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Scottish Transport Statistics
contains further detail: http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/analysis/statistics
| Scotland | GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Households: 1 + cars (%) | 70 | 75 |
| Vehicles (per 100 population) | 51 | 56 |
| Roads (km per 1,000 population) | 10.6 | 6.5 |
| Road traffic (veh-km per head per year) | ||
| Motorways | 1,245 | 1,624 |
| A roads | 4,211 | 3,630 |
| All roads (M, A and minor) | 8,328 | 8,202 |
| Road casualties killed or seriously | ||
| injured (per 1,000 population per year) | 0.42 | 0.41 |
| Passenger journeys (per head per year) | ||
| Local bus (2010) | 84 | 85 |
| Rail (2009) | 16.4 | 17.9 |
| Air (2010) | 4.0 | 3.4 |
| Full driving licence | (%) | Households | (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All (17+) | 68 | 1 car | 44 |
| Men | 76 | 2 cars | 22 |
| Women | 60 | 3+ cars | 4 |
| % shares (main modes) | Travel to work | Travel to school |
|---|---|---|
| Car (driver/passenger) |
67 | 23 |
| Bus | 11 | 24 |
| Rail | 4 | 0.3 |
| Bicycle | 2 | 1 |
| Walk | 13 | 50 |
| £ million | 2009-10 plans | 2010-11 plans | 2011-12 plans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rail Services in Scotland | 660.7 | 667.5 | 711.4 |
| Ferry Services in Scotland | 103.1 | 102.7 | 109.0 |
| Bus Services in Scotland | 66.0 | 63.2 | 60.8 |
| Concessionary Fares | 205.3 | 184.8 | 194.5 |
| Air Services in Scotland | 41.1 | 34.4 | 35.3 |
| Major Public Transport Projects | 171.1 | 130.7 | 53.0 |
| British Waterways Scotland | 11.8 | 11.5 | 10.0 |
| Freight Facilities Private Sector | 15.4 | 10.3 | 2.9 |
| Other Transport Agency Programmes | 22.0 | 28.2 | 21.6 |
| Other Transport Directorate Programmes | 39.4 | 32.6 | 33.4 |
| Motorways and Trunk Roads1 | 1,201.8 | 590.2 | 830.6 |
| Total | 2,537.7 | 1,856.1 | 2,062.5 |
1 Comprises:
| £ million | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction, repairs and maintenance, etc. | 547.7 | 498.7 | 750.0 |
| Depreciation | 65.0 | 91.5 | 80.6 |
| Cost of capital charge | 589.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Source: 2009-10 & 2010-11 Spring Budget Revisions, 2011-12 Autumn Budget Revision to the Budget
| Road network and road traffic - 2010 | All roads | Trunk roads | Trunk % of all |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total length of road network (kilometres) | 55,515 | 3,405 | 6.1% |
| of which: Motorways (including slip roads) | 559 | 559 | 100% |
| A roads | 10,261 | 2,847 | 28% |
| Total volume of road traffic (vehicle-kilometres) | 43,488 | 16,222 | 37% |
| of which: Cars | 33,591 | 12,243 | 36% |
| Heavy Goods Vehicles | 2,550 | 1,614 | 63% |
| Average distance travelled per person per year (miles) | 1998/1999 | 2004/2005 | 2009/2010 |
| Scottish residents travel within GB: from National Travel Survey | |||
| Walk | 226 | 169 | 153 |
| Bicycle | 37 | 25 | 34 |
| Driver of car, van or lorry | 3,652 | 3,549 | 3,484 |
| Passenger in car, van or lorry | 2,139 | 2,072 | 1,822 |
| Other private transport (e.g. motorcycle, private hire bus) | 250 | 172 | 227 |
| Local bus | 480 | 441 | 489 |
| Surface rail | 509 | 465 | 391 |
| Taxi/minicab | 75 | 61 | 57 |
| Other public transport (e.g. air, ferry, non-local bus) | 345 | 379 | 354 |
| All modes | 7,713 | 7,332 | 7,010 |
NB: survey results may be subject to large percentage sampling errors due to small numbers of cases
Latest available figures |
10 years ago (e.g. 00) |
Previous year (e.g. 09) |
Latest year (e.g. 10) |
% change over: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one year | ten years | |||||
| Vehicles licensed (millions) | 2.19 | 2.68 | 2.69 | 0% | 23% | |
| New vehicle registrations (thousands) | 2010 | 220 | 216 | 209 | -3% | -5% |
| Households with car (%: SHS etc.) | 2010 | 64 | 69 | 70 | 1% | 9% |
| Road traffic (million vehicle-kilometres) | ||||||
| Motorways | 2010 | 5,405 | 6,633 | 6,503 | -2% | 20% |
| A roads | 2010 | 20,531 | 22,327 | 21,992 | -2% | 7% |
| Minor roads (B, C, unclassified) | 2010 | 13,625 | 15,258 | 14,992 | -2% | 10% |
| All roads | 2010 | 39,561 | 44,219 | 43,488 | -2% | 10% |
| Road accident casualties | ||||||
| Killed | 2010 | 326 | 216 | 208 | -4% | -36% |
| Killed or seriously injured | 2010 | 3,894 | 2,502 | 2,172 | -13% | -44% |
| All casualties (incl “slight” injuries) | 2010 | 20,517 | 15,043 | 13,334 | -11% | -35% |
| Children killed or seriously injured | 2010 | 561 | 258 | 227 | -12% | -60% |
| Passenger numbers (millions) | ||||||
| Local bus (boardings)1 | 2010-11 | 458 | 467 | 438 | -6% | .. |
| Rail (ScotRail services)2 | 2010-11 | 63.16 | 76.93 | 78.29 | 2% | .. |
| Air (terminal passengers) | 2010 | 16.8 | 22.5 | 20.9 | -7% | 25% |
| Freight lifted (million tonnes) | ||||||
| Road | 2010 | 159 | 132 | 132 | 0% | .. |
| Rail | 2009-10 | 8.2 | 10.4 | 9.7 | -7% | 17% |
| Coastwise traffic | 2009 | 35.3 | 23.3 | 19.8 | -15% | .. |
| Pipelines | 2010 | 28.1 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 0% | -2% |
| Travel to work (%: SHS) | ||||||
| Car (or van/minibus/works van) | 2010 | 67 | 67 | 67 | .. | .. |
| Public transport (bus, rail, u/g) | 2010 | 15 | 16 | 14 | .. | .. |
| Active (walking/cycling) | 2010 | 15 | 15 | 16 | .. | .. |
1. Figures prior to 2004/05 are not comparable.
2. Figures from 2003/04 onwards revised to reflect new methodology for estimating zonecard journeys.
Transport Statistics publications
are available on the TS Web site: http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/analysis/statistics
Scottish Transport Statistics: compendium
Transport and Travel In Scotland
Household Transport: SHS data
SHS Travel Diary Results
SHS Local Area webtables
NTS - Scotland results: webtables
Bus and Coach Statistics (SHS & Dft data)
Reported Road Casualties Scotland
Key Reported Road Casualty Stats: summary
Transport Statistics Web Site http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/analysis/statistics
Updated versions of some STS tables http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/analysis/statistics/
publications/scottish-transport-statistics-previous-editions
Extra road accident statistics tables http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/analysis/statistics/datasets/
RoadAccidentTables