight traffic ¹ (b) freight moved - millions of tonne-kilometres

Year ²	Road lifted in Scotland	Rail lifted in Scotland	Coastwise shipping lifted in Scotland	Inland waterway lifted in Scotland	Pipeline see notes
millions of tonne-kilometres
1960	..	..	..	..
1961	..	..	..	..
1962	..	..	..	..
1963	..	..	..	..
1964	..	..	..	..
1965	..	..	..	..
1966	..	..	..	..
1967	..	..	..	..
1968	..	..	..	..
1969	..	..	..	..	..
1970	..	..	..	..	..
1971	..	..	..	..	..
1972	..	..	..	..	..
1973	..	..	..	..	..
1974	..	..	..	..	..
1975	..	..	..	..	..
1976	..	..	..	..	..
1977	..	..	..	..	..
1978	..	..	..	..	..
1979	..	..	..	..	..
1980	..	..	..	..	..
1981	..	..	..	..	..
1982	..	..	..	..	..
1983	..	..	..	..	..
1984	..	..	..	..	..
1985	9,706	..	..	..	..
1986	9,332	..	..	..	..
1987	10,225	..	19,810	262	..
1988	11,520	..	22,910	264	..
1989	12,339	..	23,020	268	..
1990	12,309	..	19,090	315	..
1991	11,909	..	22,850	298	..
1992	12,121	..	20,940	270	5,132
1993	12,426	..	19,710	290	..
1994	12,995	..	19,740	290	5,279
1995	13,965	..	25,110	300	5,693
1996	14,163	1,427	29,250	300	5,688
1997	14,236	2,145	26,280	310	5,717
1998	14,856	2,133	29,610	260	5,946
1999	14,988	2,211	26,850	240	5,905
2000	14,817	1,898	20,100	280	5,933
2001	14,425	2,241	15,600	280	5,929
2002	14,170	..	..	..	..

1. The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' relate to freight lifted in Scotland;
for 'pipeline' it is the estimated tonne-kilometres for crude oil carried by pipelines which are over 50km in length
This table does not show the tonne-kilometres for "one port" traffic to / from oil rigs and the sea bed
or for "coastal shipping" (as defined in part [a] of this table).
2. The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for "rail", which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (e.g. the "rail" figures for "1996" are for "1996-97").

Table H3 Traffic estimates

Year	Motorways	A roads	All major roads (M & A)	Minor roads (B, C & unclassif.)	All roads	Motorways	A roads	All major roads (M & A)	Minor roads (B, C & unclassif.)	All roads
million vehicle kilometres									index 1985=100
1962	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1963	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1964	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1965	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1966	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1967	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1968	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1969	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1970	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1971	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1972	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1973	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1974	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1975	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1976	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1977	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1978	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1979	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1980	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1981	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1982	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1983	1,742	12,443	14,185	..	..	83	82	82	..	..
1984	1,920	14,382	16,302	..	..	91	95	95	..	..
1985	2,104	15,115	17,219	..	..	100	100	100	..	..
1986	2,116	15,531	17,647	..	..	101	103	102	..	..
1987	2,541	16,226	18,767	..	..	121	107	109	..	..
1988	2,961	17,137	20,098	..	..	141	113	117	..	..
1989	3,141	18,262	21,404	..	..	149	121	124	..	..
1990	3,286	18,501	21,786	..	..	156	122	127	..	..
1991	3,200	18,747	21,947	..	..	152	124	127	..	..
1992 ¹	3,516	19,060	22,575	..	..	167	126	131	..	..
1993	3,955	18,587	22,543	12,510	35,053	188	123	131	..	..
1994	4,101	19,077	23,177	12,700	35,877	195	126	135	..	..
1995	4,270	19,589	23,859	12,750	36,609	203	130	139	..	..
1996	4,535	20,170	24,705	12,938	37,643	216	133	143	..	..
1997	4,798	20,517	25,315	13,131	38,446	228	136	147	..	..
1998	5,052	20,755	25,807	13,284	39,091	240	137	150	..	..
1999	5,100	20,906	26,006	13,585	39,591	242	138	151	..	..
2000	5,310	20,375	25,686	13,625	39,311	252	135	149	..	..
2001	5,457	20,627	26,083	13,722	39,805	259	136	151	..	..
2002	5,613	21,394	27,007	14,272	41,279	267	142	157	..	..

1. The Department for Transport has revised its method of estimating the volume of traffic for 1993 onwards.
The new figures supersede those published previously. In some cases, there have been large changes.

Table H4 Other vehicle related statistics

Year	Vehicles licensed	New registrations of vehicles	Road accident casualties all severities	Toll Bridges Vehicle crossings ¹	Vehicles licensed	New registrations of vehicles	Road accident casualties	Toll Bridges
	thousand	thousand	number	thousand				index 1985=100
1962	775	86	26,703	..	51	48	98	..
1963	836	100	27,728	..	55	56	102	..
1964	900	117	30,527	..	59	65	112	..
1965	951	113	31,827	..	63	63	117	..
1966	991	113	32,280	..	65	62	118	..
1967	1,035	116	31,760	..	68	64	116	..
1968	1,065	119	30,649	..	70	66	112	..
1969	1,106	110	31,056	..	73	61	114	..
1970	1,124	117	31,240	..	74	65	114	..
1971	1,135	128	31,194	11,297	75	71	114	51
1972	1,181	161	31,762	13,150	78	89	116	60
1973	1,252	173	31,404	14,822	83	96	115	67
1974	1,274	143	28,783	14,869	84	79	105	68
1975 ²	1,304	154	28,621	15,602	86	85	105	71
1976	1,314	159	29,933	16,611	87	88	110	75
1977	..	155	29,783	17,401	..	86	109	79
1978	1,308	179	30,506	18,745	86	99	112	85
1979	1,353	185	31,387	18,287	89	102	115	83
1980	1,398	176	29,286	19,965	92	97	107	91
1981	1,397	166	28,766	19,870	92	92	105	90
1982	1,416	171	28,273	20,073	94	95	104	91
1983	1,448	193	25,224	20,823	96	107	92	95
1984	1,489	183	26,158	21,539	98	101	96	98
1985	1,514	181	27,287	22,025	100	100	100	100
1986	1,546	181	26,117	22,891	102	100	96	104
1987	1,575	187	24,748	24,651	104	103	91	112
1988	1,657	200	25,425	26,389	109	111	93	120
1989	1,729	213	27,532	28,476	114	118	101	129
1990	1,788	194	27,228	30,027	118	107	100	136
1991	1,830	154	25,346	30,719	121	85	93	139
1992 ⁴	1,884	154	24,173	31,512	124	85	89	143
1993	1,874	170	22,415	31,930	124	94	82	145
1994 ⁵	1,900	170	22,573	33,057	125	94	83	150
1995	1,910	173	22,194	34,433	126	96	81	156
1996	1,966	183	21,716	35,142	130	101	80	160
1997	2,023	206	22,629	36,781	134	114	83	167
1998	2,073	210	22,467	37,182	137	116	82	169
1999	2,131	216	21,003	38,683	141	120	77	176
2000	2,188	220	20,508	39,612	145	122	75	180
2001	2,262	241	19,912	40,413	149	133	73	183
2002	2,330	259	19,248	41,995	154	144	71	191

1. One-way tolls were introduced for Tay bridge (1 June 1991) and Forth bridge (1 September 1997) so total crossings after these dates have been estimated by the Scottish Executive. The Skye bridge opened during October 1995. See notes and sources.
2. The figures for vehicles licensed for 1974 to 1978 are on different bases, due to the effect on the annual "census" of the transfer of licensing records from local offices to the then DVLC
3. Vehicles licensed figures for 1983 are not directly comparable with those for previous years due to changes in taxation classes.
4. For years up to 1992 estimates are taken from the DVLA annual vehicle census, from 1993 onwards estimates are taken from the Vehicle Information Database and are not consistent with previous years.
5. New registration results to 1994 are taken from geographical analysis provided by DVLA. Results for 1995 onwards are estimated using post town area data. The vehicle taxation system was subject to major revisions from July 1995.

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