Scottish Transport Statistics: No 25 - 2006 Edition

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Table 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December, by taxation group, body type and method of propulsion

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

thousand

by type of vehicle (taxation group)

Private and light goods

1,688

1,734

1,779

1,825

1,878

1,927

1,997

2,058

2,104

2,158

2,231

Motorcycles

24

25

27

31

36

39

42

46

50

54

56

Public transport 1

9

9

9

9

10

10

10

10

11

11

12

Goods

34

32

31

30

29

30

30

30

30

31

32

Crown and exempt 3

111

126

136

138

139

143

144

144|

178

183

189

Other vehicles 3

45

40

40

40

40

40

40

42|

10

10

11

All vehicles

1,910

1,966

2,023

2,073

2,131

2,188

2,262

2,330

2,383

2,448

2,531

by body type

Cars

1,619

1,674

1,726

1,773

1,824

1,876

1,939

1,993

2,031

2,076

2,139

Taxis

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

3

3

4

4

Motorcycles

29

31

33

36

41

45

47

52

56

60

62

Three wheelers

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Light goods 4

144

153

153

156

158

162

167

174

183

194

209

Goods 4

33

31

27

30

28

30

30

30

31

31

32

Buses and coaches

15

11

16

11

17

17

17

17

17

18

18

Agricultural vehicles etc

34

34

35

35

36

37

36

38

39

41

42

Other vehicles

32

27

27

28

24

19

22

22

22

24

25

All vehicles

1,910

1,966

2,023

2,073

2,131

2,188

2,262

2,330

2,383

2,448

2,531

by method of propulsion 2

Petrol

..

1,566

1,592

1,616

1,647

1,677

1,719

1,742

1,746

1,756

1,771

Diesel

..

400

430

456

482

510

541

585

634

689

756

Electric

..

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Gas or petrol/gas

..

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

Gas Bi-Fuel

..

..

..

..

..

..

0

0

1

1

1

Steam

..

0

0

0

0

0

..

0

0

0

0

Others

..

..

..

..

..

..

0

0

0

0

0

Total

..

1,966

2,023

2,073

2,131

2,188

2,262

2,330

2,383

2,448

2,531

1. From 1995 onwards estimates include only those vehicles with more than 8 seats.
2. No data are available before 1996.
3. Vehicles in the "Special Concessionary Group" (part of "other vehicles" in 2002 and earlier years) are part of "Crown and Exempt" from 2003 onwards
4. DfT has revised the figures for the "light goods" and "goods" body types back to 1995.

Figure 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2005 by Council

image of Figure 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2005 by Council

Figure 1.3 Private cars1 licensed at 31 December 2005 per head of population

image of Figure 1.3 Private cars1 licensed at 31 December 2005 per head of population

Page updated: Friday, December 15, 2006