Key Transport Statistics - August 2007
See Scottish Transport Statistics for the definitions of all figures apart from the spending plans.
Find it via: www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/latest
| Scotland | GB |
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Households: 1 + cars (%) | 69 | 74 |
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Vehicles (per 100 population) | 51 | 57 |
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Roads (km per 1,000 population) | 10.7 | 6.8 |
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Road traffic (veh-km per head per year) |
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Motorways | 1,255 | 1,696 |
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A roads | 4,416 | 3,866 |
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All roads (M, A and minor) | 8,576 | 8,659 |
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Road casualties killed or seriously |
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injured (per 1,000 population per year) | 0.57 | 0.54 |
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Passenger journeys (per head per year) |
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Local bus | 94 | 81 |
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Rail | 14.4 | 18.0 |
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Air | 4.8 | 3.9 |
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2006 Scottish Household Survey
Full driving licence | (%) | Households | (%) |
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All (17+) | 66 | 1 car | 44 |
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Men | 77 | 2 cars | 20 |
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Women | 58 | 3+ cars | 4 |
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% shares (main modes) | Travel to work | Travel to school |
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Car (driver/passenger) | 67 | 22 |
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Bus | 12 | 24 |
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Rail | 4 | 1 |
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Bicycle | 2 | 1 |
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Walk | 14 | 51 |
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Main trends in Scottish Transport
as at August 2007
see Scottish Transport Statistics for definitions of figures | Latest available figures | 10 years ago
(e.g. 96) | Previous year
(e.g. 05) | Latest year
(e.g. 06) | % change over: |
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one year | ten years |
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Vehicles licensed (millions) | 2006 | 1.97 | 2.53 | 2.59 | 2% | 32% |
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New vehicle registrations (thousands) | 2006 | 183 | 251 | 243 | -3% | 33% |
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Households with car (%: NTS etc.) | 2004 | 62 | 69 | 69 | .. | .. |
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Road traffic (million vehicle-kilometres) |
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Motorways | 2006 | 4,586 | 6,151 | 6,442 | 5% | 40% |
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A roads | 2006 | 20,253 | 21,904 | 22,596 | 3% | 12% |
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Minor roads (B, C, unclassified) | 2006 | 12,938 | 14,663 | 14,842 | 1% | 15% |
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All roads | 2006 | 37,777 | 42,718 | 43,880 | 3% | 16% |
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Road accident casualties |
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Killed | 2006 | 357 | 286 | 314 | 10% | -12% |
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Killed or seriously injured | 2006 | 4,398 | 2,948 | 2,925 | -1% | -33% |
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All casualties (including "slight" injuries) | 2006 | 21,716 | 17,876 | 17,165 | -4% | -21% |
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Children killed or seriously injured | 2006 | 790 | 368 | 372 | 1% | -53% |
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Passenger numbers (millions) |
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Local bus (boardings) | 2005-06 | 506 | 479 | 477 | 0% | -6% |
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Rail (ScotRail services) | 2006-07 | 52.84 | 75.13 | 77.29 | 3% | 46% |
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Air (terminal passengers) | 2006 | 13.2 | 23.8 | 24.4 | 3% | 85% |
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Freight lifted (million tonnes) |
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Road | 2005 | 158 | 173 | 166 | -4% | .. |
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Rail | 2005-06 | .. | 11.3 | 14.0 | 24% | .. |
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Coastwise traffic | 2005 | 31.9 | 20.5 | 25.5 | 24% | .. |
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Pipelines | 2006 | 25.6 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 1% | 9% |
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Travel to work (%: Autumn Labour Force Survey) |
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Car (or van/minibus/works van) | 2006 | 68 | 68 | 69 | .. | .. |
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Public transport (bus, rail, u/g) | 2006 | 15 | 16 | 17 | .. | .. |
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Walk | 2006 | 14 | 13 | 12 | .. | .. |
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Scottish Executive Transport Spending Plans 2005-06 to 2007-08
£ million | 2005-06 plans | 2006-07 plans | 2007-08 plans |
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Rail Services in Scotland | 260.26 | 662.40 | 628.10 |
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Ferry Services in Scotland | 59.70 | 82.80 | 63.60 |
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Bus Services in Scotland | 61.60 | 62.60 | 63.80 |
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Concessionary Fares | 13.00 | 188.34 | 192.34 |
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Air Services in Scotland | 41.00 | 43.50 | 42.10 |
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Integrated Transport Fund | 223.90 | 209.30 | 311.63 |
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British Waterways Scotland | 8.90 | 10.90 | 11.40 |
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Freight Facilities Private Sector | 15.40 | 12.90 | 12.90 |
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Other Public Transport | 31.95 | 73.30 | 58.46 |
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Other Grants to Local Authorities | 26.30 | 76.20 | 63.15 |
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Motorways and Trunk Roads 1 | 745.76 | 861.00 | 887.84 |
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Total | 1,487.77 | 2,283.24 | 2,335.32 |
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1 The Motorways and trunk roads line comprises: |
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£ million | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
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Construction, repairs and maintenance, etc. | 265.03 | 345.30 | 326.28 |
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Depreciation | 51.00 | 40.70 | 51.00 |
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Cost of capital charge | 429.73 | 475 | 510.56 |
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Total Motorways and Trunk Roads | 745.76 | 861.00 | 887.84 |
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Source: The Scottish Executive Draft Budget 2007-08 and The 2006-07 Autumn Budget Revision to the Budget (Scotland) Act for the year ended 31 March 2007
Road network and road traffic - 2006 (provisional) | All roads | Trunk roads | Trunk % of All |
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Total length of road network ( kilometres) | 54,885 | 3,432 | 6.3% |
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of which:
Motorways (including slip roads) | 539 | 539 | 100% |
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A roads | 10,317 | 2,893 | 28% |
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Total volume of road traffic ( vehicle-kilometres) | 43,880 | 16,543 | 38% |
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of which:
Cars | 34,302 | 12,671 | 37% |
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Heavy Goods Vehicles | 2,726 | 1,704 | 63% |
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Average distance travelled per person per year ( miles) | 1985/1986 | 1998/2000 | 2004/2005 |
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Scottish residents travel within GB: from National Travel Survey |
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Walk | 251 | 186 | 169 |
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Bicycle | 17 | 30 | 25 |
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Driver of car, van or lorry | 1,921 | 3,738 | 3,549 |
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Passenger in car, van or lorry | 1,306 | 2,001 | 2,072 |
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Other private transport (e.g. motorcycle, private hire bus) | 177 | 192 | 172 |
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Local bus | 427 | 447 | 441 |
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Surface rail | 285 | 525 | 465 |
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Taxi/minicab | 62 | 79 | 61 |
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Other public transport (e.g. air, ferry, non-local bus) | 206 | 352 | 379 |
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All modes | 4,652 | 7,550 | 7,332 |
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NB: some results may be subject to large percentage sampling errors, being based on small numbers of cases - hence the apparent fluctuations in the "Surface rail" figures, for example. The "all modes" estimate of 7,550 for 1998/2000 has a "95% confidence interval" of about +/- 8%, so the apparent fall in 2004/2005 may just reflect sampling variability.
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Scottish Transport Statistics - has summary and 12 chapters on specific topics.
Main Transport Trends: summary bulletin.
Household Transport:
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Transport across Scotland (biennial) - gives main SHS results for local authority areas.
SHS Travel Diary Results.
Travel by Scottish Residents:
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Bus and Coach Statistics.
Road Accidents Scotland - over 200 pages, detailed tables of "final" figures.
Key Road Accident Statistics - summary.
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Extra road accident statistics tables
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