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

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Table S2 Summary of Transport in Scotland - index numbers

Index 1997=100

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Vehicles Licensed

Private and Light Goods

100.0

102.6

105.5

108.3

112.2

115.7

118.2

121.3

125.4

128.0

131.1

All Vehicles

100.0

102.5

105.4

108.2

111.8

115.2

117.8

121.0

125.2

127.9

130.9

New Registrations

100.0

102.1

105.1

107.2

117.3

126.2

127.6

127.8

122.1

118.2

122.0

Local Bus Services 3, 4

Passenger Journeys (boardings)

100.0

94.5 |

101.4

102.1

103.9

105.0

106.5

106.8

106.3

107.5

..

Vehicle Kilometres

100.0

97.3 |

98.6

100.3

100.0

101.6

100.3

97.0

97.0

102.4

..

Passenger Receipts at latest year's prices

100.0

98.9

101.4

105.7

99.8

106.8

104.9

108.7

107.6

115.4

..

Freight Lifted

Road 1

100.0

98.9

99.0

100.7

95.8

98.1

97.5 |

110.0

105.2

109.5

..

Rail 2, 3

100.0

109.2

117.0

117.2

135.9

129.5

118.2

159.8

203.3

184.1

..

Coastwise traffic

100.0

115.1

102.3 |

71.6

59.7

55.7

56.6

59.4

74.0

58.2

..

One Port traffic

100.0

65.3

58.5

34.9

43.1

41.0

34.9

30.2

39.9

33.6

..

Inland waterway

100.0

89.2

81.5

105.3

98.2

86.1

86.6

85.8

87.7

87.4

..

Pipelines 5

100.0

109.1

109.0

109.5

109.4

109.0

107.7

107.5

107.3

108.1

106.9

Toll Bridges 6

Forth Bridge

100.0

98.6

103.7

105.2

107.3

110.9

113.9

111.8

113.0

112.4

112.9

Tay Bridge

100.0

101.6

103.4

105.5

106.9

109.9

113.4

116.6

116.8

115.8

118.1

Erskine Bridge

100.0

107.4

112.2

118.2

119.7

127.8

130.4

135.8

134.9

..

..

Skye Bridge

100.0

104.6

106.1

107.7

106.2

114.5

120.6

122.6

..

..

..

Public Road Lengths 7

Trunk (A and M)

100.0

101.0

101.4

101.6

101.6

101.6

100.0

100.0

100.0

99.2

99.2

Other Major (A and M)

100.0

100.1

100.2

100.6

100.5

100.6

100.6

100.6

100.8

100.7

100.1

Minor Roads

100.0

100.3

100.7

101.5

101.9

103.2

103.1

103.2

103.7

104.0

104.4

All Roads

100.0

100.3

100.7

101.4

101.7

102.7

102.6

102.6

103.1

103.2

103.5

Road Traffic

Motorways

100.0

104.5

106.4

111.4

114.7

118.1

120.7

125.6

126.8

132.8

135.6

A roads

100.0

101.0

102.0

99.7

100.8

104.5

106.0

107.4

106.3

109.7

108.6

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

100.0

101.5

103.1

102.5

103.8

107.7

109.0

110.7

110.7

113.7

115.1

Road Accident Casualties

Killed

100.0

102.1

82.2

86.5

92.3

80.6

89.1

81.7

75.9

83.3

74.8

Killed and Serious

100.0

100.7

92.1

88.0

84.9

79.9

74.4

69.5

66.7

66.4

58.7

All (Killed, Serious, Slight)

100.0

99.3

92.8

90.7

88.0

85.2

82.9

81.8

79.0

76.3

71.0

Passenger Rail Services 3

ScotRail passenger journeys

100.0

103.9

110.0

112.5

108.2

102.2

111.0

122.5

133.8

137.7

144.9

Journeys originating in Scotland

100.0

102.9

106.9

106.7

106.4

101.1

108.8

120.1

128.6

..

..

Receipts at latest year's prices

100.0

103.5

108.5

105.1

108.4

106.3

111.9

118.6

119.0

..

..

Air Transport

Terminal Passengers

100.0

105.6

110.8

116.6

125.6

137.5

146.5

156.7

165.3

169.8

174.6

Transport Movements

100.0

102.7

104.1

106.8

115.5

116.2

117.7

123.5

131.0

134.7

137.2

Freight

100.0

114.1

122.0

123.3

119.7

120.0

126.3

128.2

123.1

128.7

101.1

Ferries (selected services 8 )

Passengers

100.0

94.6

94.6

94.0

94.1

95.2

101.5

105.1

106.0

106.9

106.7

Vehicles

100.0

98.2

97.7

100.2

103.6

106.2

107.8

114.5

116.7

117.4

121.1

5. The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines over 50km in length.
6. One-way tolls were introduced for Tay bridge (1 June 1991) and Forth bridge (1 September 1997) so figures after these dates have been estimated by the Scottish Executive. Tolls were removed from the Skye bridge on 21 December 2004, the Erskine bridge on 31 March 2006 and the Forth and Tay bridges on 11 February 2008.
7. At 1 April.
8. Those services for which figures are (at least) available back to 1975: Caledonian MacBrayne, P&O Scottish Ferries / NorthLink Orkney & Shetland, and Orkney Ferries.
9. Figures are provisional

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