Scottish Transport Statistics No 22

Scottish Transport Statistics No 22 - 2003 Edition

SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS No 22 - 2003 Edition

Table 1.3 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2002 by Council and taxation group

	Private and light goods		Motor- cycles ¹	Public transport	Goods ²	Special concession	Special Vehicles and Other vehicles	Crown and Exempt	All vehicles
	Body type cars	Other vehicles	Motor- cycles ¹	Public transport	Goods ²	Special concession	Special Vehicles and Other vehicles	Crown and Exempt	Total	of which body type cars	of which company cars
thousand
Aberdeen City	80.3	6.5	2.4	0.6	1.3	0.4	0.4	3.8	95.7	83.3	5.4
Aberdeenshire	107.1	11.5	3.4	0.5	2.1	5.6	1.0	6.3	137.6	110.8	5.1
Angus	45.6	4.2	1.4	0.1	0.6	1.8	0.3	3.0	57.0	47.8	2.1
Argyll & Bute	35.2	4.5	0.9	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.2	2.0	44.4	36.8	1.3
Clackmannanshire	18.4	1.5	0.5	-	0.2	0.1	-	1.7	22.7	20.0	0.7
Dumfries & Galloway	60.8	7.5	2.0	0.2	1.4	3.6	0.3	5.5	81.3	64.6	3.3
Dundee City	42.7	3.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	0.3	0.2	4.1	52.9	46.1	2.8
East Ayrshire	41.9	4.1	0.9	0.2	0.7	1.0	0.2	3.9	52.8	45.3	2.1
East Dunbartonshire	44.7	2.7	0.8	-	0.2	0.1	-	2.1	50.9	46.7	1.2
East Lothian	35.7	3.3	1.1	-	0.4	0.8	0.1	2.6	44.1	37.8	1.3
East Renfrewshire	38.0	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.7	42.6	39.5	0.9
Edinburgh, City of	173.8	14.7	3.9	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	9.8	204.9	180.7	40.3
Eilean Siar *	10.1	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.2	-	0.7	13.6	10.5	0.4
Falkirk	56.3	4.4	1.4	0.1	1.1	0.4	0.4	4.4	68.5	60.1	2.0
Fife	136.9	11.0	4.1	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.5	10.1	166.6	145.6	6.5
Glasgow, City of	155.9	21.7	2.2	1.8	2.4	0.4	0.7	17.0	202.0	171.8	36.3
Highland	86.0	11.4	3.0	0.4	1.5	2.7	0.8	6.4	112.1	90.0	4.1
Inverclyde	26.3	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	-	-	2.1	30.7	28.3	0.9
Midlothian	30.9	3.2	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.3	-	2.6	39.1	33.2	1.9
Moray	36.2	3.7	1.4	-	0.5	1.3	0.2	2.2	45.7	37.8	1.6
North Ayrshire	46.4	3.6	1.2	0.2	0.6	0.5	0.1	4.3	57.0	50.3	1.8
North Lanarkshire	102.9	9.4	1.5	0.6	2.8	0.3	1.4	12.4	131.3	113.9	5.2
Orkney Islands	8.3	1.6	0.3	-	0.2	0.9	0.2	0.9	12.4	8.6	0.4
Perth & Kinross	59.8	6.4	1.8	0.2	0.8	2.3	0.3	3.4	74.9	62.1	3.4
Renfrewshire	59.0	4.1	1.3	0.5	1.2	0.3	0.2	4.7	71.3	63.4	3.1
Scottish Borders	47.4	5.9	1.2	0.1	1.6	2.4	0.3	2.9	61.7	49.3	2.8
Shetland Islands	9.0	2.2	0.3	-	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.6	12.8	9.2	0.5
South Ayrshire	44.7	3.4	1.0	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.2	2.9	53.9	47.1	1.9
South Lanarkshire	106.9	8.9	1.9	0.5	2.3	1.0	0.3	9.7	131.5	115.5	5.1
Stirling	39.1	4.1	0.8	-	0.7	0.6	0.1	3.1	48.7	41.2	5.9
West Dunbartonshire	28.2	2.1	0.5	0.1	0.2	-	-	2.5	33.8	30.6	1.0
West Lothian	61.3	6.0	1.7	0.2	1.4	0.5	0.2	4.7	75.9	65.6	2.6
Scotland	1,875.7	182.1	46.2	10.3	30.0	32.3	9.5	144.2	2,330.3	1,993.4	154.1

1. Includes all two wheeled motor vehicles
2. Excludes heavy goods vehicles that are exempt from tax.
* formerly "Western Isles"

Table 1.4 Taxi and private hire cars and drivers licensed by local authority area, 2003

Council	currently licensedTaxi vehicles	Private hire cars currently licensed	Total vehicles licensed	Taxi driver licences	Private hire driver licences	Total drivers licensed
Aberdeen City	873	129	1,002	1,175	4	1,179
Aberdeenshire	263	121	384	1,187	23	1,210
Angus	166	64	230	309	130	439
Argyll & Bute	193	31	224	336	16	352
Clackmannanshire	40	70	110	160	30	190
Dumfries & Galloway	159	103	262	516	71	587
Dundee City	507	115	622	1,766	-	1,766
East Ayrshire	112	103	215	500	50	550
East Dunbartonshire	267	329	596	833	40	873
East Lothian	73	127	200	403	-	403
East Renfrewshire	77	425	502	127	512	639
Edinburgh, City of	1,242	653	1,895	3,215	1,555	4,770
Eilean Siar	93	25	118	159	26	185
Falkirk	495	34	529	681	35	716
Fife	453	251	704	..	..	1,732
Glasgow, City of	1,428	2,300	3,728	3,000	6,000	9,000
Highland	532	116	648	983	129	1,112
Inverclyde	227	151	378	..	..	1,018
Midlothian	42	111	153	140	285	425
Moray	163	42	205	563	28	591
North Ayrshire	203	98	301	702	27	729
North Lanarkshire	470	1,133	1,603	1,665	1,112	2,777
Orkney Islands	35	11	46	120	6	126
Perth & Kinross	85	164	249	..	..	690
Renfrewshire	212	759	971	617	748	1,365
Scottish Borders	154	74	228	351	66	417
Shetland Islands	78	152	230	315	79	394
South Ayrshire	90	299	389	515	228	743
South Lanarkshire	301	1,081	1,382	697	1,197	1,894
Stirling	55	90	145	270	38	308
West Dunbartonshire	336	11	347	..	..	529
West Lothian	159	181	340	343	342	685
Scotland	9,583	9,353	18,936	21,648	12,777	38,394

Table 1.5 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2002, by taxation group, and by year of first registration

Taxation group	Pre- 1988	1988- 1992	1993- 1997	1998- 2002	Total	Total stock	Average age of vehicles
percentage of total						thousands	years
Private and light goods	1.7	13.9	35.0	49.4	100	2,058	5.7
of which body type cars	1.6	13.8	35.2	49.4	100	1,876	5.7
Motorcycles ¹	9.5	10.2	20.3	60.0	100	46	5.9
Public transport	16.4	16.2	31.0	36.3	100	10	8.3
Goods	3.4	12.5	33.4	50.7	100	30	5.8
Crown and exempt	17.5	10.5	20.1	51.9	100	144	7.8
Other vehicles	18.9	15.2	28.4	37.6	100	42	8.6
All vehicles	3.3	13.6	33.6	49.5	100	2,330	5.9
of which body type cars	2.0	13.6	34.4	50.0	100	1,993	5.7

1. Includes all two wheeled motor vehicles.

Table 1.6 Average age of vehicles licensed at 31 December, by taxation group ¹

Type of vehicle	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999 ⁴	2000 ⁴	2001 ⁴	2002 ⁴
(a) Scotland										years
Private and light goods	5.4\| ³	6.0	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.4	6.4	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.7
Motorcycles ²	6.8\|	7.2	7.7	7.7	7.9	7.5	7.0	6.1	5.8	5.8	5.9
Public transport ⁵	8.4\|	8.9	9.2	9.5	9.9	9.4	9.0	8.5	8.2	8.2	8.3
Goods	..\|	..	..	..	..	6.4	6.4	6.1	5.8	5.8	5.8
Crown and exempt	..\|	..	..	..	..	..	7.9	12.3	7.6	7.7	7.8
Other vehicles	..\|	..	..	..	..	..	14.7	8.3	8.2	8.5	8.6
All vehicles	..\|	..	..	..	..	..	6.6	6.2	6.0	6.0	5.9
(b) Great Britain
Private and light goods	6.3\|	6.8	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.4	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.5
Motorcycles ²	7.6\|	8.0	8.4	8.3	8.3	7.9	7.4	6.4	6.0	5.8	5.8
Public transport ⁵	8.5\|	9.0	9.3	9.5	9.8	9.6	9.3	8.6	8.4	8.3	8.1
Goods	..\|	..	..	..	..	6.5	6.4	5.9	5.8	5.7	5.7
Crown and exempt	..\|	..	..	..	..	..	14.8	10.5	10.6	10.7	10.8
Other vehicles	..\|	..	..	..	..	..	12.0	11.5	11.6	9.7	9.9
All vehicles	..\|	..	..	..	..	..	7.5	7.0	6.9	6.8	6.7

1. The "Notes and Definitions" describe how DfT estimates average ages from the details in its Vehicle Information Database, and how the method has changed.
2. Includes all two wheeled motor vehicles.
3. For years up to 1992 estimates are taken from the DVLA annual census, from 1993 onwards estimates are taken from DfT's Vehicle Information Database. This may have had an effect on the continuity of the figures.
4. Estimated using DfT's new method - see the "Notes and Definitions".
5. For years up to 1994 estimates of public transport vehicles include some with 8 or fewer seats. From 1995 onwards estimates include only those vehicles with more than 8 seats.

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