Scottish Transport Statistics: No 27

Scottish Transport Statistics: No 27 - 2008 Edition

Table 4.1 Traffic and tolls levied

Forth Road Bridge ^1.5
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
	recorded crossings (thousands)
Private Cars and Commercial vehicles	15,982\|	9,460	9,983	10,121	10,329	10,696	10,976	10,728	10,802	10,745	10,820
Heavy Goods Vehicles	1,163\|	675	677	675	677	663	681	704	729	717	695
Buses	133\|	81	78	82	72	75	76	76	79	87	89
Motor Cycles	97\|	59	68	76	83	90	91	87	92	92	92
Exempted Vehicles	185\|	117	128	130	143	163	181	186	203	200	204
Total recorded crossings	17,560\|	10,391	10,934	11,084	11,304	11,687	12,005	11,781	11,905	11,841	11,900
Northbound Crossings only ²	10,539	10,391	10,934	11,084	11,304	11,687	12,005	11,781	11,905	11,841	11,900
Both directions ²	21,078	20,782	21,868	22,168	22,608	23,374	24,010	23,562	23,810	23,682	23,800
Tolls levied	£ thousand
- current prices	8,824\|	8,659	9,055	9,151	9,294	9,566	9,798	9,620	11,189	11,816	11,871
- at 2007 prices	11,575\|	10,982	11,311	11,102	11,080	11,216	11,165	10,645	12,040	12,323	11,871
Average toll	pence
- current prices	50.3	83.3	82.8	82.6	82.2	81.9	81.6	81.7	94.0	99.8	99.8
- at 2007 prices	65.9\|	105.7	103.4	100.2	98.0	96.0	93.0	90.4	101.1	104.1	99.8
	recorded crossings (thousands)
Tay Road Bridge ^3,5
Private Cars and	3,537	3,558	3,649	3,729	3,783	3,882	4,001	4,131	4,128	4,089	4,163
Commercial vehicles
Heavy Goods Vehicles	120	127	125	125	122	122	121	120	122	123	112
Buses	52	52	49	44	45	44	45	49	48	49	54
Motor Cycles	23	24	27	31	35	27	29	28	27	27	30
Exempted Vehicles	96	128	110	108	107	132	146	136	146	146	160
Total recorded crossings	3,828	3,889	3,960	4,037	4,092	4,207	4,342	4,465	4,471	4,434	4,519
Southbound Crossings only ⁴	3,828	3,889	3,960	4,037	4,092	4,207	4,342	4,465	4,471	4,434	4,519
Both directions ⁴	7,656	7,778	7,920	8,074	8,184	8,414	8,684	8,929	8,942	8,868	9,038
Tolls levied	£ thousand
- current prices	3,142	3,174	3,238	3,295	3,334	3,411	3,504	3,615	3,615	3,575	3,631
- at 2007 prices	4,122	4,025	4,045	3,997	3,975	4,000	3,993	4,000	3,890	3,728	3,631
Average toll	pence
- current prices	82.1	81.6	81.8	81.6	81.5	81.1	80.7	81.0	80.9	80.6	80.3
- at 2007 prices	107.7	103.5	102.1	99.0	97.1	95.1	92.0	89.6	87.0	84.1	80.3

Source: Scottish Government - Not National Statistics

1. From 1 September 1997, one-way tolls were introduced for Forth Road Bridge northbound crossings. Southbound crossings were no longer counted.

2. Figures in italics have been estimated. 'Northbound crossings' prior to 1997 and 'Both directions' from 1998 have been estimated by either halving the 'Total recorded crossings' figures pre-1997 to obtain the 'Northbound' figures or doubling the 'Total recorded crossings' figure to obtain the 'Both directions' figures for 1998 onwards.

3. From 1 June 1991, one-way tolls were introduced for Tay Bridge southbound crossings. Northbound crossings were no longer counted.

4. Figures in italics have been estimated. 'Both directions' from 1992 have been estimated by doubling the 'Total recorded crossings' figure.

5. Tolls were removed from the Forth and Tay bridges with effect from 11 February 2008.

Table 4.1(continued) Traffic and tolls levied

Erskine Bridge ⁶
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
	recorded crossings (thousands)
Cars, commercial vehicles, HGVs and buses	7,135	7,662	8,000	8,443	8,528	9,076	9,256	9,646	9,570	..	..
Motor Cycles	45	46	49	49	53	55	51	54	56	..	..
Exempted Vehicles	240	258	273	275	300	349	370	378	381	..	..
All recorded crossings	7,420	7,966	8,322	8,767	8,881	9,480	9,677	10,078	10,007	..	..
Tolls levied	£ thousand
- current prices	4,374	4,513	4,775	5,001	5,048	5,391	5,488	5,718	5,677	..	..
- at 2006 prices	5,738	5,724	5,964	6,067	6,018	6,321	6,254	6,327	6,109	..	..
Average toll	pence
- current prices	58.9	56.7	57.4	57.0	56.8	56.9	56.7	56.7	56.7	..	..
- at 2006 prices	77.3	71.9	71.7	69.2	67.8	66.7	64.6	62.8	61.0	..	..
	recorded crossings (thousands)
Skye Bridge ⁷
Private Cars and	575	601	613	618	613	666	704	715	..	..	..
Commercial vehicles
Heavy Goods Vehicles	29	33	29	34	30	31	28	29	..	..	..
Buses	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	..	..	..
Motor Cycles	11	10	11	12	13	11	14	14	..	..	..
Exempted Vehicles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All recorded crossings	627	656	665	675	666	718	756	769	..	..	..
Tolls levied	£ thousand
- current prices	3,254	3,580	3,666	3,755	3,641	4,004	4,138	4,425	..	..	..
- at 2006 prices	4,268	4,540	4,579	4,555	4,341	4,695	4,715	4,897	..	..	..
Average toll	pence
- current prices	519.0	545.7	551.3	556.3	546.7	557.7	547.4	575.4	..	..	..
- at 2006 prices	680.8	692.1	688.6	674.9	651.7	653.9	623.7	636.8	..	..	..
All Bridges with tolls ⁸	thousands
Total recorded crossings	29,435\|	22,902	23,881	24,563	24,943	26,092	26,780	27,093\|	26,383\|	16,275\|	16,419
Total estimated crossings for both directions	36,781	37,182	38,775	39,684	40,339	41,986	43,127	43,338\|	42,759\|	32,550\|	32,838

Source: Scottish Government - Not National Statistics

6. Figures for crossings and tolls levied on the Erskine Bridge are for financial years - e.g. the 2005 figure relates to the period from 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006. Tolls were removed from the Erskine Bridge on 31 March 2006.

7. The Skye Bridge was opened in October 1995; the 1995 figures are for 2.5 months only. Tolls were removed on 21 December 2004, so the figures for 2004 cover only the period prior to that date.

8. These figures are the totals for the bridges for which tolls were levied in each year - i.e. all four bridges up to 2004, three bridges in 2005 and two bridges in 2006.

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