Scottish Transport Statistics No 22

Scottish Transport Statistics No 22 - 2003 Edition

SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS No 22 - 2003 Edition

Table 1.7 Private and light goods vehicles licensed at 31 December, by cylinder size

Cylinder size	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
percentage of year total
up to 700 cc	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
701 to 1,000 cc	10.1	5.6	8.8	8.0	7.3	6.6	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.3	5.1
1,001 to 1,200 cc	11.9	12.3	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.5	11.1	10.5	10.0	9.6	9.3
1,201 to 1,500 cc	27.0	26.1	26.2	25.5	25.2	25.3	25.3	25.0	25.1	25.0	24.8
1,501 to 1,800 cc	29.3	29.0	29.4	29.5	29.4	29.3	29.2	28.9	28.5	28.1	27.5
1,801 to 2,000 cc	12.6	20.7	14.3	15.1	15.8	16.5	17.2	18.1	18.6	19.4	20.3
2,001 to 2,500 cc	5.8	3.3	6.4	6.8	7.2	7.4	7.6	7.9	8.2	8.4	8.7
2,501 to 3,000 cc	1.7	1.3	1.7	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.6
3,000 cc and over	1.1	1.5	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6
cc not known	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
thousand
Total (Numbers)	1,684	1,661	1,682	1,688	1,734	1,779	1,825	1,878	1,927	1,997	2,058

Table 1.8 Heavy goods vehicles licensed at 31 December, by gross weight

Gross weight (tonnes)	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
percentage of year total
3.5 to 7.5	33.6	32.4	33.8	34.0	34.1	33.7	33.1	33.8	32.3	30.9	30.4
7.51 to 12	3.3	7.7	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.5	3.2	3.1
12.1 to 16	4.9	3.7	4.3	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.4	4.5	4.7	4.6	4.4
16.1 to 20	19.3	14.6	19.4	18.9	18.8	17.8	17.1	16.7	16.8	16.9	16.1
20.1 to 24	0.8	2.6	1.3	1.6	2.1	1.9	2.3	2.4	2.8	3.1	3.6
24.1 to 28	9.7	9.0	9.8	9.5	9.3	9.4	9.9	10.0	10.2	10.4	10.9
28.1 to 32	4.8	6.0	4.9	5.0	4.8	5.0	5.2	5.4	5.5	5.7	6.2
32.1 to 38 ¹	23.3	23.7	23.1	22.5	22.5	23.6	23.9	15.5	11.8	8.6	6.6
over 38 ¹	-	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	8.3	12.5	16.6	18.8
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
thousand
Total (Numbers) ²	31.5	38.7	32.5	33.3	32.6	31.1	30.3	29.8	30.7	29.9	30.5

1.The change between 1998 and 1999 is explained in the "Sources" section.
2. Excludes heavy goods vehicles that are exempt from tax.

Table 1.9 Public transport vehicles licensed at 31 December ¹: by seating capacity

Number of seats	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
1-4 ²	971	702	570	84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5-8 ³	2,676	2,643	2,636	680	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9-15	625	627	584	556	622	785	800	863	892	961	1,023
16-32	1,622	1,777	1,940	1,916	2,097	2,239	2,360	2,657	2,944	3,115	3,239
33-40	232	253	326	354	430	638	776	867	894	958	1,004
41-48	503	474	478	477	499	611	628	712	782	911	938
49-56	2,828	2,729	2,757	2,641	2,583	2,533	2,377	2,313	2,249	2,153	2,098
57-64	251	210	216	185	182	189	191	183	172	173	169
65-72	73	63	54	103	126	175	199	221	288	376	392
73 and over	2,571	2,453	2,489	2,335	2,211	2,027	1,774	1,722	1,548	1,418	1,433
Total	12,352	11,931	12,050	9,331	8,750	9,197	9,105	9,538	9,769	10,065	10,296
Total with 9+ seats	8,705	8,586	8,844	8,567	8,750	9,197	9,105	9,538	9,769	10,065	10,296
Total with 5+ seats	11,381	11,229	11,480	9,247	8,750	9,197	9,105	9,538	9,769	10,065	10,296

1. Includes some taxis and private hire cars, for years up to and including 1994 - but see note 2.
2. There was a change made in the 1989 budget in which the vehicle excise duty paid by taxis and hire cars was increased to the same rate as private and light goods vehicles. This accounts for the drop in 1-4 seat public transport vehicles from 1989 onwards.
3. Similarly, following a change made in 1995, all public transport vehicles with 8 or fewer seats are taxed in the Private and Light Goods category - hence the drop in the numbers in this table.

Table 1.10 Goods vehicle operators by licence type and number of vehicles specified on the licence, 2001

Number of vehicles specified on licence	Type of licence held			Total number of licence holders
	Restricted: own business only	Standard National	Standard International
	Restricted: own business only	Standard National	Standard International
0 -2	3,068	2,035	394	5,497
3 - 5	394	730	165	1,289
6 -10	117	375	119	611
11 - 20	58	183	59	300
21 - 50	18	106	48	172
51 - 100	3	41	13	57
101 - 200	2	18	5	25
201+	0	6	3	9
Total	3,660	3,494	806	7,960

Table 1.11 The 20 most popular new cars sold in Scotland ¹, 2002

Position	Make	Range	Number of cars sold	Market share percent
1	RENAULT	CLIO	11,354	5.4
2	RENAULT	MEGANE	9,554	4.5
3	VAUXHALL	CORSA	9,244	4.4
4	FORD	FOCUS	8,675	4.1
5	FORD	FIESTA	8,200	3.9
6	VAUXHALL	ASTRA	7,692	3.6
7	PEUGEOT	206	6,992	3.3
8	VOLKSWAGEN	GOLF	6,427	3.0
9	CITROEN	XSARA	5,532	2.6
10	FIAT	PUNTO	4,996	2.4
11	VOLKSWAGEN	POLO	4,419	2.1
12	BMW	3 SERIES	4,381	2.1
13	FORD	KA	3,887	1.8
14	HONDA	CIVIC	3,808	1.8
15	FORD	MONDEO	3,542	1.7
16	NISSAN	MICRA	3,307	1.6
17	RENAULT	LAGUNA	3,306	1.6
18	PEUGEOT	307	2,998	1.4
19	CITROEN	SAXO	2,879	1.4
20	VOLKSWAGEN	PASSAT	2,871	1.4
		Total top 20 cars	114,064	54.1
		Total all other cars	96,942	45.9
		Total cars sold	211,006	100.0

1. These figures relate to cars sold by members of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd to customers whose postcode was Scottish. They differ from the numbers of new registrations of cars given in Table 1.1, as the latter may include, for example, cars purchased elsewhere.

Table 1.12 Road vehicle testing scheme (MOT) ¹:

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Cars ²										thousands
Tested	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,924.3	1,930.0	1,974.5	2,166.4
Unsatisfactory	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	666.6	652.5	645.6	726.6
Unsatisfactory as a percentage of total tested ³										percent
Lights	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18	17	16	18
Steering	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	17	17	15	16
Brakes	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	17	17	16	17
Tyres	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	8	8	8
Reg. Plate & Vehicle Identification Number	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	1
Drivers View	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	5	4	5
Petrol emission	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	4	3	2
CAT Emissions	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	2	3
Diesel Emission	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	5	5	4
Other	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	14	13	12	12
One or more faults	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	35	34	33	34
Motor cycles										thousands
Tested	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	33.3	29.0	28.3	29.8
Unsatisfactory	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8.3	5.4	5.6	4.6
Unsatisfactory as a percentage of total tested ³										percent
Lights	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	15	10	8	7
Steering	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	15	9	8	7
Brakes	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	5	6	4
Tyres	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	3	4	4
Other	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	4	5	4
One or more faults	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	25	18	20	15
Light goods vehicles ⁴										thousands
Tested	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18.9	22.8	23.1	23.3
Unsatisfactory	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7.4	7.5	7.0	7.6
Unsatisfactory as a percentage of total tested ³										percent
Lights	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	21	18	16	21
Steering	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	20	17	15	20
Brakes	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	16	19	16	20
Tyres	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	6	3	7
Reg. Plate & Vehicle Identification Number	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	2	1
Drivers View	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	6	5	6
Petrol emission	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11	8	5	4
Diesel emission	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	3	4	4
Other	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	13	18	14	15
One or more faults								39	33	31	33

1. This information is based on a 2% sample of all MOTs. Vehicles are counted once for each time they are tested, therefore "percentage unsatisfactory" would be 50% if every vehicle failed its first test and passed its second test.
2. Including other passenger vehicles with up to 12 passenger seats.
3. A vehicle with more than one type of fault (e.g. with unsatisfactory lights and unsatisfactory steering) is counted against each of them.
4. Over 3,000kg and up to and including 3,500kg.

Table 1.13 Driving licence tests, DVLA receipts ¹

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Theory										thousand
Applications received	..	..	..	..	..	102	97	89	86	87	..
Theory tests conducted	..	..	..	..	..	99	93	76	86	83	..
Theory test passes	..	..	..	..	..	69	61	49	58	57	..
percent
Theory test pass rate	..	..	..	..	..	69	65	65	67	69	..
Practical										thousand
Applications received ²	148	147	144	153	129	110	134	125	102	102	114
Driving tests concluded	161	136	137	132	134	88	95	98	99	96	107
Passes	87	70	68	65	67	45	48	50	48	45	50
percent
Pass rate	54	52	50	49	50	51	50	51	48	47	47
DVLA receipts										million
Vehicle licences	221.0	288.9	303.6	319.6	333.1	360.4	366.9	383.1	368.3	342.7	343.2
Driving licences	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.5	4.2	4.5	3.9	5.2
Total	224.6	292.5	294.1	312.8	324.2	363.7	370.4	387.3	372.8	346.6	348.4

1. Figures from 1993 onwards relate to the financial years which commence in the specified calendar year.
2. From 1999 onwards there was a change in the methodology in calculating the number of applications received for the practical test.

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