Chapter Summary
Chapter Summary
1. Introduction
This chapter highlights some of the main findings from Scottish Transport Statistics, the accompanying summary tables provide longer term trends than those included in the individual chapters and include comparisons between Scotland and Great Britain. This publication covers data up until 2020-21.
2. The content of this chapter
This chapter covers the following topics:
3. Overview of travel in Scotland
4. Motor vehicles, traffic and road casualties
5. Public transport: bus, rail, air and ferry
6. Personal travel (e.g. driving, walking and cycling; travel to work and school)
7. Cross-border transport
8. Environment and emissions
3. Overview of travel in Scotland
In 2020-21, travel in Scotland was significantly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Public transport journeys fell by 70%, with 153 million public transport journeys made by either bus, rail, air, or ferry in 2020-21. This was down from the 502 million public transport journeys recorded in 2019-20.
Bus remained by far the most commonly used form of public transport in 2020-21, with 83% of public transport journeys made by bus, 9% by rail, 5% by air and 3% by ferry.
The number of bus journeys dropped by 65% in 2020-21. This followed on from a generally declining trend which had seen bus passenger numbers drop by 21% in the ten years leading up to 2019-20.
Rail journeys, which had been steadily increasing in the years immediately prior to the pandemic, showed a larger drop of 85% over the year.
Air passengers, which had increased by 28% in the ten years prior to the pandemic, then fell by 76%. Ferry passengers showed a drop of 53% over the year.
Road traffic also fell in 2020-21, although not as markedly as the use of public transport. Overall road traffic dropped by 22%, with car traffic dropping by 26%. This followed a steadily increasing trend with road traffic increasing by 10% in the 10 years up to 2019.
Cycling was one of the few transport types to demonstrate an increase in traffic, with estimates suggesting that on-road cycling increased by over half.
|
|
2015-16 |
2020-21 |
Change over 1 year |
Change over 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Car Traffic (m/veh km) |
34,786 |
27,083 |
-26.3% |
-22.1% |
|
Pedal Cycle Traffic (on-road) (m/veh km) |
342 |
600 |
63.5% |
- |
|
ScotRail Passengers (millions) |
93.8 |
14.4 |
-85.1% |
-84.7% |
|
Bus Passengers (millions) |
410 |
127 |
-65.0% |
-69.0% |
|
Air Passengers (millions) |
25.5 |
7.0 |
-75.6% |
-72.4% |
|
Ferry Passengers (millions) |
9.6 |
4.9 |
-52.8% |
-48.4%
|
Source: STS 2021, Table S1 except Traffic estimates from table 5.3.
4. Motor vehicles, traffic and road casualties
4.1 Motor vehicles
There were 3.0 million motor vehicles licensed in Scotland in 2020. This is the highest level recorded, having increased slightly from 2019.
The total number of vehicles registered in Scotland has been increasingly steadily over the longer term. The current total is 13% higher than in 2010 and has more than tripled since 1964.
The number of new vehicle registrations decreased by 27% in 2020. During the UK lockdown (which applied from 23 March 2020), vehicle dealerships and showrooms were required to close, removing the main method by which new vehicles are sold in Scotland. This was lifted in Scotland on the 29th June. However local restrictions may have applied at later points in the year.
Whilst the significant decrease in 2020 will be linked to the pandemic, the number of new registrations had also decreased in the previous three years. This suggests that in recent years people have been buying fewer new vehicles, but retaining existing vehicles for longer.
There were fewer vehicles per person in Scotland than in Great Britain as a whole (56 compared to 59 per hundred population), as has consistently been the case in recent years.
4.2 The road network
There were 56,959 kilometres of public road in Scotland in 2020. Seven per cent of this was trunk road, which is managed centrally by Transport Scotland; the remaining roads are the responsibility of Local Authorities.
In Scotland, there was 10.4 kilometres of road per 1,000 people, compared to 6.1 km per 1,000 people in GB as a whole.
4.3 Road traffic
The distance travelled on Scotland's roads was the lowest recorded since 1996. In 2020, 37.9 billion vehicle kilometres were travelled, a decrease of 22% compared to the previous year, and 13% less than in 2010.
Prior to the pandemic, the volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) had more than doubled since 1983, from an estimated 14,185 million vehicle kilometres to around 32,000 million vehicle kilometres in 2019.
Car and van users reported that 5% of journeys were delayed due to traffic congestion in 2020.
4.4 Road casualties
In 2020, 141 people were killed and 1,547 seriously injured in road accidents.
The total number of casualties on Scottish roads fell 35% between 2019 and 2020 and is at the lowest level since records began over 50 years ago.
These latest figures will have been influenced by the reduction in traffic seen over the course of the pandemic. However, prior to the pandemic recorded casualties were declining. The total number of road casualties decreased by 62% over the last decade. Casualties of all severities have fallen over this period.
In Scotland in 2020, for every thousand people in the population, 0.31 were killed or seriously injured in road accidents, compared to 0.36 for Great Britain.
Road accident casualties by mode of
5. Public transport: bus, rail, air and ferry
5.1 Local bus and rail services
Bus
In 2020, there were 127 million bus passenger journeys, a decrease of 65% on the previous year. Two fifths of all bus journeys in 2020 were made under the National Concessionary Travel scheme, a very similar proportion to 2019.
Prior to the pandemic, bus passenger journeys had been falling over the longer term. The figures almost halved between 1960 and 1975 and roughly halved again by 2019.
The distance covered by local bus services (expressed in terms of 'vehicle kilometres') can be seen as a measure of bus service provision. Although this dropped in 2020 by 24%, this was a much smaller drop than the decrease in passenger numbers (65%).
Rail
There were 14.4 million ScotRail passenger journeys in 2020-21, a decrease of 85% from 2019-20.
Prior to the pandemic, rail patronage had been rising steadily and was 25% higher in 2019-20 compared to 2009-10.
Similar to bus services, the distance covered by scheduled trains in Scotland did drop by 27% in 2020-21 (reflecting a reduction in services across the year). However this was not to the same scale as the drop in passenger numbers (85%).
5.2 Air and ferry passengers
Note: in the above figure, 'selected services' refers to those services for which data is available back to 1975 – Caledonian MacBrayne, P&O Scottish Ferries, Northlink Orkney and Shetland Ferries and Orkney Ferries.
Air
There were 7 million air terminal passenger numbers in 2020, down 76% compared to the previous year, and 66% lower than 2010. Prior to the pandemic, air passenger numbers had been increasing over time, with a 28% increase in the ten years up to 2019.
In 2020, 6% of all terminal passenger traffic was from within Scotland, 40% was to or from other parts of the UK, 45% was between Scotland and mainland Europe.
Ferry
In 2020, 4.9 million passengers travelled by ferry (including traffic within Scotland and to and from Northern Ireland), a 53% decrease on the previous year.
Across all ferry routes, 2 million vehicles were carried in 2020 (including traffic between Scotland and Northern Ireland and within Scotland), a 44% decrease on the previous year.
6. Personal travel (e.g. driving, walking and cycling; travel to work and school)
The figures presented in this section come from the 2020 Scottish Household Survey. Due to pandemic-related survey changes, they are not considered comparable with previous years. More information is presented in the Transport and Travel in Scotland publication.
In 2020, 76% of people aged 17 or over had a full driving licence. The proportion of men aged 17+ holding a licence was higher than women (80% compared to 72%).
21% of people drove every day in 2020, with around 81% of households having access to at least one car.
Fifty three per cent of employed people reported that they currently worked from home. Of those that travelled to work in 2020, 25% of journeys to work were by public or active travel.
Over two thirds of people (70%) were either very or fairly satisfied with public transport in 2020.
7. Cross-border transport
As with transport more generally, cross-border transport was significantly affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, there were 3.7 million air and ferry passenger journeys to other parts of the UK, a decrease of 71% since 2019. The majority of these journeys were made by air (2.8 million).
The most recently available figures for cross-border rail journeys are for 2019 and do not cover the pandemic period. These show 9.8 million passenger journeys were made to other parts of the UK in 2019.
In 2020, 3.4 million passenger journeys were made to and from other countries by air, a decrease of 63% since 2010.
8. Environment and emissions
The most recently available figures for transport emissions relate to 2019.
Transport accounted for 29.2% of Scotland's total greenhouse gas emissions in 2019.
Scotland's transport emissions in 2019 were 2.2% lower than in 2018, and 6.3% lower than in 1990.
Over the longer term, newly registered cars have become more efficient in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, with average CO2 emissions in Scotland for new car registrations falling by 10% over the last ten years. However, average CO2 emissions for newly registered cars have increased by 2% in each of the last 2 years.
At the end of 2020, ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) accounted for 0.9% of vehicles licensed in Scotland.
There has been a significant increase in the numbers of ULEVs registered in Scotland between 2014 Q1 and 2020 Q3, with the number rising from 1,122 to 38,634. The biggest increase has been in Plug-in-Grant Eligible cars which accounted for 54 per cent of newly registered ULEVS and 65 per cent of all ULEVs in 2020.
There has been a significant increase in the numbers of ULEVs registered in Scotland between 2014 Q1 and 2020 Q3, with the number rising from 1,122 to 38,634.
Notes
This worksheet contains one table.
note 1
DfT has revised the figures for the light goods and goods body types back to 2001. DfT does not have the underlying data to revise earlier years' figures.
note 2
Financial years
note 3
The DfT have revised figures from 2004/05 onwards as a result of methodological improvements. Figures prior to this period are not directly comparable. See Chapter 2 for more detail. Figures from 2006 include Government support for buses which is not available for the two previous years.
note 4
Freight lifted in Scotland by UK-registered hauliers, regardless of whether the destination is in Scotland, elsewhere in the UK or outwith the UK. The figures for 2004 onwards are not compatible with those for earlier years due to changes in methodology and processing system for the survey.
note 5
The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines over 50km in length. 2012 figures are provisional.
note 6
ScotRail introduced a new methodology which better estimates Strathclyde Zonecard journeys from 2009/10. Figures from 2003/04 onwards present the impact of this on previously reported data to provide a more meaningful year on year comparison. Note that this has no impact on actual journeys undertaken.
note 7
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) produce total passenger figures. These are not adjusted to reflect ScotRail's revised methdology and are therefore not comparable with ScotRail figures. There is a series break between 2007-08 and 2008-09 due to a change in the methodology. From 2008-09 estimates of PTE travel (zone cards) are included.
note 8
Services to Europe, Northern Ireland and within Scotland (Previous versions of STS only included services where data is available back to 1975, this can still be found in Table H1). Figures for passenger numbers on the Corran ferry service in 2013, 2014 and 2015 have not been included in the total for Scotland as the figures are new estimates and considered as ‘data under development'.
note 9
Domestic freight estimates for 2011 to 2016 were revised in 2018.
note 10
Totals have been revised in 2012 to include slip roads on Trunk A roads which had previously excluded. See Road Network chapter for more information.
note 11
Changes in the layout of the M74/M77/M8 during 2012 are likely to have affected the traffic data for motorways.
note 12
Due to changes in the the way casualty severities are recorded, killed/serious figures in 2019 are not comparable with previous years.
note 13
Changes in the layout of the M74/M77/M8 during 2012 are likely to have affected the traffic data for motorways.
note 14
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/roadtraffic- statistics-minor-road-benchmarking
note 15
The figures from 2018 onwards are not comparable with previous figures, as they are collected in a different way.
note 16
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-traffic-statisticsminor- road-benchmarking
note 17
The apparent year-to-year fluctuations in some of the figures may be due to sampling variability.
note 18
1999 to 2007 results can be viewed by unhiding columns E to M.
note 19
The Travel diary methodology changed in 2007 and in 2012, creating a break in the time series.
note 20
Employed adults (aged 16+) not working from home
note 21
Figures for 2017 travel to work by car or van an by train have been revised from 67.7 an 5.1.
note 22
Tram journeys were not included in publications before 2018. They have now been added, and the 2016 figure is 0.1% higher than previous published.
note 23
Figures for 2017 Travel to school by car or van have been revised from 25.5.
note 24
From 2012 Q4 the question was changed to ask about access to cars / vans instead of just cars.
note 25
Data published in 2015 erroneously included a value of 12.5 because of the exclusion of vans; this table contains the revised data.
note 26
England, Wales or Northern Ireland - for the purposes of this table, UK offshore is not counted as another part of the UK.
note 27
Scotland / Northern Ireland ferries
note 28
Figures for 1999 and earlier years are available on the website. They are approximate as they include an element of estimation.
note 29
The Rosyth/Zeebrugge service started in May 2002, there was a drop in the frequency of service from November 2005 and the passenger service ceased in December 2010. Figures for services between Lerwick and other countries are available from 1998.
note 30
Freight lifted by UK HGVs only - does not include freight carried by other HGVs or by other types of vehicle (such as light goods vehicles). The figures for 2004 onwards are not directly comparable with earlier years, due to changes to the survey's methodology & processing.
note 31
The Rail figures for 'outwith UK' include freight taken to Scottish, English or Welsh ports for export.
note 32
Figures relate only to exports/imports from major ports only. Note these have increased over the years.
note 33
The Rail figures for 'outwith UK' include freight imported at an English or Welsh port, then brought into Scotland by rail.
note 34
Figures are for combined years e.g. 2011 covers 2011/12.
note 35
DfT revised its methodlogy from 2004, causing a break in the series.
note 36
The GB figures relate to motor vehicle traffic only, and therefore exclude a small amount of pedal cycle traffic. Figures from 2010 have been revised to take acount of the minor road benchmarking exercise. Further details available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-traffic-statisticsminor- road-benchmarking
note 37
Financial years
note 38
Total passenger figures are produced by the ORR and have not been adjusted to reflect ScotRail's revised zonecard methdology.
note 39
Figures are based on the origin and destination of trips and do not count stages of these trips separately.
note 40
The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines over 50km in length. 2012 figures are provisional.
note 41
These figures are for freight lifted by Heavy Goods Vehicles. The GB figures are for freight transported within GB; the Scottish figures include small amounts of freight destined for Northern Ireland and outside the UK.
note 42
Domestic freight estimates for 2006 to 2009 were revised on 27 October 2011.
note 43
Figures for 2008-09 onwards have been revised due to an error in the LENNON calculation of journeys between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
note 44
Figures are based on the origin and destination of trips and do not count stages of these trips separately
note 45
Due to changes in the the way casualty severities are recorded, killed/serious figures in 2019 are not comparable with previous years.
note 46
The figures from 2018 onwards are not comparable with previous figures, as they are collected in a different way.
note 47
The figures for Car and Air are for calendar years; latterly, the figures for Bus and Rail are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (eg the 1996 figures are for 1996-97)
note 48
Pre-1975, the figures are the totals of passenger journeys for the Scottish Bus Group and the four city corporations. Therefore, they include any non-stage (non-local) services run by these operators, and exclude other operators' stage (local) services. Glasgow Corporation's figures may have included passenger journeys on trolley buses and the Glasgow Underground. Figures from 2004 onwards have been subject to revision due to methodological improvements.
note 49
Figures from 1995 onwards were revised by ORR in 2013 due to improvements to methodology. There is a series break between 2007-08 and 2008-09 due to a change in the methodology. From 2008-09 estimates of PTE travel (zone cards) are included. Figures in 2001-02 and 2002-03 were affected by industrial action.
note 50
This grouping was used in STS until 2012 and includes those routes for which figures are available back to 1973: Caledonian MacBrayne, P&O Scottish Ferries / NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries, and Orkney Ferries. The figures from 1995 are affected by the reduction in traffic caused by the withdrawal of the Kyle- Kyleakin service when the Skye Bridge opened in October 1995.
note 51
All ferry routes within Scotland, between Scotland and Northern Ireland and between Scotland and Europe, for which passenger data is availabe (see chapter 9 for more detail)
note 52
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 53
The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' are the total amounts lifted in Scotland. The category of 'coastal shipping' is shown for historical reasons. It is defined in a different way: the 'coastal shipping' figure is the total lifted in Scotland plus the total lifted elsewhere in the UK which is delivered in Scotland. The 'pipeline' figure is the estimated amount of crude oil carried by on-shore pipelines which are over 50km in length. This table does not show one port traffic to / from oil rigs and the sea bed.
note 54
The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for 'rail' from 1985, which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (e.g. the rail figures for 1997 are for 1997- 98).
note 55
The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines over 50km in length. 2012 figures are provisional.
note 56
A new system for collecting port statistics was introduced in 2000. Data prior to that are on a different basis.
note 57
Changes to the methodology for collecting road freight data mean that previous figures are not comparable.
note 58
Domestic freight estimates for 2006 to 2009 were revised on 27 October 2011
note 59
Domestic freight estimates from 2011 to 2016 were revised in 2018
note 60
The figures from 2018 onwards are not comparable with previous figures, as they are collected in a different way.
note 61
The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' relate to freight lifted in Scotland;for 'pipeline' it is the estimated tonne-kilometres for crude oil carried by on-shore pipelines which are over 50km in length. This table does not show the tonne-kilometres for one port traffic to / from oil rigs and the sea bed or for coastal shipping (as defined in part [a] of this table).
note 62
The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for rail which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years
note 63
Over 50km
note 64
A new system for collecting port statistics was introduced in 2000. Data prior to that are on a different basis.
note 65
Changes to the methodology for collecting road freight data mean that previous figures are not comparable.
note 66
Pipeline figures for 2012 are provisional.
note 67
Revisions made to rail freight from 2001 onwards due to an error in the formula for calculating the figures
note 68
Domestic freight estimates from 2011 to 2016 were revised in 2018
note 69
The increase in motorway traffic in 2012 is the result of new motorway opening. More detail can be found in the road network chapter.
note 70
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/roadtraffic- statistics-minor-road-benchmarking
note 71
The figures for vehicles licensed for 1974 to 1978 are on different bases, due to the effect on the annual 'census' of the transfer of licensing records from local offices to the then DVLC
note 72
For years up to 1992 estimates are taken from the DVLA annual vehicle census, from 1993 onwards estimates are taken from the Vehicle Information Database and are not consistent with previous years. The VID figure for 1992 was 1,840,000 compared with the DVLA figure of 1,884,000.
note 73
New registration results to 1994 are taken from geographical analysis provided by DVLA. Results for 1995 onwards are estimated using post town area data. The vehicle taxation system was subject to major revisions from July 1995.
note 74
DfT has revised the figures for the light goods and goods body types back to 2001. DfT does not have the underlying data to revise earlier years' figures.
| Type of transport | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 [Note 52] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles Licensed | thousands | ||||||||||
| Private and Light Goods [Note 1] | 2,364 | 2,369 | 2,395 | 2,436 | 2,496 | 2,537 | 2,594 | 2,638 | 2,665 | 2,711 | 2,708 |
| All Vehicles [Note 1] | 2,685 | 2,691 | 2,717 | 2,759 | 2,821 | 2,863 | 2,919 | 2,962 | 2,991 | 3,041 | 3,042 |
| New Registrations | 209 | 202 | 216 | 241 | 262 | 268 | 270 | 250 | 233 | 221 | 161 |
| Local Bus Services [Note 2] | millions | ||||||||||
| Passenger Journeys (boardings) [Note 3] | 430 | 436 | 420 | 421 | 414 | 410 | 392 | 387 | 375 | 363 | 127 |
| Vehicle Kilometres [Note 3] | 346 | 338 | 327 | 332 | 336 | 341 | 337 | 334 | 331 | 336 | 256 |
| Passenger Revenue | £ million | ||||||||||
| at latest year's prices [Note 3] | 771.8 | 776.3 | 792.7 | 773.2 | 757.7 | 787.8 | 783.4 | 761.5 | 736.6 | 703.1 | 471.6 |
| Freight Lifted | million tonnes | ||||||||||
| Road [Note 4] [Note 9] | 132 | 135 | 137 | 125 | 123 | 133 | 140 | 123 | 129 | 119 | 106 |
| Rail [Note 2] [Note 15] | 8.33 | 9.87 | 8.43 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 4.45 | 4.28 | 3.77 |
| Coastwise traffic | 18.0 | 16.3 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 14.2 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| One Port traffic | 1.88 | 2.42 | 2.57 | 2.10 | 2.19 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Inland waterway traffic | 10.89 | 10.70 | 10.79 | 10.69 | 9.41 | 10.14 | 9.42 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Pipelines [Note 5] | 27.6 | 27.8 | 28.2 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Total | 198.6 | 201.9 | 199.7 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Public Road Lengths | kilometres | ||||||||||
| Trunk (A and M) [Note 10] | 3,518 | 3,536 | 3,566 | 3,565 | 3,637 | 3,638 | 3,669 | 3,681 | 3,735 | 3,739 | 3,739 |
| Other Major (A and M) | 7,414 | 7,467 | 7,473 | 7,473 | 7,406 | 7,414 | 7,418 | 7,427 | 7,500 | 7,529 | 7,524 |
| Minor Roads | 44,694 | 44,769 | 44,873 | 44,938 | 45,011 | 45,100 | 45,163 | 45,257 | 45,355 | 45,454 | 45,696 |
| All Roads [Note 10 | 55,626 | 55,772 | 55,912 | 55,975 | 56,054 | 56,152 | 56,250 | 56,364 | 56,591 | 56,722 | 56,959 |
| Road Traffic [Note 14] | million vehicle-kilometres | ||||||||||
| Motorways [Note 11] | 6,503 | 6,570 | 7,140 | 7,262 | 7,421 | 7,477 | 7,829 | 8,054 | 8,518 | 8,654 | 6,299 |
| A roads | 21,992 | 21,996 | 21,712 | 21,786 | 22,025 | 22,395 | 23,019 | 23,351 | 23,024 | 23,557 | 17,642 |
| All roads (incl. B, C, uncl.) | 43,496 | 43,406 | 43,573 | 43,909 | 44,963 | 45,555 | 46,696 | 48,036 | 48,175 | 48,714 | 37,874 |
| Reported Road Accident Casualties [Note 12] [Note 13] | |||||||||||
| Killed | 208 | 185 | 176 | 172 | 203 | 168 | 191 | 145 | 161 | 166 | 141 |
| Killed and Serious | 2,177 | 2,063 | 2,157 | 1,839 | 1,904 | 1,770 | 1,889 | 1,739 | 1,745 | 2,096 | 1,688 |
| All (Killed, Serious, Slight) | 13,338 | 12,785 | 12,712 | 11,492 | 11,302 | 10,977 | 10,898 | 9,433 | 8,424 | 7,745 | 5,040 |
| Passenger Rail [Note 2] [Note 6] | millions | ||||||||||
| ScotRail passenger journeys [Note 6] | 78.3 | 81.1 | 83.3 | 86.3 | 92.7 | 93.8 | 94.2 | 97.8 | 97.8 | 96.4 | 14.4 |
| ORR data: | |||||||||||
| Rail journeys in/from Scotland [Note 7] | 79.5 | 83.3 | 85.8 | 86.7 | 91.7 | 93.4 | 94.2 | 97.1 | 97.0 | 94.7 | [Not available] |
| Passenger receipts (2019 £million) | 471.3 | 483.0 | 501.9 | 516.8 | 543.3 | 563.33 | 569.5 | 647.2 | 639.6 | 612.3 | [Not available] |
| Air Transport | thousands | ||||||||||
| Terminal Passengers | 20,907 | 22,065 | 22,207 | 23,250 | 24,076 | 25,507 | 26,924 | 28,833 | 29,443 | 28,876 | 7,037 |
| Transport Movements | 354.4 | 366.3 | 372.1 | 376.4 | 376.2 | 376.4 | 376.0 | 383.9 | 376.6 | 367.5 | 163.7 |
| Freight | 47.5 | 45.2 | 52.2 | 54.2 | 59.9 | 56.4 | 55.9 | 60.3 | 62.3 | 58.9 | 49.0 |
| Ferries [Note 8] | thousands | ||||||||||
| Passengers | 9,990 | 9,631 | 9,698 | 9,662 | 9,679 | 9,554 | 10,073 | 10,255 | 10,279 | 10,427 | 4,926 |
| Vehicles | 3,072 | 3,071 | 3,076 | 2,972 | 3,074 | 3,146 | 3,372 | 3,506 | 3,456 | 3,534 | 1,986 |
| of which on routes within Scotland | |||||||||||
| Passengers | 8,016 | 7,773 | 7,888 | 7,831 | 7,884 | 7,824 | 8,320 | 8,501 | 8,529 | 8,656 | 4,076 |
| Vehicles | 2,554 | 2,551 | 2,628 | 2,577 | 2,626 | 2,706 | 2,930 | 3,060 | 3,043 | 3,120 | 1,734 |
| Type of transport | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 [Note 52] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles Licensed | Index 2010=100 | ||||||||||
| Private and Light Goods [Note 1] | 100.0 | 100.2 | 101.3 | 103.0 | 105.6 | 107.3 | 109.7 | 111.6 | 112.7 | 114.7 | 114.5 |
| All Vehicles [Note 1] | 100.0 | 100.2 | 101.2 | 102.8 | 105.1 | 106.6 | 108.7 | 110.3 | 111.4 | 113.3 | 113.3 |
| New Registrations | 100.0 | 96.9 | 103.7 | 115.7 | 125.6 | 128.2 | 129.5 | 119.6 | 111.7 | 105.8 | 77.1 |
| Local Bus Services [Note 2] | |||||||||||
| Passenger Journeys (boardings) [Note 3] | 100.0 | 101.3 | 97.7 | 97.9 | 96.3 | 95.2 | 91.2 | 90.0 | 87.1 | 84.3 | 29.5 |
| Vehicle Kilometres [Note 3] | 100.0 | 97.6 | 94.4 | 95.7 | 97.0 | 98.5 | 97.3 | 96.4 | 95.5 | 97.1 | 73.8 |
| Passenger Revenue | |||||||||||
| at latest year's prices [Note 3] | 100.0 | 100.6 | 102.7 | 100.2 | 98.2 | 102.1 | 101.5 | 98.7 | 95.4 | 91.1 | 61.1 |
| Freight Lifted | |||||||||||
| Road [Note 4] [Note 9] | 100.0 | 102.2 | 104.0 | 94.8 | 93.2 | 100.6 | 106.1 | 92.9 | 97.5 | 90.3 | 80.0 |
| Rail [Note 2] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Coastwise traffic | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| One Port traffic | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Inland waterway traffic | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Pipelines [Note 5] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Total | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Public Road Lengths | |||||||||||
| Trunk (A and M) [Note 10] | 100.0 | 100.5 | 101.4 | 101.3 | 103.4 | 103.4 | 104.3 | 104.6 | 106.2 | 106.3 | 106.3 |
| Other Major (A and M) | 100.0 | 100.7 | 100.8 | 100.8 | 99.9 | 100.0 | 100.1 | 100.2 | 101.2 | 101.6 | 101.5 |
| Minor Roads | 100.0 | 100.2 | 100.4 | 100.5 | 100.7 | 100.9 | 101.1 | 101.3 | 101.5 | 101.7 | 102.2 |
| All Roads [Note 10 | 100.0 | 100.3 | 100.5 | 100.6 | 100.8 | 100.9 | 101.1 | 101.3 | 101.7 | 102.0 | 102.4 |
| Road Traffic | |||||||||||
| Road Traffic [Note 14] | 100.0 | 101.0 | 109.8 | 111.7 | 114.1 | 115.0 | 120.4 | 123.9 | 131.0 | 133.1 | 96.9 |
| Motorways [Note 11] | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.7 | 99.1 | 100.2 | 101.8 | 104.7 | 106.2 | 104.7 | 107.1 | 80.2 |
| All roads (incl. B, C, uncl.) | 100.0 | 99.8 | 100.2 | 100.9 | 103.4 | 104.7 | 107.4 | 110.4 | 110.8 | 112.0 | 87.1 |
| Reported Road Accident Casualties 11 | |||||||||||
| Killed | 100.0 | 88.9 | 84.6 | 82.7 | 97.6 | 80.8 | 91.8 | 69.7 | 77.4 | 79.8 | 67.8 |
| Killed and Serious | 100.0 | 94.8 | 99.1 | 84.5 | 87.5 | 81.3 | 86.8 | 79.9 | 80.2 | 96.3 | 77.5 |
| All (Killed, Serious, Slight) | 100.0 | 95.9 | 95.3 | 86.2 | 84.7 | 82.3 | 81.7 | 70.7 | 63.2 | 58.1 | 37.8 |
| Passenger Rail [Note 2] [Note 6] | |||||||||||
| ScotRail passenger journeys [Note 6] | 100.0 | 103.6 | 106.3 | 110.3 | 118.4 | 119.9 | 120.4 | 124.9 | 124.9 | 123.2 | 18.4 |
| Rail journeys in/from Scotland [Note 7] | 100.0 | 104.8 | 107.9 | 109.1 | 115.3 | 117.5 | 118.5 | 122.2 | 122.0 | 119.1 | Unavailable |
| Passenger receipts (£2018 million) | 100.0 | 102.5 | 106.5 | 109.7 | 115.3 | 119.5 | 120.8 | 137.3 | 135.7 | 129.9 | Unavailable |
| Air Transport | |||||||||||
| Terminal Passengers | 100.0 | 105.5 | 106.2 | 111.2 | 115.2 | 122.0 | 128.8 | 137.9 | 140.8 | 138.1 | 33.7 |
| Transport Movements | 100.0 | 103.4 | 105.0 | 106.2 | 106.1 | 106.2 | 106.1 | 108.3 | 106.2 | 103.7 | 46.2 |
| Freight | 100.0 | 95.0 | 109.8 | 114.1 | 126.0 | 118.7 | 117.6 | 126.8 | 131.1 | 123.9 | 103.1 |
| Ferries [Note 8] | |||||||||||
| Passengers | 100.0 | 96.4 | 97.1 | 96.7 | 96.9 | 95.6 | 100.8 | 102.6 | 102.9 | 104.4 | 49.3 |
| Vehicles | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.2 | 96.8 | 100.1 | 102.4 | 109.8 | 114.1 | 112.5 | 115.1 | 64.7 |
| of which on routes within Scotland | |||||||||||
| Passengers | 100.0 | 97.0 | 98.4 | 97.7 | 98.4 | 97.6 | 103.8 | 106.0 | 106.4 | 108.0 | 50.8 |
| Vehicles | 100.0 | 99.9 | 102.9 | 100.9 | 102.8 | 106.0 | 114.7 | 119.8 | 119.2 | 122.2 | 67.9 |
| Type of travel | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 [Note 52] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modal share of all journeys [Note 19] | column percentages | ||||||||||
| Walking | 22.0 | 22.1 | 26.0 | 23.3 | 25.0 | 21.6 | 23.5 | 21.3 | 19.8 | 22.1 | 37.0 |
| Driver car/van | 51.1 | 49.9 | 48.3 | 50.0 | 48.1 | 49.7 | 50.6 | 52.1 | 52.9 | 52.9 | 50.5 |
| Passenger car/van | 14.3 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 7.3 |
| Bicycle | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Bus | 8.7 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 2.5 |
| Taxi/minicab | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| Rail | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.1 |
| Other | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Sample size (=100%) | 16,300 | 17,590 | 19,740 | 20,180 | 19,930 | 18,710 | 19,050 | 18,320 | 17,790 | 18,450 | 3,600 |
| Place of work | |||||||||||
| Works from home | 10.1 | 10.6 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 16 | 16.1 | 52.6 |
| Does not work from home | 89.9 | 89.4 | 86.8 | 86.7 | 86.9 | 85.9 | 85.5 | 85.8 | 84 | 83.9 | 47.4 |
| Sample size (=100%) | 5,860 | 6,190 | 4,730 | 4,850 | 4,810 | 4,670 | 4,720 | 4,820 | 4,720 | 4,890 | 1,330 |
| Travel to work [Note20] [Note 21] | |||||||||||
| Walking | 13.4 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 13.0 |
| Car or Van | 67.3 | 66.6 | 67.3 | 66.2 | 67.7 | 65.9 | 67.0 | 67.7 | 67.7 | 68.2 | 73.5 |
| Driver | 61.0 | 59.1 | 61.4 | 60.6 | 61.6 | 60.3 | 61.7 | 62.3 | 62.9 | 63.1 | 68.8 |
| Passenger | 6.3 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| Bicycle | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| Bus | 10.8 | 12.0 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 8.0 |
| Rail, including underground | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 1.3 |
| Other | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Sample size (=100%) | 5,220 | 5,510 | 4,100 | 4,160 | 4,130 | 3,950 | 3,970 | 4,070 | 3,910 | 4,050 | 630 |
| % Public and Active Travel [Note 22] | 30.1 | 30.8 | 30.1 | 30.7 | 29.8 | 31.4 | 30.6 | 30.1 | 30.3 | 29.8 | 24.5 |
| % Journeys under 2 miles by walking | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 48.5 | 47.3 | 51.3 | 45.1 | 47.8 | 45.3 | 43 | 47.6 | 59.5 |
| % Journeys under 5 miles by cycling | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Travel to school [Note 23] | |||||||||||
| Walking | 49.7 | 50.6 | 51.4 | 51.7 | 51.2 | 48.8 | 51.8 | 51.5 | 52.3 | 51.8 | 47.7 |
| Car or Van | 23.0 | 23.4 | 24.1 | 24.4 | 24.5 | 25.8 | 25.6 | 25.5 | 24.2 | 25.1 | 26.1 |
| Bicycle | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Bus (school or service) | 23.9 | 21.7 | 21.1 | 19.9 | 20.3 | 21.0 | 19.3 | 19.8 | 19.0 | 19.3 | 20.7 |
| School bus | 16.1 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 15.3 | 12.9 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 16.7 |
| Service bus | 7.8 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5 | 4 |
| Rail, including underground | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Other | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Sample size (=100%) | 2,680 | 2,720 | 1,920 | 1,980 | 1,980 | 1,880 | 1,890 | 1,830 | 1,720 | 1,920 | 420 |
| Household access to car /bike [Note 24] | |||||||||||
| No car | 30.3 | 30.1 | 31.0 | 30.2 | 30.8 | 30.0 | 29.3 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 27.6 | 19.1 |
| One car | 44.0 | 44.5 | 43.0 | 44.0 | 43.3 | 43.3 | 42.1 | 42.7 | 42.0 | 41.5 | 45.0 |
| Two Cars | 21.6 | 21.0 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 23.0 | 23.4 | 23.7 | 24.9 | 28.0 |
| Three or more cars | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 7.8 |
| One or more cars | 69.7 | 69.9 | 69.0 | 69.8 | 69.2 | 70.1 | 70.7 | 71.9 | 71.4 | 72.4 | 80.9 |
| Two or more cars | 25.7 | 25.4 | 26.0 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 26.8 | 28.5 | 29.2 | 29.4 | 30.8 | 35.8 |
| 1+ Bicycles which can be used by adults | 34.3 | 35.1 | 35.0 | 34.3 | 34.4 | 35.1 | 33.8 | 34.4 | 34.7 | 33.5 | 45.5 |
| Sample size | 14,210 | 14,360 | 10,640 | 10,650 | 10,630 | 10,330 | 10,470 | 10,680 | 10,530 | 10,580 | 3,030 |
| Driving (aged 17+) | |||||||||||
| Those with a full driving licence | |||||||||||
| Male | 75.6 | 75.6 | 75.6 | 76 | 75.8 | 73.4 | 75.4 | 75.2 | 75.6 | 77 | 80.1 |
| Female | 60.2 | 59.8 | 61.6 | 61.4 | 61.8 | 63.1 | 63.1 | 64.3 | 64.0 | 65.9 | 72.4 |
| Identified in another way | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | * | * | * |
| Refused | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | * | * | * |
| All | 67.6 | 67.3 | 68.3 | 68.4 | 68.5 | 68.0 | 69.0 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 76 |
| Sample size (=100%) | 12,360 | 12,800 | 9,830 | 9,840 | 9,720 | 9,340 | 9,570 | 9,760 | 9,650 | 9,720 | 2,770 |
| Frequency of driving | |||||||||||
| Every day | 41.4 | 40.7 | 42.0 | 41.9 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 42.2 | 41.9 | 41.4 | 43 | 20.9 |
| At least three times a week | 12.8 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 19.4 |
| Once or twice a week | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 22.8 |
| At least 2-3 times a month | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| At least once a month | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Less than once a month | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Holds full licence, never drives | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| Does not have a full driving licence | 32.4 | 32.7 | 31.7 | 31.6 | 31.5 | 32.0 | 31.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 28.8 | 24.0 |
| Sample size (=100%) | 12,360 | 12,800 | 9,830 | 9,840 | 9,720 | 9,340 | 9,570 | 9,760 | 9,650 | 9,720 | 2,770 |
| Percentage of car/van stages delayed by traffic congestion [Note 25] | |||||||||||
| 10.5 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 9.69 | 11.7 | 12.47 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 13 | 11.9 | 4.7 | |
| Sample size (=100%) | 7,580 | 8,310 | 9,830 | 10,200 | 9,820 | 9,315 | 9,790 | 9,960 | 9,390 | 9,880 | 1,840 |
| Frequency of use of local bus/train service (aged 16+) | |||||||||||
| Bus service | |||||||||||
| Every day or almost every day | 11.0 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 2 |
| 2 or 3 times per week | 11.7 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 9.3 | 3.7 |
| About once a week | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 2.9 |
| Once or twice a month | 13.5 | 14.2 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 13.2 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 5.3 |
| Not used in the past month | 56.1 | 54.3 | 58.2 | 55.4 | 57.7 | 54.2 | 59.2 | 57.1 | 57.8 | 61.5 | 86.0 |
| Train service | |||||||||||
| Every day or almost every day | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 0.1 |
| 2 or 3 times per week | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 0.3 |
| About once a week | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 0.5 |
| Once or twice a month | 17.3 | 17.9 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 21.2 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 21.9 | 20.6 | 20.8 | 4.0 |
| Not used in the past month | 75.5 | 74.2 | 71.8 | 71.8 | 69.5 | 70.2 | 70.5 | 69.0 | 69.5 | 70.2 | 95.0 |
| Sample size (=100%) | 12,420 | 12,890 | 9,890 | 9,920 | 9,800 | 9,410 | 9,640 | 9,810 | 9,700 | 9,780 | 2,790 |
| To/from UK /other countries | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 [Note 52] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger journeys | millions | ||||||||||
| to/from other parts of UK | |||||||||||
| Rail | 7.33 | 7.59 | 7.74 | 7.98 | 8.67 | 8.41 | 9.05 | 9.62 | 9.92 | 9.81 | [Unavailable] |
| Air [Note 26] | 9.83 | 10.12 | 10.05 | 10.30 | 10.57 | 11.15 | 11.25 | 11.39 | 11.47 | 11.01 | 2.83 |
| Ferry [Note 27] | 1.92 | 1.86 | 1.81 | 1.83 | 1.79 | 1.73 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.77 | 0.85 |
| Total these modes | 19.08 | 19.57 | 19.60 | 20.11 | 21.03 | 21.28 | 22.05 | 22.76 | 23.14 | 22.59 | [Unavailable] |
| to/from other countries | |||||||||||
| Air [Note 28] | 9.27 | 10.06 | 10.21 | 10.86 | 11.25 | 12.19 | 13.84 | 15.51 | 16.04 | 16.02 | 3.41 |
| Ferry [Note 29] | 0.05 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total these modes | 9.32 | 10.06 | 10.21 | 10.86 | 11.25 | 12.19 | 13.84 | 15.51 | 16.04 | 16.02 | 3.41 |
| Total cross-border passengers | |||||||||||
| Rail | 7.33 | 7.59 | 7.74 | 7.98 | 8.67 | 8.41 | 9.05 | 9.62 | 9.92 | 9.81 | [Unavailable] |
| Air | 19.10 | 20.18 | 20.26 | 21.16 | 21.81 | 23.34 | 25.09 | 26.90 | 27.51 | 27.03 | 6.24 |
| Ferry | 1.97 | 1.86 | 1.81 | 1.83 | 1.79 | 1.73 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.77 | 0.85 |
| Total these modes | 28.41 | 29.63 | 29.82 | 30.97 | 32.27 | 33.47 | 35.89 | 38.27 | 39.18 | 38.61 | [Unavailable] |
| Freight | |||||||||||
| to other parts of UK | |||||||||||
| Road [Note 30] | 14.8 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 17.0 | 19.1 | 0.0 |
| Rail | 3.1 | 4.5 | 2.9 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Water | 16.6 | 16.6 | 8.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Total these modes | 34.5 | 34.6 | 25.2 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| from other parts of UK | |||||||||||
| Road [Note 30] | 17.9 | 17.5 | 19.6 | 16.2 | 18.2 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 19.8 | 20.7 | 0.0 |
| Rail | 1.6 | 3.3 | 1.7 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Water | 5.5 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total these modes | 25.0 | 25.8 | 23.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total to/from other parts of UK | |||||||||||
| Road [Note 30] | 32.7 | 31.0 | 33.1 | 29.2 | 31.7 | 37.0 | 35.5 | 33.8 | 36.8 | 39.8 | - |
| Rail | 4.7 | 7.8 | 4.6 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Water | 22.1 | 21.6 | 10.8 | 15.5 | 16.0 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Total these modes | 59.5 | 60.4 | 48.5 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| to other countries | |||||||||||
| Road [Note 30] | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Rail [Note31] | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Water [Note 32] | 39.9 | 33.4 | 32.1 | 31.6 | 30.8 | 30.3 | 33.0 | 30.9 | 33.3 | 33.4 | - |
| Total these modes | 40.7 | 34.0 | 32.8 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| from other countries | |||||||||||
| Road [Note 30] | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Rail [Note 33] | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Water [Note 32] | 13.2 | 14.2 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 13.5 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 0 |
| Total these modes | 13.8 | 14.7 | 16.8 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Total to/from other countries | |||||||||||
| Road [Note 30] | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Rail | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Water | 53.1 | 47.6 | 48.3 | 48.1 | 47.4 | 43.7 | 42.5 | 41.5 | 44.8 | 45.4 | [Unavailable] |
| Total | 54.4 | 48.8 | 49.5 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Total cross-border freight | |||||||||||
| Road [Note 30] | 33.3 | 31.4 | 33.5 | 29.6 | 32.0 | 37.4 | 35.8 | 34.1 | 37.1 | 40.4 | [Unavailable] |
| Rail | 5.5 | 8.6 | 5.4 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Water | 75.2 | 69.2 | 59.1 | 63.6 | 63.4 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Total these modes | 114.0 | 109.1 | 98.0 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Type of transport - Numbers | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 [Note 52] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles Licensed (all vehicles) | thousand | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 2,685 | 2,691 | 2,717 | 2,759 | 2,821 | 2,863 | 2,919 | 2,962 | 2,991 | 3,041 | 3,042 |
| GB | 34,120 | 34,229 | 34,522 | 35,034 | 35,633 | 36,467 | 37,257 | 37,735 | 38,184 | 38,683 | 38,582 |
| Households with a Car (National Travel Survey) [Note 34] | percent | ||||||||||
| Scotland | [Unavailable] | 70 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| GB | [Unavailable] | 72 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Public Road Lengths (all roads) | thousand kilometres | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 55.6 | 55.8 | 55.9 | 56.0 | 56.1 | 56.2 | 56.2 | 56.4 | 56.6 | 56.7 | 57.0 |
| GB [Note 35] | 394.3 | 394.3 | 394.9 | 395.5 | 395.6 | 395.7 | 396.7 | 397.0 | 397.0 | 397.6 | 398.3 |
| Road Traffic | billion vehicle kilometres | ||||||||||
| Motorway Scotland | 6.50 | 6.57 | 7.14 | 7.26 | 7.42 | 7.48 | 7.83 | 8.05 | 8.52 | 8.65 | 6.30 |
| Motorway GB [Note 36] | 98.2 | 99.5 | 100.4 | 101.9 | 104.3 | 107.0 | 108.9 | 110.5 | 111.1 | 113.5 | 84.8 |
| A roads Scotland | 22.0 | 22.0 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 23.0 | 23.4 | 23.0 | 23.6 | 17.6 |
| A roads GB [Note 36] | 219.5 | 220.4 | 218.5 | 218.6 | 222.9 | 226.9 | 233.1 | 235.7 | 239.1 | 241.7 | 185.7 |
| All roads (incl. B, C, unclassified) Scotland | 43.5 | 43.4 | 43.6 | 43.9 | 45.0 | 45.6 | 46.7 | 48.0 | 48.2 | 48.7 | 37.9 |
| All roads (incl. B, C, unclassified) GB [Note 36] | 492.1 | 496.1 | 497.3 | 502.0 | 518.5 | 530.4 | 544.3 | 555.5 | 562.5 | 573.8 | 451.4 |
| Reported Road Accident Casualties: Killed or Seriously Injured [Note 45] | thousand | ||||||||||
| Scotland [Note 45] | 2.18 | 2.06 | 2.16 | 1.84 | 1.90 | 1.77 | 1.89 | 1.74 | 1.75 | 2.10 | 1.69 |
| GB [Note 45] | 24.5 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 23.4 | 24.6 | 23.9 | 25.9 | 26.6 | 27.3 | 27.7 | 23.5 |
| Local bus passenger journeys [Note 35] [Note 37] | million | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 430 | 436 | 420 | 421 | 414 | 410 | 392 | 387 | 375 | 363 | 127 |
| GB | 5,164 | 5,191 | 5,099 | 5,201 | 5,142 | 5,023 | 4,931 | 4,834 | 4,781 | 4,526 | 1,727 |
| Rail passenger journeys [Note 37] [Note 38] [Note 39] | million | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 79.5 | 83.3 | 85.8 | 86.7 | 91.7 | 93.4 | 94.2 | 97.1 | 97.0 | 94.7 | [Not available] |
| GB [Note43] [Note 44] | 1,160 | 1,228 | 1,269 | 1,333 | 1,393 | 1,464 | 1,470 | 1,476 | 1,520 | 1,504 | [Unavailable] |
| Air terminal passengers | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 20.9 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 23.3 | 24.1 | 25.5 | 26.9 | 28.8 | 29.4 | 28.9 | 7.0 |
| UK | 210.3 | 219.0 | 220.4 | 228.2 | 238.2 | 251.3 | 268.2 | 284.4 | 292.1 | 296.7 | 73.7 |
| Freight Lifted | million tonnes | ||||||||||
| Road [Note 41] [Note 42] | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 132 | 135 | 137 | 125 | 123 | 133 | 140 | 123 | 129 | 119 | 106 |
| UK | 1,489 | 1,457 | 1,427 | 1,316 | 1,322 | 1,445 | 1,434 | 1,397 | 1,405 | 1,440 | 1,272 |
| Rail [Note 37] | |||||||||||
| Scotland [Note 46] | 8.33 | 9.87 | 8.43 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 4.45 | 4.28 | 3.77 |
| GB | 91 | 103 | 115 | 118 | 112 | 88 | 82 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 69 |
| Coastwise traffic | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 18.0 | 16.3 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 14.2 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| UK | 50.5 | 49.3 | 42.8 | 37.9 | 39.5 | 42.6 | 39.7 | 34.6 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Pipelines [Note 40] | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 27.6 | 27.8 | 28.2 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| GB | 53.5 | 53.7 | 54.3 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Travel to Work (Autumn: Labour Force Survey) | percent | ||||||||||
| Car (or van, minibus, works van) | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 71 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 68 |
| GB | 70 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 |
| Public transport (bus, rail, underground) | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
| GB | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
| Type of transport | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 [Note 52] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles Licensed (all vehicles) | Index 2009=100 | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 100.0 | 100.2 | 101.2 | 102.8 | 105.1 | 106.6 | 108.7 | 110.3 | 111.4 | 113.3 | 113.3 |
| GB | 100.0 | 100.3 | 101.2 | 102.7 | 104.4 | 106.9 | 109.2 | 110.6 | 111.9 | 113.4 | 113.1 |
| Public Road Lengths (all roads) | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 100.0 | 100.3 | 100.5 | 100.6 | 100.8 | 100.9 | 101.1 | 101.3 | 101.7 | 102.0 | 102.4 |
| GB [Note 35] | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.2 | 100.3 | 100.3 | 100.4 | 100.6 | 100.7 | 100.7 | 100.8 | 101.0 |
| Road Traffic | |||||||||||
| Motorway Scotland | 100.0 | 101.0 | 109.8 | 111.7 | 114.1 | 115.0 | 120.4 | 123.9 | 131.0 | 133.1 | 96.9 |
| Motorway GB [Note 36] | 100.0 | 101.3 | 102.2 | 103.8 | 106.2 | 109.0 | 110.9 | 112.5 | 113.1 | 115.6 | 86.4 |
| A roads Scotland | |||||||||||
| A roads GB [Note 36] | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.7 | 99.1 | 100.2 | 101.8 | 104.7 | 106.2 | 104.7 | 107.1 | 80.2 |
| All roads (incl. B, C, unclassified) Scotland | 100.0 | 100.4 | 99.5 | 99.6 | 101.5 | 103.4 | 106.2 | 107.4 | 108.9 | 110.1 | 84.6 |
| All roads (incl. B, C, unclassified) GB [Note 36] | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 100.0 | 99.8 | 100.2 | 100.9 | 103.4 | 104.7 | 107.4 | 110.4 | 110.8 | 112.0 | 87.1 |
| GB [Note 35] | 100.0 | 100.8 | 101.1 | 102.0 | 105.4 | 107.8 | 110.6 | 112.9 | 114.3 | 116.6 | 91.7 |
| Reported Road Accident Casualties: Killed or Seriously Injured [Note 45] | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 100.0 | 94.8 | 99.1 | 84.5 | 87.5 | 81.3 | 86.8 | 79.9 | 80.2 | 96.3 | 77.5 |
| GB | 100.0 | 102.1 | 101.1 | 95.3 | 100.3 | 97.4 | 105.6 | 108.5 | 111.3 | 113.0 | 95.8 |
| Local bus passenger journeys [Note 35] [Note 37] | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 100.0 | 101.3 | 97.7 | 97.9 | 96.3 | 95.2 | 91.2 | 90.0 | 87.1 | 84.3 | 29.5 |
| GB | 100.0 | 100.5 | 98.7 | 100.7 | 99.6 | 97.3 | 95.5 | 93.6 | 92.6 | 87.6 | 33.4 |
| Rail passenger journeys [Note 37] [Note 38] [Note 39] | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 100.0 | 104.8 | 107.9 | 109.1 | 115.3 | 117.5 | 118.5 | 122.2 | 122.0 | 119.1 | [Unavailable] |
| GB [Note43] [Note 44] | 100.0 | 105.8 | 109.4 | 114.8 | 120.0 | 126.1 | 126.6 | 127.2 | 131.0 | 129.6 | [Unavailable] |
| Air terminal passengers | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 100.0 | 105.5 | 106.2 | 111.2 | 115.2 | 122.0 | 128.8 | 137.9 | 140.8 | 138.1 | 33.7 |
| UK | 100.0 | 104.1 | 104.8 | 108.5 | 113.3 | 119.5 | 127.6 | 135.2 | 138.9 | 141.1 | 35.0 |
| Freight Lifted | |||||||||||
| Road [Note 41] [Note 42] | |||||||||||
| Scotland [Note 46] | 100.0 | 102.2 | 104.0 | 94.8 | 93.2 | 100.6 | 106.1 | 92.9 | 97.5 | 90.3 | 80.0 |
| UK | 100.0 | 97.8 | 95.8 | 88.4 | 88.8 | 97.1 | 96.3 | 93.8 | 94.4 | 96.7 | 85.4 |
| Rail [Note 37] | |||||||||||
| Scotland | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| GB | 100.0 | 113.2 | 126.6 | 130.5 | 123.8 | 97.4 | 90.1 | 85.9 | 85.9 | 79.6 | 76.1 |
| Coastwise traffic | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 90.5 | 82.3 | 63.2 | 57.4 | 59.5 | 71.5 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| UK | 92.5 | 90.3 | 78.5 | 69.5 | 72.4 | 78.1 | 72.7 | 63.4 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Pipelines [Note 40] | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 100.0 | 100.7 | 102.2 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| GB | 99.8 | 100.2 | 101.3 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| Type of transport | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 [Note 52] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles Licensed (all vehicles) | per 100 population | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 51 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 56 |
| GB | 56 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 59 |
| Public Road Lengths (all roads) | kilometres per 1,000 population | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 |
| GB | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Road Traffic | vehicle kilometres per head | ||||||||||
| Motorway Scotland | 1,236 | 1,240 | 1,344 | 1,363 | 1,388 | 1,392 | 1,449 | 1,485 | 1,566 | 1,584 | 1,152 |
| Motorway GB [Note 36] | 1,611 | 1,619 | 1,622 | 1,636 | 1,662 | 1,691 | 1,707 | 1,722 | 1,721 | 1,749 | 1,301 |
| A roads Scotland | |||||||||||
| A roads GB [Note 36] | 4,179 | 4,150 | 4,086 | 4,089 | 4,119 | 4,168 | 4,259 | 4,304 | 4,234 | 4,312 | 3,228 |
| All roads (incl. B, C, unclassified) Scotland | 3,601 | 3,585 | 3,531 | 3,510 | 3,552 | 3,587 | 3,654 | 3,673 | 3,704 | 3,724 | 2,849 |
| All roads (incl. B, C, unclassified) GB [Note 36] | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 8,266 | 8,190 | 8,200 | 8,242 | 8,408 | 8,479 | 8,640 | 8,855 | 8,859 | 8,917 | 6,929 |
| GB [Note 35] | 8,073 | 8,070 | 8,037 | 8,060 | 8,262 | 8,384 | 8,533 | 8,657 | 8,714 | 8,840 | 6,925 |
| Reported Road Accident Casualties: Killed or Seriously Injured [Note 45] | per 1,000 population | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 0.41 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.38 | 0.31 |
| GB | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.36 |
| Local bus passenger journeys [Note 35] [Note 37] | per head | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 82 | 82 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 23 |
| GB | 85 | 84 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 70 | 26 |
| Rail passenger journeys [Note 37] [Note 38] [Note 39] | per head | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 15.1 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 17.3 | [Unavailable] |
| GB [Note43] [Note 44] | 19.0 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 21.4 | 22.2 | 23.1 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 23.2 | [Unavailable] |
| Air terminal passengers | per head | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 1.3 |
| UK | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 1.1 |
| Freight Lifted | tonnes per head | ||||||||||
| Road | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 25.1 | 25.4 | 25.8 | 23.5 | 23.0 | 24.7 | 25.9 | 22.6 | 23.6 | 21.8 | 19.3 |
| UK | 23.7 | 23.0 | 22.4 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 21.6 | 19.0 |
| Rail [Note 37] | |||||||||||
| Scotland [Note 46] | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| GB | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Coastwise traffic | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| UK | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pipelines [Note 40] | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
| GB | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] |
Table H1 Summary of passenger traffic [Note 47]
This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet.
| Year | Car vehicle kilometres on major roads (M and A) | Bus passenger journeys on local services [Note 48] | Rail passenger journeys originating in Scotland [Note 49] | Air terminal passengers at airports | Ferry passengers on routes within Scotland and to Northern Ireland and Europe [Note 51] | Ferry passengers on selected ferry services [Note 50] | Car | Bus | Rail | Air | Ferry on selected services [Note 50] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| million | Index, 1985 = 100 | ||||||||||
| 1960 | [Unavailable] | 1,664 | 64.9 | 1.20 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 248 | 114 | 17 | [Unavailable] |
| 1961 | [Unavailable] | 1,633 | 63.4 | 1.41 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 243 | 111 | 20 | [Unavailable] |
| 1962 | [Unavailable] | 1,579 | 72.3 | 1.59 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 235 | 127 | 23 | [Unavailable] |
| 1963 | [Unavailable] | 1,561 | 71.7 | 1.82 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 233 | 126 | 26 | [Unavailable] |
| 1964 | [Unavailable] | 1,506 | 73.0 | 2.07 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 224 | 128 | 30 | [Unavailable] |
| 1965 | [Unavailable] | 1,417 | 71.0 | 2.29 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 211 | 124 | 33 | [Unavailable] |
| 1966 | [Unavailable] | 1,344 | 65.8 | 2.56 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 200 | 115 | 37 | [Unavailable] |
| 1967 | [Unavailable] | 1,297 | 65.9 | 2.76 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 193 | 115 | 40 | [Unavailable] |
| 1968 | [Unavailable] | 1,220 | 67.0 | 2.69 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 182 | 117 | 39 | [Unavailable] |
| 1969 | [Unavailable] | 1,169 | 68.4 | 2.91 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 174 | 120 | 42 | [Unavailable] |
| 1970 | [Unavailable] | 1,057 | 70.7 | 3.10 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 157 | 124 | 45 | [Unavailable] |
| 1971 | [Unavailable] | 1,019 | 66.5 | 3.20 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 152 | 116 | 46 | [Unavailable] |
| 1972 | [Unavailable] | 998 | 61.2 | 3.64 | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | [Unavailable] | 149 | 107 | 52 | [Unavailable] |
| 1973 | [Unavailable] | 975 | 60.5 | 4.07 | [Unavailable] | 4.82 | [Unavailable] | 145 | 106 | 59 | 103 |
| 1974 | [Unavailable] | 896 | 69.1 | 4.00 | [Unavailable] | 4.96 | [Unavailable] | 134 | 121 | 58 | 106 |
| 1975 | 9,318 | 891 | 66.2 | 4.18 | [Unavailable] | 5.28 | 68 | 133 | 116 | 60 | 113 |
| 1976 | 9,438 | 881 | 60.1 | 4.78 | [Unavailable] | 5.17 | 69 | 131 | 105 | 69 | 111 |
| 1977 | 9,622 | 824 | 56.8 | 4.85 | [Unavailable] | 4.82 | 71 | 123 | 99 | 70 | 103 |
| 1978 | 9,749 | 794 | 59.7 | 5.90 | [Unavailable] | 4.64 | 72 | 118 | 105 | 85 | 99 |
| 1979 | 9,643 | 786 | 57.6 | 6.33 | [Unavailable] | 4.56 | 71 | 117 | 101 | 91 | 98 |
| 1980 | 10,262 | 763 | 61.5 | 6.37 | [Unavailable] | 4.48 | 75 | 114 | 108 | 92 | 96 |
| 1981 | 10,418 | 716 | 57.8 | 6.50 | [Unavailable] | 4.27 | 77 | 107 | 101 | 94 | 91 |
| 1982 | 10,733 | 694 | 49.5 | 6.37 | [Unavailable] | 4.19 | 79 | 103 | 87 | 92 | 90 |
| 1983 | 11,043 | 680 | 55.7 | 6.48 | [Unavailable] | 4.51 | 81 | 101 | 98 | 93 | 97 |
| 1984 | 12,794 | 669 | 51.3 | 6.99 | [Unavailable] | 4.67 | 94 | 100 | 90 | 101 | 100 |
| 1985 | 13,606 | 671 | 57.1 | 6.94 | [Unavailable] | 4.67 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 1986 | 14,012 | 644 | 53.1 | 7.24 | [Unavailable] | 4.85 | 103 | 96 | 93 | 104 | 104 |
| 1987 | 14,881 | 647 | 54.1 | 7.81 | [Unavailable] | 5.35 | 109 | 96 | 95 | 112 | 115 |
| 1988 | 15,946 | 647 | 54.0 | 8.51 | [Unavailable] | 5.66 | 117 | 96 | 95 | 123 | 121 |
| 1989 | 17,027 | 613 | 51.8 | 9.23 | [Unavailable] | 6.18 | 125 | 91 | 91 | 133 | 132 |
| 1990 | 17,476 | 585 | 52.8 | 9.86 | [Unavailable] | 6.54 | 128 | 87 | 92 | 142 | 140 |
| 1991 | 17,553 | 571 | 54.5 | 9.57 | [Unavailable] | 6.80 | 129 | 85 | 95 | 138 | 146 |
| 1992 | 18,068 | 532 | 59.3 | 10.38 | 9.16 | 6.63 | 133 | 79 | 104 | 150 | 142 |
| 1993 | 18,211 | 525 | 59.1 | 11.12 | 9.53 | 6.63 | 134 | 78 | 104 | 160 | 142 |
| 1994 | 18,683 | 513 | 54.4 | 11.79 | 9.64 | 6.65 | 137 | 76 | 95 | 170 | 142 |
| 1995 | 19,226 | 506 | 48.9 | 12.31 | 10.49 | 6.86 | 141 | 75 | 86 | 177 | 147 |
| 1996 | 19,888 | 478 | 49.8 | 13.21 | 9.33 | 5.59 | 146 | 71 | 87 | 190 | 120 |
| 1997 | 20,266 | 448 | 53.1 | 14.39 | 9.92 | 5.63 | 149 | 67 | 93 | 207 | 121 |
| 1998 | 20,456 | 424 | 55.1 | 15.19 | 9.64 | 5.33 | 150 | 63 | 96 | 219 | 114 |
| 1999 | 20,700 | 455 | 57.6 | 15.94 | 9.96 | 5.33 | 152 | 68 | 101 | 230 | 114 |
| 2000 | 20,566 | 458 | 57.3 | 16.79 | 9.80 | 5.29 | 151 | 68 | 100 | 242 | 113 |
| 2001 | 20,977 | 466 | 53.0 | 18.08 | 9.79 | 5.30 | 154 | 69 | 93 | 260 | 114 |
| 2002 | 21,760 | 471 | 52.4 | 19.78 | 9.97 | 5.33 | 160 | 70 | 92 | 285 | 114 |
| 2003 | 21,922 | 478 | 55.9 | 21.08 | 10.67 | 5.71 | 161 | 71 | 98 | 304 | 122 |
| 2004 | 22,308 | 459 | 61.3 | 22.55 | 10.84 | 5.92 | 164 | 68 | 107 | 325 | 127 |
| 2005 | 22,060 | 465 | 66.7 | 23.80 | 10.57 | 5.97 | 162 | 69 | 117 | 343 | 128 |
| 2006 | 22,610 | 476 | 69.8 | 24.44 | 10.59 | 5.40 | 166 | 71 | 122 | 352 | 116 |
| 2007 | 22,392 | 487 | 72.7 | 25.13 | 10.72 | 5.40 | 165 | 73 | 127 | 362 | 116 |
| 2008 | 22,221 | 484 | 76.3 | 24.35 | 10.01 | 5.15 | 163 | 72 | 134 | 351 | 110 |
| 2009 | 22,496 | 458 | 76.5 | 22.50 | 10.22 | 5.40 | 165 | 68 | 134 | 324 | 116 |
| 2010 | 21,998 | 430 | 79.4 | 20.91 | 9.99 | 5.37 | 162 | 64 | 139 | 301 | 115 |
| 2011 | 21,986 | 436 | 83.3 | 22.07 | 9.63 | 5.22 | 162 | 65 | 146 | 318 | 112 |
| 2012 | 22,170 | 420 | 85.8 | 22.21 | 9.70 | 5.15 | 163 | 63 | 150 | 320 | 110 |
| 2013 | 22,217 | 421 | 86.7 | 23.25 | 9.66 | 163 | 63 | 152 | 335 | ||
| 2014 | 22,418 | 414 | 91.7 | 24.08 | 9.68 | 165 | 62 | .. | 347 | ||
| 2015 | 22,573 | 410 | 93.4 | 25.51 | 9.54 | 166 | 61 | .. | 367 | ||
| 2016 | 23,220 | 392 | 94.2 | 26.92 | 10.07 | 171 | 58 | .. | 388 | ||
| 2017 | 23,453 | 387 | 97.1 | 28.83 | 10.25 | 172 | 58 | .. | 415 | ||
| 2018 | 23,470 | 375 | 97.0 | 29.44 | 10.28 | 172 | 56 | .. | 424 | ||
| 2019 | 24,119 | 363 | 94.7 | 28.88 | 10.43 | 177 | 54 | .. | 416 | ||
| 2020 [Note 52] | 17,093 | 127 | .. | 7.04 | 4.93 | 126 | 19 | .. | 101 |
| Year [Note 54] | Air | Road lifted in Scotland | Rail lifted in Scotland [Note 60] | Coastal ship- ping | Coastwise shipping lifted in Scotland wise ship- ping | Inland waterway lifted in Scotland water- way | Pipeline [Note 55] | Total | Air | Road lifted in Scotland | Rail lifted in Scotland [Note 60] ship- ping | Coastal wise ship- | Coastwise shipping lifted in Scotland water- way | Inland waterway lifted in Scotland | Pipeline [Note 55] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lifted in Scotland | lifted in Scotland | see notes | lifted in Scotland | lifted in Scotland | see notes | lifted in Scotland | lifted in Scotland | see notes | lifted in Scotland | lifted in Scotland | see notes | ||||
| millions of tonnes lifted | Index, 1985 = 100 | ||||||||||||||
| 1960 | .. | 29.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 248 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1961 | .. | 28.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 234 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1962 | .. | 24.7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 206 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1963 | .. | 24.6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 205 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1964 | .. | 25.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 212 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1965 | .. | 24.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 203 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1966 | .. | 21.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 178 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1967 | .. | 20.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 167 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1968 | .. | 20.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 174 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1969 | .. | 21.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 176 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1970 | .. | 20.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 173 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1971 | .. | 20.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 167 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1972 | .. | 18.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 151 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1973 | .. | 19.3 | 5.7 | .. | .. | 8.0 | .. | 161 | 17 | .. | .. | 27 | |||
| 1974 | 160.7 | 17.9 | 5.7 | .. | .. | 7.5 | 123 | 149 | 17 | .. | .. | 25 | |||
| 1975 | 164.6 | 16.1 | 4.9 | .. | .. | 6.3 | 126 | 134 | 14 | .. | .. | 21 | |||
| 1976 | .. | 172.0 | 16.2 | 7.0 | .. | .. | 11.9 | .. | 132 | 135 | 20 | .. | .. | 40 | |
| 1977 | .. | 144.7 | 14.0 | 13.6 | .. | .. | 23.2 | .. | 111 | 117 | 40 | .. | .. | 78 | |
| 1978 | .. | 149.5 | 13.8 | 18.6 | .. | .. | 26.4 | .. | 115 | 115 | 54 | .. | .. | 89 | |
| 1979 | .. | 156.9 | 12.0 | 23.8 | .. | .. | 27.9 | .. | 120 | 100 | 69 | .. | .. | 94 | |
| 1980 | .. | 134.7 | 11.7 | 33.5 | .. | 8.1 | 26.7 | .. | 103 | 98 | 98 | .. | 76 | 90 | |
| 1981 | .. | 144.1 | 12.2 | 33.2 | .. | 7.3 | 24.1 | .. | 110 | 102 | 97 | .. | 69 | 81 | |
| 1982 | .. | 135.4 | 10.4 | 34.5 | .. | 10.4 | 22.4 | .. | 104 | 87 | 101 | .. | 98 | 75 | |
| 1983 | .. | 129.1 | 10.3 | 37.3 | .. | 12.1 | 26.5 | .. | 99 | 86 | 109 | .. | 114 | 89 | |
| 1984 | .. | 128.3 | 6.4 | 35.6 | .. | 10.0 | 26.9 | .. | 98 | 53 | 104 | .. | 94 | 90 | |
| 1985 | .. | 130.5 | 12.0 | 34.3 | .. | 10.7 | 29.8 | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | 100 | 100 | |
| 1986 | .. | 128.0 | 9.7 | 32.3 | .. | 11.0 | 28.2 | .. | 98 | 81 | 94 | .. | 103 | 95 | |
| 1987 | .. | 134.9 | 10.5 | 28.6 | 24.1 | 10.3 | 28.5 | 236.9 | 103 | 88 | 83 | .. | 97 | 96 | |
| 1988 | .. | 155.7 | 9.7 | 31.9 | 28.3 | 10.2 | 25.2 | 261.0 | 119 | 81 | 93 | .. | 96 | 85 | |
| 1989 | .. | 154.8 | 9.4 | 32.5 | 28.3 | 10.4 | 21.3 | 256.7 | 119 | 78 | 95 | .. | 97 | 71 | |
| 1990 | .. | 160.6 | 9.8 | 29.9 | 25.2 | 11.9 | 26.9 | 264.3 | 123 | 82 | 87 | .. | 112 | 90 | |
| 1991 | .. | 148.8 | 9.0 | 31.6 | 26.7 | 11.3 | 21.4 | 248.8 | 114 | 75 | 92 | .. | 106 | 72 | |
| 1992 | .. | 157.1 | 7.0 | 30.1 | 25.7 | 10.7 | 24.0 | 254.5 | 120 | 58 | 88 | .. | 100 | 81 | |
| 1993 | .. | 158.9 | 5.0 | 29.0 | 24.5 | 11.4 | 26.9 | 255.7 | 122 | 42 | 85 | .. | 107 | 90 | |
| 1994 | .. | 155.8 | 5.4 | 32.0 | 27.5 | 11.2 | 24.1 | 255.9 | 119 | 45 | 93 | .. | 105 | 81 | |
| 1995 | .. | 157.7 | .. | 35.9 | 31.9 | 11.2 | 25.6 | 262.3 | 121 | .. | 105 | .. | 105 | 86 | |
| 1996 | .. | 162.4 | 5.4 | 40.3 | 36.2 | 11.1 | 25.6 | 281.0 | 124 | 45 | 117 | .. | 104 | 86 | |
| 1997 | .. | 157.4 | 7.0 | 39.4 | 34.5 | 11.6 | 25.7 | 275.7 | 121 | 59 | 115 | .. | 109 | 86 | |
| 1998 | .. | 155.6 | 7.7 | 45.7 | 39.7 | 10.4 | 28.1 | 287.1 | 119 | 64 | 133 | .. | 97 | 94 | |
| 1999 [Note 56] | .. | 155.8 | 8.2 | 41.3 | 35.3 | 9.5 | 28.0 | 278.1 | 119 | 69 | 120 | .. | 89 | 94 | |
| 2000 | 0.08 | 158.5 | 8.3 | 30.9 | 24.7 | 12.2 | 28.1 | 262.8 | .. | 121 | 69 | 90 | .. | 115 | 94 |
| 2001 | 0.08 | 150.8 | 9.6 | 27.4 | 20.6 | 11.4 | 28.1 | 248.0 | .. | 116 | 80 | 80 | .. | 107 | 94 |
| 2002 | 0.08 | 154.4 | 9.1 | 24.5 | 19.2 | 10.0 | 28.0 | 245.4 | .. | 118 | 76 | 71 | .. | 94 | 94 |
| 2003 [Note 57] | 0.08 | 153.4 | 8.3 | 24.4 | 19.5 | 10.1 | 27.7 | 243.5 | .. | 118 | 69 | 71 | .. | 94 | 93 |
| 2004 | 0.08 | 173.7 | 11.3 | 25.8 | 20.5 | 10.0 | 27.6 | 269.0 | .. | 133 | 94 | 75 | .. | 94 | 93 |
| 2005 | 0.08 | 165.6 | 14.3 | 31.4 | 25.5 | 10.2 | 27.6 | 274.7 | .. | 127 | 119 | 92 | .. | 96 | 93 |
| 2006 [Note 58] | 0.08 | 170.0 | 13.0 | 25.7 | 20.6 | 10.2 | 27.8 | 267.3 | .. | 130 | 108 | 75 | .. | 95 | 93 |
| 2007 [Note 58] | 0.07 | 176.8 | 11.4 | 27.5 | 22.8 | 10.5 | 27.5 | 276.5 | .. | 136 | 95 | 80 | .. | 99 | 92 |
| 2008 [Note 58] | 0.05 | 157.0 | 10.4 | 28.3 | 23.3 | 12.2 | 27.6 | 258.9 | .. | 120 | 86 | 83 | .. | 114 | 93 |
| 2009 [Note 58] | 0.05 | 131.9 | 9.7 | 24.7 | 19.8 | 10.1 | 27.6 | 223.9 | .. | 101 | 81 | 72 | .. | 95 | 93 |
| 2010 | 0.05 | 131.9 | 8.3 | 23.9 | 18.0 | 10.9 | 27.6 | 220.6 | .. | 101 | 69 | 70 | .. | 102 | 93 |
| 2011 [Note 59] | 0.05 | 134.8 | 9.9 | 22.6 | 16.3 | 10.7 | 27.8 | 222.2 | .. | 103 | 82 | 66 | .. | 100 | 93 |
| 2012 [Note 59] | 0.05 | 137.2 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 28.2 | 208.5 | .. | 105 | 70 | 33 | .. | 101 | 95 |
| 2013 [Note 59] | 0.05 | 125.0 | .. | 16.6 | 11.4 | 10.7 | .. | .. | .. | 96 | .. | 48 | .. | 100 | .. |
| 2014 [Note 59] | 0.06 | 122.9 | .. | 17.1 | 11.8 | 9.4 | .. | .. | .. | 94 | .. | 50 | .. | 88 | .. |
| 2015 [Note 59] | 0.06 | 132.7 | .. | .. | 14.2 | 10.3 | .. | .. | 102 | .. | .. | .. | 96 | .. | |
| 2016 [Note 59] | 0.06 | 139.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 107 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2017 | 0.06 | 122.6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 94 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2018 | 0.06 | 128.6 | 4.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 99 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2019 | 0.06 | 119.1 | 4.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 91 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 2020 [Note 52] | 0.05 | 105.5 | 3.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 81 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Year[Note 62] | Road lifted in Scotland | Rail [Note 67] shipping lifted in Scotland | Coastwise waterway lifted in Scotland | Inland lifted in Scotland |
Pipeline[Note 63] [Note 66] see notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of tonne-kilometres | |||||
| 1960 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1961 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1962 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1963 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1964 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1965 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1966 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1967 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1968 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 1969 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1970 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1971 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1972 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1973 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1974 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1975 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1976 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1977 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1978 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1979 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1980 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1981 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1982 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1983 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1984 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1985 | 9,706 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1986 | 9,332 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1987 | 10,225 | .. | 19,810 | 262 | .. |
| 1988 | 11,520 | .. | 22,910 | 264 | .. |
| 1989 | 12,339 | .. | 23,020 | 268 | .. |
| 1990 | 12,309 | .. | 19,090 | 315 | .. |
| 1991 | 11,909 | .. | 22,850 | 298 | .. |
| 1992 | 12,121 | .. | 20,940 | 270 | 5,132 |
| 1993 | 12,426 | .. | 19,710 | 290 | .. |
| 1994 | 12,995 | .. | 19,740 | 290 | 5,279 |
| 1995 | 13,965 | .. | 25,110 | 300 | 5,693 |
| 1996 | 14,163 | 1,427 | 29,250 | 300 | 5,688 |
| 1997 | 14,236 | 2,145 | 26,280 | 310 | 5,717 |
| 1998 | 14,856 | 2,787 | 29,610 | 260 | 5,946 |
| 1999 [Note 64] | 14,988 | 2,891 | 26,850 | 240 | 5,905 |
| 2000 | 14,817 | 2,462 | 20,100 | 280 | 5,933 |
| 2001 | 14,425 | 3,127 | 15,600 | 280 | 5,929 |
| 2002 | 14,170 | 2,856 | 14,540 | 240 | 5,909 |
| 2003 [Note 65] | 14,432 | 2,625 | 14,850 | 240 | 5,832 |
| 2004 | 15,195 | 3,839 | 14,060 | 240 | 5,820 |
| 2005 | 13,507 | 4,345 | 17,457 | 251 | 5,869 |
| 2006 | 13,957 | 4,195 | 14,491 | 249 | 5,715 |
| 2007 | 14,950 | 3,601 | 16,909 | 268 | 5,726 |
| 2008 | 13,384 | 3,281 | 17,890 | 312 | 5,725 |
| 2009 | 11,652 | 2,912 | 15,321 | 244 | 5,725 |
| 2010 | 12,695 | 3,077 | 13,557 | 280 | 5,725 |
| 2011 [Note 68] | 12,813 | 2,637 | 13,011 | 270 | 5,752 |
| 2012 [Note 68] | 12,239 | 2,607 | 9,051 | 269 | 5,836 |
| 2013 [Note 68] | 11,906 | .. | 7,452 | 262 | .. |
| 2014 [Note 68] | 12,056 | .. | 8,031 | 234 | .. |
| 2015 [Note 68] | 13,634 | .. | 11,414 | 236 | .. |
| 2016 [Note 68] | 14,883 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2017 | 13,130 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 2018 | 14,640 | 1,858 | .. | .. | .. |
| 2019 | 14,242 | 1,804 | .. | .. | .. |
| 2020 [Note 52] | 11,628 | 1,628 | .. | .. | .. |
| Year | Motorways | A roads | All major roads (M & A) | Minor roads (B, C & unclassif.) | All roads | Motorways | A roads | All major roads (M & A) | Minor roads (B, C & unclassif.) | All roads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| million vehicle kilometres | index 1985=100 | |||||||||
| 1962 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1963 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1964 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1965 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1966 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1967 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1968 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1969 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1970 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1971 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1972 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1973 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1974 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1975 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1976 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1977 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1978 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1979 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1980 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1981 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1982 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1983 | 1,742 | 12,443 | 14,185 | .. | .. | 83 | 82 | 82 | .. | .. |
| 1984 | 1,920 | 14,382 | 16,302 | .. | .. | 91 | 95 | 95 | .. | .. |
| 1985 | 2,104 | 15,115 | 17,219 | .. | .. | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. | .. |
| 1986 | 2,116 | 15,531 | 17,647 | .. | .. | 101 | 103 | 102 | .. | .. |
| 1987 | 2,541 | 16,226 | 18,767 | .. | .. | 121 | 107 | 109 | .. | .. |
| 1988 | 2,961 | 17,137 | 20,098 | .. | .. | 141 | 113 | 117 | .. | .. |
| 1989 | 3,141 | 18,262 | 21,404 | .. | .. | 149 | 121 | 124 | .. | .. |
| 1990 | 3,286 | 18,501 | 21,786 | .. | .. | 156 | 122 | 127 | .. | .. |
| 1991 | 3,200 | 18,747 | 21,947 | .. | .. | 152 | 124 | 127 | .. | .. |
| 1992 | 3,516 | 19,060 | 22,575 | .. | .. | 167 | 126 | 131 | .. | .. |
| 1993 | 4,000 | 18,666 | 22,666 | 12,509 | 35,175 | 190 | 123 | 132 | .. | .. |
| 1994 | 4,147 | 19,153 | 23,300 | 12,700 | 36,000 | 197 | 127 | 135 | .. | .. |
| 1995 | 4,318 | 19,670 | 23,987 | 12,749 | 36,736 | 205 | 130 | 139 | .. | .. |
| 1996 | 4,586 | 20,253 | 24,839 | 12,938 | 37,777 | 218 | 134 | 144 | .. | .. |
| 1997 | 4,852 | 20,600 | 25,452 | 13,130 | 38,582 | 231 | 136 | 148 | .. | .. |
| 1998 | 5,072 | 20,812 | 25,885 | 13,284 | 39,169 | 241 | 138 | 150 | .. | .. |
| 1999 | 5,164 | 21,021 | 26,185 | 13,585 | 39,770 | 245 | 139 | 152 | .. | .. |
| 2000 | 5,405 | 20,531 | 25,936 | 13,625 | 39,561 | 257 | 136 | 151 | .. | .. |
| 2001 | 5,567 | 20,775 | 26,342 | 13,722 | 40,065 | 265 | 137 | 153 | .. | .. |
| 2002 | 5,730 | 21,533 | 27,262 | 14,272 | 41,535 | 272 | 142 | 158 | .. | .. |
| 2003 | 5,856 | 21,826 | 27,682 | 14,356 | 42,038 | 278 | 144 | 161 | .. | .. |
| 2004 | 6,094 | 22,114 | 28,209 | 14,496 | 42,705 | 290 | 146 | 164 | .. | .. |
| 2005 | 6,151 | 21,904 | 28,055 | 14,663 | 42,718 | 292 | 145 | 163 | .. | .. |
| 2006 | 6,433 | 22,465 | 28,898 | 15,221 | 44,119 | 306 | 149 | 168 | .. | .. |
| 2007 | 6,577 | 22,408 | 28,986 | 15,680 | 44,666 | 313 | 148 | 168 | .. | .. |
| 2008 | 6,683 | 22,126 | 28,810 | 15,659 | 44,470 | 318 | 146 | 167 | .. | .. |
| 2009 | 6,633 | 22,327 | 28,961 | 15,258 | 44,219 | 315 | 148 | 168 | .. | .. |
| 2010 [Note 70] | 6,503 | 21,992 | 28,495 | 15,000 | 43,496 | 309 | 145 | 165 | .. | .. |
| 2011 [Note 70] | 6,570 | 21,996 | 28,566 | 14,841 | 43,406 | 312 | 146 | 166 | .. | .. |
| 2012 [note 69] [Note 70] | 7,140 | 21,712 | 28,852 | 14,720 | 43,573 | 339 | 144 | 168 | .. | .. |
| 2013 [Note 70] | 7,262 | 21,786 | 29,048 | 14,861 | 43,909 | 345 | 144 | 169 | .. | .. |
| 2014 [Note 70] | 7,421 | 22,025 | 29,446 | 15,517 | 44,963 | 353 | 146 | 171 | .. | .. |
| 2015 [Note 70] | 7,477 | 22,395 | 29,872 | 15,683 | 45,555 | 355 | 148 | 173 | .. | .. |
| 2016 [Note 70] | 7,829 | 23,019 | 30,848 | 15,848 | 46,696 | 372 | 152 | 179 | .. | .. |
| 2017 [Note 70] | 8,054 | 23,351 | 31,405 | 16,630 | 48,036 | 383 | 154 | 182 | .. | .. |
| 2018 [Note 70] | 8,518 | 23,024 | 31,542 | 16,632 | 48,175 | 405 | 152 | 183 | .. | .. |
| 2019 [Note 70] | 8,654 | 23,557 | 32,211 | 16,503 | 48,714 | 411 | 156 | 187 | .. | .. |
| 2020 [Note 52] | 6,299 | 17,642 | 23,941 | 13,933 | 37,874 | 299 | 117 | 139 | .. | .. |
| Year | Vehicles licensed | New registrations of vehicles | Reported road casualties all severities | Vehicles licensed | New registr- ations of vehicles | Reported road casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand | thousand | number | index 1985=100 | |||
| 1962 | 775 | 86 | 26,703 | 51 | 48 | 98 |
| 1963 | 836 | 100 | 27,728 | 55 | 56 | 102 |
| 1964 | 900 | 117 | 30,527 | 59 | 65 | 112 |
| 1965 | 951 | 113 | 31,827 | 63 | 63 | 117 |
| 1966 | 991 | 113 | 32,280 | 65 | 62 | 118 |
| 1967 | 1,035 | 116 | 31,760 | 68 | 64 | 116 |
| 1968 | 1,065 | 119 | 30,649 | 70 | 66 | 112 |
| 1969 | 1,106 | 110 | 31,056 | 73 | 61 | 114 |
| 1970 | 1,124 | 117 | 31,240 | 74 | 65 | 114 |
| 1971 | 1,135 | 128 | 31,194 | 75 | 71 | 114 |
| 1972 | 1,181 | 161 | 31,762 | 78 | 89 | 116 |
| 1973 | 1,252 | 173 | 31,404 | 83 | 96 | 115 |
| 1974 | 1,274 | 143 | 28,783 | 84 | 79 | 105 |
| 1975 [Note 71] | 1,304 | 154 | 28,621 | 86 | 85 | 105 |
| 1976 | 1,314 | 159 | 29,933 | 87 | 88 | 110 |
| 1977 | .. | 155 | 29,783 | .. | 86 | 109 |
| 1978 | 1,308 | 179 | 30,506 | 86 | 99 | 112 |
| 1979 | 1,353 | 185 | 31,387 | 89 | 102 | 115 |
| 1980 | 1,398 | 176 | 29,286 | 92 | 97 | 107 |
| 1981 | 1,397 | 166 | 28,766 | 92 | 92 | 105 |
| 1982 | 1,416 | 171 | 28,273 | 94 | 95 | 104 |
| 1983 | 1,448 | 193 | 25,224 | 96 | 107 | 92 |
| 1984 | 1,489 | 183 | 26,158 | 98 | 101 | 96 |
| 1985 | 1,514 | 181 | 27,287 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 1986 | 1,546 | 181 | 26,117 | 102 | 100 | 96 |
| 1987 | 1,575 | 187 | 24,748 | 104 | 103 | 91 |
| 1988 | 1,657 | 200 | 25,425 | 109 | 111 | 93 |
| 1989 | 1,729 | 213 | 27,532 | 114 | 118 | 101 |
| 1990 | 1,788 | 194 | 27,228 | 118 | 107 | 100 |
| 1991 | 1,830 | 154 | 25,346 | 121 | 85 | 93 |
| 1992 [Note 72] | 1,884 | 154 | 24,173 | 124 | 85 | 89 |
| 1993 | 1,874 | 170 | 22,414 | 124 | 94 | 82 |
| 1994 [Note 73] | 1,900 | 170 | 22,573 | 125 | 94 | 83 |
| 1995 | 1,910 | 173 | 22,194 | 126 | 96 | 81 |
| 1996 | 1,966 | 183 | 21,716 | 130 | 101 | 80 |
| 1997 | 2,023 | 206 | 22,629 | 134 | 114 | 83 |
| 1998 | 2,073 | 210 | 22,467 | 137 | 116 | 82 |
| 1999 | 2,131 | 216 | 21,002 | 141 | 120 | 77 |
| 2000 | 2,188 | 220 | 20,518 | 145 | 122 | 75 |
| 2001 [Note 74] | 2,262 | 241 | 19,911 | 149 | 134 | 73 |
| 2002 | 2,330 | 259 | 19,275 | 154 | 144 | 71 |
| 2003 | 2,383 | 262 | 18,756 | 157 | 145 | 69 |
| 2004 | 2,448 | 263 | 18,502 | 162 | 145 | 68 |
| 2005 | 2,531 | 251 | 17,885 | 167 | 139 | 66 |
| 2006 | 2,564 | 243 | 17,269 | 169 | 134 | 63 |
| 2007 | 2,627 | 251 | 16,239 | 174 | 139 | 60 |
| 2008 | 2,665 | 215 | 15,592 | 176 | 119 | 57 |
| 2009 | 2,684 | 216 | 15,043 | 177 | 120 | 55 |
| 2010 | 2,685 | 209 | 13,338 | 177 | 116 | 49 |
| 2011 | 2,691 | 202 | 12,785 | 178 | 112 | 47 |
| 2012 | 2,717 | 216 | 12,712 | 179 | 120 | 47 |
| 2013 | 2,759 | 241 | 11,492 | 182 | 133 | 42 |
| 2014 | 2,821 | 262 | 11,302 | 186 | 145 | 41 |
| 2015 | 2,863 | 268 | 10,977 | 189 | 148 | 40 |
| 2016 | 2,919 | 270 | 10,898 | 193 | 150 | 40 |
| 2017 | 2,962 | 250 | 9,433 | 196 | 138 | 35 |
| 2018 | 2,991 | 233 | 8,424 | 198 | 129 | 31 |
| 2019 | 3,041 | 221 | 7,745 | 201 | 122 | 28 |
| 2020 [Note 52] | 3,042 | 161 | 5,040 | 201 | 89 | 18 |
