Chapter 05 - Road Traffic

Chapter 05 - 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 figures on traffic flows at selected points on the road network, selected 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.

Transport and travel habits in Scotland were profoundly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with restrictions on travel and daily activity in place for large parts of 2020.

Key Points

• 38 billion vehicle km were driven in 2020, a 22% drop compared with 2019.
• 38% of the distance travelled on the road network is on Trunk roads, which account for only 7% of the road network.
• 4.7% of driver journeys were delayed by congestion in 2020.

2 Main Points

Major and Minor Roads

2.1 The estimated volume of traffic on Scotland's roads in 2020 was around 38 billion (thousand million) vehicle km: 22% less than 2019. As with other types of transport, road traffic was significantly affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying restrictions on travel and daily activity. There had been slight increases in the previous eight 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 2020 was estimated to be 24 billion vehicle-km. Traffic on Motorways accounted for 6.3 billion vehicle km (17% of all traffic). This was less than the estimated 8 billion vehicle km on trunk A roads (21% of the total), and the 9.7 billion on non-trunk A roads (26%). Sixty nine per cent of A road traffic was in rural areas: 12 billion out of the A roads total of 18 billion vehicle km. (Table 5.1)

2.3 Minor roads (B, C and unclassified roads) accounted for the remaining 37% of traffic in 2020: an estimated 13.9 billion vehicle km (Table 5.1)

2.5 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2020 was 26% lower than in the previous year (Motorway traffic decreased by 27%). Minor road traffic was about 16% lower than in 2019. Traffic levels are around 13 per cent lower than in 2010. (Table 5.1)

Trends

2.6 Prior to 2020, traffic volumes on major roads in Scotland had been broadly increasing over the past three decades. The volumes reached a peak in 2007 and fell back slightly before rising to new highs in 2019. In 2019, traffic volumes on major roads were 46% higher than in 1995. Motorway traffic saw a 14 per cent rise between 2003 and 2008, fell slightly over the next two years before resuming its rise in the years leading up the pandemic. However, due to the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020 motorway traffic is now 15% lower 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 in the years before the pandemic. (Table 5.1)

2.8 Cars account for over three quarters (72%) 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 19% and heavy goods vehicles for 6%. Pedal cycle traffic increased by 64% in 2020. However, pedal cycles still account for less than two percent of estimated traffic volume. (Table 5.2 & 5.3)

2.9 In 2020, the volume of car traffic was 5 per cent lower than in 2010, light goods vehicle traffic 5 per cent lower and bus vehicle traffic 0.4% lower. (Table 5.3)

Local Area volumes

2.10 Thirteen per cent of motorway traffic was within the City of Glasgow, whereas Highland had the highest volume (12%) of trunk A road traffic. The five local authorities with the highest traffic volumes (Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Edinburgh, Fife and Aberdeenshire) account for 26% of all traffic on Scotland's roads. (Table 5.4)

2.12 Selected trunk road traffic flows are given in Table 5.7. The A720 Dreghorn was the busiest site from this sample, with an annual average of 63,057 vehicles per day in 2020. Its Monday-Friday average was 67,661 vehicles per day. The A720 Dreghorn had the highest Monday-Friday peak hourly flows at 4,236 vehicles in the morning and 4,848 vehicles in the evening. At the opposite end of the scale, the A835 Aultguish averaged 1,135 vehicles per day over the year as a whole and its Monday-Friday peak hourly flows were 82 in the morning and 86 in the afternoon. The M74 Junction 18 to Junction 19 had the highest percentage of heavy goods vehicle traffic in 2020 at 41% for the week, followed by the M74 Junction 9 (32%). (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). In 2020, 4.7% of journeys made as the driver of a car were said to be delayed due to traffic congestion. Short delays were more common than longer ones - 4% of car drivers' journeys were delayed by around 5 minutes compared to 2% by 15 minutes or longer. Weekday journeys were most likely to suffer congestion delays between 7 and 9 am and 4 and 6 pm (24-26% and 24-27% respectively). Fewer delays (7%) were experienced by people residing in remote small towns than those in accessible small towns (12%). (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 2019. 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 road traffic section of the user guide.

2.18 Petrol and diesel consumption has been rising since 2013. 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)

Notes

This worksheet contains one table.

note 1

Estimates for the period since 2010 have been revised to take into account the minor road benchmarking exercise. Further details available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-traffic-statistics-minor-road-benchmarking

note 2

Estimates for 2020 will have been affected by the Covid 19 pandemic.

note 3

DfT's classification of urban and rural roads differs from the built up/non-built up classification - see section 5.1.4 of the traffic estimates notes and definitions at the back of this publication.

note 4

Motorways include A(M) roads.

note 5

Roads which changed from trunk to local authority, or vice versa, are counted according to their status on a recent date,

note 6

DfT have made some minor changes to the traffic estimates from 2006 onwards. This was due to incorrect LA codes

note 7

Traffic flows are counted in both directions at ATC sites and the average flows are based on totals.

note 8

Missing data for these 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.

note 9

7 day flows were calculated from Monday to Sunday inclusive, '5 day flows' were calculated from Monday to Friday inclusive

note 10

Flows were calculated from Monday to Sunday inclusive.

note 11

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.

note 12

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.

note 13

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?".

note 14

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@transport.gov.scot

note 15

Due to changes in the survey in response to covid-19, 2020 data is not directly comparable with previous years, so there is a break in the time series between 2019 and 2020

note 16

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).

note 17

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-atregional- and-local-level#methodology

Table 5.1 Traffic by road class and type (million vehicle kilometres) [note 3]
This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet.
Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Road type	2010 [note 1]	2011 [note 1]	2012 [note 1]	2013 [note 1]	2014 [note 1]	2015 [note 1]	2016 [note 1]	2017 [note 1]	2018 [note 1]	2019 [note 1]	2020 [note 2]
Motorways	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477	7,829	8,054	8,518	8,654	6,299
Trunk A roads Urban	945	951	973	960	965	960	988	1,832	1,764	1,744	1,319
Trunk A roads Rural	8,773	8,793	8,678	8,766	8,726	8,905	9,160	8,633	8,856	9,100	6,632
Trunk A roads Total	9,719	9,744	9,651	9,725	9,691	9,864	10,147	10,466	10,620	10,844	7,951
Non - trunk A roads Urban	4,522	4,471	4,395	4,390	4,478	4,501	4,609	5,466	5,325	5,399	4,139
Non - trunk A roads Rural	7,752	7,781	7,666	7,670	7,856	8,029	8,262	7,420	7,079	7,314	5,552
Non - trunk A roads Total	12,273	12,252	12,061	12,061	12,334	12,530	12,871	12,887	12,404	12,713	9,690
All A roads Urban	5,467	5,422	5,368	5,350	5,443	5,461	5,597	7,298	7,089	7,143	5,458
All A roads Rural	16,525	16,574	16,344	16,436	16,582	16,934	17,422	16,053	15,935	16,414	12,184
All A roads Total	21,992	21,996	21,712	21,786	22,025	22,395	23,019	23,351	23,024	23,557	17,642
All major roads	28,495	28,566	28,852	29,048	29,446	29,872	30,848	31,405	31,542	32,211	23,941
B roadsUrban	1,274	1,306	1,340	1,350	1,410	1,440	1,463	1,876	2,100	2,100	1,706
B roads Rural	2,634	2,526	2,428	2,420	2,532	2,553	2,561	2,468	2,346	2,361	1,764
B roads Total	3,908	3,833	3,768	3,769	3,943	3,993	4,025	4,344	4,446	4,460	3,471
C and Unclassified roads Urban	6,611	6,527	6,454	6,256	6,297	6,183	6,134	7,225	7,175	7,066	5,939
C and Unclassified roads Rural	4,481	4,481	4,498	4,836	5,277	5,506	5,690	5,061	5,011	4,976	4,523
C and Unclassified roads Total	11,092	11,008	10,953	11,092	11,574	11,689	11,823	12,286	12,186	12,043	10,462
All Urban minor roads	7,885	7,833	7,794	7,606	7,707	7,623	7,597	9,100	9,275	9,166	7,646
All Rural minor roads	7,115	7,008	6,926	7,256	7,810	8,059	8,251	7,529	7,357	7,337	6,287
All minor roads	15,000	14,841	14,720	14,861	15,517	15,683	15,848	16,630	16,632	16,503	13,933
All Motorways	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477	7,829	8,054	8,518	8,654	6,299
All Urban roads	13,352	13,255	13,161	12,956	13,150	13,084	13,194	16,399	16,365	16,309	13,104
All Rural roads	23,640	23,581	23,271	23,692	24,392	24,993	25,672	23,583	23,292	23,751	18,471
All roads	43,496	43,406	43,573	43,909	44,963	45,555	46,696	48,036	48,175	48,714	37,874

Table 5.2 Traffic on major roads (by class / type) and minor roads (by type) by vehicle type, 2020 (million vehicle kilometres) [note 2]
This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet.
Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Road type	Cars	Two wheeled motor vehicles	Buses	Light goods vehicles	Heavy goods vehicles	All motor vehicles	Pedal cycles	All vehicle traffic	Percent of all roads
Major roads (M and A)
Motorways [note 4]	4,209	15	26	1,187	863	6,299	0	6,299	16.6
Trunk A roads - urban [note 3]	990	5	7	234	82	1,318	2	1,319	3.5
Trunk A roads - rural [note 3]	4,647	46	47	1,237	649	6,626	7	6,632	17.5
Non-trunk A roads - urban [note 3]	3,264	16	56	639	131	4,107	32	4,139	10.9
Non-trunk A roads - rural [note 3]	3,983	43	52	1,093	357	5,528	23	5,552	14.7
All major roads	17,093	125	188	4,390	2,082	23,878	64	23,941	63.2
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Urban roads [note 3]	5,653	41	201	1,435	61	7,391	255	7,646	20.2
Rural roads [note 3]	4,337	86	40	1,428	114	6,005	282	6,287	16.6
All minor roads	9,990	127	241	2,863	175	13,396	537	13,933	36.8
All roads
Motorways [note 4]	4,209	15	26	1,187	863	6,299	0	6,299	16.6
Urban roads [note 3]	9,908	62	264	2,307	274	12,816	288	13,104	34.6
Rural roads [note 3]	12,966	175	139	3,758	1,121	18,159	312	18,471	48.8
All roads	27,083	252	429	7,253	2,257	37,274	600	37,874	100.0
Percentage of all vehicles	71.5	0.7	1.1	19.2	6.0	98.4	1.6	100.0

Table 5.3 Traffic (million vehicle kilometres) on major roads, minor roads and all roads by vehicle type [note 2]
This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet.
Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Road and vehicle type	2010 [note 1]	2011 [note 1]	2012 [note 1]	2013 [note 1]	2014 [note 1]	2015 [note 1]	2016 [note 1]	2017 [note 1]	2018 [note 1]	2019 [note 1]	2020 [note 2]
Major roads (M and A)
Cars	21,998	21,986	22,170	22,217	22,418	22,573	23,220	23,453	23,470	24,119	17,093
Two wheeled motor vehicles	181	181	171	176	184	181	180	181	182	186	125
Buses	353	352	363	365	366	369	351	337	316	308	188
Light goods vehicles	3,701	3,816	3,906	4,032	4,242	4,481	4,765	5,032	5,165	5,178	4,390
Heavy goods vehicles	2,217	2,184	2,198	2,210	2,193	2,228	2,290	2,362	2,365	2,368	2,082
All motor vehicle traffic	28,450	28,519	28,807	29,001	29,404	29,831	30,807	31,366	31,499	32,160	23,878
Pedal cycles	46	47	45	47	42	41	41	40	44	51	63
All traffic on major roads	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,446	29,872	30,847	31,406	31,542	32,211	23,941
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Cars	11,595	11,597	11,616	11,632	12,073	12,214	12,264	12,721	12,910	12,628	9,990
Two wheeled motor vehicles	109	115	121	112	115	114	111	128	131	138	127
Buses	297	254	219	238	239	214	204	234	184	256	241
Light goods vehicles	2,412	2,316	2,229	2,315	2,477	2,556	2,761	3,055	2,899	2,948	2,863
Heavy goods vehicles	334	300	271	282	286	284	260	241	239	218	175
All motor vehicle traffic	14,748	14,582	14,456	14,579	15,189	15,382	15,601	16,378	16,363	16,187	13,396
Pedal cycles	253	258	264	282	327	300	247	252	269	316	537
All traffic on minor roads	15,000	14,841	14,720	14,861	15,517	15,683	15,848	16,630	16,632	16,503	13,933
All roads
Cars	33,593	33,583	33,786	33,849	34,491	34,786	35,484	36,174	36,381	36,747	27,083
Two wheeled motor vehicles	290	296	292	288	299	295	292	309	314	324	252
Buses	649	606	582	604	605	583	555	571	500	563	429
Light goods vehicles	6,113	6,132	6,135	6,348	6,719	7,036	7,527	8,087	8,064	8,126	7,253
Heavy goods vehicles	2,551	2,484	2,469	2,492	2,479	2,512	2,550	2,602	2,604	2,586	2,257
All motor vehicle traffic	43,197	43,101	43,263	43,580	44,593	45,213	46,407	47,744	47,862	48,347	37,274
Pedal cycles	298	305	310	329	369	342	288	292	313	367	600
All traffic on all roads	43,496	43,406	43,573	43,909	44,963	45,555	46,696	48,036	48,175	48,714	37,874

Table 5.4 Traffic on major roads (by class / type) and on minor roads, by Council, 2020 (million vehicle kilometres) [note 2]
This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet.
Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Council	All motor-ways [note 4]	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
Aberdeen City	-	17	193	317	111	638	600	1,237
Aberdeenshire	-	35	601	90	691	1,418	1,214	2,632
Angus	-	-	262	82	224	568	348	916
Argyll & Bute	-	7	316	41	201	565	176	741
Clackmannanshire	-	-	11	39	71	121	148	269
Dumfries & Galloway	572	33	461	62	240	1,367	330	1,697
Dundee City	-	127	6	134	10	277	393	671
East Ayrshire	88	18	181	69	166	523	378	901
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	93	76	169	288	457
East Lothian	-	1	307	54	133	495	313	808
East Renfrewshire	176	4	33	62	26	301	317	618
Edinburgh, City of	340	126	237	497	186	1,387	1,023	2,410
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	7	116	123	63	186
Falkirk	454	-	16	169	148	787	489	1,277
Fife	268	76	408	258	384	1,394	1,017	2,411
Glasgow, City of	1,162	7	-	550	32	1,751	1,007	2,758
Highland	-	101	1,188	50	435	1,773	553	2,326
Inverclyde	-	122	43	44	12	221	218	439
Midlothian	-	-	107	65	128	301	275	576
Moray	-	41	208	30	121	401	278	679
North Ayrshire	-	94	144	69	89	396	239	634
North Lanarkshire	850	121	15	325	181	1,492	1,130	2,622
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	9	58	67	59	127
Perth & Kinross	351	36	826	88	285	1,587	390	1,977
Renfrewshire	380	69	160	151	72	832	434	1,266
Scottish Borders	-	24	272	44	325	665	333	998
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	16	103	119	68	187
South Ayrshire	-	31	277	89	86	483	331	814
South Lanarkshire	896	137	93	208	289	1,623	543	2,166
Stirling	201	6	182	99	270	758	267	1,026
West Dunbartonshire	-	87	83	125	36	332	191	523
West Lothian	561	-	-	198	247	1,006	519	1,525
Scotland	6,299	1,319	6,632	4,139	5,552	23,941	13,933	37,874

Table 5.5 Traffic on trunk roads and on local authority roads, by Council area 1
This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet.
Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Council area	2010 [note 1]	2011 [note 1]	2012 [note 1]	2013 [note 1]	2014 [note 1]	2015 [note 1]	2016 [note 1]	2017 [note 1]	2018 [note 1]	2019 [note 1]	2020 [note 2]
Trunk roads [note 5]
Aberdeen City	255	258	263	260	264	263	273	267	271	300	210
Aberdeenshire	822	824	861	872	902	908	948	1,040	952	901	636
Angus [note 6]	335	334	343	357	370	358	367	372	364	366	262
Argyll & Bute	352	353	351	355	362	376	392	419	456	459	323
Clackmannanshire [note 6]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	11
Dumfries & Galloway	1,274	1,270	1,252	1,272	1,311	1,349	1,387	1,467	1,444	1,455	1,066
Dundee City	180	178	186	182	169	168	173	171	174	171	133
East Ayrshire [note 6]	366	365	365	359	374	369	352	349	381	383	287
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	354	355	349	349	359	362	391	414	407	419	308
East Renfrewshire [note 6]	172	208	205	209	214	230	237	234	288	285	213
Edinburgh, City of	677	712	700	719	715	755	779	777	933	961	703
Eilean Siar (formerly Western Isles)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	531	537	577	580	581	608	647	639	649	657	470
Fife	848	839	820	833	842	841	878	895	1,023	1,070	752
Glasgow, City of [note 6]	1,288	1,313	1,481	1,522	1,510	1,499	1,548	1,572	1,543	1,605	1,169
Highland	1,530	1,535	1,528	1,546	1,557	1,614	1,675	1,720	1,732	1,752	1,289
Inverclyde	72	72	71	71	72	73	75	67	68	200	164
Midlothian	135	136	140	138	143	136	141	143	145	146	107
Moray	263	264	265	266	270	274	286	287	299	300	249
North Ayrshire	318	317	309	308	316	320	326	319	316	327	238
North Lanarkshire	1,161	1,129	1,414	1,402	1,253	1,191	1,217	1,289	1,323	1,318	986
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perth & Kinross	1,299	1,324	1,296	1,322	1,363	1,381	1,467	1,608	1,679	1,667	1,214
Renfrewshire [note 6]	693	699	689	703	732	758	774	771	806	817	609
Scottish Borders	382	388	386	387	394	406	419	404	410	405	296
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	384	384	379	379	387	395	406	409	422	430	308
South Lanarkshire [note 6]	1,162	1,163	1,219	1,236	1,261	1,264	1,328	1,395	1,501	1,535	1,126
Stirling [note 6]	481	478	470	468	485	500	544	544	554	564	389
West Dunbartonshire	204	205	206	206	213	220	223	220	228	231	171
West Lothian	682	675	671	688	693	724	724	730	753	756	561
Total trunk roads	16,222	16,313	16,791	16,987	17,112	17,342	17,977	18,519	19,138	19,498	14,251
Local authority roads
Aberdeen City	1,048	1,029	1,024	1,021	1,043	1,047	1,060	1,069	1,065	1,268	1,027
Aberdeenshire	1,913	1,896	1,878	1,936	2,048	2,113	2,162	2,267	2,242	2,441	1,996
Angus [note 6]	742	735	728	734	761	777	792	821	815	811	653
Argyll & Bute	534	530	520	532	551	562	574	581	531	533	418
Clackmannanshire [note 6]	313	315	311	304	315	320	326	331	318	322	258
Dumfries & Galloway	703	699	684	696	724	743	761	801	794	791	631
Dundee City	679	673	663	646	656	651	652	653	656	658	537
East Ayrshire [note 6]	671	669	658	671	699	716	735	784	766	763	613
East Dunbartonshire	532	528	521	514	529	530	535	558	562	562	457
East Lothian	504	503	492	499	524	536	548	605	617	618	500
East Renfrewshire [note 6]	554	543	530	528	543	547	555	554	504	500	405
Edinburgh, City of	2,194	2,164	2,140	2,120	2,168	2,181	2,202	2,186	2,142	2,128	1,707
Eilean Siar	203	204	205	210	218	224	253	238	236	233	186
Falkirk	947	949	939	940	968	977	992	1,011	1,000	990	806
Fife	2,004	2,009	1,993	2,012	2,087	2,112	2,150	2,229	2,065	2,053	1,660
Glasgow, City of [note 6]	2,027	1,998	1,968	1,959	1,986	1,955	1,971	1,964	1,964	1,953	1,589
Highland	1,061	1,055	1,039	1,067	1,117	1,143	1,168	1,228	1,259	1,274	1,037
Inverclyde	446	440	433	430	442	443	447	457	453	334	275
Midlothian	518	520	509	510	532	546	559	584	583	584	469
Moray	454	449	454	462	486	495	506	531	523	522	430
North Ayrshire	453	451	437	436	453	459	467	491	494	486	397
North Lanarkshire	1,838	1,825	1,816	1,814	1,862	1,872	1,891	1,971	2,027	2,018	1,636
Orkney Islands	136	135	134	137	145	149	153	157	155	155	127
Perth & Kinross	951	944	935	956	999	1,029	1,053	1,061	967	952	763
Renfrewshire [note 6]	757	753	748	749	771	779	789	805	813	806	656
Scottish Borders	800	796	786	796	829	852	872	916	903	899	702
Shetland Islands	203	205	203	208	216	223	229	233	232	231	187
South Ayrshire	597	594	577	575	596	605	617	636	627	622	506
South Lanarkshire	1,285	1,278	1,266	1,267	1,314	1,333	1,362	1,382	1,289	1,284	1,040
Stirling [note 6]	749	737	724	728	757	770	785	801	802	794	636
West Dunbartonshire	427	426	427	423	432	431	435	436	437	433	352
West Lothian	1,035	1,043	1,040	1,042	1,077	1,093	1,115	1,174	1,195	1,195	964
Total LA roads	27,274	27,092	26,781	26,922	27,851	28,213	28,719	29,516	29,036	29,216	23,623
All roads
Aberdeen City	1,302	1,286	1,288	1,281	1,307	1,310	1,333	1,336	1,337	1,568	1,237
Aberdeenshire	2,734	2,719	2,739	2,808	2,950	3,020	3,110	3,307	3,194	3,342	2,632
Angus [note 6]	1,077	1,069	1,070	1,091	1,131	1,135	1,159	1,193	1,179	1,177	916
Argyll & Bute	886	883	871	886	913	938	966	1,000	987	991	741
Clackmannanshire [note 6]	313	315	311	304	315	320	326	331	334	339	269
Dumfries & Galloway	1,977	1,968	1,935	1,967	2,035	2,092	2,147	2,268	2,238	2,247	1,697
Dundee City	859	850	848	829	825	819	825	824	829	829	671
East Ayrshire [note 6]	1,037	1,033	1,022	1,030	1,073	1,085	1,087	1,133	1,147	1,146	901
East Dunbartonshire	532	528	521	514	529	530	535	558	562	562	457
East Lothian	858	858	841	848	884	898	939	1,020	1,024	1,036	808
East Renfrewshire [note 6]	726	751	735	737	757	777	792	788	792	785	618
Edinburgh, City of	2,872	2,876	2,840	2,838	2,883	2,936	2,981	2,963	3,075	3,088	2,410
Eilean Siar	203	204	205	210	218	224	253	238	236	233	186
Falkirk	1,478	1,485	1,516	1,520	1,549	1,586	1,639	1,649	1,649	1,647	1,277
Fife	2,852	2,847	2,813	2,845	2,930	2,953	3,027	3,124	3,088	3,123	2,411
Glasgow, City of [note 6]	3,315	3,312	3,449	3,481	3,496	3,454	3,519	3,536	3,507	3,559	2,758
Highland	2,591	2,590	2,568	2,613	2,673	2,757	2,844	2,947	2,991	3,026	2,326
Inverclyde	517	512	504	501	515	516	523	524	521	535	439
Midlothian	653	656	648	648	676	683	700	727	728	730	576
Moray	716	713	719	728	756	770	792	818	822	821	679
North Ayrshire	770	768	746	744	769	779	793	811	811	813	634
North Lanarkshire	2,999	2,955	3,229	3,216	3,115	3,062	3,108	3,261	3,349	3,336	2,622
Orkney Islands	136	135	134	137	145	149	153	157	155	155	127
Perth & Kinross	2,250	2,268	2,231	2,278	2,362	2,410	2,520	2,669	2,647	2,619	1,977
Renfrewshire [note 6]	1,450	1,453	1,437	1,452	1,503	1,536	1,564	1,577	1,619	1,624	1,266
Scottish Borders	1,182	1,184	1,171	1,184	1,224	1,257	1,291	1,319	1,313	1,305	998
Shetland Islands	203	205	203	208	216	223	229	233	232	231	187
South Ayrshire	981	978	955	954	983	1,000	1,023	1,045	1,049	1,052	814
South Lanarkshire [note 6]	2,447	2,441	2,485	2,502	2,575	2,598	2,690	2,777	2,790	2,820	2,166
Stirling [note 6]	1,230	1,215	1,194	1,196	1,241	1,270	1,329	1,345	1,356	1,357	1,026
West Dunbartonshire	631	632	632	629	644	652	658	655	666	665	523
West Lothian	1,717	1,718	1,711	1,730	1,770	1,816	1,839	1,904	1,948	1,952	1,525
Total all roads	43,496	43,406	43,573	43,909	44,963	45,555	46,696	48,036	48,175	48,714	37,874

Table 5.6 Average Daily Traffic Flows at Selected Automated Traffic Classifier Sites 2 by Month, 2020 [note 7] [note8]
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Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics

Description	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
M74 J18 to J19	27,808	30,254	24,992	10,567	13,287	18,716	29,343	36,752	34,755	29,359	22,266	20,650
M8 Bishopton	23,881	24,641	19,422	8,462	11,501	15,603	-	-	-	22,965	20,813	17,480
M8 Harthill	50,904	49,094	38,897	17,478	22,528	33,340	47,150	50,438	50,459	46,063	44,382	39,603
M9 Linlithgow	30,573	33,785	24,894	8,686	11,442	17,531	25,092	29,109	29,411	26,729	23,771	20,108
M73 Gartcosh	18,450	20,291	16,030	6,582	8,629	12,449	17,238	18,804	18,965	18,399	16,175	14,399
M74 J9	-	32,725	26,973	11,371	14,811	20,828	31,209	37,438	35,681	31,508	25,174	24,959
M80 Bankhead	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
M90 Kelty	28,993	30,716	22,721	7,550	10,309	16,304	25,253	28,913	29,466	26,012	21,337	19,357
A1 Grantshouse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A7 Langholm	3,202	3,359	2,862	1,307	1,635	2,269	2,990	3,474	3,513	3,212	2,771	2,591
A9 Berridale	1,805	1,955	1,694	672	836	1,163	2,303	3,056	2,925	2,300	1,793	1,533
A9 Blackford	14,555	15,987	12,148	3,556	4,754	7,034	11,019	14,707	13,103	11,474	8,419	7,887
A9 Dornoch	5,175	5,515	4,788	2,044	2,641	3,630	6,131	7,564	7,331	6,333	5,297	4,653
A9 Tomatin	7,869	8,460	6,934	2,309	3,004	4,616	8,891	11,584	10,698	9,001	6,900	5,963
A68 Jedburgh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A68 Pathhead	8,592	8,791	6,828	2,704	3,564	5,268	7,802	5,022	7,339	7,940	6,969	5,910
A75 Carsluith	3,963	4,295	3,632	1,691	2,150	2,962	4,614	5,716	5,325	4,536	3,846	1,079
A75 Southeast of A751	5,893	6,284	3,359	1,495	1,938	2,516	1,613	3,491	3,765	6,051	5,882	4,872
A76 Mennock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A77 Lendalfoot	-	-	1,072	-	1,442	1,931	2,527	4,273	3,349	2,908	-	-
A77 Kilmarnock	24,504	25,734	20,065	7,963	10,920	17,506	25,401	27,369	27,146	23,940	19,506	16,270
A78 Loans	17,502	18,603	17,322	-	-	12,830	16,130	17,753	17,756	16,947	15,260	13,269
A80 Cumbernauld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A82 Ballachulish	3,372	3,802	3,267	960	1,215	1,831	4,831	7,746	6,670	4,848	2,657	2,246
A82 Spean Bridge	4,887	-	3,694	1,783	2,373	3,448	6,349	9,278	8,423	6,698	4,749	4,123
A83 Ardrishaig	2,286	2,446	2,622	-	-	-	2,807	3,107	3,023	2,643	2,175
A85 Riverside Dundee	15,740	16,719	12,880	5,964	7,614	10,309	13,444	14,854	14,935	14,526	13,081	12,338
A87 Broadford	3,620	4,056	3,570	1,762	-	2,542	4,635	6,931	6,486	5,092	3,617	3,192
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,473	3,726	2,470	2,122
A90 Stonehaven	18,791	20,120	15,696	6,770	8,441	11,524	14,282	13,115	19,364	16,341	15,650	14,160
A90 Bridge of Don	13,211	19,957	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A96 Forres	10,098	10,701	8,637	3,550	4,656	6,927	10,269	11,465	11,484	10,813	10,314	8,926
A702 Fulford	-	-	-	3,629	4,737	7,370	9,704	11,414	11,329	9,400	9,124	8,223
A720 Dreghorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	63,057
A737 Lochside	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A835 Aultguish	969	1,033	1,292	396	509	778	1,842	2,573	-	-	991	966
A977 Kincardine	4,161	4,759	3,704	2,057	2,667	4,038	4,709	4,057	4,070	3,939	3,778	3,339

Table 5.7(a) Average daily traffic flows, peak hourly flows and percentages of HGVs for selected key points: 2020 [note 8] [note 9]
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Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics

Location	Site number in Figure 5.2	Yearly 7 Day average daily flow	August	Yearly 5 Day average daily flow	August	HGV yearly 7 Day percentage	HGV yearly 5 Day percentage	Peak hourly flows morning 7 Day	Peak hourly flows morning 5 Day	Peak hourly flows afternoon 7 Day	Peak hourly flows afternoon 5 Day
M74 J18 to J19	1	24,896	36,752	37,842	27,038	41	45	1,720	1,786	1,932	2,018
M8 Bishopton	2	18,308	-	18,786	-	13	15	1,425	1,835	1,730	1,935
M8 Harthill	3	40,861	50,438	54,197	45,240	17	19	2,702	3,299	3,155	3,534
M9 Linlithgow	4	23,428	29,109	31,041	26,059	12	13	1,687	2,148	1,959	2,213
M73 Gartcosh	5	15,534	18,804	20,207	17,351	-	-	1,111	1,415	1,307	1,495
M74 J9	37	26,607	37,438	38,648	26,576	32	36	1,828	1,888	1,890	1,974
M80 Bankhead	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
M90 Kelty	7	22,244	28,913	29,209	23,370	12	14	1,548	1,567	1,802	1,894
A1 Grantshouse	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A7 Langholm	9	2,765	3,474	3,678	3,036	16	19	209	218	226	250
A9 Berridale	10	1,836	3,056	3,148	1,981	27	30	166	170	173	181
A9 Blackford	11	10,387	14,707	14,987	11,154	18	21	744	737	861	927
A9 Dornoch	12	5,092	7,564	7,813	5,457	10	11	407	415	440	461
A9 Tomatin	13	7,186	11,584	11,542	7,561	17	19	586	592	586	602
A68 Jedburgh	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A68 Pathhead	15	6,394	5,022	5,185	6,981	12	14	474	520	536	584
A75 Carsluith	16	3,651	5,716	5,877	3,944	27	30	282	291	296	307
A75 Southeast of A751	17	3,930	3,491	3,672	4,258	15	16	271	291	319	331
A76 Mennock	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A77 Lendalfoot	19	2,500	4,273	4,437	2,699	16	18	201	208	262	263
A77 Kilmarnock	20	20,527	27,369	27,314	21,812	10	11	1,381	1,632	1,772	1,894
A78 Loans	21	16,337	17,753	19,062	18,101	6	7	1,169	1,473	1,387	1,587
A80 Cumbernauld	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A82 Ballachulish	22	3,620	7,746	7,234	3,581	9	11	307	293	338	323
A82 Spean Bridge	23	5,073	9,278	9,429	5,391	8	9	426	438	455	478
A83 Ardrishaig	24	2,639	3,107	3,284	2,836	10	11	208	226	230	255
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	12,700	14,854	15,656	13,709	5	5	918	1,138	1,119	1,240
A87 Broadford	26	4,137	6,931	7,186	4,440	8	9	356	370	376	397
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,198	-	3,364	-	8	9	260	270	283	294
A90 Stonehaven	28	14,521	13,115	14,105	15,860	17	19	964	1,212	1,192	1,325
A90 Bridge of Don	29	16,584	-	17,276	-	4	5	1,153	1,130	1,472	1,558
A96 Forres	30	8,987	11,465	12,024	9,612	10	12	670	685	775	831
A702 Fulford	31	8,326	11,414	11,679	8,789	13	15	637	704	753	804
A720 Dreghorn	35	63,057	-	67,661	-	11	13	3,728	4,236	4,540	4,848
A737 Lochside	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A835 Aultguish	33	1,135	2,573	2,452	1,173	10	12	77	82	86	86
A977 Kincardine	34	3,773	4,057	4,213	4,070	7	8	253	260	313	341

Table 5.7(b) Average daily traffic flows for selected key points [note 8] [note 10]
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Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics

Location	Site No in Fig 5.2	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
M74 J18 to J19	1	31,047	31,164	30,902	31,410	32,906	33,313	34,718	[unavailable]	34,694	35,156	24,896
M8 Bishopton	2	24,563	24,186	24,059	25,318	25,475	[unavailable]	16,766	18,954	25,878	26,931	18,308
M8 Harthill	3	55,911	53,629	50,170	40,526	-	53,566	51,129	28,292	52,541	56,312	40,861
M9 Linlithgow	4	28,706	-	28,190	24,853	-	-	10,877	-	-	35,447	23,428
M73 Gartcosh	5	35,666	36,786	41,685	43,330	45,500	43,588	32,419	-	49,587	-	15,534
M74 J9	37	34,060	33,020	29,454	33,302	-	35,795	33,385	21,905	40,052	38,237	26,607
M80 Bankhead	6	-	-	33,758	35,386	-	-	37,934	23,401	31,198	34,296	-
M90 Kelty	7	32,304	29,572	31,286	31,117	32,224	31,787	31,108	21,704	28,376	29,493	22,244
A1 Grantshouse	8	8,616	8,446	8,284	8,427	7,063	8,047	[unavailable]	9,026	10,233	8,999	-
A7 Langholm	9	3,434	3,434	3,426	3,487	3,576	3,614	3,752	2,808	3,635	3,740	2,765
A9 Berridale	10	1,938	1,603	1,806	1,714	-	-	-	-	2,769	-	1,836
A9 Blackford	11	23,671	24,098	24,672	25,667	24,456	26,338	13,614	1,185	13,453	-	10,387
A9 Dornoch	12	5,721	5,922	5,863	5,934	6,100	6,211	6,654	6,207	6,710	7,297	5,092
A9 Tomatin	13	8,850	8,725	8,453	8,749	10,314	9,307	9,688	7,769	10,779	10,708	7,186
A68 Jedburgh	14	5,530	5,668	5,882	5,574	5,493	5,437	5,498		5,909	-	-
A68 Pathhead	15	8,354	9,204	9,362	8,931	-	10,022	9,705	3,244	9,623	9,974	6,394
A75 Carsluith	16	4,724	4,658	4,598	4,244	5,302	4,714	4,860	4,365	4,992	5,266	3,651
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,792	6,830	6,712	6,752	6,734	6,600	6,715	5,857	6,611	6,863	3,930
A76 Mennock	18	3,054	2,947	2,891	2,900	2,871	-	2,833	-	3,148	-	-
A77 Lendalfoot	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,852	3,362	-	2,500
A77 Kilmarnock	20	26,763	26,172	25,876	25,062	26,843	27,340	27,387	21,252	28,408	28,063	20,527
A78 Loans	21	15,074	14,542	13,873	13,096	13,619	14,378	18,597	13,203	18,790	19,453	16,337
A80 Cumbernauld	36	-	-	67,416	69,314	71,242	71,740	74,319	-	74,317	-	-
A82 Ballachulish	22	4,625	4,504	4,461	4,631	6,426	5,208	5,353	4,776	5,506	6,184	3,620
A82 Spean Bridge	23	3,351	3,289	3,084	4,103	1,729	-	5,582	2,413	2,591	3,902	5,073
A83 Ardrishaig	24	-	-	2,638	2,629	-	2,857	2,693	1,977	2,810	2,165	2,639
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	16,129	16,992	15,430	15,279	-	-	17,030	13,046	16,501	17,088	12,700
A87 Broadford	26	3,227	3,235	3,148	2,083	-	-	5,413	4,714	-	5,829	4,137
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,367	3,088	3,307	3,418	3,581	3,947	3,779	3,326	3,229	4,771	3,198
A90 Stonehaven	28	26,907	26,704	25,796	33,486	39,205	26,650	24,856	9,900	21,062	27,448	14,521
A90 Bridge of Don	29	17,860	16,875	17,143	17,412	17,773	18,157	22,875	-	21,645	-	16,584
A96 Forres	30	11,416	11,075	11,097	10,244	10,820	10,651	10,962	4,807	11,167	11,674	8,987
A702 Fulford	31	10,334	-	11,146	10,181	13,786	11,963	11,496	9,876	10,620	10,626	8,326
A720 Dreghorn	35	77,735	74,858	75,697	76,704	78,110	78,624	79,650	-	84,594	-	63,057
A737 Lochside	32	21,528	21,199	20,512	20,311	20,787	22,055	22,448	13,824	20,058	21,952	-
A835 Aultguish	33	1,246	1,788	1,749	1,048	1,767	1,694	1,803	1,014	1,590	-	1,135
A977 Kincardine	34	4,370	4,436	4,536	4,532	4,405	4,613	4,368	4,340	4,390	4,424	3,773

Table 5.8 Car drivers' journeys - whether delayed by traffic congestion and, if so, how much time was lost : 2018-20 (combined) [note 11] [note 12] [note 13] [note 15]
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Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
Delayed due to traffic congestion:

Purpose/day/time of journey	Not delayed due to traffic congestion	none, or just 1-2 minutes	about 5 minutes (3-7)	about 10 minutes (8-12)	about 15 minutes (13-17)	20 to 30 minutes (18-32)	over half an hour(33+)	Unknown time	All delayed journeys	Sample size (=100%)
									row percentages	n =
All car driver journeys	87	1	4	4	2	2	1	0	13	29,230
by purpose of journey:
Commuting	78	1	7	6	3	4	1	-	22	7,700
Business	83	-	5	5	2	3	1	-	17	1,010
Education	87	1	5	5	1	1	-	-	13	1,180
Shopping	93	1	3	2	-	1	-	-	7	6,820
Visit hospital or other health	90	1	4	2	1	1	-	-	10	730
Other personal business	92	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	8	1,450
Visit friends or relatives	91	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	9	3,340
Eating/drinking	92	1	4	2	-	1	-	-	8	520
Entertainment	90	-	2	2	3	2	-	1	10	430
Sport	92	-	4	2	-	1	-	-	8	1,390
Holiday/day trip [note 14]	90	-	2	3	2	2	1	1	10	360
Other	92	-	2	4	2	1	-	-	8	500
Escort	90	1	5	3	1	-	-	-	10	850
Go home	90	1	3	3	1	1	-	-	10	2,300
Just go for a walk	96	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	4	540
by day of the week:
Monday	87	1	4	3	1	2	-	-	13	5,200
Tuesday	84	1	5	4	2	2	1	-	16	5,050
Wednesday	85	1	5	4	2	3	1	-	15	5,160
Thursday	86	1	5	4	2	2	1	-	14	4,170
Friday	86	1	5	4	1	2	-	-	14	3,680
Saturday	93	-	3	2	1	-	-	-	7	2,140
Sunday	95	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	5	3,840
Weekday journeys - by start time:
Before 7 a.m.	87	-	3	4	1	2	1	1	13	940
7:00 to 7:59 a.m.	74	1	7	7	4	6	2	-	26	1,470
8:00 to 8:59 a.m.	76	1	9	7	3	3	-	-	24	2,050
9:00 to 9:59 a.m.	91	1	3	3	1	1	-	-	9	1,300
10:00 to 10:59 a.m.	93	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	7	1,400
11:00 to 11:59 a.m.	93	1	3	1	-	1	-	-	7	1,570
noon to 12:59 p.m.	90	1	4	3	1	1	-	-	10	1,430
1:00 to 1:59 p.m.	92	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	8	1,360
2:00 to 2:59 p.m.	92	-	3	2	1	1	-	-	8	1,670
3:00 to 3:59 p.m.	88	-	5	4	1	2	-	-	12	1,900
4:00 to 4:59 p.m.	76	1	7	6	4	4	1	-	24	2,210
5:00 to 5:59 p.m.	73	1	8	9	3	6	1	-	27	2,090
6:00 to 6:59 p.m.	89	1	4	3	2	1	-	-	11	1,380
7:00 to 7:59 p.m.	97	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	910
8:00 to 8:59 p.m.	97	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	3	620
9:00 to 9:59 p.m.	98	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	510
After 10pm	98	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	420
Weekend journeys - by start time:
Before 9:30am	94	-	2	2	-	1	-	-	6	620
After 9:30am to before 12noon	95	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	5	1,190
12noon to 2 pm	95	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	5	1,480
After 2pm to before 4:30pm	94	-	2	2	-	1	-	-	6	1,130
4:30pm to before 6:30pm	89	1	6	3	1	1	-	-	11	870
6:30pm onwards	98	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	2	680
by type of area in which driver lives:
Large urban areas	84	-	5	5	2	3	-	-	16	6,730
Other urban areas	87	1	5	4	1	2	1	-	13	10,200
"Accessible" small towns	88	-	4	4	1	2	-	-	12	2,830
"Remote" small towns	93	-	3	1	1	1	-	-	7	1,820
"Accessible" rural areas	90	-	3	3	2	2	-	-	10	3,870
"Remote" rural areas	93	-	3	1	1	1	-	-	7	3,780

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

Year	Driver congestion	Sample size (=100%)
2004	11.88	14,460
2005	11.64	13,780
2006	12.72	14,010
2007	14.35	9,260
2008	13.1	9,320
2009	11	8,680
2010	10.5	7,580
2011	11.2	8,320
2012	9.9	9,830
2013	9.7	10,200
2014	11.7	9,820
2015	12.4	9,690
2016	11.7	9,810
2017	12.8	9,960
2018	13	9,390
2019	11.9	9,880
2020 [Note 15]	4.7	1,770

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

Year	Service Bus	Sample size (=100%)
2004	8.9	2,752
2005	9.5	2,548
2006	8.9	2,726
2007	12.5	1,674
2008	14.4	1,720
2009	9.9	1,460
2010	12.3	1,310
2011	10.5	1,440
2012	11.1	1,540
2013	10.2	1,690
2014	10.7	1,630
2015	9.9	1,690
2016	10	1,480
2017	12.5	1,480
2018	10.5	1,510
2019	12.5	1,350
2020 [Note 15]	7.3	80

Table 5.10 Petrol and diesel consumption of road vehicles
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Source: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy - Figures taken from Sub-national road transport fuel consumption

Type of vehicle and council area	2010 [note 17]	2011 [note 17]	2012 [note 17]	2013 [note 17]	2014 [note 17]	2015 [note 17]	2016 [note 17]	2017 [note 17]	2018 [note 17]	2019 [note 17]
by type of vehicle
Buses	176.7	163.2	155.3	160.1	160.6	154.0	146.5	150.5	129.4	149.9
Diesel cars	758.5	785.7	824.3	860.5	899.8	924.2	937.9	973.2	979.7	933.9
Petrol cars	1,200.4	1,144.9	1,096.1	1,036.7	1,015.7	979.7	960.0	943.2	939.6	918.8
Motorcycles	11.4	11.5	11.2	11.0	11.5	11.3	10.9	11.6	11.8	12.1
Heavy Goods Vehicles	561.2	546.6	546.3	552.7	560.1	564.7	574.3	595.7	601.7	599.7
Diesel Light Goods Vehicles	437.8	442.0	445.3	459.3	487.9	510.4	543.0	583.4	585.1	584.7
Petrol Light Goods Vehicles	29.3	27.0	24.7	23.1	22.1	20.7	19.6	19.2	18.2	17.3
Total	3,175.3	3,120.7	3,103.2	3,103.4	3,157.7	3,165.0	3,192.0	3,276.9	3,265.6	3216.36
by Council area [note 16]
Aberdeen City	92.3	90.2	88.2	87.2	88.7	87.7	87.3	87.8	87.0	97.6
Aberdeenshire	187.0	183.7	180.4	184.3	194.2	195.9	197.1	212.5	200.1	203.7
Angus	75.6	73.9	73.3	74.2	76.3	75.7	76.2	78.6	77.0	75.3
Argyll & Bute	56.9	54.7	53.9	54.4	55.8	57.2	58.3	60.6	60.7	59.0
Clackmannanshire	20.3	20.0	19.5	19.0	19.5	19.5	19.8	19.9	20.1	20.1
Dumfries & Galloway	166.1	164.7	161.8	163.3	166.5	171.9	174.3	184.2	178.4	174.4
Dundee City	62.6	60.9	59.5	57.9	57.5	56.0	55.7	55.6	55.5	54.1
East Ayrshire	73.6	72.6	70.9	70.9	73.0	73.0	72.2	74.7	75.0	73.2
East Dunbartonshire	40.5	39.5	38.2	37.4	38.2	37.3	37.4	37.6	37.7	37.3
East Lothian	61.1	60.3	58.3	58.3	60.1	60.3	62.2	67.1	66.9	66.0
East Renfrewshire	54.8	53.8	51.4	51.3	52.2	52.2	52.8	52.2	52.2	50.9
Edinburgh, City of	237.3	226.9	222.4	221.1	220.6	222.2	224.3	218.2	219.0	213.2
Eilean Siar	14.8	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.8	15.1	15.4	14.1	13.9	13.5
Falkirk	105.7	105.1	109.8	109.4	112.8	114.3	116.5	117.0	115.0	112.2
Fife	189.1	186.6	181.6	181.9	185.7	184.5	185.5	190.4	189.2	187.2
Glasgow, City of	262.6	259.6	262.7	262.3	260.6	256.1	258.0	256.9	253.9	249.7
Highland	170.3	169.2	167.2	169.3	171.9	176.1	179.3	185.8	186.3	182.7
Inverclyde	34.8	33.8	32.7	32.3	32.9	32.4	32.5	32.4	31.8	31.5
Midlothian	44.0	43.7	42.4	42.1	43.5	43.3	44.1	45.6	45.1	44.4
Moray	46.7	46.0	45.7	46.2	47.7	48.1	49.1	50.7	50.7	49.2
North Ayrshire	51.8	51.1	48.9	48.4	49.4	49.5	49.7	50.6	49.4	48.3
North Lanarkshire	216.5	208.9	232.1	229.4	232.8	224.9	224.7	234.7	258.2	251.4
Orkney Islands	8.4	8.3	8.1	8.3	8.7	8.9	9.2	9.4	9.2	9.1
Perth & Kinross	175.0	175.1	171.7	173.0	175.7	178.4	179.4	189.3	185.5	179.7
Renfrewshire	106.3	105.1	102.7	102.8	104.5	105.0	104.9	105.3	105.9	104.5
Scottish Borders	77.4	76.7	75.0	75.4	77.4	79.0	80.3	81.9	81.3	79.0
Shetland Islands	12.3	12.2	12.1	12.3	12.7	13.0	13.4	13.7	13.5	13.2
South Ayrshire	68.2	67.1	64.6	64.1	65.5	66.0	66.5	68.3	67.5	66.2
South Lanarkshire	209.5	206.6	208.5	208.7	210.6	210.4	213.6	225.0	222.8	219.1
Stirling	84.7	82.8	80.9	80.1	82.2	83.3	85.2	87.0	86.3	84.3
West Dunbartonshire	45.6	45.2	44.6	44.1	44.7	44.6	44.1	43.6	43.2	42.1
West Lothian	123.4	121.9	119.8	119.7	121.0	123.1	123.1	126.4	127.3	124.3
Total	3,175.2	3,120.7	3,103.2	3,103.4	3,157.7	3,165.0	3,192.0	3,276.9	3,265.6	3216.4