Chapter 01 - Road Transport Vehicles

Chapter 01 - Road Transport Vehicles

1. Introduction

This chapter provides information about the numbers of road transport vehicles, such as new registrations, numbers licensed by taxation group and council area, ages, cylinder sizes, methods of propulsion, gross weights of Heavy Goods Vehicles, seating capacity of public transport vehicles, licensing figures for taxi and private hire cars and their drivers and numbers of wheelchair accessible taxis.

It also provides statistics of the most popular cars, results of the road vehicle testing scheme (MOT), driving tests, driving licence holders, households with the regular use of a car (from the Scottish Household Survey), the number of Blue Badges issued and information about motor vehicle offences recorded by the Police.

Key Points

• There were 3.06 million vehicles licensed for use on the roads in Scotland in 2021 (the highest number on record), of which 82 per cent were cars.
• Over three quarters (78%) of the adult population (17+) held a full driving licence in 2021.
• Eighty per cent of households had access to one or more cars or vans in 2021; almost one third (32%) of households had access to two or more cars or vans.

2. Main Points

Vehicles Licensed

2.1 The total number of new motor vehicles registrations in 2021 was around 181,351, 13% more than in 2020 and 10% less than 2011. (Table 1.1) 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 29^th June. However local restrictions may have applied at later points in the year.

2.2 New registrations of cars in 2021 accounted for around 138,437 of these, around 11,000 (8%) more than in 2020, and 29,000 17%) less than 2011. Of all new registered vehicles in 2021, 91,000 (50%) were petrol-propelled, and 49,000 (27%) were diesel-propelled. The remaining new vehicles registered in 2021 were mostly electric or hybrid-electric vehicles, both these groups have seen steady increases in new registrations in recent years. In the last 10 years, only 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 saw more new diesel vehicles registered than petrol vehicles. More detailed data on vehicles registered in 2021 by body type and propulsion is included in Chapter 13. (Table 1.1)

2.3 The total number of vehicles licensed was 3.06 million in 2021, slightly higher than 2020 and 14% higher than in 2011. The number of private and light goods vehicles in 2021 was 2.7 million, slightly more than 2020 and 14% higher than 2011. (Table 1.2)

2.4 Glasgow had the largest number of vehicles licensed as at the end of 2021 (239,008), followed by Fife (214,965) and Edinburgh (204,163) - based on the postcode of the registered keeper. Per head of population (aged 17+), Dundee had the third lowest figure behind Edinburgh and Glasgow. Dundee had 444 vehicles for every 1,000 people aged 17+, Glasgow was lowest at 376. Vehicle ownership per head was much higher in rural areas – Renfrewshire had 798 vehicles per 1,000 people aged 17+ , Orkney had 782 and Stirling had 775, the three areas in Scotland with the highest vehicle ownership by population. The Scotland average was 559 per thousand. The pattern for car registrations was similar with Glasgow lowest, but Renfrewshire had the highest figure per thousand population at 678, followed by Stirling at 626. The effect of the registration of company car fleets can be seen: Renfrewshire accounted for 25 per cent (42,817) of all the company cars registered in Scotland, compared to 5 per cent of all cars. (Table 1.3)

2.5 Excluding Clackmannanshire, there were 9,271 taxis and 12,438 private hire cars licensed in Scotland based on figures provided by Scottish local licensing authorities during 2022. The figures show that of the 9,271 licensed taxis, 4,381 (47%) are wheelchair accessible. The proportion of wheelchair accessible vehicles varies across different authority areas. (Table 1.4)

2.6 The average age of private and light goods vehicles in 2021 was 7.3 years, slightly higher than last year, and continuing a trend of increasing average age since 2007. The average age of private and light goods vehicles continued to be lower in Scotland than for Great Britain as a whole. In 2021 the average age of these vehicles in Great Britain was 8.6 years. (Table 1.6)

2.7 There were 5,542 licensed operators of heavy goods vehicles in Scotland in December 2022 and 668 public service vehicle licence holders. Most HGV operators had few (if any) vehicles specified on the licence: 3,570 had 0-2 vehicles, 920 had 3-5 vehicles and 465 had 6-10 vehicles. Only 73 operators had between 51 and 100 vehicles specified on the licence as at December 2022. (Table 1.10)

2.8 The most popular new car sold in Scotland in 2021 was the Vauxhall Corsa with a market share of 3.9%. The top 5 most popular models had a total market share of 12% and the top 10, 20%. (Table 1.11)

MOTs and Driving Tests

2.9 In 2021/23, about 31% of cars tested in the road vehicle testing scheme (MOT) were unsatisfactory, as were 13% of motor cycles. About 13% of cars tested had unsatisfactory suspension, 11% had unsatisfactory brakes and 10% had unsatisfactory lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment (a vehicle with more than one type of fault is counted against each of them). Seven per cent of motorcycles tested had unsatisfactory lamps and reflectors, 3% had unsatisfactory brakes and 2.3% had unsatisfactory structure and attachments. (Table 1.12)

2.10 There were 116,368 driving licence practical tests conducted in 2021 compared to 31,592 in 2020. The pass rate was 6% lower at 52%. The test centre at the Mallaig had the highest pass rate (87%), though only 31 tests were conducted However, Ballater had the highest pass rate for centres where at least 100 tests were conducted (85%), while the lowest was at Glasgow (Shieldhall) (41%). (Tables 1.13 & 1.14)

2.11 The Scottish Household Survey results for 2021 showed that 78% of adults over the age of 17 held a full driving license. Although men were more likely to hold a full driving licence than women in all age groups, the difference between the proportions increased with age. For the 30-39 age group in 2021, the difference was 2 percentage points more for women. For 70-79 year olds there was a difference of 15 percentage points (men: 89%, women: 74%), and 30 percentage points for those aged 80+ (men: 83%; women: 53%). (Tables 1.16 and 1.17)

2.12 SHS results also showed that the percentage of people holding a full driving licence tended to increase with household income. In 2021, 82% of adults aged 17+ living in households which had an annual net income of between £25,000 and £30,000 held a full driving licence. In contrast, only 60% of adults who lived in households with an annual net income of up to £10,000 held a full driving licence.

2.13 License possession was also more likely in rural areas. In 2021, 71% of adults aged 17+ living in large urban areas held a full driving licence compared with 78% of those living in 'Remote Rural' areas (the Scottish Government urban/rural classification system used in the Survey is described in the road transport vehicles section of the user guide). (Table 1.16)

Car Availability

2.14 The Scottish Household Survey shows that 80 per cent of households had access to one or more cars in 2021. Almost a third (32%) of households had access to two or more cars. (Table 1.19) These estimates were similar to results from the Scotland Census 2011, which suggested that 69% of households have access to one or more cars, with 27% having two or more cars. The Census also showed that slightly fewer men (21 per cent) than women (26 per cent) aged 16 and over lived in households with no cars or vans available. (Table 1.23)

2.15 The Scottish Household Survey also shows how the percentage of households with a car available for private use varies between different household types, income bands and type of area. In 2021, family (small or large) and large adult households were most likely to have access to at least one car (large family: 92%, small family: 93%, large adult: 93%). (note definitions of family types are included in the road transport vehicles section of the user guide) Least likely to have access to a car were single adult households (59%). The SHS also showed that 33% of large adult and 18% of large family households had 3 or more cars available for private use in 2021. (Table 1.20) The 2011 Census showed that married or cohabiting families with dependent children were most likely to have access to a car, at 92%, and single pensioner households were the least likely, at 36%. (Table 1.24)

2.16 Only 50% of households whose net annual income was up to £10,000 had one or more cars available for private use, compared with at least 85% of households whose annual net income were above £25,000. Seventy one per cent of households in large urban areas had cars, compared with 92-94% of those in rural areas. (Table 1.20)

2.17 The car ownership statistics from the SHS can be supplemented with information on equalities from the 2011 Census. This shows that the proportion of households with no car or van available was generally higher for those where the Household Reference Person (HRP)^[1] was from a minority ethnic group; within this group it was highest for households where the HRP was from the 'African' (60 per cent) or 'Caribbean or Black' (49 per cent) ethnic groups. Additionally, of the 473,000 people in households who had a long-term health problem or disability that limited their day-to-day activities a lot, 46 per cent lived in households with no cars or vans available. The corresponding proportion was 34 per cent for the 523,000 people whose day-day activities were limited a little and 19 per cent for the 4.2 million people who had no limiting long-term health problem. (Table 1.25)

2.18 There were 237,777 Blue Badges on issue in Scotland at the end of March 2022. 120,168 were issued to recipients of allowances or grants which provide an automatic entitlement to a Blue Badge, 115,519 were issued on a discretionary basis to other people with a permanent or substantial disability, and 2,090 were issued to institutions. (Table 1.21)

Motor Vehicle Offences

2.19 The numbers of road traffic crimes and offences recorded by the police include offences in respect of which either the police or the procurator fiscal made a conditional offer of a fixed penalty (mainly moving vehicle offences). They do not include stationary vehicle offences which are dealt with by the police or traffic wardens by means of fixed penalty notices (mainly parking offences).

2.20 Following the establishment of Police Scotland, data for 2013-14 onwards are returned from one central unit within Police Scotland using their management information system. Prior to 2013-14, data were returned by the eight legacy police force areas. An extensive quality assurance exercise was carried out by the Scottish Government to ensure that the dataset produced from the new system is consistent with data returned from the legacy police forces.

2.21 This exercise identified a number of anomalies affecting comparability of the time series. These anomalies mean that Statistics on road traffic offences prior to 2013-14 cannot be compared to data from 2103-14 onwards. Further information about these discontinuities can be found in the Technical report, entitled Recorded Crime: Comparability of Police Scotland and Legacy Force Data, available from Technical Report on the Comparability of Recorded Crime Data (webarchive.org.uk).

2.22 The total number of road traffic offences recorded in 2021-22 was 111,987 and the total number of road traffic crimes recorded in 2021-22 was 35 (Table 1.22).

2.23 This year is the second full year to include the two new offences: driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle with concentration of a specified controlled drug above a specified limit. These were introduced due to changes to the Road Traffic Act 1988 which came into force on 21st October 2019. 1,974 of these new offences were recorded in 2021-22. While offences of driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle while impaired through alcohol or drugs already existed, evidence of impaired driving is not required for the new offences. This may have resulted in additional offences being recorded in relation to drug driving.

2.24 The total number of road traffic offences recorded decreased by 4% between 2020-21 and 2021-22; changes in these figures may arise because of changes in the level of enforcement or police deployment.

Footnotes

1. The 'Household Reference Person', or HRP, was introduced in the 2001 Census to replace the concept of the 'head of the household'. This allows a household to be further characterised using the properties of the HRP. The HRP is taken as the adult in the household with the highest economic activity – if the two people have the same economic activity then the oldest becomes the HRP.

Notes

This worksheet contains one table.

note 1

Break in series from 1995 onwards due to changes in taxation classes.

note 2

Vehicles in the Special Concessionary Group (part of other vehicles in 2002 and earlier years) are part of Crown and Exempt from 2003 onwards

note 3

In 2004 DfT 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 4

Gas Diesel and Steam.

note 5

DfT have revised stock figures from 2006 to 2009 - see Vehicle licensing statistics: notes and definitions - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

note 6

Includes all two wheeled motor vehicles

note 7

Excludes heavy goods vehicles that are exempt from tax.

note 8

Vehicles in the Special Concessionary Group are now part of Crown and Exempt taxation group.

note 9

Formerly Western Isles

note 10

Separate figures for taxi and private hire licences are not available.

note 11

Average age is calculated using date of first registration rather than date of manufacture.

note 12

Estimates include only those vehicles with more than 8 seats.

note 13

Figures fewer than 50

note 14

In 2010 DfT revised stock figures from 2006 to 2009 - see Vehicle licensing statistics: notes and definitions - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

note 15

Mainly heavy goods vehicles but includes vehicles which are licensed as HGVs but do not have a goods body type.

note 17

Figures relate to cars sold by members of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd to customers resident in Scotland. Figures differ from the numbers of new registrations of cars in Table 1.1, as the latter may include cars purchased elsewhere.

note 18

Vehicle numbers are for valid, and completed normal tests only. Retests are excluded.

note 19

Cars, vans and passenger vehicles with up to 12 seats.

note 20

PRS = Pass with Rectification at Station

note 21

Initial Failure Rate = (PRS + Failures) / Total Tests

note 22

Final Failure Rate = Failures / Total Tests

note 23

Reason for Rejection

note 24

Over 3,000kg and up to and including 3,500kg.

note 25

There was a significant change in regulations for the MOT scheme on 20th May 2018. Whilst the basic failure rates can be directly compared, with a recognition of the changes, the defect categories were totally changed, and there is no direct comparison. In addition, new 'Deficiency Categories' were introduced. Dangerous for the most serious issues, and Major for other failure items. Figures are provided here with the new Deficiency Categories.

note 26

For the Financial Year 2019/20, there was a drop in testing volumes in the last two weeks of March 2020 as Covid restrictions started to emerge. The six month extension of expiry dates began on 31st March, and ended 31st July. Despite this, overall figures for 2020/21 are not substantially different to the previous year.

note 27

Figures relate to the financial year which commences in the specified calendar year.

note 28

The practical test figures are provisional.

note 29

The vehicle licence figure does not include refunds issued. DVLA are currently investigating the financial accuracy of these figures and an update for vehicle licences is not available at the moment.

note 30

These figures are for car licence tests only.

note 31

Main Test Centre

note 32

Outstation

note 33

Remote Driving Test Centre

note 34

Taking Testing to the Customer site

note 35

Test centre is now closed

note 36

Note: Centres where only one examiner has conducted tests have been removed from the details, though they have been included in the national totals.

note 37

Percentages based on a denominator of 50 respondents or fewer are not shown. Denominator includes people for whom it was not known, or not recorded, what type of driving licence (if any) was held.

note 38

Estimates based on smaller sample sizes may be subject to larger levels of variation and therefore may see relatively large fluctuations over time

note 39

Percentage includes people for whom it was not known, or not recorded, what type of driving licence (if any) was held

note 40

The denominator includes people for whom it was not known, or not recorded, what type of driving licence (if any) was held.

note 41

For some age groups the sample sizes are relatively small and so estimates can be subject to greater fluctuations over time.

note 42

From 2012 Quarter 4 the question was amended to ask about access to cars / vans instead of just vans.

note 43

Blue Badges for display on motor vehicles used by disabled persons were introduced on 1 April 2000.

note 44

Totals relate to the number of badges on issue as at 31st March that year. Data prior to 2008 not available.

note 45

The automatic category includes badges issued to individuals in receipt of the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance, certain levels of Personal Independence Payment, a War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement, a lump sum (tariffs 1-8) of blind people. (Not subject to further assessment.)the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, or to blind or registered blind people. (Not subject to further assessment.)

note 46

Badges issued in the discretionary category to people with a substantial permanent or temporary disability who are unable or virtually unable to walk or pose a risk to themselvesor others in traffic or who have difficulty using parking meters (Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 as amended). (May be subject to further assessment.)

note 47

Aberdeenshire introduced an electronic data capture system in 2010; therefore figures may not be comparable with previous years.

note 48

Glasgow changed data capture process in 2011; therefore figures may not be comparable with previous years.

note 49

Highland Council, in April 2010, introduced a fee for the first time which may have contributed to the decline in number of badges issued.

note 50

Orkney introduced an electronic system in 2009; therefore figures may not be comparable with previous years.

note 51

Scottish Borders data was reviewed in 2012. Data is not available for previous years and is therefore excluded from the totals. Scottish Borders is included in the 2012 totals

note 52

City of Edinburgh Council advised of error in 2013 total. Revised figure down from 27,309 to17,502

note 53

The 2020 figures include cancelled and replaced badges as we now have the timestamps for those elements. This takes into account badges that may have been cancelled or replaced after March 2020.

note 54

Discontinuities in the table - 2013-14 is the first full reporting year since the establishment of Police Scotland. As a result, data is no longer returned by the eight legacy police force areas and instead comes from one central unit within Police Scotland, using their new performance management reporting tool. To ensure that the dataset produced from this new system is consistent with data returned from legacy police forces, an extensive quality assurance exercise has been carried out to closely compare the data held by the Scottish Government with that extracted from the new force system.

This exercise has identified a number of anomalies affecting comparability of the time series resulting in breaks in the series. Vertical lines between figures represent these breaks and comparisons should not be directly made between the two series. The Scottish Government is investigating these issues further and seeking a resolution. Should this be possible, the web tables on the Transport Scotland website will be updated with revised figures for the table below. Further information about these discontinuities can be found in the Technical report, entitled Recorded Crime: Comparability of Police Scotland and Legacy Force Data, available from [ARCHIVED CONTENT] Technical Report on the Comparability of Recorded Crime Data (nrscotland.gov.uk)

note 55

The full time series is no longer comparable, the vertical lines in the table represents the break in the series. Direct comparison between the period on either side of the break in the series should not be made. Further information can be found at: [ARCHIVED CONTENT] Technical Report on the Comparability of Recorded Crime Data (nrscotland.gov.uk)

note 56

A number of historic figures in these categories have been revised as a result of the quality assurance process noted above and will not match the figures presented in earlier editions of STS, further information can be found at the link in note 55.

note 57

Includes motorway and clearway offences, which previously appeared as a separate category under Other offences.

note 58

The number of Vehicle Excise Licence Offences recorded decreased from 3,792 in 2017-18 to 176 in 2018-19. This was largely due to standardisation of practice across Police Scotland divisions in November 2017, whereby the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (rather than the police) took primacy in dealing with these offences.

note 59

New offences introduced in October 2019 in relation to drug driving (driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle with concentration of a specified controlled drug above a specified limit). See note 2.21 for details.

note 60

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 61

Due to a change in crime codes this table has been completely revised so that the offences data match the new grouping of road traffic offences.

note 62

Statistics for East Renfrewshire have been entered to reflect the totals as of 2nd March, 2023.

Table 1.1 New registrations by taxation group, body type and method of propulsion. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: DVLA/Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Vehicle type	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
by type of vehicle (taxation group)										Thousand
Private and light goods	159	175	199	217	223	225	207	190	175	119	134
Motorcycles	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	7
Buses	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Goods	2	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	3
Crown and exempt [note 2]	34	32	32	34	32	32	31	31	33	33	35
Other vehicles [note 2]	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Total	202	216	241	262	268	270	250	233	221	161	181
by body type
Cars	168	183	205	222	222	222	204	188	178	128	138
Taxis	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Motorcycles	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	7	6	7
Three wheelers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Light goods [note 3]	20	18	20	23	28	29	28	28	25	19	26
Goods [note 3]	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4
Buses and coaches	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Agricultural vehicles etc	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Other vehicles	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
All vehicles	202	216	241	262	268	270	250	233	221	161	181
by method of propulsion
Petrol	98	110	119	125	125	128	124	131	128	90	91
Diesel	102	104	120	133	138	137	118	92	80	47	49
Hybrid Electric	1	1	1	2	3	3	6	8	9	16	28
Electricity	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	8	12
Gas Bi-Fuel	0	0	0	[unavailable]	0	0	0	0	[unavailable]	0	0
Gas Or Petrol/Gas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	[unavailable]	0	[unavailable]	0	0	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	0	[unavailable]	0	0
Total	202	216	241	262	268	270	250	233	221	161	181

Table 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December, by taxation group, body type and method of propulsion. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: DVLA/Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Vehicle type	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
by type of vehicle (taxation group)										Thousand
Private and light goods	2,369	2,395	2,436	2,496	2,537	2,594	2,638	2,665	2,711	2,708	2,712
Motorcycles	60	60	59	61	62	63	62	62	63	63	65
Buses	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11
Goods	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	28	28	27	28
Crown and exempt [note 2]	211	212	213	214	211	208	207	211	215	223	236
Other vehicles [note 2]	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	12
Total	2,691	2,717	2,759	2,821	2,863	2,919	2,962	2,991	3,041	3,042	3,064
by body type
Cars	2,264	2,285	2,319	2,369	2,394	2,433	2,462	2,486	2,524	2,520	2,518
Taxis	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Motorcycles	66	66	66	67	68	70	70	71	72	73	76
Three wheelers	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Light goods [note 3]	238	241	247	256	269	283	294	298	308	316	331
Goods [note 3]	36	35	36	36	37	38	38	37	37	35	36
Buses and coaches	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13
Agricultural vehicles etc	47	48	48	49	50	50	52	54	55	56	58
Other vehicles	20	22	23	24	25	25	26	27	26	26	27
All vehicles	2,691	2,717	2,759	2,821	2,863	2,919	2,962	2,991	3,041	3,042	3,064
by method of propulsion
Petrol	1,619	1,592	1,567	1,552	1,522	1,509	1,497	1,503	1,533	1,535	1,536
Diesel	1,061	1,113	1,178	1,252	1,321	1,386	1,435	1,450	1,459	1,437	1,417
Hybrid Electric	5	6	8	9	11	14	19	27	35	49	77
Electricity	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	10	12	19	31
Gas Bi-Fuel	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Gas or petrol/gas	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Steam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2,691	2,718	2,760	2,822	2,863	2,919	2,962	2,991	3,041	3,042	3,064

Table 1.3 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2021 by Council and taxation group. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: DVLA/Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Council	Private and light goods - Body type cars	Private and light goods - Other vehicles	Motor- cycle [note 6]	Buses	Goods [note 7]	Crown and Exempt [note 8]	Other vehicles	Total all vehicles	All vehicles of which body type cars	All vehicles of which company cars	Population aged 17+ (NRS Population estimates Mid 2021)	Vehicles registered per 1,000 people aged 17+	Cars registered per 1,000 people aged 17+
Aberdeen City	89.8	9.1	2.5	0.5	0.8	4.9	0.4	108.0	93.3	3.6	227,430	475	410
Aberdeenshire	138.0	24.5	4.6	0.6	2.0	20.4	1.2	191.3	143.8	5.0	262,690	728	547
Angus	56.6	8.4	2.0	0.1	0.7	7.5	0.3	75.7	59.6	2.3	116,120	652	513
Argyll & Bute	40.7	8.5	1.4	0.3	0.6	4.6	0.3	56.4	42.7	1.7	86,220	654	496
Clackmannanshire	25.0	2.7	0.8	0.1	0.1	1.9	0.0	30.6	26.4	1.0	51,540	594	513
Dumfries & Galloway	72.5	14.5	2.6	0.2	1.5	12.6	0.3	104.3	76.6	3.7	148,790	701	515
Dundee City	53.3	5.4	1.3	0.2	0.4	4.8	0.1	65.6	56.7	3.1	147,720	444	384
East Ayrshire	54.7	7.1	1.8	0.2	0.7	6.8	0.2	71.4	57.9	2.8	122,020	585	474
East Dunbartonshire	52.8	4.2	1.1	0.1	0.2	2.9	0.1	61.3	55.2	1.7	108,900	563	507
East Lothian	50.9	6.3	1.7	0.2	0.3	4.7	0.1	64.1	53.5	2.0	109,580	585	488
East Renfrewshire	46.3	3.1	0.7	0.1	0.2	2.5	0.1	53.1	48.3	1.8	96,580	549	500
Edinburgh, City of	171.4	14.9	4.3	1.0	0.6	11.6	0.3	204.2	179.3	7.4	526,470	388	341
Eilean Siar [note 9]	12.7	3.8	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.9	0.1	19.4	13.4	0.5	26,640	728	502
Falkirk	76.8	9.3	2.1	0.4	1.3	5.4	0.2	95.6	80.7	3.6	160,700	595	502
Fife	172.6	20.3	5.1	1.0	1.2	14.4	0.4	215.0	181.8	7.1	374,730	574	485
Glasgow, City of	190.5	20.9	3.3	1.3	1.7	20.0	1.5	239.0	206.3	17.3	635,130	376	325
Highland	112.8	25.3	4.0	0.6	1.4	15.6	1.1	160.7	118.5	5.0	238,060	675	498
Inverclyde	33.0	2.5	0.7	0.3	0.1	2.5	0.0	39.2	35.0	1.5	76,700	511	456
Midlothian	42.5	5.6	1.4	0.1	0.4	3.5	0.1	53.5	45.0	1.9	94,680	565	475
Moray	45.7	8.4	1.8	0.1	0.7	5.6	0.3	62.6	47.9	1.9	96,410	650	497
North Ayrshire	59.1	6.9	1.9	0.2	0.6	5.3	0.2	74.2	62.7	3.0	134,220	553	467
North Lanarkshire	142.2	18.8	2.9	0.5	2.8	11.4	0.4	178.9	152.0	8.6	341,400	524	445
Orkney Islands	10.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.2	3.2	0.2	17.6	11.2	0.5	22,540	782	499
Perth & Kinross	75.1	12.2	2.3	0.2	0.8	9.2	2.2	101.9	78.5	3.3	153,810	662	510
Renfrewshire	112.0	16.3	1.9	0.4	1.4	11.5	0.1	143.6	122.0	42.8	179,940	798	678
Scottish Borders	57.8	10.8	1.9	0.2	1.4	8.3	0.2	80.6	60.5	2.7	116,020	695	521
Shetland Islands	11.1	3.5	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.6	0.2	17.2	11.6	0.7	22,940	749	504
South Ayrshire	53.2	6.5	1.6	0.4	0.3	4.9	0.1	67.1	55.9	2.4	112,450	596	497
South Lanarkshire	146.4	17.0	3.2	0.5	2.2	12.2	0.5	182.1	155.2	7.9	322,630	564	481
Stirling	55.0	10.3	1.2	0.1	0.6	5.2	0.1	72.5	58.5	15.2	93,470	775	626
West Dunbartonshire	36.7	9.1	0.9	0.1	0.2	2.7	0.1	49.8	39.0	2.4	87,790	567	444
West Lothian	84.2	10.6	2.6	0.4	1.6	6.4	0.5	106.4	88.9	4.0	185,580	573	479
Council Unknown	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.9	0.4	0.1	-	-	-
Scotland	2,382.1	329.9	65.1	10.6	27.5	236.4	11.9	3,063.6	2,518.2	168.6	5,479,900	559	460

Table 1.4 Taxi, private hire cars and drivers licensed by local authority area, 2022. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Government - Not National Statistics

Council	Taxi vehicles	Private hire cars	Total vehicles	Taxi driver licenses	Private hire licences	Total licenses	Wheelchair accessible taxis	Wheelchair accessible private hire cars
Aberdeen City	593	225	818	1,055	1	1,056	335	-
Aberdeenshire	493	391	884	528	74	602	39	33
Angus	81	60	141	132	110	242	4	2
Argyll & Bute	173	53	226	339	44	383	10	1
Clackmannanshire	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]
Dumfries & Galloway	214	51	265	364	21	385	3	-
Dundee City	508	155	663	1,045	24	1,069	241	-
East Ayrshire	125	98	223	360	11	371	24	5
East Dunbartonshire	208	277	485	437	115	552	47	2
East Lothian [note 10]	119	112	231	299	N/A	299	119	[unavailable]
East Renfrewshire [Note 62]	36	385	421	55	507	562	2	12
Edinburgh, City of	1,258	2,153	3,411	2,480	2,763	5,243	1,258	19
Eilean Siar	83	18	101	125	18	143	2	3
Falkirk	379	98	477	459	68	527	60	5
Fife [note 10]	481	369	850	1,585		1,585	13	47
Glasgow, City of	1,401	3,163	3,564	1,743	3,328	5,071	1,401	31
Highland	479	193	672	568	268	836	15	15
Inverclyde [note 10]	245	42	287	477	N/A	477	20	-
Midlothian	41	115	156	69	192	261	41	[unknown]
Moray	157	19	176	547	11	558	10	1
North Ayrshire	224	46	270	450	1	451	41	4
North Lanarkshire	464	1,069	1,533	942	977	1,919	53	1
Orkney Islands	30	15	45	75	6	83	1	2
Perth & Kinross [note 10]	103	227	330	573	573	573	25	38
Renfrewshire	229	715	944	416	819	1,235	223	19
Scottish Borders	169	49	218	231	25	256	18	13
Shetland Islands	59	58	117	190	74	264	3	3
South Ayrshire	96	145	241	415	74	489	96	-
South Lanarkshire	338	1,513	1,851	810	1,486	2,296	19	29
Stirling	82	124	206	314	9	323	21	14
West Dunbartonshire [note 10]	334	96	430	411	-	841	168	12
West Lothian	69	404	473	145	543	688	69	65
Scotland	9,271	12,438	20,709	17,639	12,142	29,640	4,381	376

Table 1.5 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2021, by taxation group, and by year of first registration. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: DVLA/Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Taxation group	Pre- 2007 (percent of total)	2007-2011 percent of total	2012-2016 percent of total	2017-2021 percent of total	Total percent	Total stock - thousands	Average age of vehicles - years
Private and light goods	7.3	18.0	38.4	36.2	100.0	2,712	7.3
of which body type cars	6.9	18.0	39.0	36.1	100.0	2,382	7.3
Motorcycles [note 6]	15.6	22.2	36.3	25.9	100.0	11	9.0
Buses	25.8	10.1	13.7	50.4	100.0	236	13.7
Goods	8.4	11.5	34.6	45.6	100.0	28	6.6
Crown and exempt	29.0	14.8	20.2	36.0	100.0	65	10.4
Other vehicles	15.3	10.8	22.0	51.9	100.0	12	7.3
All vehicles	9.3	17.3	36.0	37.4	100.0	3,064	7.9
of which body type cars	7.3	17.4	37.4	37.9	100.0	2,518	7.4

Table 1.6 Average age of vehicles licensed at 31 December, by taxation group [note 11]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: DVLA/Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Type of vehicle	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
(a) Scotland											years
Private and light goods	6.3	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.8	7.0	7.3
Motorcycles [note 6]	8.6	9.0	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	10.2	10.3	10.5	10.4
Buses [note 12]	8.4	8.4	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.5	8.6	8.5	8.9	9.0
Goods	6.2	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.6
Crown and exempt [note 2]	10.7	10.9	11.3	11.5	11.9	12.3	12.7	13.2	13.6	13.7	13.7
Other vehicles [note 2]	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.5	7.3	7.3	7.1	7.1	7.7	7.3
All vehicles	6.7	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.6	7.9
(b) Great Britain
Private and light goods	7.3	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	8.0	8.3	8.6
Motorcycles [note 6]	8.5	8.9	9.2	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0
Buses [note 12]	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.6	8.6	8.8	8.9	9.3
Goods	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.4	6.5
Crown and exempt [note 2]	14.5	14.7	15.2	15.6	16.0	16.5	16.9	17.6	17.9	17.7	17.1
Other vehicles [note 2]	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.1	8.8	8.9	8.8	8.6	8.5	8.6	8.6
All vehicles	7.8	8.0	8.2	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.4	8.5	8.6	9.0	9.2

Table 1.7 Private and light goods vehicles licensed at 31 December, by cylinder size. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: DVLA/Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Cylinder size	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
											percentage of year total
up to 700 cc	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
701 to 1,000 cc	3.8	4.0	4.5	5.2	5.9	6.7	7.4	8.5	9.6	10.5	11.3
1,001 to 1,200 cc	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	7.0
1,201 to 1,500 cc	25.7	26.0	26.2	26.2	26.3	26.5	26.5	26.5	26.7	26.8	26.6
1,501 to 1,800 cc	24.7	24.7	24.8	24.6	24.3	23.7	23.1	22.3	21.1	20.0	19.0
1,801 to 2,000 cc	22.5	22.0	21.4	20.9	20.4	20.1	20.3	20.4	20.7	21.0	21.3
2,001 to 2,500 cc	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.2	11.1	10.8	10.4	10.0	9.7	9.5
2,501 to 3,000 cc	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9
3,000 cc and over	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3
cc not known [note 13]	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
											thousand
Total	2,369	2,395	2,436	2,496	2,537	2,594	2,638	2,665	2,711	2,708	2,712

Table 1.8 Heavy goods vehicles licensed at 31 December, by gross weight. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: DVLA/Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Gross weight (tonnes)	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
											percentage of year total
3.5 to 7.5	28.8	28.3	26.9	26.2	25.2	24.2	23.5	22.3	21.7	20.6	19.9
7.51 to 12	2.4	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.8	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.6
12.1 to 16	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.1	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3
16.1 to 20	14.2	14.1	14.1	13.8	13.4	13.1	12.9	12.7	12.6	12.8	13.3
20.1 to 24	2.7	2.4	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.4	1.3
24.1 to 28	13.8	14.1	14.6	14.4	14.4	14.2	14.3	14.7	14.6	15.0	14.9
28.1 to 32	9.1	9.0	9.2	9.8	10.1	10.5	10.7	11.5	12.1	12.8	12.8
32.1 to 38	1.9	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.8
over 38	23.3	23.8	24.8	25.6	26.7	27.8	28.6	28.5	28.7	28.9	29.1
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
											thousand
Total [note 15]	29.4	28.9	28.9	29.4	29.7	30.3	30.3	28.3	28.1	27.2	27.5

Table 1.9 Buses licensed at 31 December: by seating capacity. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: DVLA/Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

Number of seats	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
9-15	1,753	1,721	1,701	1,666	1,636	1,615	1,528	1,464	1,471	1,303	1,337
16-32	3,795	3,836	3,916	3,995	4,013	4,094	4,111	4,159	4,095	3,540	3,807
33-40	1,082	1,003	948	1,008	975	975	1,002	986	991	896	915
41-48	1,415	1,458	1,507	1,528	1,529	1,418	1,383	1,375	1,292	1,188	1,163
49-56	1,580	1,449	1,384	1,388	1,380	1,306	1,321	1,270	1,271	957	1,133
57-64	319	397	413	443	463	472	448	493	466	395	437
65-72	539	553	513	510	513	487	486	492	459	417	409
73 and over	1,446	1,417	1,374	1,375	1,423	1,466	1,475	1,489	1,458	1,393	1,367
Total	11,929	11,834	11,756	11,913	11,932	11,833	11,754	11,728	11,503	10,089	10,568

Table 1.10 Heavy goods and public service vehicle operators in Scotland by licence type and number vehicles December 2022. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Traffic Commissioners office: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/2a67d1ee-8f1b-43a3-8bc6-e8772d162a3c/traffic-commissioners-goods-and-public-service-vehicle-operator-licence-records

Number of vehicles specified on licence	HGV Restricted	HGV Standard National	HGV Standard International	Total HGV licence holders	PSV Restricted	PSV Standard National	PSV Standard International	Total PSV licence holders
0-2	2,012	1,258	300	3,570	184	135	30	349
3-5	326	471	123	920	5	70	24	99
6-10	137	271	57	465	-	59	27	86
11-20	48	194	58	300	-	54	21	75
21-50	26	114	36	176	-	16	15	31
51-100	5	52	16	73	-	11	5	16
101-200	2	21	4	27	-	3	2	5
201+	-	8	3	11	-	4	3	7
Total	2,556	2,389	597	5,542	189	352	127	668

Table 1.11 The 20 most popular new cars sold in Scotland, 2021 [note 17]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: SMMT - Not National Statistics

Position	Make	Range	Number of cars sold	Market share percent
1	VAUXHALL	CORSA	5,416	3.9
2	FORD	FIESTA	2,960	2.2
3	VOLKSWAGEN	GOLF	2,806	2.0
4	VOLKSWAGEN	POLO	2,662	1.9
5	MERCEDES	A-CLASS	2,584	1.9
6	FORD	FOCUS	2,579	1.9
7	MINI	MINI	2,503	1.8
8	BMW	1 SERIES	2,272	1.7
9	FORD	PUMA	2,151	1.6
10	VAUXHALL	CROSSLAND X	2,112	1.5
11	TOYOTA	YARIS	2,028	1.5
12	NISSAN	QASHQAI	2,021	1.5
13	VOLVO	XC40	1,942	1.4
14	VAUXHALL	GRANDLAND X	1,890	1.4
15	TOYOTA	AYGO	1,852	1.4
16	VOLKSWAGEN	T-ROC	1,781	1.3
17	KIA	NIRO	1,775	1.3
18	LAND ROVER	RANGE ROVER EVOQUE	1,757	1.3
19	OTHER UK	OTHER	1,697	1.2
20	PEUGEOT	208	1,690	1.2
		Total top 20 cars	46,478	33.9
		Total all other cars	90,642	66.1
		Total cars sold	137,120	100.0

Table 1.12 Road vehicle testing scheme (MOT) [note 18] [note 25]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: VOSA - Not National Statistics

	1st April 2021 - 31st March 2022 [note 26]	Failures with at least one Dangerous defect	Failures with only Major defects		1st April 2021 - 31st March 2022 [note 26]	Failures with at least one Dangerous defect	Failures with only Major defects
Cars [note 19]			thousands	Private Passenger (over 12 seats)			thousands
Total Tests	2,511.0			Total Tests	3.7
Pass with Rectification at Station	96.0			Pass with Rectification at Station	0.1
Fail	690.7	220.5	566.2	Fail	0.9	0.3	0.7
			percent				percent
Initial Failure Rate [note 21]	31.3	8.8	22.6	Initial Failure Rate [note 21]	28.3	8.6	19.7
Final Failure Rate [note 22]	27.5			Final Failure Rate [note 22]	25.6
Body, chassis, structure	4.8	0.3	4.6	Body, chassis, structure	5.7	1.0	5.2
Brakes	10.7	3.2	9.1	Brakes	14.8	3.9	13.8
Identification of the vehicle	0.3	0.0	0.3	Buses and coaches supplementary tests	2.2	0.1	2.2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	10.0	0.2	9.9	Identification of the vehicle	0.2	-	0.2
Noise, emissions and leaks	3.4	0.0	3.4	Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	11.4	0.2	11.3
Road Wheels	0.3	0.1	0.3	Noise, emissions and leaks	3.4	0.2	3.3
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems	1.1	0.0	1.0	Road Wheels	0.1	-	0.1
Speedometer and speed limiter	0.0	0.0	0.0	Seat belt installation check	-	-	-
Steering	2.6	0.1	2.5	Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems	3.9	0.2	3.7
Suspension	12.7	0.8	12.3	Speedometer and speed limiter	0.4	-	0.4
Tyres	6.4	4.9	1.7	Steering	2.2	0.1	2.1
Visibility	4.9	0.0	4.9	Suspension	8.6	1.2	8.0
Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	2.79	0.41	2.37	Tyres	4.4	3.4	1.4
				Visibility	4.3	-	4.3
				Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	3.96	0.52	3.45
Motor cycles			thousands	Light goods vehicles [note 24]			thousands
Total Tests	61.9			Total Tests	71.7
Pass with Rectification at Station	2.2			Pass with Rectification at Station	3.1
Fail	5.5	2.4	5.3	Fail	25.6	9.6	19.1
			percent				percent
Initial Failure Rate [note 21]	12.5	3.9	8.6	Initial Failure Rate [note 21]	40.1	13.4	26.6
Final Failure Rate [note 22]	8.9			Final Failure Rate [note 22]	35.8
Identification of the vehicle	0.7	0.0	0.7	Body, chassis, structure	7.7	0.7	7.2
Motorcycle audible warning (Horn)	0.4	0.0	0.4	Brakes	21.8	7.7	19.2
Motorcycle brakes	2.9	0.8	2.4	Identification of the vehicle	0.5	-	0.5
Motorcycle lamps and reflectors	6.5	0.6	6.1	Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	20.4	0.5	20.2
Motorcycle steering	1.2	0.4	0.9	Noise, emissions and leaks	5.5	0.2	5.4
Motorcycle structure and attachments	2.3	0.6	1.9	Road Wheels	0.2	0.1	0.2
Motorcycle suspension	2.2	0.2	2.1	Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems	2.2	0.1	2.1
Motorcycle tyres	2.0	1.8	0.2	Speedometer and speed limiter	-	-	-
Motorcycle wheels	0.2	0.1	0.1	Steering	4.8	0.3	4.6
Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	1.90	0.39	1.51	Suspension	14.0	1.5	13.2
				Tyres	5.9	4.6	1.5
				Visibility	7.8	0.1	7.7
				Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	4.03	0.51	3.53

Table 1.13 Driving licence tests, DVLA receipts [note 27]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: DVLA and DVSA - Not National Statistics

Type of test and receipts	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Theory [note 30]											thousand
Applications received	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]
Theory tests conducted	103	99	122	129	190	147	164	149	164	78	109
Theory test passes	66	61	67	69	94	76	90	81	86	47	65
Theory test pass rate	64%	62%	54%	54%	49%	52%	55%	54%	52%	60%	60%
Practical [note 28] [note 30]											thousand
Applications received	130	119	126	127	136	143	142	135	144	45	183
Driving tests concluded	125	113	124	123	123	140	133	125	123	32	117
Passes	59	54	58	59	60	69	65	60	59	17	61
Pass rate	47%	48%	47%	48%	48%	50%	49%	48%	48%	53%	52%
DVLA receipts											£ million
Vehicle licences [note 29]	479.0	473.0	479.6	512.5	512.7	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]
Driving licences	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]
Total	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]	[unavailable]

Table 1.14 Practical Driving Test - Pass Rate at Test Centres 2021-22 [note 36]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency - Not National Statistics

Test centre	Male Conducted	Male Pass	Male Pass rate	Female Conducted	Female Pass	Female Pass rate	Overall Conducted	Overall Pass	Overall Pass rate
Aberdeen North (Bridge of Don) [note 31]	1,887	1,095	58.0%	2,082	1,117	53.7%	3,976	2,213	55.7%
Aberdeen South (Cove) [note 31]	1,703	1,054	61.9%	1,674	995	59.4%	3,385	2,052	60.6%
Aberfeldy	54	43	79.6%	48	30	62.5%	102	73	71.6%
Airdrie [note 31]	1,794	964	53.7%	1,876	965	51.4%	3,671	1,930	52.6%
Alness [note 33]	499	315	63.1%	509	304	59.7%	1,008	619	61.4%
Arbroath [note 33]	450	257	57.1%	455	266	58.5%	907	523	57.7%
Ayr [note 31]	880	475	54.0%	854	444	52.0%	1,734	919	53.0%
Ballater [note 33]	52	48	92.3%	60	47	78.3%	112	95	84.8%
Banff [note 33]	100	70	70.0%	117	73	62.4%	217	143	65.9%
Bishopbriggs [note 31]	1,751	919	52.5%	2,001	980	49.0%	3,752	1,899	50.6%
Buckie [note 33]	117	70	59.8%	160	95	59.4%	277	165	59.6%
Callander [note 32]	37	21	56.8%	46	30	65.2%	83	51	61.4%
Campbeltown [note 33]	59	43	72.9%	53	40	75.5%	112	83	74.1%
Castle Douglas [note 33]	197	107	54.3%	297	143	48.2%	494	250	50.6%
Crieff [note 33]	75	56	74.7%	77	63	81.8%	152	119	78.3%
Cumnock [note 34]	310	203	65.5%	453	275	60.7%	763	478	62.6%
Dumbarton [note 31]	1,036	499	48.2%	998	438	43.9%	2,035	938	46.1%
Dumfries [note 31]	920	482	52.4%	874	448	51.3%	1,794	930	51.8%
Dundee [note 31]	2,300	1,410	61.3%	2,316	1,280	55.3%	4,620	2,692	58.3%
Dunfermline (Vine) [note 31]	1,234	670	54.3%	1,317	665	50.5%	2,551	1,335	52.3%
Dunoon [note 33]	140	82	58.6%	157	92	58.6%	297	174	58.6%
Duns [note 33]	49	38	77.6%	67	48	71.6%	116	86	74.1%
East Kilbride [note 34]	1,261	588	46.6%	1,501	696	46.4%	2,762	1,284	46.5%
Edinburgh (Currie) [note 31]	3,365	1,782	53.0%	2,989	1,659	55.5%	6,373	3,445	54.1%
Edinburgh (Musselburgh) [note 31]	3,423	1,618	47.3%	3,256	1,536	47.2%	6,685	3,155	47.2%
Elgin [note 31]	1,225	558	45.6%	1,126	506	44.9%	2,358	1,066	45.2%
Forfar [note 33]	207	141	68.1%	242	168	69.4%	449	309	68.8%
Fort William [note 33]	198	109	55.1%	164	104	63.4%	362	213	58.8%
Fraserburgh [note 32]	73	61	83.6%	99	65	65.7%	172	126	73.3%
Gairloch [note 33]	18	13	72.2%	19	12	63.2%	37	25	67.6%
Galashiels [note 31]	459	319	69.5%	445	295	66.3%	904	614	67.9%
Girvan [note 34]	83	49	59.0%	105	64	61.0%	189	113	59.8%
Glasgow (Anniesland) [note 31]	3,778	1,668	44.2%	3,316	1,299	39.2%	7,108	2,969	41.8%
Glasgow (Baillieston) [note 31]	2,962	1,409	47.6%	3,004	1,399	46.6%	5,974	2,811	47.1%
Glasgow (Shieldhall) [note 31]	2,884	1,143	39.6%	2,431	1,025	42.2%	5,318	2,169	40.8%
Golspie [note 33]	50	41	82.0%	54	38	70.4%	104	79	76.0%
Grangemouth [note 31]	1,526	843	55.2%	1,827	928	50.8%	3,353	1,771	52.8%
Grantown-On-Spey [note 33]	65	39	60.0%	58	34	58.6%	123	73	59.3%
Greenock [note 31]	1,383	585	42.3%	1,103	499	45.2%	2,492	1,086	43.6%
Haddington [note 33]	511	323	63.2%	669	386	57.7%	1,180	709	60.1%
Hamilton [note 31]	1,570	822	52.4%	1,794	920	51.3%	3,364	1,742	51.8%
Hawick [note 33]	172	122	70.9%	140	112	80.0%	312	234	75.0%
Huntly [note 33]	127	78	61.4%	160	98	61.3%	287	176	61.3%
Inveraray [note 33]	40	30	75.0%	40	31	77.5%	81	61	75.3%
Inverness (Seafield Road)	1,103	548	49.7%	1,149	551	48.0%	2,254	1,100	48.8%
Inverurie [note 33]	257	157	61.1%	345	216	62.6%	602	373	62.0%
Irvine [note 31]	2,072	1,066	51.5%	2,264	1,116	49.3%	4,336	2,182	50.3%
Islay Island [note 33]	23	19	82.6%	27	17	63.0%	50	36	72.0%
Isle of Mull [note 33]	14	8	57.1%	7	6	85.7%	21	14	66.7%
Isle of Skye (Portree) [note 33]	74	55	74.3%	84	54	64.3%	160	109	68.1%
Isle of Tiree
Kelso [note 33]	119	86	72.3%	125	85	68.0%	244	171	70.1%
Kingussie [note 33]	32	22	68.8%	43	18	41.9%	75	40	53.3%
Kirkcaldy [note 31]	3,123	1,524	48.8%	2,847	1,319	46.3%	5,972	2,843	47.6%
Kyle of Lochalsh [note 33]	69	52	75.4%	51	35	68.6%	120	87	72.5%
Lairg [note 33]
Lanark [note 33]	663	395	59.6%	906	499	55.1%	1,569	894	57.0%
Lerwick [note 33]	233	185	79.4%	250	169	67.6%	483	354	73.3%
Livingston [note 31]	1,171	704	60.1%	1,539	838	54.5%	2,710	1,542	56.9%
Lochgilphead [note 33]	64	52	81.3%	59	47	79.7%	123	99	80.5%
Mallaig [note 33]	13	11	84.6%	18	16	88.9%	31	27	87.1%
Montrose (Broomfield Ind Estate) [note 33]	293	227	77.5%	309	244	79.0%	602	471	78.2%
Newton Stewart [note 33]	87	56	64.4%	91	55	60.4%	178	111	62.4%
Oban [note 33]	136	91	66.9%	133	78	58.7%	269	169	62.8%
Orkney [note 33]	156	107	68.6%	177	118	66.7%	333	225	67.6%
Paisley [note 31]	2,177	1,220	56.0%	2,476	1,327	53.6%	4,654	2,547	54.7%
Peebles [note 33]	92	70	76.1%	132	95	72.0%	224	165	73.7%
Perth (Arran Road) [note 31]	1,168	750	64.2%	1,276	708	55.5%	2,444	1,458	59.7%
Peterhead [note 31]	567	377	66.5%	607	405	66.7%	1,174	782	66.6%
Pitlochry [note 33]	49	37	75.5%	53	40	75.5%	102	77	75.5%
Rothesay [note 33]	50	33	66.0%	45	34	75.6%	95	67	70.5%
Stirling [note 31]	2,239	1,140	50.9%	2,172	1,088	50.1%	4,418	2,232	50.5%
Stornoway [note 33]	168	108	64.3%	225	127	56.4%	393	235	59.8%
Stranraer [note 33]	81	60	74.1%	142	103	72.5%	225	164	72.9%
Thurso [note 33]	63	37	58.7%	62	35	56.5%	125	72	57.6%
Ullapool [note 33]	23	17	73.9%	28	23	82.1%	51	40	78
Wick [note 31]	89	47	52.8%	97	53	54.6%	186	100	53.8%
Scotland	57,492	30,523	53.1%	58,772	30,231	51.4%	116,368	60,783	52.2%

Table 1.15 People who hold a full car driving licence by age

Note: This table has been removed as data are no longer available for Scotland. Latest Scottish estimates are given in table 1.16 although this is based on a different source.

Table 1.16 People who hold a full driving licence 2021 [note 38]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Household Survey. The interviewer asks whether the person holds a full driving licence (car or motorcycle).

Cagegory	Age 17-19	Age 20-29	Age 30-39	Age 40-49	Age 50-59	Age 60-69	Age 70-79	Age 80+	All 17 +	Number
								percentage of the relevant sub-group [note 39]
All people:	25	67	78	83	87	84	81	67	78	8,990
by gender:
Men	13	69	79	85	89	89	89	83	80	3,860
Women	[note 37]	66	77	80	85	80	74	53	75	5,100
Identified in another way	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	30
Refused	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	-
by ethnicity:
White Scottish	28	72	82	83	86	83	79	66	78	6,470
White other British	[note 37]	80	86	89	92	88	90	73	86	1,800
White Irish	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	71	70
White Polish	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	65	60
White Other	[note 37]	36	62	72	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	80	360
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	54	120
All other ethnic groups combined	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	58	110
by religion:
None	24	69	80	82	86	86	84	73	77	4,510
Church of Scotland	[note 37]	[note 37]	80	86	88	85	79	64	82	2,150
Roman Catholic	[note 37]	66	76	83	80	72	74	65	73	1,020
Other Christian	[note 37]	64	77	88	93	87	84	67	82	1,120
Muslim	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	50
All other religions	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	130
by whether disabled:
Disabled	[note 37]	50	59	69	68	73	68	61	64	2,550
Not disabled	28	71	82	86	92	89	88	74	82	6,390
by current situation:
Self employed	[note 37]	[note 37]	85	81	98	97	[note 37]	[note 37]	90	460
Employed full time	[note 37]	75	84	89	91	89	[note 37]	[note 37]	84	2,910
Employed part time	[note 37]	59	83	80	89	83	[note 37]	[note 37]	78	840
Looking after the home or family	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	76	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	64	190
Permanently retired from work	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	92	85	80	67	81	3,800
Unemployed and seeking work	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	68	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	48	200
In further / higher education	[note 37]	55	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	50	30
Permanently sick or disabled	[note 37]	[note 37]	22	43	44	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	40	180
by annual net household income:
up to £ 10,000 p.a.	[note 37]	51	51	54	64	71	66	49	60	1,500
over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000	[note 37]	61	54	62	64	83	78	68	68	1,140
over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000	[note 37]	68	64	76	86	82	79	68	75	1,210
over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000	[note 37]	76	77	77	93	83	83	74	79	960
over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000	[note 37]	69	78	84	91	89	87	83	82	1,430
over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000	[note 37]	75	88	87	92	91	90	77	[note 37]	940
over £40,000 - £50,000	[note 37]	[note 37]	84	92	96	93	92	71	[note 37]	650
over £50,000 p.a.	[note 37]	[note 37]	95	94	97	95	95	81	[note 37]	940
by Equivalised income
1 - lowest 20% of incomes	[note 37]	49	45	64	67	79	74	63	64	1,780
2	[note 37]	55	76	68	80	78	77	62	70	1,770
3	[note 37]	76	80	89	88	84	83	75	80	1,780
4	[note 37]	73	84	87	92	89	86	77	83	1,690
5 - highest 20% of incomes	[note 37]	83	90	94	95	93	91	63	89	1,750
by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation:
1 - Most Deprived	[note 37]	53	69	70	66	63	62	42	61	1,170
2	[note 37]	67	67	75	81	77	75	63	73	1,530
3	[note 37]	72	79	83	91	87	80	69	80	1,970
4	[note 37]	74	85	93	94	91	91	76	85	2,220
5 - Least Deprived	[note 37]	72	89	92	96	96	89	76	86	2,090
by urban / rural classification:
Large urban areas	[note 37]	61	71	78	81	78	74	58	71	2,930
Other urban areas	[note 37]	70	81	83	86	82	79	69	78	2,660
Accessible small towns	[note 37]	[note 37]	83	87	92	88	84	76	85	850
Remote small towns	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	[note 37]	93	90	89	[note 37]	79	360
Accessible rural areas	[note 37]	88	93	91	93	94	92	79	86	1,200
Remote rural areas	[note 37]	[note 37]	77	95	94	95	92	67	78	990
Sample size (age group)	110	650	1,020	1,090	1,600	2,130	1,740	650	8,990

Table 1.17 People who hold a full driving licence [note 41]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Household Survey. The interviewer asks whether the person holds a full driving licence (car or motorcycle).

Gender and age	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [Note 60]	2021
All people age group									percent of population [note 40]
17-19	26	28	26	29	26	30	31	29	39	[note 37]	25
20-29	54	58	56	56	54	55	55	57	60	65	67
30-39	77	75	74	73	72	73	73	73	72	77	78
40-49	80	80	80	82	82	81	81	79	82	83	83
50-59	78	79	80	79	78	81	81	79	81	88	87
60-69	74	73	74	74	76	76	77	77	76	86	84
70-79	57	59	60	61	62	63	67	70	70	74	81
80+	35	37	41	40	43	43	47	48	43	62	67
All aged 17+	67	68	68	69	68	69	70	70	71	76	78
Sample size	12,801	9,828	9,838	9,720	9,340	9,570	9,760	9,650	9,720	2,770	8,990
Men age group
17-19	33	35	24	32	28	36	42	33	36	[note 37]	13
20-29	58	59	60	59	55	58	57	58	64	68	69
30-39	81	78	78	77	73	78	76	76	76	78	79
40-49	84	86	84	85	85	82	83	82	85	85	85
50-59	87	85	88	85	84	85	85	85	87	87	89
60-69	86	83	86	85	83	83	85	86	83	91	89
70-79	79	79	76	80	76	81	80	83	83	93	89
80+	60	63	64	66	67	65	66	68	62	74	83
All aged 17+	76	76	76	76	73	75	75	76	77	80	80
Sample size	5,515	4,377	4,405	4,410	4,210	4,360	4,520	4,280	4,330	1,240	3,860
Women age group
17-19	17	19	29	27	23	26	22	25	43	[note 37]	[note 37]
20-29	51	57	52	54	53	53	54	55	57	62	66
30-39	73	71	71	69	71	69	71	71	67	75	77
40-49	77	74	76	80	79	80	78	76	79	81	80
50-59	70	75	72	73	72	77	76	73	76	89	85
60-69	63	65	64	65	68	68	70	68	71	82	80
70-79	43	43	48	46	52	50	56	59	60	57	74
80+	19	22	26	23	27	28	34	31	29	52	53
All aged 17+	60	62	61	62	63	63	64	64	66	72	75
Sample size	7,286	5,451	5,433	5,320	5,130	5,210	5,250	5,360	5,390	1,530	5,100

Table 1.18 Households with the regular use of a car

Note: This table has been removed as data are no longer available for Scotland. Latest Scottish estimates are given in table 1.19 although this is based on a different source.

Table 1.19 Households with a car available for private use, 2009-2019. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Household Survey.

Cars available for private use:	2011 [note 42]	2012 [note 42]	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [Note 60]	2021
None	30.1	31.0	30.2	30.8	30.0	29.3	28.1	28.6	27.6	19.1	19.7
1	44.5	43.0	44.0	43.3	43.3	42.1	42.7	42.0	41.5	45.0	48.2
2	21.0	21.3	21.3	21.1	21.7	23.0	23.4	23.7	24.9	28.0	25.7
3+	4.4	4.6	4.6	4.7	5.1	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.9	7.8	6.5
1+	69.9	69.0	69.8	69.2	70.1	70.7	71.9	71.4	72.4	80.9	80.3
2+	25.4	26.0	25.8	25.9	26.8	28.5	29.2	29.4	30.8	35.8	32.1
Sample size	14,358	10,644	10,652	10,630	10,330	10,470	10,680	10,530	10,580	3,030	9,950

Table 1.20 Households with number of cars or vans available for private use, 2021 [note 42]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Household Survey.

Types of household	None	1	2	3 +	1+	2 +	Sample size (=100%)
						percent of households
All households:	19.7	48.2	25.7	6.5	80.3	32.1	9,950
by household type:
Single adult	41	55	3	1	59	4	1,490
Small adult	15	46	35	4	85	39	1,470
Single parent	34	61	4	1	66	5	270
Small family	7	42	47	4	93	51	990
Large family	8	30	44	18	92	62	380
Large adult	7	23	37	33	93	71	800
Older smaller	6	54	36	4	94	40	2,580
Single pensioner	35	62	2	1	65	3	1,970
by annual net household income:
up to £10,000 p.a.	50	39	8	3	50	11	630
over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000	46	43	8	3	54	10	950
over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000	35	53	10	2	65	12	1,230
over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000	21	62	15	3	79	17	1,310
over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000	15	62	19	5	85	24	1,060
over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000	11	53	28	7	89	36	1,600
over £40,000 - £50,000	6	44	40	10	94	50	1,080
over £50,000 p.a.	3	33	50	14	97	64	1,850
by equivalised income:
1 - lowest 20% of incomes	38	47	12	3	62	15	1,940
2	27	52	17	4	73	21	1,960
3	15	52	26	7	85	33	1,960
4	10	48	33	8	90	41	1,890
5 - highest 20% of incomes	6	42	41	11	94	52	1,970
by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation:
1 - Most Deprived	38	48	12	3	62	14	1,300
2	26	51	19	4	74	23	1,680
3	16	48	28	8	84	36	2,190
4	10	48	33	9	90	42	2,460
5 - Least Deprived	9	46	36	9	91	45	2,320
by urban / rural classification:
Large urban areas	29	50	17	4	71	21	3,220
Other urban areas	18	49	28	6	82	34	2,970
Accessible small towns	10	50	30	10	90	40	950
Remote small towns	17	50	27	6	83	33	390
Accessible rural areas	6	43	39	12	94	51	1,340
Remote rural areas	8	43	38	11	92	49	1,080

Table 1.21 Number of blue badges on issue, time series and 2022 breakdown [note 43]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Government - Not National Statistics

Council	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note 53]	2021	2022	Badges on issue as at 31st March 2022 - Organisat-ions	Badges on issue as at 31st March 2022 -Individuals - Automatic [note 45]	Badges on issue as at 31st March 2022 -Individuals - Discretionary [note 46]
Aberdeen City	8,044	8,032	7,887	5,183	6,552	6,643	6,908	6,863	6,820	7,159	6,794	6,783	79	3,384	3,320
Aberdeenshire [note 47]	16,288	13,358	12,166	8,155	10,685	10,210	9,838	9,604	9,252	9,689	8,553	8,971	47	4,734	4,190
Angus	5,969	5,581	4,892	5,451	4,982	4,845	5,018	5,138	5,117	5,713	5,300	5,510	78	2,675	2,757
Argyll & Bute	4,438	4,314	3,867	3,433	3,934	4,114	4,213	4,336	4,344	4,686	4,301	4,355	90	1,877	2,388
Clackmannanshire	2,511	2,518	2,377	2,572	2,128	2,161	2,233	2,226	2,227	2,407	2,275	2,382	16	1,351	1,015
Dumfries & Galloway	2,922	3,369	3,212	3,096	9,236	9,337	8,857	9,014	8,863	9,223	8,330	8,362	51	4,123	4,188
Dundee City	6,199	6,766	5,776	5,252	5,292	5,452	5,619	5,916	6,033	6,680	6,438	6,814	16	3,494	3,304
East Ayrshire	6,819	6,787	6,098	5,735	6,595	6,427	6,617	6,329	6,134	6,561	6,508	6,512	64	3,678	2,770
East Dunbartonshire	4,738	5,175	2,905	4,847	4,473	4,661	4,730	4,794	4,772	5,408	4,817	5,257	54	1,969	3,234
East Lothian	5,059	4,328	5,131	5,293	4,680	4,712	4,855	4,918	4,934	5,537	5,209	5,630	7	2,213	3,410
East Renfrewshire	4,318	5,756	4,375	4,020	4,307	4,322	4,581	4,645	4,643	5,032	4,600	4,585	24	1,650	2,911
Edinburgh, City of [note 52]	22,921	23,470	17,502	16,922	15,264	14,868	14,444	14,396	14,107	15,212	13,574	13,640	303	6,453	6,884
Eilean Siar	969	918	961	922	863	902	939	964	989	1,103	1,008	991	15	504	472
Falkirk	9,821	8,108	8,256	7,332	6,877	6,899	7,104	7,254	7,404	7,813	7,619	7,912	73	3,835	4,004
Fife	21,574	21,021	19,750	18,877	18,646	17,299	17,931	17,869	17,788	18,999	17,128	17,691	88	9,452	8,151
Glasgow, City of [note 46]	24,761	27,317	23,692	19,350	21,784	21,642	21,161	21,627	21,531	23,417	21,843	23,115	260	13,230	9,625
Highland [note 49]	7,445	12,967	9,938	10,855	9,164	9,215	9,371	9,521	9,470	10,289	9,721	9,586	118	4,465	5,003
Inverclyde	5,312	5,183	5,099	4,955	4,439	4,283	4,282	4,367	4,341	4,532	4,164	4,253	82	1,939	2,232
Midlothian	4,654	4,673	3,164	4,716	4,416	4,332	4,237	4,345	4,512	5,059	4,593	4,915	26	2,236	2,653
Moray	4,849	4,485	4,033	3,687	3,608	3,669	3,699	3,825	3,863	4,174	3,611	3,907	8	1,920	1,979
North Ayrshire	8,531	7,379	6,040	6,157	7,086	7,196	7,343	7,534	7,430	7,812	7,136	7,261	50	3,661	3,550
North Lanarkshire	19,019	18,013	16,957	18,352	16,453	15,741	16,537	16,225	16,586	17,729	17,428	17,574	46	9,919	7,609
Orkney Islands [note 50]	1,143	1,281	1,108	1,050	1,119	1,096	1,100	1,100	1,114	1,221	1,080	1,009	29	397	583
Perth & Kinross	5,551	6,169	5,975	6,814	6,542	6,651	6,831	6,779	6,714	7,177	6,906	7,065	112	2,731	4,222
Renfrewshire	8,569	8,358	7,873	8,326	7,730	7,838	8,205	7,902	7,744	8,240	7,185	7,608	66	4,417	3,125
Scottish Borders [note 51]	…	6,987	6,456	5,980	4,961	4,889	5,062	5,161	5,086	5,555	5,150	5,363	31	2,155	3,177
Shetland Islands	383	381	800	953	878	892	974	1,005	1,044	1,112	1,010	1,004	18	380	606
South Ayrshire	5,958	6,356	5,212	5,475	5,537	5,703	5,785	5,806	5,707	5,992	5,745	6,139	54	2,780	3,305
South Lanarkshire	19,245	15,274	15,602	15,826	16,218	16,218	15,796	15,488	15,221	16,482	16,244	16,962	3	9,213	7,746
Stirling	4,649	4,273	4,374	4,082	3,918	3,892	3,859	4,027	4,028	4,480	4,251	3,973	48	1,757	2,168
West Dunbartonshire	4,730	4,625	4,221	4,936	4,548	4,546	4,652	4,676	4,554	4,785	4,433	4,285	56	2,504	1,725
West Lothian	9,691	9,823	9,529	9,615	8,912	8,873	8,641	8,880	8,526	8,795	7,690	8,363	78	5,072	3,213
Total [note 44]	257,080	263,045	245,035	228,219	231,827	229,528	231,422	232,534	230,898	248,073	230,644	237,777	2,090	120,168	115,519

Table 1.22 Motor vehicle offences recorded by the police by type of offence [Note 61]. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Recorded Crime, Scottish Government

Type of offence	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
Recorded Road Trafic Crimes
Causing death by dangerous driving	17	21	13	26	19	30	37	26	25
Causing death by careless driving	20	18	6	12	17	10	15	11	5
Illegal driver involved in fatal accident	6	3	2	1	3	2	2	2	2
Illegal driver, disqualified/unlicensed etc. causing serious injury	-	-	2	2	5	1	4	7	3
Reckless driving at common law	2	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
Total Road Traffic Crimes	45	43	27	42	44	43	58	46	35
Recorded Road Traffic Offences
Dangerous and Careless Driving
Dangerous driving offences	2,957	2,428	2,881	2,875	2,854	2,897	3,019	3,546	3,546
Driving carelessly	8,567	8,345	9,176	8,818	7,868	8,092	8,227	8,225	9,373
Driving under the influence
Driving motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs	490	450	540	653	719	771	742	897	883
In charge of motor vehicle while unfit through drink/drugs	92	54	71	123	137	148	159	138	147
Driving with excess blood alcohol	3,819	3,161	3,239	3,465	3,262	3,201	3,275	2,756	2,972
In charge with excess blood alcohol	419	390	364	331	333	333	324	255	299
Failure to provide breath specimen at roadside	517	477	509	569	602	591	630	637	592
Failure to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at police station	742	686	735	776	810	803	848	923	906
Driving while under influence drug above prescribed limit	-	-	-	-	-	-	573	2,336	1,886
In charge while under influence of drug above prescribed limit	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	155	88
Speeding
Speeding in Restricted Areas	38,400	29,316	23,145	13,395	10,685	10,371	10,166	8,222	7,391
Other Speeding Offences	43,982	31,610	31,274	20,976	18,538	16,997	18,592	14,741	15,081
Unlawful use of vehicle
Vehicle excise Licence Offences	6,601	2,634	3,098	4,664	3,792	176	193	220	143
Using Motor Vehicle Without Test Certificate	18,546	15,528	14,609	14,725	15,145	14,020	14,987	12,910	13,249
Driving While Disqualified from Holding or Obtaining Licence	1,208	898	1,162	1,371	1,414	1,285	1,396	1,399	1,240
Driving Without a Licence (including under age)	7,001	5,265	5,766	6,334	5,787	5,221	5,115	6,828	5,928
Driving Licence, Other Offences	2,491	1,131	789	684	524	570	603	639	428
Third Party Insurance Offences	18,998	13,747	14,407	16,806	15,945	14,349	15,226	19,818	15,034
Registration or Identification Mark Offences (Not Lighting)	2,934	1,652	1,639	1,394	1,264	1,227	1,502	1,495	1,216
Vehicle defect offences
Lighting Offences, Motor Vehicle	9,284	7,043	5,029	2,264	1,615	1,553	1,256	1,094	788
Construction & Use Regulations (Other Than Lighting)	11,639	8,550	8,041	6,121	5,434	5,554	6,090	5,745	5,142
Seat belt offences	37,880	15,619	8,059	4,502	3,134	2,921	2,800	1,632	1,759
Mobile phone offences	35,764	17,978	10,085	6,709	3,173	2,895	2,450	1,629	1,541
Accident Offences	5,921	5,574	7,660	8,705	14,694	14,758	15,503	12,015	15,171
Signal and Direction Offences
Traffic direction offences	26,539	16,307	11,253	5,981	4,496	4,133	3,870	3196	2,866
Pedestrian crossing offences	3,776	2,268	1,644	1,181	869	785	858	539	543
Other road traffic offences
Parking Offences	143	105	163	99	76	78	71	61	91
Failing to Provide Info to Identify Driver of Motor Vehicle	1,528	1,394	1,474	1,536	1,348	1,296	1,321	1452	1,312
Motorway Traffic Offences	368	327	318	384	199	197	192	159	207
Clearway Offences	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tachograph etc Offences	1,635	1,560	1,682	1,268	950	569	424	434	297
Motor Vehicle, Other Offences	1,850	1,488	1,484	1,459	1,348	1,314	1,452	1958	1,723
Bicycle offences	282	200	165	139	162	140	135	143	143
Pedestrian traffic offences	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	2
Total Road Traffic Offences	294,373	196,185	170,462	138,308	127,177	117,245	122,043	116197	111,987

Table 1.23 Households with a car or van available by gender, 2011. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Census 2011, National Records of Scotland

Households	None	1	2+	Total Number (=100%)
			percent of people in households
All people in households:	23	40	37	5,196,386
Men	20	40	39	2,521,307
Women	25	40	35	2,675,079

Table 1.24 Households with a car or van available, 2011. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Census 2011, National Records of Scotland

Households	None	1	2+	Total Number (=100%)
			percent of households
All households:	31	42	27	2,372,777
by selected household type:
Single adult (aged under 65)	48	48	4	511,447
Married or cohabiting family with dependent children	8	36	56	409,369
Married or cohabiting family with no children	11	44	44	413,022
Single parent	43	45	12	263,360
All students	63	27	10	20,928
Single pensioner	64	35	1	311,867
by tenure:
Owned outright	8	38	54	652,675
Owned with a mortgage or loan	6	38	56	1,585,110
Social rented (council)	49	38	13	372,920
Social rented (other)	53	37	10	317,812
Private rented (private landlord or letting agency)	41	40	18	421,264

Table 1.25 Households with a car or van available by disability and ethnicity, 2011. This worksheet contains one table. Some cells refer to notes which can be found in the notes worksheet. Source: Scottish Census 2011, National Records of Scotland

	None	1	2+	Total Number (=100%)
			percent of people in households
All people in households:	23	40	37	5,196,386
by disability:
Day-to-day activites limited a lot	46	40	14	472,795
Day-to-day activites limited a little	34	42	23	523,272
Day-to-day activites not limited	19	40	42	4,200,319
by ethnicity:
White: Total	22	40	38	4,995,665
White: Scottish	22	40	38	4,382,131
White: Other British	16	41	43	403,604
White: Irish	27	40	33	52,086
White: Gypsy/Traveller	35	41	24	4,029
White: Polish	31	52	17	60,324
White: Other White	32	42	26	93,491
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	26	42	32	19,068
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Total	27	38	35	133,506
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Pakistani, Pakistani Scottish or Pakistani British	16	36	48	48,968
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Indian, Indian Scottish or Indian British	29	38	33	31,442
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi Scottish or Bangladeshi British	32	41	27	3,710
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Chinese, Chinese Scottish or Chinese British	36	36	28	29,596
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Other Asian	36	44	19	19,790
African	51	36	13	28,170
Caribbean or Black	39	39	22	6,279
Other ethnic groups: Total	34	43	23	13,698
Other ethnic groups: Arab, Arab Scottish or Arab British	36	42	21	8,959
Other ethnic groups: Other Ethnic Group	31	43	25	4,739

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