Chapter 5: Road Traffic

Chapter 5: Road Traffic

1 Introduction

1.1 This chapter provides information about road traffic, such as the total volume of traffic by type of road, by type of vehicle, and by council area. It also provides some figures on traffic flows at selected points on the road network, some statistics on delays and congestion and information about petrol and diesel consumption.

1.2 Traffic estimates, indicate only the broad level of traffic, so year on year comparisons should be made with care as they are based on a very small cross-section of the roads in Scotland: 12 hours in one day traffic counts taken at around 750 sites per year and data from automatic traffic counters at about two dozen sites in Scotland (then combined with data from automatic counters at similar sites in England and Wales). See Sources section.

Key Points

• 48 billion vehicle km were driven in 2017
• 39% of distance travelled is on Trunk roads, which account for only 7% of the road network.
• 12.3% of driver journeys were delayed by congestion between 2015 and 2017.

2 Main Points

Major & Minor Roads

2.1 The estimated volume of traffic on Scotland's roads in 2017 was around 48 billion (thousand million) vehicle km: 3.2% more than 2016. There have been slight increases in the last six years, following the steady downward trend seen between 2007 and 2011. (Table 5.1)

2.2 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2017 was estimated to be 31 billion vehicle-km. Traffic on Motorways accounted for 8.1 billion vehicle km (17% of all traffic).  This was less than the estimated 10 billion vehicle km on trunk A roads (21% of the total), and the 12.9 billion on non-trunk A roads (26%).  Seventy per cent of A road traffic was in rural areas: 16.1 billion out of the A roads total of 23.4 billion vehicle km.  (Table 5.1) 

2.3 Minor roads (B, C and unclassified roads) accounted for the remaining 36% of traffic in 2017: an estimated 16.6 billion vehicle km  (Table 5.1)   

2.5 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2017 was 2% higher than in the previous year (Motorways increased by 3%). Minor road traffic was about 6% higher than in 2016. Traffic levels are around 7 per cent higher than in 2006.  (Table 5.1)

Trends

2.6 DfT estimates suggest a rising trend in traffic volumes on major roads in Scotland, reaching a peak in 2007 when numbers levelled off, 5 per cent higher than they had been in 2003.  Traffic volumes then fell back slightly but after increases since 2011 are now 7% higher than they were in 2007.  Motorway traffic saw a 14 per cent rise between 2003 and 2008, fell slightly over the next two years and has started to rise again over the last seven years; now 21% higher than the earlier peak in 2008. (Table 5.1)

2.7 Traffic on minor roads is estimated to have risen by 9% between 2003 and 2007, falling by 6% between then and 2012, before rising again. The total volume of traffic on all roads in Scotland was also estimated to have risen by 6% between 2003 and 2007, falling by 2% between then and 2011, before rising again. (Table 5.1)    

2.8 Cars account for over three quarters (75%) of the total volume of traffic on the roads (i.e. of the total for major roads and minor roads combined), light goods vehicles for 17% and heavy goods vehicles for 5%. After falls in the previous two years, pedal cycle traffic increased slightly in 2017. However, with pedal cycle traffic volumes increasing by 20% since 2007, pedal cycles still account for less than one percent of estimated traffic volume.  (Table 5.2 & 5.3)  

2.9 In 2017, the volume of car traffic was 5 per cent higher than in 2007, light goods vehicle traffic 31 per cent higher, but heavy goods vehicle traffic 7% lower. (Table 5.3) 

Local Area volumes

2.10 A fifth of motorway traffic was within the City of Glasgow, whereas Highland had the highest volume (16%) of trunk A road traffic. The five local authorities with the highest traffic volumes (Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Edinburgh, Fife and Aberdeenshire) account for 33% of all traffic on Scotland’s roads. (Table 5.4)     

2.11 The monthly average daily traffic flows recorded at a selection of Automated Traffic Classifier (ATC) sites are given in Table 5.6. The average flow (both directions) at the A80 Cumbernauld site was around 65,000 vehicles per day. In contrast, the average daily flow at the A835 Aultguish site was around 1,600 vehicles. Traffic levels also vary considerably depending on the month: e.g. the A83 Ardrishaig site in September averaged around 7,000 vehicles per day – compared to under 2,000 in January.  (Table 5.6 & 5.7)

2.12 Some trunk road traffic flows are given in Table 5.7. The A80 Cumbernauld was the busiest site from this sample, with an annual average of 64,599 vehicles per day in 2017. Its Monday-Friday average was 50,862 vehicles per day. The A74(M) had the highest Monday-Friday peak hourly flows at 2,641 vehicles in the morning and 2,904 vehicles in the evening.  At the opposite end of the scale, the A835 Aultguish averaged 1,596 vehicles per day over the year as a whole and its Monday-Friday peak hourly flows were around 200 in the morning and 100 in the afternoon. The A7 Langholm and the A75 Carsluith both had the highest percentage of heavy goods vehicle traffic in 2017 at 25% for the week, followed by the M80 Bankhead (16%). (Table 5.7)

Delays and Congestion

2.13 In previous editions of STS Table 5.8 estimated the time lost by traffic due to delays on trunk road routes monitored by Transport Scotland. This table is no longer being updated due to number of factors, including major changes to the network which would have required a substantial rework to the methodology.

2.14 The Scottish Household Survey provides estimates of delays attributed to congestion experienced by drivers (on the previous day). Between 2015 and 2017, 12.3% of journeys made as the driver of a car were said to be delayed due to traffic congestion.  This figure is broadly comparable to congestion level peak in 2007 of around 14%.  Short delays were more common than longer ones - 4% of car drivers’ journeys were delayed by around 5 minutes compared to almost 2% by 15 minutes and 2% by 20 minutes or longer.  Weekday journeys were most likely to suffer congestion delays between 7 and 9 am and 4 and 6 pm (23-25% and 24-28% respectively).  Fewer delays (4%) were experienced by people residing in remote small towns than those in accessible small towns (10%). (Tables 5.8 and 5.9)

2.15 These statistics no longer feature in Scotland’s National Indicator on driver congestion in their old form.  More information on National Indicators can be found on the Scotland Performs website: http://www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms/indicator/congestion

2.16 Delays experienced by bus users have fallen since 2008, though changes in recent years are not significant due to small sample sizes.  (Table 5.9)

Fuel Consumption

2.17 DECC estimates suggest that the traffic on Scotland's roads consumed just over 3 million tonnes of petrol and diesel in 2016.  This figure includes fuel purchased outwith Scotland which is consumed in Scotland, and excludes fuel purchased in Scotland which is used outwith Scotland.  It is estimated using information about average fuel consumption, vehicle emissions and traffic volumes - see Notes and Definitions section, page 252.

2.18 Petrol and diesel consumption has been falling since 2007. There has been a steady fall in petrol consumption in cars over the period and an increase in diesel cars, reflecting trends in vehicle propulsion shown in Chapter 1 i.e. increases in the proportion of diesel powered vehicles on the roads and reductions in petrol powered vehicles. (Table 5.10)

Figure 5.1: Scottish Trunk Road Map

Table 5.1: Traffic (vehicle kilometres) by road class and type  

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 1	2015	2016 1	2017
											million vehicle kilometres
Motorways	6,577	6,683	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477	7,829	8,054
Trunk A roads
Urban *	928	942	952	945	951	973	960	965	960	988	1,818
Rural *	9,042	8,878	8,960	8,773	8,793	8,678	8,766	8,726	8,905	9,160	8,648
Total	9,970	9,820	9,913	9,719	9,744	9,651	9,725	9,691	9,864	10,147	10,466
Non-trunk A roads
Urban *	4,505	4,493	4,530	4,522	4,471	4,395	4,390	4,478	4,501	4,609	5,399
Rural *	7,933	7,813	7,885	7,752	7,781	7,666	7,670	7,856	8,029	8,262	7,488
Total	12,438	12,307	12,415	12,273	12,252	12,061	12,061	12,334	12,530	12,871	12,887
All A roads
Urban *	5,433	5,435	5,482	5,467	5,422	5,368	5,350	5,443	5,461	5,597	7,217
Rural *	16,975	16,691	16,845	16,525	16,574	16,344	16,436	16,582	16,934	17,422	16,136
Total	22,408	22,126	22,327	21,992	21,996	21,712	21,786	22,025	22,395	23,019	23,353
All major roads	28,986	28,810	28,961	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,446	29,872	30,848	31,407
	1	1	1	1
B roads
Urban *	1,335	1,315	1,283	1,246	1,250	1,254	1,235	1,263	1,261	1,253	1,566
Rural *	2,734	2,748	2,661	2,660	2,577	2,502	2,519	2,662	2,711	2,748	2,677
Total	4,069	4,063	3,944	3,906	3,827	3,756	3,754	3,925	3,972	4,001	4,243
C & Unclassified roads
Urban *	7,133	7,079	6,942	6,732	6,767	6,813	6,725	6,891	6,890	6,960	8,299
Rural *	4,479	4,517	4,371	4,354	4,232	4,127	4,314	4,578	4,639	4,650	4,038
Total	11,611	11,596	11,314	11,086	10,998	10,941	11,038	11,469	11,530	11,610	12,337
All minor roads
Urban *	8,468	8,394	8,225	7,978	8,016	8,067	7,960	8,154	8,151	8,214	9,865
Rural *	7,212	7,266	7,033	7,014	6,809	6,630	6,832	7,240	7,350	7,398	6,715
All minor roads	15,680	15,659	15,258	14,992	14,825	14,696	14,792	15,393	15,502	15,611	16,580
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Motorways	6,577	6,683	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477	7,829	8,054
Urban *	13,901	13,829	13,708	13,445	13,438	13,434	13,310	13,597	13,612	13,810	17,082
Rural *	24,187	23,957	23,878	23,539	23,383	22,974	23,269	23,822	24,284	24,819	22,851
All roads	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374	46,459	47,986

 

Table 5.2: Traffic (vehicle kilometres) on major roads (by class / type) and minor roads (by type) by vehicle type, 2017

	Cars	Two wheeled motor vehicles	Buses	Light goods vehicles	Heavy goods vehicles	All motor vehicles	Pedal cycles	All vehicle traffic	Percent of all roads
									million vehicle kilometres
Motorways 1	5,829	25	47	1,260	893	8,054	0	8,054	16.8
Trunk A roads - urban 2	1,403	8	13	275	117	1,816	1	1,818	3.8
Trunk A roads - rural 2	6,350	70	85	1,381	755	8,642	6	8,648	18.0
Non-trunk A roads - urban 2	4,308	22	98	781	169	5,378	20	5,399	11.3
Non-trunk A roads - rural 2	5,564	56	94	1,334	427	7,475	13	7,488	15.6
All major roads	23,454	181	337	5,031	2,361	31,365	40	31,407	65.5
Urban roads 2	7,834	66	200	1,506	98	9,703	162	9,865	20.6
Rural roads 2	4,918	58	45	1,470	136	6,627	88	6,715	14.0
All minor roads	12,753	124	245	2,975	234	16,330	250	16,580	34.6
Motorways	5,829	25	47	1,260	893	8,054	0	8,054	16.8
Urban roads 2	13,545	96	311	2,562	384	16,898	184	17,082	35.6
Rural roads 2	16,831	184	225	4,186	1,318	22,744	107	22,851	47.6
All roads	36,206	305	582	8,008	2,595	47,696	290	47,986	100.0
Percentage of all vehicles	75.5	0.6	1.2	16.7	5.4	99.4	0.6	100.0

Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics
1. Motorways include A(M) roads.
2. DfT's classification of urban and rural roads differs from the built up/non-built up classification - see section 5.1.4 of the notes and definitions at the back of this publication. Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Table 5.3: Traffic (vehicle kilometres)  on major roads, minor roads and all roads by vehicle type

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 1	2015	2016 1	2017
											million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Cars	22,392	22,221	22,496	21,998	21,986	22,170	22,217	22,418	22,573	23,220	23,453
Two wheeled motor vehicles	187	190	196	181	181	171	176	184	181	180	181
Buses	308	320	329	353	352	363	365	366	369	351	337
Light goods vehicles	3,689	3,690	3,684	3,701	3,816	3,906	4,032	4,242	4,481	4,765	5,032
Heavy goods vehicles	2,378	2,349	2,210	2,217	2,184	2,198	2,210	2,193	2,228	2,290	2,362
All motor vehicle traffic	28,953	28,770	28,917	28,450	28,519	28,807	29,001	29,404	29,831	30,807	31,366
Pedal cycles	32	40	45	46	47	45	47	42	41	41	40
All traffic on major roads	28,986	28,810	28,961	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,446	29,872	30,847	31,406
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Cars	12,153	12,136	11,895	11,593	11,592	11,606	11,594	11,997	12,096	12,122	12,753
Two wheeled motor vehicles	139	125	125	109	114	120	111	113	112	109	124
Buses	342	310	306	298	257	222	242	243	219	211	245
Light goods vehicles	2,436	2,455	2,343	2,406	2,306	2,216	2,287	2,434	2,499	2,670	2,975
Heavy goods vehicles	403	402	347	333	298	268	277	280	276	252	234
All motor vehicle traffic	15,473	15,427	15,016	14,740	14,567	14,432	14,510	15,066	15,201	15,364	16,330
Pedal cycles	207	232	243	253	258	264	282	327	300	247	250
All traffic on minor roads	15,680	15,659	15,258	14,992	14,825	14,696	14,792	15,393	15,502	15,611	16,580
All roads
Cars	34,545	34,357	34,392	33,591	33,578	33,777	33,811	34,415	34,669	35,342	36,206
Two wheeled motor vehicles	326	315	322	290	295	290	286	297	293	289	305
Buses	650	630	635	650	609	585	607	610	588	561	582
Light goods vehicles	6,125	6,145	6,027	6,107	6,122	6,121	6,319	6,676	6,979	7,435	8,008
Heavy goods vehicles	2,781	2,751	2,557	2,550	2,482	2,466	2,487	2,473	2,504	2,543	2,595
All motor vehicle traffic	44,426	44,197	43,932	43,189	43,085	43,239	43,511	44,470	45,032	46,170	47,696
Pedal cycles	240	273	287	298	305	310	329	369	342	288	290
All traffic on all roads	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374	46,459	47,986

Source:  Department for Transport - Not National Statistics
1. DfT have made some small revisions to 2014 and 2016 estimates. 
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Table 5.4: Traffic on major roads (by class / type) and on minor roads, by Council, 2017  ¹

Council	All motor-ways 2	Trunk A  urban	Trunk A  rural	Non-trunk A urban	Non-trunk A rural	Total: All major roads (M and A)	Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)	Total: all roads
								million vehicle kilometres
Aberdeen City	-	156	111	283	79	629	756	1,384
Aberdeenshire	-	87	953	91	747	1,878	1,268	3,146
Angus	-	-	372	105	297	774	401	1,174
Argyll & Bute	-	-	419	49	312	780	205	985
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	52	102	154	180	334
Dumfries & Galloway	756	41	669	76	317	1,859	384	2,244
Dundee City	-	163	8	162	12	345	538	884
East Ayrshire	117	20	213	97	234	681	430	1,110
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	118	97	215	366	581
East Lothian	-	1	413	69	160	643	359	1,003
East Renfrewshire	234	-	-	95	80	409	397	806
Edinburgh, City of	368	146	262	714	258	1,748	1,319	3,067
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	162	162	68	230
Falkirk	626	-	13	224	205	1,068	599	1,666
Fife	270	97	529	363	649	1,908	1,194	3,101
Glasgow, City of	1,572	-	-	720	43	2,335	1,316	3,651
Highland	-	102	1,618	21	545	2,286	599	2,884
Inverclyde	-	25	42	169	23	259	282	541
Midlothian	-	10	133	83	181	407	310	717
Moray	-	51	235	42	156	484	313	797
North Ayrshire	-	119	201	94	115	529	278	806
North Lanarkshire	898	346	45	425	216	1,930	1,367	3,296
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	-	86	86	62	148
Perth & Kinross	502	49	1,057	123	468	2,199	420	2,620
Renfrewshire	553	62	156	200	92	1,063	536	1,598
Scottish Borders	-	32	372	57	444	905	395	1,299
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	153	153	70	224
South Ayrshire	-	34	376	118	114	642	388	1,029
South Lanarkshire	1,143	143	109	322	417	2,134	621	2,755
Stirling	286	7	251	125	357	1,026	300	1,326
West Dunbartonshire	-	126	94	158	48	426	249	674
West Lothian	730	-	-	245	320	1,295	610	1,904
Scotland	8,054	1,818	8,648	5,399	7,488	31,407	16,580	47,986

1. Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics.  They provide only a rough estimate of the likely total volume of traffic on roads in each area.  For further information, please see the notes on the traffic estimates at the back of the publication.
2. Motorways include A(M) roads.
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Table 5.5: Traffic on trunk roads and on local authority roads, by Council area ¹

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 4	2015	2016 4	2017
											million vehicle kilometres
Aberdeen City	265	264	253	255	258	263	260	264	263	273	267
Aberdeenshire	840	820	829	822	824	861	872	902	908	948	1,040
Angus 3	319	328	324	335	334	343	357	370	358	367	372
Argyll & Bute	358	356	359	352	353	351	355	362	376	392	419
Dumfries & Galloway	1,299	1,302	1,290	1,274	1,270	1,252	1,272	1,311	1,349	1,387	1,467
Dundee City	187	179	182	180	178	186	182	169	168	173	171
East Ayrshire 3	372	368	375	366	365	365	359	374	369	352	349
East Lothian	409	372	359	354	355	349	349	359	362	391	414
East Renfrewshire	177	175	181	172	208	205	209	214	230	237	234
Edinburgh, City of	714	686	725	677	712	700	719	715	755	779	777
Falkirk	571	567	550	531	537	577	580	581	608	647	639
Fife	889	868	879	848	839	820	833	842	841	878	895
Glasgow, City of 3	1,259	1,305	1,302	1,288	1,313	1,481	1,522	1,510	1,499	1,548	1,572
Highland	1,525	1,519	1,556	1,530	1,535	1,528	1,546	1,557	1,614	1,675	1,720
Inverclyde	78	76	75	72	72	71	71	72	73	75	67
Midlothian	142	140	141	135	136	140	138	143	136	141	143
Moray	277	272	269	263	264	265	266	270	274	286	287
North Ayrshire	326	330	326	318	317	309	308	316	320	326	319
North Lanarkshire	1,143	1,166	1,154	1,161	1,129	1,414	1,402	1,253	1,191	1,217	1,289
Perth & Kinross	1,379	1,345	1,332	1,299	1,324	1,296	1,322	1,363	1,381	1,467	1,608
Renfrewshire 3	710	725	711	693	699	689	703	732	758	774	771
Scottish Borders	400	383	390	382	388	386	387	394	406	419	404
South Ayrshire	393	379	381	384	384	379	379	387	395	406	409
South Lanarkshire 3	1,130	1,169	1,197	1,162	1,163	1,219	1,236	1,261	1,264	1,328	1,395
Stirling	513	505	499	481	478	470	468	485	500	544	544
West Dunbartonshire	189	191	209	204	205	206	206	213	220	223	220
West Lothian	688	711	700	682	675	671	688	693	724	724	730
Total trunk roads	16,548	16,504	16,546	16,222	16,313	16,791	16,987	17,112	17,342	17,977	18,519
Aberdeen City	1,126	1,115	1,075	1,053	1,039	1,040	1,041	1,067	1,075	1,092	1,117
Aberdeenshire	1,993	1,994	1,933	1,894	1,859	1,825	1,860	1,945	1,984	2,008	2,105
Angus	747	758	752	740	731	722	725	749	762	774	802
Argyll & Bute	552	548	541	532	526	516	525	542	551	561	566
Clackmannanshire 3	299	301	316	313	314	310	301	312	316	320	334
Dumfries & Galloway	723	719	708	700	693	676	684	709	724	737	777
Dundee City	719	722	703	687	688	685	676	693	695	703	713
East Ayrshire 3	688	684	674	668	662	647	656	679	691	704	761
East Dunbartonshire	556	547	547	534	533	529	525	542	544	553	581
East Lothian	509	508	503	501	498	484	488	508	516	524	589
East Renfrewshire 3	569	574	565	556	547	537	536	552	557	567	572
Edinburgh, City of	2,326	2,271	2,253	2,207	2,190	2,179	2,169	2,230	2,254	2,287	2,291
Eilean Siar	209	205	206	203	202	203	206	214	219	246	230
Falkirk	953	950	955	949	952	944	945	974	983	998	1,028
Fife	2,022	2,023	2,015	2,000	2,000	1,980	1,992	2,059	2,076	2,105	2,206
Glasgow, City of 3	2,147	2,124	2,089	2,042	2,027	2,011	2,014	2,056	2,039	2,069	2,079
Highland	1,070	1,078	1,067	1,055	1,044	1,024	1,044	1,086	1,105	1,123	1,164
Inverclyde	468	465	458	447	443	438	436	449	451	456	474
Midlothian	507	509	520	517	517	504	504	523	534	544	574
Moray	466	467	460	451	444	446	451	471	477	483	511
North Ayrshire	466	462	456	452	450	435	433	448	452	459	487
North Lanarkshire	1,906	1,894	1,871	1,840	1,829	1,822	1,819	1,867	1,875	1,893	2,007
Orkney Islands	137	137	137	135	133	131	133	139	142	145	148
Perth & Kinross	972	958	960	945	933	918	933	968	989	1,005	1,012
Renfrewshire 3	781	781	766	759	757	753	755	778	786	797	827
Scottish Borders	812	813	808	798	792	779	787	817	836	853	895
Shetland Islands	206	206	203	202	202	200	204	210	215	220	224
South Ayrshire	600	607	602	595	590	572	568	585	592	601	620
South Lanarkshire	1,333	1,298	1,294	1,282	1,273	1,258	1,254	1,296	1,311	1,335	1,361
Stirling 3	763	759	751	747	733	718	719	744	753	765	783
West Dunbartonshire	439	439	438	429	431	434	432	443	444	451	455
West Lothian	1,055	1,051	1,046	1,034	1,042	1,038	1,039	1,071	1,085	1,105	1,175
Total LA roads	28,118	27,966	27,673	27,266	27,077	26,757	26,853	27,727	28,032	28,482	29,467

1. Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics. They provide only a rough estimate of the likely total volume of traffic on roads in each area. For further information, please see the notes on the traffic estimates in the text.
2. Roads which changed from trunk to local authority, or vice versa, are counted according to their status on a recent date, rather than on the basis of their status in each year.
NB: to save space, Councils which do not have trunk roads in their areas are not shown.
3. DfT have made some minor changes to the traffic estimates from 2006 onwards. This was due to incorrect LA codes being assigned to a few sections of major road.
4. DfT have made some small revisions to 2014 and 2016 estimates. Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Table 5.5: (continued)  Traffic on all roads, by Council area ¹ 

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 3	2015	2016 3	2017
											million vehicle kilometres
Aberdeen City	1,391	1,379	1,329	1,308	1,297	1,303	1,301	1,331	1,338	1,365	1,384
Aberdeenshire	2,834	2,814	2,762	2,716	2,683	2,686	2,732	2,847	2,892	2,956	3,146
Angus 2	1,066	1,086	1,075	1,075	1,065	1,065	1,082	1,119	1,120	1,141	1,174
Argyll & Bute	910	904	900	884	879	866	879	904	927	952	985
Clackmannanshire 2	299	301	316	313	314	310	301	312	316	320	334
Dumfries & Galloway	2,021	2,021	1,998	1,974	1,963	1,927	1,956	2,020	2,073	2,124	2,244
Dundee City	906	902	885	867	865	871	858	862	863	877	884
East Ayrshire 2	1,059	1,052	1,050	1,033	1,027	1,012	1,015	1,053	1,060	1,056	1,110
East Dunbartonshire	556	547	547	534	533	529	525	542	544	553	581
East Lothian	918	880	862	855	852	833	836	868	877	915	1,003
East Renfrewshire 2	745	750	747	728	755	741	745	766	787	804	806
Edinburgh, City of	3,040	2,957	2,978	2,885	2,902	2,879	2,888	2,945	3,009	3,066	3,067
Eilean Siar	209	205	206	203	202	203	206	214	219	246	230
Falkirk	1,524	1,517	1,505	1,479	1,489	1,521	1,526	1,555	1,592	1,645	1,666
Fife	2,911	2,891	2,894	2,848	2,839	2,800	2,825	2,902	2,917	2,983	3,101
Glasgow, City of 2	3,406	3,429	3,390	3,329	3,341	3,492	3,537	3,566	3,537	3,617	3,651
Highland	2,595	2,597	2,623	2,586	2,580	2,552	2,590	2,643	2,719	2,798	2,884
Inverclyde	545	541	533	519	515	509	507	522	524	532	541
Midlothian	649	649	661	652	653	644	642	666	671	685	717
Moray	743	739	729	714	708	711	716	740	751	769	797
North Ayrshire	792	792	782	770	766	744	740	764	772	784	806
North Lanarkshire	3,049	3,060	3,025	3,001	2,959	3,235	3,222	3,120	3,066	3,110	3,296
Orkney Islands	137	137	137	135	133	131	133	139	142	145	148
Perth & Kinross	2,351	2,303	2,292	2,244	2,257	2,215	2,254	2,331	2,371	2,472	2,620
Renfrewshire 2	1,490	1,506	1,477	1,452	1,456	1,442	1,457	1,510	1,543	1,571	1,598
Scottish Borders	1,212	1,196	1,198	1,180	1,180	1,165	1,174	1,211	1,241	1,271	1,299
Shetland Islands	206	206	203	202	202	200	204	210	215	220	224
South Ayrshire	992	987	983	979	974	951	946	973	986	1,007	1,029
South Lanarkshire 2	2,462	2,468	2,491	2,444	2,436	2,476	2,490	2,557	2,575	2,662	2,755
Stirling 2	1,276	1,264	1,249	1,228	1,211	1,188	1,187	1,229	1,253	1,309	1,326
West Dunbartonshire	629	630	646	634	637	639	638	656	665	674	674
West Lothian	1,742	1,761	1,747	1,716	1,717	1,709	1,726	1,764	1,808	1,828	1,904
Total all roads	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374	46,459	47,986

1. Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics. They provide only a rough estimate of the likely total volume of traffic on roads in each area. For further information, please see the notes on the traffic estimates in the text.
2. Roads which changed from trunk to local authority, or vice versa, are counted according to their status on a recent date, rather than on the basis of their status in each year.
NB: to save space, Councils which do not have trunk roads in their areas are not shown.
3. DfT have made some minor changes to the traffic estimates from 2006 onwards. This was due to incorrect LA codes being assigned to a few sections of major road.
4. DfT have made some small revisions to 2014 and 2016 estimates. Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Figure 5.2: Selected pints used to show average daily traffic flows, peak hourly flows and percentages of HGVs (see Table 5.7)

Table 5.6: Average Daily Traffic Flows¹ at Selected Automated Traffic Classifier Sites ² by Month, 2017

Description	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
A74(M) J18 to 19	27,162	30,807	31,628	36,025	35,570	37,710	40,637	41,372	37,329	36,695	32,699	30,414
M8 Bishopton	13,844	18,621	25,108	21,954	25,763	27,347	21,226	-	-	-	17,731	21,621
M8 Harthill	44,150	46,487	48,402	47,308	51,909	50,923	52,898	56,896	52,878	52,851	52,500	51,855
M9 Linlithgow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
M73 Gartcosh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
M74 J9	28,786	24,670	33,265	36,589	36,574	38,642	41,026	42,180	38,994	38,811	23,060	152
M80 Bankhead	24,260	28,599	35,053	33,689	35,451	36,718	36,982	40,760	38,599	37,358	38,402	18,591
M90 Kelty	26,734	30,012	31,519	32,900	33,885	34,463	33,913	36,102	33,101	32,682	31,447	28,241
A1 Grantshouse	-	-	-	-	-	7,257	10,309	11,456	11,093	5,732	8,839	8,493
A7 Langholm	3,281	3,513	3,675	3,758	3,928	4,080	3,879	4,050	4,083	3,882	3,718	3,446
A9 Berridale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A9 Blackford	11,087	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A9 Dornoch	-	-	6,182	6,805	7,299	7,645	8,034	8,286	7,466	6,599	5,804	5,237
A9 Tomatin	-	8,938	9,143	10,758	11,007	11,512	12,389	12,468	11,594	10,702	9,191	8,178
A68 Jedburgh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A68 Pathhead	-	9,256	9,917	10,047	10,415	10,834	10,179	11,292	10,510	10,472	9,909	7,927
A75 Carsluith	4,032	4,372	4,630	5,214	5,357	5,275	5,595	6,146	5,483	4,974	4,618	4,451
A75 Southeast of A751	5,234	6,550	6,846	7,066	7,386	7,399	7,394	7,752	7,542	6,841	6,927	5,545
A76 Mennock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A77 Lendalfoot	3,086	3,424	3,640	4,262	4,157	4,296	4,799	4,656	3,896	3,820	3,296	2,902
A77 Kilmarnock	23,953	23,397	28,601	27,774	28,328	29,329	30,846	31,435	30,651	28,844	27,842	23,763
A78 Loans	16,690	18,895	19,389	18,993	20,595	19,845	19,219	19,401	18,789	18,660	18,616	16,618
A80 Cumbernauld	65,840	72,600	76,699	76,541	78,269	75,178	-	50,862	78,658	77,891	75,559	65,329
A82 Ballachulish	3,199	3,996	4,192	5,626	5,587	5,849	7,002	7,850	6,711	5,275	3,766	3,431
A82 Spean Bridge	3,560	4,280	4,803	6,046	6,907	7,072	7,505	7,992	6,946	5,726	4,485	3,817
A83 Ardrishaig	1,849	-	3,066	2,924	3,268	3,168	3,195	3,377	3,163	2,823	2,655	2,253
A85 Riverside Dundee	-	17,599	18,357	17,605	18,055	17,948	17,308	18,820	18,086	17,523	17,331	14,384
A87 Broadford	3,520	3,990	4,523	5,977	7,044	7,365	7,715	7,851	7,059	5,307	4,277	-
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	-	-	3,904	4,144	5,304	5,500	5,820	6,319	5,246	4,029	3,155	2,625
A90 Stonehaven	20,237	19,897	20,248	17,546	18,028	18,303	17,672	18,468	18,045	17,505	18,148	15,322
A90 Bridge of Don	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A96 Forres	9,363	10,655	10,992	11,649	11,811	12,078	12,516	12,963	12,043	11,475	10,778	9,764
A702 Fulford	-	-	-	-	-	10,958	11,547	14,315	13,654	-	-	-
A720 Dreghorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A737 Lochside	19,079	21,376	22,954	22,371	19,707	23,484	23,073	22,876	18,821	17,140	18,174	11,175
A835 Aultguish	1,120	1,272	1,424	1,833	2,166	2,370	2,472	2,490	2,061	1,669	1,277	1,092
A977 Kincardine	-	-	-	-	4,400	4,309	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
1. Traffic flows are counted in both directions at ATC sites and the average flows are based on totals.
2. Missing data for these sites is due to equipment failure. 

Table 5.7 (a): Average daily traffic flows, peak hourly flows and percentages of HGVs for selected key points: 2017 ^{1, 2}

Location	Site No.inFig 5.2	Average Daily Flow				HGV (Year) Percentage		Peak Hourly Flows
		7 Day		5 Day				AM		PM
		Year	August	Year	August	7 Day	5 Day	7 Day	5 Day	7 Day	5 Day
A74(M) J18 to J19	1	32,156	40,637	37,083	42,598			2,580	2,641	2,808	2,904
M8 Bishopton	2	24,845	21,226	23,024	13	15	1,900	2,377	949	1,027
M8 Harthill	3	51,567	52,898	56,060	61,408	8	9	3,441	4,154	1,953	2,137
M9 Linlithgow	4	41,117	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
M73 Gartcosh	5	39,480	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
M74 J9	37	33,490	41,026	34,098	43,623			2,286	2,356	1,240	1,288
M80 Bankhead	6	..	36,982	35,120	41,929	16	18	2,446	2,718	1,361	1,403
M90 Kelty	7	26,511	33,913	33,302	36,845	4	5	2,175	2,367	1,304	1,371
A1 Grantshouse	8	8554	10309	9208	11577	15	18	655	625	420	432
A7 Langholm	9	3,604	3,879	4,087	4,232	25	27	302	346	155	170
A9 Berridale	10	1967	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A9 Blackford	11	25,870	..	11,953		3	3	924	1,203	400	416
A9 Dornoch	12	5,499	8,034	7,267	8,568	9	10	547	560	309	321
A9 Tomatin	13	8,717	12389	10,834	12,476	6	8	826	842	447	452
A68 Jedburgh	14	6,929	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A68 Pathhead	15	10,932	10,179	10,630	11,704	6	7	736	820	417	434
A75 Carsluith	16	4,827	5,595	5,369	6,343	25	27	393	419	216	230
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,620	7,394	7,409	8,172			501	547	299	311
A76 Mennock	18	3,108	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A77 Lendalfoot	19	3852	4799	4020	4651	..	..	312	330	179	181
A77 Kilmarnock	20	27,470	30,846	29,571	32,413	4	5	1,952	2,261	1,195	1,264
A78 Loans	21	15,682	19,219	20,627	20,995	3	4	1,535	1,934	842	964
A80 Cumbernauld	36	64,599	..	77,371	50,862	..	..	..	..	..	..
A82 Ballachulish	22	4,581	7,002	5,032	7,535	13	15	456	432	240	229
A82 Spean Bridge	23	3,436	7,505	5,965	8,100	6	6	467	479	260	263
A83 Ardrishaig	24	2,779	3195	3,088	3549	15	17	236	255	143	153
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	18,921	17,308	18,805	19,880	3	3	1,375	1,698	787	863
A87 Broadford	26	3,066	7,715	6,214	8,141	7	7	520	539	266	285
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,396	5,820	4,774	6,453	3	4	432	440	215	220
A90 Stonehaven	28	24,921	17,672	20,173	19,939			1,764	2,120	795	899
A90 Bridge of Don	29	17,291	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A96 Forres	30	11,276	12,516	11,917	13,450	5	6	813	885	498	528
A702 Fulford	31	10,479	11547	13,012	14998	5	5	1,127	1,234	582	608
A720 Dreghorn	35	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A737 Lochside	32	20,469	23,073	21,552	23,986	5	6	1,390	1,674	886	970
A835 Aultguish	33	1,596	2,472	1,802	2,451	8	9	199	212	98	104
A977 Kincardine	34	15,870	..	4,571	..	8	9	349	380	183	196

Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
1.  7 day flows were calculated from Monday to Sunday inclusive, '5 day flows' were calculated  from Monday to Friday inclusive
2. Missing data for some sites is due to equipment failure.  Year averages may be based only on data for part of the year, in cases where equipment was not working in some months.

Table 5.7 (b): Average daily traffic flows for selected key points  ^{1, 2} 

Location	Site No in Fig 5.2	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
A74(M) J18 to J19	1	31,870	31,910	31,047	31,164	30,902	31,410	32,906	33,313	34,718	..
M8 Bishopton	2	25,357	24,838	24,563	24,186	24,059	25,318	25,475	..	16,766	18,954
M8 Harthill	3	54,463	55,589	55,911	53,629	50,170	40,526	..	53,566	51,129	28,292
M9 Linlithgow	4	30,324	26,070	28,706	..	28,190	24,853	..	..	10,877	..
M73 Gartcosh	5	39,042	38,597	35,666	36,786	41,685	43,330	45,500	43,588	32,419	..
M74 J9	37	33,716	28,620	34,060	33,020	29,454	33,302	..	35,795	33,385	21,905
M80 Bankhead	6	..	..	..	..	33,758	35,386	..	..	37,934	23,401
M90 Kelty	7	30,787	32,832	32,304	29,572	31,286	31,117	32,224	31,787	31,108	21,704
A1 Grantshouse	8	8,659	8,845	8,616	8,446	8,284	8,427	7,063	8,047	..	9,026
A7 Langholm	9	3,456	3,336	3,434	3,434	3,426	3,487	3,576	3,614	3,752	2,808
A9 Berridale	10	1,947	2,089	1,938	1,603	1,806	1,714	..	..	..	..
A9 Blackford	11	25,901	24,690	23,671	24,098	24,672	25,667	24,456	26,338	13,614	1,185
A9 Dornoch	12	5,633	5,743	5,721	5,922	5,863	5,934	6,100	6,211	6,654	6,207
A9 Tomatin	13	9,043	8,987	8,850	8,725	8,453	8,749	10,314	9,307	9,688	7,769
A68 Jedburgh	14	5,845	5,860	5,530	5,668	5,882	5,574	5,493	5,437	5,498
A68 Pathhead	15	8,888	8,919	8,354	9,204	9,362	8,931	..	10,022	9,705	3,244
A75 Carsluith	16	4,771	4,849	4,724	4,658	4,598	4,244	5,302	4,714	4,860	4,365
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,830	6,770	6,792	6,830	6,712	6,752	6,734	6,600	6,715	5,857
A76 Mennock	18	3,324	3,147	3,054	2,947	2,891	2,900	2,871	..	2,833	..
A77 Lendalfoot	19	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3,852
A77 Kilmarnock	20	27,520	27,069	26,763	26,172	25,876	25,062	26,843	27,340	27,387	21,252
A78 Loans	21	15,767	15,295	15,074	14,542	13,873	13,096	13,619	14,378	18,597	13,203
A80 Cumbernauld	36	64,885	63,830	..	..	67,416	69,314	71,242	71,740	74,319	..
A82 Ballachulish	22	4,609	4,772	4,625	4,504	4,461	4,631	6,426	5,208	5,353	4,776
A82 Spean Bridge	23	3,185	3,629	3,351	3,289	3,084	4,103	1,729	..	5,582	2,413
A83 Ardrishaig	24	..	..	..	..	2,638	2,629	..	2,857	2,693	1,977
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	18,299	17,581	16,129	16,992	15,430	15,279	..	..	17,030	13,046
A87 Broadford	26	2,188	3,417	3,227	3,235	3,148	2,083	..	..	5,413	4,714
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,437	3,577	3,367	3,088	3,307	3,418	3,581	3,947	3,779	3,326
A90 Stonehaven	28	26,427	26,778	26,907	26,704	25,796	33,486	39,205	26,650	24,856	9,900
A90 Bridge of Don	29	17,339	17,308	17,860	16,875	17,143	17,412	17,773	18,157	22,875	..
A96 Forres	30	11,277	11,309	11,416	11,075	11,097	10,244	10,820	10,651	10,962	4,807
A702 Fulford	31	11,875	11,295	10,334	..	11,146	10,181	13,786	11,963	11,496	9,876
A720 Dreghorn	35	78,179	79,936	77,735	74,858	75,697	76,704	78,110	78,624	79,650	..
A737 Lochside	32	21,764	21,755	21,528	21,199	20,512	20,311	20,787	22,055	22,448	13,824
A835 Aultguish	33	1,545	1,628	1,246	1,788	1,749	1,048	1,767	1,694	1,803	1,014
A977 Kincardine	34	13,723	4,583	4,370	4,436	4,536	4,532	4,405	4,613	4,368	4,340

Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
1.  Flows were calculated from Monday to Sunday inclusive. 
2. Missing data for some sites is due to equipment failure.  Year averages may be based only on data for part of the year, in cases where equipment was not working in some months.

Table 5.8: Car drivers' journeys ¹ - whether delayed by traffic congestion ² and, if so, how much time was lost ³ :  2015-17 (combined) ⁵

	NOT delayed due to traffic congestion	Delayed due to traffic congestion: driver's estimate of the time lost due to traffic congestion							Sample size (=100%)
		none, or just 1-2 minutes	about 5 mins (3-7)	about 10 mins (8-12)	about 15 mins (13-17)	20 to 30 mins4 (18-32)	over half an hour (33+)	All delayed journeys
row percentages									n =
All car driver journeys	87.7	0.7	4.2	3.4	1.5	1.8	0.5	12.3	29,450
by purpose of journey:
Commuting	78.2	0.8	5.6	6.6	3.5	4.1	0.9	21.8	7,810
Business	83.6	**	5.0	4.7	1.0	3.0	2	16.4	960
Education	86.2	1.3	5.0	4.6	1.1	1.5	**	13.8	1,370
Shopping	94.4	0.5	3.0	1.3	0.3	0.4	**	5.6	6,640
Visit hospital or other health	86.8	**	6.2	2.6	1	2	**	13.2	690
Other personal business	93.3	0.4	2.7	1	1	1	**	6.7	1,420
Visit friends or relatives	92.2	0.8	3.2	1.8	0.8	0.8	0	7.8	3,390
Eating / drinking	92.7	0	4	3	1	0	.	7.3	530
Entertainment	90.6	1	3.3	1.4	**	2.2	**	9.4	370
Sport	92.6	1	3.2	1.5	0	1.1	.	7.4	1,310
Holiday/day trip 4	89.8	0	3	3.0	1	0	1	10.2	440
Other	89.4	0.7	4.1	3.1	**	1.5	**	10.6	760
Escort	88.6	1	6.7	2.2	1	**	**	11.4	790
Go home	89.7	0.6	4.3	2.6	1.0	1.1	0.6	10.3	2,410
Just go for a walk	92.9	2	2.8	**	**	**	.	7.1	500
by day of the week:
Monday	86.8	0.7	4.9	3.6	1.8	1.6	0.2	13.2	5,480
Tuesday	85.9	0.8	4.4	4.2	1.9	2.2	0.4	14.1	5,340
Wednesday	84.1	0.6	5.7	3.8	2.0	2.9	0.8	15.9	5,300
Thursday	85.7	0.7	4.4	4.1	1.9	2.3	0.7	14.3	3,980
Friday	86.2	1.0	3.9	4.2	1.6	2.1	0.7	13.8	3,540
Saturday	93.4	1	3.4	1.4	0.6	0.4	0	6.6	2,230
Sunday	95.1	0.4	2.1	1.4	0.3	0.5	0	4.9	3,590
Weekday journeys - by start time:
midnight to 6:59 a.m.	85.9	0	**	4.9	2.0	2.4	1.2	14.1	940
7:00 to 7:59 a.m.	75.2	1.0	5.1	6.7	3.9	6.1	1.4	24.8	1,570
8:00 to 8:59 a.m.	77.0	1.5	7.5	7.3	3.1	2.7	0.6	23.0	2,060
9:00 to 9:59 a.m.	90.8	0.7	4.5	1.9	0.7	1.1	**	9.2	1,350
10:00 to 10:59 a.m.	93.8	1.0	2.2	1.0	0.9	0.8	**	6.2	1,460
11:00 to 11:59 a.m.	93.5	0.7	2.4	1.8	0.6	1	**	6.5	1,580
noon to 12:59 p.m.	91.4	1	3.8	2.6	**	0.6	**	8.6	1,510
1:00 to 1:59 p.m.	91.1	0.6	3.6	2.6	0.8	1	**	8.9	1,360
2:00 to 2:59 p.m.	90.3	0.5	4.3	2.8	0.7	1.0	**	9.7	1,640
3:00 to 3:59 p.m.	87.3	0.4	5.0	3.6	1.4	1.7	0.4	12.7	1,860
4:00 to 4:59 p.m.	76.1	0.9	7.8	6.4	3.3	3.6	1.6	23.9	2,250
5:00 to 5:59 p.m.	72.5	1.1	8.0	7.9	4.0	5.7	0.7	27.5	2,100
6:00 to 6:59 p.m.	86.6	1	4.5	3.2	2.3	1.8	**	13.4	1,400
7:00 to 7:59 p.m.	97.0	-	1.6	0.5	1	0	0	3.0	970
8:00 to 8:59 p.m.	98.0	.	1.4	**	.	.	.	2.0	640
9:00 to 9:59 p.m.	99.1	**	**	**	.	.	.	0.9	490
10:00 to 11:59 p.m.	97.7	.	**	**	**	**	.	2.3	460
Weekend journeys - by start time:
Before 9:30am	96	**	2	1	.	**	.	4.3	560
After 9:30am to before 12noon	94.9	0.5	2.4	1	1	0.4	**	5.1	1,220
12noon to 2 pm	93.4	0.8	3.0	2.1	0	**	**	6.6	1,460
After 2pm to before 4:30pm	93.1	1	2.9	1.9	0.6	0.6	**	6.9	1,090
4:30pm to before 6:30pm	92.0	1	4.4	1.4	0.7	1	**	8.0	830
6:30pm onwards	97.6	**	1.4	**	**	**	.	2.4	660
by type of area in which driver lives:
Large urban areas	84	1	5	5	2	2	0.6	15.8	6,800
Other urban areas	86.4	1.1	4.7	3.7	1.5	1.9	0.5	13.6	9,930
"Accessible" small towns	89.8	0.4	3.2	2.6	1.5	2.1	0.3	10.2	2,900
"Remote" small towns	96.1	0.4	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.6	0	3.9	1,980
"Accessible" rural areas	89.9	0.3	3.5	2.7	1	2	0.3	10.1	4,030
"Remote" rural areas	95.1	**	2.0	1.3	0.4	1	0	4.9	3,810

1 This information is obtained from the Scottish Household Survey Travel Diary questions about the (stages of) journeys which the respondent had said that he or she made as the driver of a car or van
The table does  not  include those (stages of) journeys for which the questions about traffic congestion were not asked
2 Car drivers were asked "was this part of your trip delayed due to traffic congestion?".  
No definition of "traffic congestion" is given, so respondents can interpret the term as they wish.
3 Those drivers who said that they had been delayed by traffic congestion were asked 
"how much time do you think was lost due to traffic congestion?".
4 Previously split into 'about 20 mins' and '25 to 30 mins' but now combined to be '20 to 30 mins'. If previous split needed please request via Transtat@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk
5 Three years' data are combined, whereas in previous year just one year's data was given. There was little change over the years, and combining gives fewer suppressed values.

Table 5.9a: Percentage of car/van stages delayed by traffic congestion

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2015-17 1
Driver congestion	14.4	13.1	11.0	10.5	11.2	9.9	9.7	11.7	12.4	11.7	12.3
Sample size (=100%)	9,260	9,320	8,680	7580	8,310	9,830	10,200	9,820	9,690	9,790	29,450

Table 5.9b: Percentage of bus stages where passenger experienced delay

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Service Bus	12.5	14.4	9.9	12.3	10.5	11.1	10.2	10.7	9.9	10.0	12.5
Sample size (=100%)	1,674	1,724	1,456	1311	1,439	1,536	1,685	1,630	1,690	1,480	1,480

1. Three years' data are combined, whereas in previous year just one year's data was given. There was little change over the years, and combining gives fewer suppressed values.

Table 5.10: Petrol and diesel consumption of road vehicles

	2007 2	2008 2	2009 2	2010 2	2011 2	2012 2	2013 2	2014 2	2015 2	2016 2
thousands of tonnes
by type of vehicle
Buses	183.0	174.7	175.0	178.4	165.1	157.0	161.9	162.8	156.3	144.2
Diesel cars	675.3	746.9	763.2	768.0	803.6	833.9	869.1	908.8	931.9	969.3
Petrol cars	1,393.7	1,306.6	1,282.3	1,210.9	1,151.1	1,094.7	1,034.1	1,010.5	971.2	937.6
Motorcycles	13.1	12.6	12.9	11.5	11.6	11.2	11.0	11.3	11.2	11.0
Heavy Goods Vehicles	617.0	615.7	571.9	573.1	558.7	549.3	554.4	563.1	566.2	574.1
Diesel Light Goods Vehicles	439.3	445.0	441.7	448.3	452.2	450.0	463.1	490.4	512.6	539.4
Petrol Light Goods Vehicles	38.8	35.2	32.2	29.6	27.2	24.7	23.1	22.1	20.6	19.4
Total	3,360.3	3,336.6	3,279.1	3,219.9	3,169.7	3,120.8	3,116.7	3,168.9	3,170.1	3,195.0
by Council area  1
Aberdeen City	101.9	101.2	96.8	95.1	93.1	92.2	91.8	93.3	92.3	92.3
Aberdeenshire	200.4	198.5	193.9	190.4	185.8	183.0	184.9	190.2	191.2	194.1
Angus	77.9	78.2	76.8	76.7	75.1	74.3	74.2	75.9	75.4	76.0
Argyll & Bute	62.8	62.3	60.9	60.0	59.2	58.5	58.9	60.1	61.7	62.6
Clackmannanshire	21.5	21.6	21.6	21.5	21.0	20.5	20.0	20.5	20.4	20.6
Dumfries & Galloway	175.7	174.1	166.9	165.6	163.8	161.1	162.3	165.0	170.0	172.0
Dundee City	67.9	67.7	66.3	64.8	63.8	63.0	61.7	62.1	60.8	60.7
East Ayrshire	79.6	78.6	78.0	76.4	75.0	72.8	72.8	74.5	74.4	73.7
East Dunbartonshire	44.0	43.6	43.5	42.3	41.4	40.2	39.7	40.7	39.8	39.9
East Lothian	66.9	64.7	62.5	61.5	60.6	58.6	58.3	59.9	60.1	61.4
East Renfrewshire	56.8	57.4	57.0	55.9	54.8	52.4	52.4	53.4	53.0	53.6
Edinburgh, City of	235.0	231.6	231.5	225.2	220.8	216.1	214.9	216.4	217.5	219.5
Eilean Siar	14.8	14.7	14.8	14.9	14.7	14.6	14.6	15.0	15.3	15.5
Falkirk	117.5	116.6	114.5	112.1	111.4	109.8	110.1	113.0	114.0	115.9
Fife	199.6	197.7	194.7	190.8	187.7	182.5	182.5	186.3	184.4	185.0
Glasgow, City of	273.7	273.5	267.8	262.4	260.9	260.6	260.3	261.0	255.8	257.4
Highland	181.4	180.1	181.2	179.1	177.5	175.2	177.0	179.2	183.2	185.5
Inverclyde	39.1	38.8	38.0	36.8	35.8	34.9	34.6	35.2	34.6	34.7
Midlothian	48.4	48.3	47.7	46.8	46.3	45.2	44.7	46.0	45.7	46.1
Moray	51.5	51.4	51.0	50.0	49.2	48.7	48.5	50.0	50.8	51.2
North Ayrshire	55.7	55.9	54.7	53.8	52.9	50.9	50.4	51.3	51.2	51.2
North Lanarkshire	246.3	245.8	240.9	236.7	229.1	233.5	230.0	233.4	225.5	226.5
Orkney Islands	9.6	9.7	9.5	9.6	9.3	9.1	9.3	9.6	9.8	9.9
Perth & Kinross	184.9	180.4	176.9	172.4	173.0	168.2	169.5	172.6	175.2	177.8
Renfrewshire	108.2	109.0	106.0	103.8	102.1	99.5	99.7	101.5	101.8	100.8
Scottish Borders	84.2	83.6	82.6	81.3	80.3	78.6	78.9	80.6	82.1	83.1
Shetland Islands	13.4	13.4	13.1	13.0	12.8	12.6	12.7	13.1	13.3	13.6
South Ayrshire	72.3	71.8	71.2	70.6	69.3	66.6	65.8	66.9	67.1	67.3
South Lanarkshire	211.8	209.7	206.2	202.2	198.9	198.1	198.0	200.2	200.0	202.5
Stirling	88.8	87.5	85.4	84.0	82.0	79.7	78.9	80.6	81.2	82.3
West Dunbartonshire	45.0	44.9	45.3	44.3	43.9	43.5	43.1	43.8	43.6	43.5
West Lothian	123.9	124.3	121.9	120.0	118.3	116.3	116.4	117.7	119.2	118.8
Total	3,360.3	3,336.6	3,279.1	3,219.9	3,169.7	3,120.8	3,116.7	3,168.9	3,170.1	3,195.0

Source: DECC - Years prior to 2005 are not National Statistics
1.  These estimates are of the total amount of petrol and diesel consumed by vehicles travelling in each Council area 
 (i.e. the estimates are based on where the vehicles were driven, rather than - say - the area of the registered keepers of the vehicles).
2. There have been major revisions to the data due to improvements in the methodology.  For more information please see here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-transport-consumption-at-regional-and-local-level#methodology