Scottish Transport Statistics: No 27 - 2008 Edition

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

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

thousand

by type of vehicle (taxation group)

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

Motorcycles

27

31

36

39

42

46

50

54

56

60

64

Public transport 1

9

9

10

10

10

10

11

11

12

12

13

Goods

31

30

29

30

30

30

30

31

32

34

34

Crown and exempt 2

136

138

139

143

144

144|

178

183

189

191

195

Other vehicles 2

40

40

40

40

40

42|

10

10

11

11

11

All vehicles

2,023

2,073

2,131

2,188

2,262

2,330

2,383

2,448

2,531

2,587

2,648

by body type

Cars

1,726

1,773

1,824

1,876

1,939

1,993

2,031

2,076

2,139

2,173

2,216

Taxis

3

3

3

3

4

3

3

4

4

4

4

Motorcycles

33

36

41

45

47

52

56

60

62

66

70

Three wheelers

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Light goods

153

156

158

162

167

174

183

194

209

223

237

Goods

27

30

28

30

30

30

31

31

32

33

39

Buses and coaches

16

11

17

17

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

Agricultural vehicles etc

35

35

36

37

36

38

39

41

42

42

43

Other vehicles

27

28

24

19

22

22

22

24

25

27

20

All vehicles

2,023

2,073

2,131

2,188

2,262

2,330

2,383

2,448

2,531

2,587

2,648

by method of propulsion

Petrol

1,592

1,616

1,647

1,677

1,719

1,742

1,746

1,756

1,771

1,762

1,761

Diesel

430

456

482

510

541

585

634

689

756

820

882

Electric

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Gas or petrol/gas

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Gas Bi-Fuel

..

..

..

..

0

0

1

1

1

2

2

Steam

0

0

0

0

..

0

0

0

0

0

0

Others

..

..

..

..

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

Total

2,023

2,073

2,131

2,188

2,262

2,330

2,383

2,448

2,531

2,587

2,648

1. Estimates include only those vehicles with more than 8 seats.

2. Vehicles in the Special Concessionary Group (part of other vehicles in 2002 and earlier years) are part of Crown and Exempt from 2003 onwards

Figure 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2007 by Council

Figure 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2007 by Council

Figure 1.3 Private cars1 licensed at 31 December 2007 per head of population

Figure 1.3 Private cars1 licensed at 31 December 2007 per head of population

1. i.e "body type cars" excluding "company cars"
* Formerly Western Isles

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