Transport Series Statistical Bulletin Trn/2008/3 Main Transport Trends 2008

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Table S1 Summary of Transport in Scotland

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Vehicles Licensed

thousands

Private and Light Goods

1,779

1,825

1,878

1,927

1,997

2,058

2,104

2,158

2,231

2,278

2,332

All Vehicles

2,023

2,073

2,131

2,188

2,262

2,330

2,383

2,448

2,531

2,587

2,648

New Registrations

206

210

216

220

241

259

262

263

251

243

251

Local Bus Services 3, 4

millions

Passenger Journeys (boardings)

448

424 |

455

458

466

471

478

479

477

482

..

Vehicle Kilometres

368

358 |

363

369

368

374

369

357

357

377

..

£ million

Passenger Receipts
at latest year's prices

367

363

373

389

367

392

386

399

395

424

..

Freight Lifted

million tonnes

Road 1

157.4

155.6

155.8

158.5

150.8

154.4

153.4

173.1

165.6

172.4

..

Rail 2, 3

7.04

7.69

8.24

8.25

9.57

9.12

8.32

11.25

14.31

12.96

..

Coastwise traffic

34.5

39.7

35.3 |

24.7

20.6

19.2

19.5

20.5

25.5

20.1

..

One Port traffic

4.41

2.88

2.58

1.54

1.90

1.81

1.54

1.33

1.76

1.48

..

Inland waterway traffic

11.62

10.37

9.47

12.24

11.41

10.01

10.06

9.97

10.19

10.16

..

Pipelines 5

25.7

28.1

28.0

28.1

28.1

28.0

27.7

27.6

27.6

27.8

27.5

Toll Bridges 7

thousand vehicle crossings

Forth Bridge

21,078

20,782

21,868

22,168

22,608

23,374

24,010

23,562

23,810

23,682

23,800

Tay Bridge

7,656

7,778

7,920

8,074

8,184

8,414

8,684

8,929

8,942

8,868

9,038

Erskine Bridge

7,420

7,966

8,322

8,767

8,881

9,480

9,677

10,078

10,007

..

..

Skye Bridge

627

656

665

675

666

718

756

769

..

..

..

Public Road Lengths 7, 9

kilometres

Trunk (A and M)

3,432

3,468

3,479

3,488

3,488

3,488

3,432

3,432

3,432

3,405

3,405

Other Major (A and M)

7,373

7,383

7,390

7,414

7,407

7,417

7,418

7,418

7,433

7,424

7,381

Minor Roads

42,345

42,474

42,654

42,984

43,159

43,687

43,659

43,693

43,911

44,029

44,202

All Roads

53,149

53,325

53,523

53,886

54,054

54,592

54,509

54,543

54,776

54,858

54,988

Road Traffic

million vehicle-kilometres

Motorways

4,852

5,072

5,164

5,405

5,567

5,730

5,856

6,094

6,151

6,442

6,577

A roads

20,600

20,813

21,021

20,532

20,775

21,533

21,826

22,115

21,904

22,596

22,376

All roads (incl. B, C, uncl.)

38,582

39,169

39,770

39,561

40,065

41,535

42,038

42,705

42,718

43,859

44,426

Road Accident Casualties

Killed

377

385

310

326

348

304

336

308

286

314

282

Killed and Serious

4,424

4,457

4,075

3,894

3,758

3,533

3,294

3,074

2,949

2,940

2,598

All (Killed, Serious, Slight)

22,629

22,467

21,002

20,515

19,908

19,275

18,755

18,501

17,880

17,263

16,056

Passenger Rail Services 3

millions

ScotRail passenger journeys

56.14

58.31

61.72

63.16

60.75

57.38

62.32

68.74

75.13

77.29

81.34

All passenger journeys originating in Scotland

60.7

62.5

64.9

64.8

64.6

61.4

66.1

72.9

78.1

..

..

Receipts

£ million

at latest year's prices

196.5

203.3

213.2

206.6

213.1

209.0

220.0

233.0

233.8

..

..

Air Transport

thousands

Terminal Passengers

14,391

15,193

15,941

16,787

18,081

19,783

21,084

22,555

23,795

24,437

25,132

Transport Movements

312.1

320.5

325.0

333.5

360.6

362.6

367.3

385.6

408.8

420.6

428.2

thousand tonnes

Freight

60.5

69.0

73.8

74.6

72.4

72.6

76.5

77.6

74.5

77.9

61.2

Ferries (selected services 8 )

thousands

Passengers

5,634

5,331

5,327

5,294

5,304

5,365

5,721

5,921

5,971

6,020

6,012

Vehicles

1,169

1,148

1,142

1,171

1,211

1,241

1,260

1,338

1,365

1,372

1,416

1. Freight lifted in Scotland by UK-registered hauliers, regardless of whether the destination is in Scotland, elsewhere in the UK or outwith the UK. The figures for 2004 onwards are not comparable with those for earlier years, due to changes to the methodology and processing system for the survey.
2. Again, all freight lifted in Scotland.
3. These figures are for the financial years (April to March) which start in the relevant year (e.g. the "1997" figures are for the 1997-98 financial year).
4 There is a break in series between 1998/99 and 1999/00 because DfT has revised the figures for 1999/00 onwards.

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