Chapter 13 - Environment

Chapter 13 - Environment

1. Introduction

1.1 This chapter provides information about the impact of transport on certain aspects of the environment with a focus on greenhouse gas emissions and air quality. Statistics include atmospheric pollutants and emissions of greenhouse gases by types of transport as well as details of emissions levels of road vehicles. Data from other chapters within Scottish Transport Statistics are referred to in the analysis.

Key points

  • In 2020 (the most recent year available), transport (including international shipping and aviation) accounted for 26% of Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions under the definition set out in the Climate Change Scotland Act.
  • Road transport made up 66% of transport greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Through September of 2020 there were 6,545 Ultra Low Emission Vehicles registered in Scotland for the first time – 80% up on the corresponding period in 2019.
  • In 2020, transport accounted for 58% of emissions of oxides of nitrogen, 17% of particulate matter PM10 and 21% of particulate matter PM2.5. As at 31 August 2022, there were 38 active Air Quality Management Areas related to these pollutants.

2 Main Points

Air pollutant emissions

2.1 The main pollutants of current concern in Scotland are:

  • Nitrogen oxides (NOx);
  • Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5);
  • Sulphur dioxide (SO2);
  • Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs);
  • Ground-level ozone (O3); and
  • Ammonia (NH3).

2.2 Of these pollutants, transport is a significant contributor to emissions of oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter. Transport is also linked to ground level ozone, which is a secondary pollutant produced by chemical reactions involving oxides of nitrogen.

2.3 Historically, transport was also a major contributor to emissions of lead and non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs). The significant decline in lead emissions (98% since 1990) has been mainly driven by the progressive phasing out of leaded petrol. The lead content of petrol was reduced from around 0.34 g/l to 0.143 g/l in 1986. From 1987, sales of unleaded petrol increased, particularly as a result of the increased use of cars fitted with three-way catalysts. Leaded petrol was phased out from general sale at the end of 1999. For NMVOCs, transport sector emissions declined significantly during the 1990s due to the increased use of catalytic converters and fuel switching from petrol to diesel cars. (Chart 13.1a – note that the jump observed in 2005 is due to a revision of the figures for 2005 onwards, as detailed in the notes and definitions section 13.3.6).

2.4 Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) were estimated to be 82kt in 2020 of which transport accounted for 58%. Since 1990, transport emissions have declined by 68%. Transport emissions have declined due to a number of reasons including the requirement for new petrol cars to be fitted with three-way catalysts since 1989 and, in more recent years, "Euro standards" for new cars have driven a reduction in emissions, although studies show that the diesel Euro 5 cars have not performed as well as expected. Since 2008, there has been a general reduction in the emissions from passenger cars, mainly driven by improvement in catalyst repair rates. In 2020, diesel cars and light goods vehicles (LGVs) accounted for 26% of NOx emissions from transport compared with less than 2% in 1990 (Table 13.1a).

2.5 Emissions of PM10 were estimated to be 11kt in 2020, of which transport accounted for 17%. Since 1990, transport emissions have declined by 73%. For particulate matter, the main source of transport emissions is non-exhaust emissions from tyre and brake wear and road abrasion. In 2020, these accounted for 60% of PM10 emissions from transport compared with 14% in 1990. Since 1990, exhaust emissions from road transport have decreased by 89% due to the penetration of new vehicles meeting tighter PM10 emission regulations ("Euro standards" for diesel vehicles were first introduced in 1992). Over the same period emissions from shipping fell by 87% (Table 13.1a).

2.6. Emissions of PM2.5 were estimated to be 6kt in 2020 of which transport accounted for 21%. Trends in emissions of PM2.5 from transport follow a similar pattern to those for PM10. PM2.5 accounts for all road transport exhaust PM10 emissions and most of such emissions from shipping but only around 54% of PM10 emissions due to road abrasion and tyre and brake wear.

2.7 There has been a notable difference in the changes observed for NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 for 2019 to 2020 compared to the earlier year-to-year changes. From 2011-2019 the annual decreases for all three pollutants have been below ten percent. By contrast the decreases from 2019 to 2020 were 19 percent for NO2, 24 percent for PM10 and 26 percent for PM2.5. This is likely to have been strongly influenced by the reduction in vehicle use during the restrictions which were in place during 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Air quality

2.8 Concentrations of air pollutants are sampled at automatic monitoring sites and the information is held in the "Scottish Air Quality Database" on the "Air Quality in Scotland" website (http://www.scottishairquality.co.uk/), The data section of the "Air Quality in Scotland" website provides detailed information on all sites while the publication section of the website includes reports showing trends. Table 13.b in this publication shows concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, ozone and PM10 at a mixture of urban and rural monitoring sites with long time series. Air quality is monitored against standards set as air quality objectives (see environment section of the user guide).

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

2.9 For many of the selected monitoring sites, nitrogen dioxide concentrations show a downward trend. In 2021,two of the 7 selected operational sites that recorded nitrogen dioxide concentrations with a data capture rate of over 75% had the lowest concentrations recorded over the period 2011-2021. In 2021, 73 sites in Scotland recorded nitrogen dioxide concentrations with a data capture rate of over 75%, of which 62 were roadside or kerbside locations. One of these 73 sites had concentrations in excess of the air quality strategy objective of 40 g/m3 as an annual mean (Table 13.1b).

Ozone (O3)

2.10 Though transport emissions contribute to ozone formation, levels of ozone are generally higher in rural areas due to the long-range transportation of primary pollutants from urban sources. In addition, ozone reacts with nitric oxide, which is more abundant in urban areas due to traffic emissions, to form nitrogen dioxide; therefore ozone levels are usually lower in urban areas. While at the selected monitoring sites there has been some indication of a downward trend in the number of occurrences of maximum daily concentrations exceeding 100 g/m3, this has since levelled off. There appears to be no clear trend in average annual concentrations. In 2021, all of the 8 sites in Scotland recording ozone with a data capture rate of over 75% met the air quality objective of no more than 10 occurrences of the maximum daily concentrations exceeding 100 g/m3 (Table 13.1b)

Particulate matter (PM10)

2.11 PM10 concentrations show a general downward trend at the selected sites. In 2021, of the 66 sites in Scotland recording PM10 with a data capture rate over 75%, no sites had concentrations greater than the air quality objective of 18 g/m3 as an annual mean. No site exceeded the air quality objective set as 7 occurrences of a daily mean above 50 g/m3. (Table 13.1b)

Air Quality Management Areas

2.12 Whenever it appears that one or more of the air quality objectives is unlikely to be met by the required date, the local authority concerned must declare an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) covering the area of concern. The authority must then prepare and implement an action plan outlining how it intends to tackle the issues identified. Table 13.1c summarises active AQMAs and the pollutants of concern. As at 31 August 2022, there were 38 active AQMAs, all but one of which related to either NO2 or PM10, or both.

Greenhouse gases

2.13 In 2020, Transport (including international aviation and shipping) accounted for 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e). This represents 25.9% of total net greenhouse gas emissions allocated to Scotland in the Greenhouse Gas Inventories, 5% lower than 2019. Total net emissions from all sources decreased by 12% between 2019 and 2020 falling from 45.4 MtCO2e to 40.0 MtCO2e, with transport total emissions having decreased from 14.0 MtCO2e to 10.3 MtCO2e, a fall of 26%. Within Transport emissions, Road Transportation accounted for approximately 70.4% of the transport total. Heavy Goods Vehicles and Light Goods Vehicles were the other significant contributors to transport emissions accounting for 14.7% and 13.5%, respectively. International Aviation and Shipping contributed roughly 7.8% and domestic aviation 3.4% of transport's total emissions. The contribution from domestic shipping, 17.2%. It should be noted that these estimates use a methodology designed to produce internationally-comparable figures so apparent year-to-year fluctuations could be due in part to limitations in or changes to the underlying data or calculations. See Table 13.2 for more detail and emissions from earlier years and the user guide for more detail on the methodology used.

2.14 Figure 13.2 shows transport emissions over time, by mode. Estimated car emissions have fallen by 37% since 2006. Traffic levels (vehicle km) have increased slightly over the last few years so the reduction in emissions seen will be due to the introduction of more fuel efficient vehicles as well as other more fuel efficient driving, particularly in the business fleet. More detail on car emissions is set out from paragraph 2.16 of this chapter while more details on traffic volumes by mode can be found in chapter 5 of STS. Details of personal modal choice can be found in chapter 11.

2.15 The Greenhouse Gas Inventories report the emissions of the six gases that are listed under the Kyoto Protocol. In the case of transport, the quantities of gases involved are relatively small except for carbon dioxide, which accounts for about 99 per cent of transport's total. (Table 13.3).

2.16 Table 13.4 presents some comparisons between the UK as a whole and Scotland. Overall, Scotland's transport emissions account for 8% of the UK total. At 16% Scottish bus emissions are above a proportionate share of the UK total, while domestic aviation, at 16%, is also above that benchmark.

2.17 Estimates of carbon dioxide emissions per passenger-km for different modes of transport are available only for GB/UK as a whole. The lowest emitting modes of land transport per passenger-km are coaches at 27 gCO2e; and light rail and tram at 29 gCO2e. Both diesel and petrol cars are the highest emitters per passenger-kilometre and account for 170-171 grams of CO2 per passenger kilometre (Table 13.5). The basis of these estimates is described in the environment section of the user guide.

Car emissions

2.18 Newly registered cars are becoming more fuel efficient and thus generally emit fewer emissions per kilometre. Figure 13.3 shows the steady downward trend in average CO2 emissions for newly registered cars in Scotland. Average CO2 emissions in Scotland for new car registrations has fallen by 10 per cent over the last ten years. However, since a low of 120 for CO2 in 2016 there has been a steady rise to 128.9 in 2020. (Table 13.6a)

2.19 The proportion of newly registered cars with emissions of 140g/km or lower has increased from 58 per cent in 2010 to 64 per cent in 2020. Cars with emissions of over 200g/km have decreased from 4.2 per cent of new cars to 4 per cent. These changes are at least in part the result of changes to vehicle excise duty bandings made by the UK Government in recent years.

Ultra low emission vehicles (ULEV)

2.20 The number of ultra-low emission vehicles registered in Scotland for the first time so far in 2021 is 91% up on the corresponding figure in 2020 (January – September). Almost all of these sales have been supported by Plug-in-Grant scheme for cars and vans. At the end of Q3 2021 there are 38,634 ULEVs registered in Scotland (Table 13.7 and 13.8)

Registrations by type of vehicle

2.21 The overwhelming majority (98 per cent) of vehicles licensed for use on the roads in Scotland are still powered by either petrol or diesel. Historically petrol powered vehicles have been outsold by diesel vehicles although in recent years petrol vehicles have been outselling diesel. Overall though there are more petrol vehicles on the road than diesel ones. While 30 per cent of all diesel vehicles are body types other than cars only 6 per cent of petrol vehicles were not cars. (Table 13.9 and 13.10)

Electric Vehicle (EV) charge points

2.22 The shift to electric vehicles is an important part of responding to the climate emergency and improving air quality in our towns and cities. To help incentivise this shift, we have invested over £65 million in ChargePlace Scotland, Scotland's public charging network, which now has more than 2,400 publicly available charge points. Scotland is leading the way on electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The latest figures show that Scottish electric vehicle drivers benefit from over 60 public charge points per one hundred thousand people, compared to 53 in England (regional totals and London excluded), just under 40 in Wales and less than 20 in Northern Ireland.

2.23 A map showing the locations of the charging points in Scotland is available here https://chargeplacescotland.org/cpmap/ (Table 13.11)

Table 13.1a Emissions of air pollutants by type of transport allocated to Scotland1
1990 1995 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
                                thousand tonnes of pollutant
Oxides of nitrogen (NOx)                                                  
Road transport 105.6 85.9 72.2 67.3 61.2 58.3 55.5 52.9 50.5 48.4 47.5 46.1 43.5 35.8 33.9 31.8 30.7 29.7 28.8 27.7 26.6 26.0 24.6 23.6 16.6
of which: Buses and coaches 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.4 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.3 1.8 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.1
Passenger cars 70.5 53.9 41.5 37.4 32.8 30.7 28.7 26.1 24.3 22.6 21.7 20.0 19.4 14.9 13.8 13.2 12.9 12.6 12.6 12.4 12.2 11.9 11.8 11.4 7.5
of which: Diesel 0.9 2.7 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.6 5.2 5.7 6.4 7.1 7.6 7.9 8.5 8.6 8.7 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.3 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.1 6.6
Petrol 69.6 51.2 37.9 33.5 28.7 26.1 23.5 20.4 17.9 15.5 14.1 12.2 10.9 6.3 5.1 4.2 3.4 2.7 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.9
HGVs 19.4 17.3 16.5 16.2 15.6 15.2 14.8 14.9 15.0 14.8 14.9 15.2 13.9 11.2 10.5 9.3 8.3 7.1 5.9 4.7 3.6 2.8 2.4 2.0 2.2
Light goods vehicles 9.1 8.3 8.2 7.7 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.7 6.1 6.8 7.5 8.3 8.9 9.5 9.1 8.9 5.7
of which: Diesel 1.7 3.1 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.6 6.0 6.7 7.5 8.2 8.9 9.5 9.1 8.9 5.6
Petrol 7.4 5.2 4.1 3.3 2.6 2.1 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mopeds and motorcycles 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vehicles fuelled by Natural Gas7                   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Railways 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 0.8
Aviation 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.3
Shipping 6 38.7 45.4 42.3 42.0 38.4 34.4 36.7 35.6 35.0 36.1 31.3 32.3 30.5 28.8 27.2 24.0 23.5 22.1 22.8 22.6 22.7 25.1 21.7 20.6 29.1
Other transport 4.1 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.1
Total Transport 150.5 136.8 119.8 114.6 104.8 97.6 97.0 93.4 90.6 89.6 84.0 83.9 79.2 69.6 65.8 60.6 58.6 56.2 55.8 54.1 53.0 54.8 50.1 47.8 47.9
Non-transport emissions 187.0 144.2 127.0 119.0 122.0 119.3 108.1 101.6 99.9 91.1 99.8 90.7 79.8 70.6 72.5 62.0 62.7 59.9 56.3 53.7 43.2 40.9 39.7 36.7 34.1
Emissions from all sources 337.5 281.0 246.8 233.7 226.8 216.9 205.1 195.0 190.5 180.7 183.8 174.6 159.1 140.1 138.3 122.6 121.3 116.1 112.0 107.8 96.2 95.8 89.8 84.5 82.0
Transport % of all NOx emissions 45% 49% 49% 49% 46% 45% 47% 48% 48% 50% 46% 48% 50% 50% 48% 49% 48% 48% 50% 50% 55% 57% 56% 57% 58%
Particulate matter (PM10)                                                  
Road transport2 3.01 3.45 3.33 3.27 2.89 2.82 2.74 2.70 2.64 2.59 2.56 2.51 2.40 2.31 2.24 2.08 2.00 1.92 1.85 1.79 1.74 1.75 1.70 1.69 1.38
of which: exhaust Buses and coaches 0.29 0.28 0.21 0.19 0.15 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01
emissions Passenger cars 0.49 0.75 0.73 0.72 0.59 0.57 0.55 0.52 0.51 0.50 0.49 0.48 0.49 0.48 0.45 0.38 0.36 0.33 0.29 0.28 0.25 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.12
from: HGVs 0.75 0.65 0.54 0.50 0.43 0.39 0.36 0.35 0.33 0.31 0.30 0.28 0.23 0.19 0.17 0.15 0.13 0.11 0.09 0.08 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03
Light goods vehicles 0.49 0.73 0.75 0.74 0.61 0.60 0.56 0.54 0.51 0.49 0.45 0.42 0.38 0.36 0.36 0.31 0.28 0.24 0.21 0.18 0.16 0.14 0.12 0.10 0.05
Mopeds and motorcycles 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Vehicles fuelled by Natural Gas7                   0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Road abrasion 0.35 0.36 0.38 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.40 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.44 0.45 0.45 0.46 0.36
Tyre and brake wear 0.64 0.67 0.71 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.75 0.76 0.77 0.77 0.79 0.81 0.80 0.79 0.78 0.77 0.77 0.77 0.79 0.80 0.81 0.87 0.86 0.87 0.79
Railways 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03
Aviation3 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Shipping4,6 3.76 3.43 3.11 3.05 2.71 2.40 2.59 2.49 2.39 2.48 2.17 1.72 1.47 1.32 1.12 0.89 0.82 0.73 0.71 0.69 0.72 0.73 0.71 0.69 0.48
Other transport5 0.17 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02
Total Transport 7.04 7.13 6.70 6.57 5.85 5.47 5.57 5.42 5.26 5.29 4.96 4.45 4.08 3.78 3.51 3.12 2.96 2.77 2.67 2.58 2.55 2.57 2.50 2.46 1.92
Non-transport emissions 35.01 24.27 21.12 20.25 19.65 20.97 17.40 17.12 16.65 14.97 15.06 14.55 12.99 12.10 13.87 12.42 11.75 12.17 11.84 11.40 11.61 11.97 11.77 11.76 9.43
Emissions from all sources 42.05 31.40 27.82 26.83 25.50 26.43 22.97 22.53 21.91 20.27 20.02 19.00 17.07 15.88 17.38 15.54 14.71 14.93 14.51 13.98 14.16 14.54 14.27 14.22 11.34
Transport % of all PM10 emissions 17% 23% 24% 25% 23% 21% 24% 24% 24% 26% 25% 23% 24% 24% 20% 20% 20% 19% 18% 18% 18% 18% 18% 17% 17%
Particulate matter (PM2.5)                                                  
Road transport2 2.56 2.98 2.83 2.77 2.39 2.31 2.22 2.17 2.11 2.05 2.00 1.94 1.85 1.76 1.70 1.54 1.47 1.38 1.30 1.24 1.18 1.15 1.11 1.09 0.85
of which: exhaust Buses and coaches 0.29 0.28 0.21 0.19 0.15 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01
emissions Passenger cars 0.49 0.75 0.73 0.72 0.59 0.57 0.55 0.52 0.51 0.50 0.49 0.48 0.49 0.48 0.45 0.38 0.36 0.33 0.29 0.28 0.25 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.12
from: HGVs 0.75 0.65 0.54 0.50 0.43 0.39 0.36 0.35 0.33 0.31 0.30 0.28 0.23 0.19 0.17 0.15 0.13 0.11 0.09 0.08 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03
Light goods vehicles 0.49 0.73 0.75 0.74 0.61 0.60 0.56 0.54 0.51 0.49 0.45 0.42 0.38 0.36 0.36 0.31 0.28 0.24 0.21 0.18 0.16 0.14 0.12 0.10 0.05
Mopeds and motorcycles 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Vehicles fuelled by Natural Gas7                   0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Road abrasion 0.19 0.19 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.24 0.25 0.19
Tyre and brake wear 0.35 0.37 0.39 0.40 0.39 0.40 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.44 0.44 0.44 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.43
Railways 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.02
Aviation3 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00
Shipping4,6 3.56 3.25 2.95 2.89 2.57 2.28 2.46 2.36 2.27 2.36 2.06 1.64 1.39 1.25 1.06 0.85 0.78 0.69 0.68 0.66 0.68 0.70 0.68 0.66 0.46
Other transport5 0.17 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02
Total Transport 6.38 6.48 6.03 5.90 5.20 4.83 4.91 4.75 4.59 4.62 4.28 3.79 3.44 3.16 2.90 2.53 2.37 2.19 2.08 1.99 1.94 1.93 1.87 1.82 1.36
Non-transport emissions 21.1 14.0 12.2 11.8 10.8 11.3 9.2 8.5 8.6 8.2 8.4 8.2 7.5 7.1 8.0 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.7 5.0
Emissions from all sources 27.5 20.5 18.3 17.7 16.0 16.1 14.1 13.3 13.2 12.8 12.6 12.0 11.0 10.3 10.9 9.6 9.5 9.3 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 6.4
Transport % of all PM2.5 emissions 23% 32% 33% 33% 32% 30% 35% 36% 35% 36% 34% 32% 31% 31% 27% 26% 25% 24% 24% 23% 23% 23% 22% 21% 21%

Source: National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory - Not National Statistics

1. From the Air Quality Pollutant Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2005 - 2020.

Emissions are available annually only with effect from 1998. The figures in this table are updated annually using the most recent data to reflect changes to the methodology used.

Emissions for 1990-2004 are taken from.

Air Quality Pollutant Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990 - 2018.

2.The Road Transport emissions database uses emission factors (g/km) for different types of vehicles, which depend on the fuel type (petrol or diesel) and are influenced by the

drive cycle or average speeds on the different types of roads; traffic activity for each DA region, including distance and average speed travelled by each type of vehicle on each type of road;

DA-specific fleet data on petrol/diesel car mix, car engine size and fleet composition (including age).

The sum of emissions across all parts of the UK equates to the total for the UK inventory where that total is normalised using fuel sales data of petrol and DERV.

3. Only take-off and landing emissions are reported.

4. Includes emissions from coastal shipping, shipping betweeen Scotland and the Overseas Territories, fishing vessels, marine engines, personal watercraft,

inland goods-carrying vehicles, motorboats and sail boats with auxiliary engines.

5. Includes military aviation and naval vessels, aircraft support vehicles and railways stationary combustion.

6. Data have been revised due to changes in methodology - see paragraphs 13.3.3 and 13.3.6 in notes and definitions.

7. This emissions category was included for the first time in the 2005-2020 report.

Table 13.1b Atmospheric concentrations of selected pollutants (*, a) recorded at Air Quality Monitoring Stations
Air Quality monitoring station 1 Type of monitoring station 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Benzene 7                   micrograms per cubic metre
Edinburgh Med school .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..                  
Nitrogen dioxide 2                   micrograms per cubic metre
Aberdeen Errol Place Urban background 31 26 24 27 24 25 26 * 23 21 * 22 23 21 22 20 17 14 *
Aberdeen Union Street Roadside .. .. 64 49 53 55 * 59 44 53 48 47 46 43 40 38 36 24 25
Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch Road Roadside * 35 * 33 32 33 33 33 * 30 31 29 27 29 27 27 26 20 *
Dumfries, A780 Roadside 38 37 36 37 38 37 35 40 32 33 30 30 30 31 30 30 31 22 22
Dundee Lochee Road Roadside .. .. .. * 53 53 54 55 * 53 52 46 48 45 44 43 43 31 32
Dundee Union Street Kerbside .. .. .. * 36 43 45 40 36 32 31 29 28 10 .. .. .. .. ..
Eskdalemuir Rural .. .. 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ..
Edinburgh Gorgie Road Roadside .. .. 34 .. 41 42 38 41 37 39 38 34 32 33 30 28 27 18 18
Edinburgh St Leonards Urban background .. 25 25 27 27 31 24 31 25 24 22 * * 20 20 18 21 14 14
Glasgow Centre, St Enoch's Square Urban centre * 36 33 31 31 35 42 44 34 * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. *
Glasgow Kerbside, Hope Street Kerbside 75 68 62 68 70 82 78 84 72 72 67 68 60 65 59 61 56 36 ..
Glasgow Byres Road Roadside .. .. 38 41 40 43 40 47 * 39 44 * 38 38 37 34 35 23 26
Glasgow City Chambers Urban background 50 49 46 47 47 48 46 49 * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Inverness, Telford Street Roadside 23 23 21 21 22 21 21 24 27 29 21 21 * 24 20 18 17 13 14
Perth High Street Roadside * 28 28 28 29 27 25 30 27 26 22 22 22 23 22 21 25 15 *
Ozone 3                                      
Edinburgh St Leonards Urban background .. 53 53 52 48 49 52 33 40 49 49 * 45 45 46 51 48 55 53
Eskdalemuir Rural 51 53 51 58 54 57 56 55 53 51 60 58 57 54 57 58 60 58 *
Strath Vaich Rural 73 76 67 72 68 73 67 61 64 67 70 69 70 68 68 66 68 65 67
                Number of daily maximums (measured as an 8-hour running mean) exceeding 100ug/m3
Edinburgh St Leonards Urban background .. 12 13 16 9 14 3 0 0 4 2 * 3 3 2 13 5 5 0
Eskdalemuir Rural 18 5 1 23 11 16 20 2 10 7 14 7 9 8 3 16 16 2 *
Strath Vaich Rural 48 29 18 47 17 65 4 4 14 12 23 17 10 10 6 12 26 1 5
Particulates (PM10) 4                   micrograms per cubic metre
Aberdeen Errol Place Urban background 22 19 19 20 17 16 15 13 14 12 13 15 12 12 11 14 14 9 *
Aberdeen Union Street Roadside .. .. 25 26 19 22 18 18 22 21 20 18 * 13 13 15 11 * *
Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch Road Roadside .. .. 25 22 22 17 19 19 17 15 * * * 15 16 17 12 10 10
Dundee Broughty Ferry Roadside .. .. .. 20 18 15 15 16 16 14 16 15 13 12 11 12 14 9 10
Dundee Union Street Kerbside .. .. .. 24 22 17 17 17 19 16 15 16 17 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Edinburgh Queen Street Roadside .. .. .. .. 26 18 17 18 16 16 17 17 15 * .. .. .. .. ..
Edinburgh St Leonards Urban background .. 19 18 20 19 15 * 14 15 * 14 * 10 11 10 11 11 8 9
Glasgow Byres Road Roadside .. .. 27 27 25 10 19 23 * 13 * * 10 12 13 14 15 11 6
Glasgow Waulkmillglen Reservoir Rural .. .. 14 15 15 12 11 12 12 11 12 * 11 * 11 9 9 7 4
Glasgow Kerbside, Hope Street Kerbside 32 27 29 38 32 27 26 29 * * 23 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Glasgow Centre, St Enoch's Square Urban centre 21 * 20 21 20 19 25 * 17 * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Inverness, Telford Street Roadside 15 14 15 16 14 12 12 14 12 11 12 11 9 9 .. .. 9 8 9
Perth High Street Roadside * 17 19 21 20 16 16 19 19 15 16 14 13 13 13 .. .. .. ..
Particulates (PM2.5) 5                   micrograms per cubic metre
Aberdeen Errol Place Urban background 22 19 19 20 .. .. .. 7 8 9 9 10 8 5 6 7 7 5 *
Aberdeen Union Street Roadside .. .. 25 26 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. * 11 7 7 8 7 * *
Auchencorth Moss Rural .. .. 25 22 4 3 3 .. 4 4 .. 7 3 3 5 5 4 3 4
Edinburgh St Leonards Urban background .. 19 18 20 .. .. 8 9 12 .. 8 .. 6 6 7 6 6 4 5
Glasgow Kerbside, Hope Street Kerbside 32 27 29 38 .. .. .. 23 22 20 16 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Glasgow Centre, St Enoch's Square Urban centre 21 * 20 21 .. .. 12 12 10 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Glasgow High Street Roadside 15 14 15 16 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 8 7 7 6 5 6
Glasgow Townhead Urban background * 17 19 21 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 7 7 8 7 7 5 5
Grangemouth Urban industrial         .. .. 9 11 11 11 .. 8 9 6 6 7 8 6 5

Source: Scottish Government - Not National Statistics

1. The sites chosen are a mixture of urban and rural site types with long time series

2. Annual mean concentration of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide.

3. Annual mean ground level ozone concentration.

4. Annual mean atmospheric PM10 concentration.

5. Annual mean atmospheric PM2.5 concentration.

(*) Since 2003, results where data capture is less than 75% are not shown.

(..) Site not in operation for given year

(a) those to which transport is understood to contribute significantly - see text.

Table 13.1c Number of active Air Quality Management Areas by pollutant and local authority, as at 15 October 2022
Local authority Pollutant(s) All pollutants
  Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) only Particulate Matter (PM10) only Both NO2 and PM10 Sulphur dioxide  
Aberdeen City Council - - 3 - 3
City of Edinburgh Council 5 1 - - 6
Dundee City Council - - 1 - 1
East Dunbartonshire Council - - 2 - 2
East Lothian Council 1 - - - 1
Falkirk Council 1 - 1 1 3
Fife Council - - 2 - 2
Glasgow City Council - - 2 - 2
Highland Council 1 - - - 1
North Lanarkshire Council - 6 - - 6
Perth & Kinross Council - - 2 - 2
Renfrewshire Council 2 - 1 - 3
South Lanarkshire Council 1 2 - - 3
West Lothian Council - 1 2 - 3
Scotland 11 10 16 1 38

Source: Scottish Air Quality website - Not National Statistics

Figure 13.1: Index of air pollutant emissions from transport in Scotland, 1990-2020 (1990=100)

Table 13.2 Emissions of greenhouse gases by type of transport allocated to Scotland (MtCO2e) - 2009-2020
Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Buses & coaches 0.53 0.54 0.50 0.48 0.49 0.48 0.46 0.45 0.46 0.39 0.43 0.33
Passenger cars 5.95 5.71 5.60 5.59 5.48 5.47 5.48 5.55 5.64 5.52 5.37 3.94
Heavy Goods Vehicles 1.76 1.79 1.72 1.74 1.73 1.71 1.74 1.81 1.86 1.82 1.74 1.52
Light Goods Vehicles 1.26 1.28 1.28 1.29 1.31 1.37 1.44 1.56 1.67 1.64 1.57 1.39
Mopeds & motorcycles 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.02
Other road2 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.07
Road Transportation Total1 9.60 9.42 9.20 9.20 9.10 9.13 9.22 9.45 9.72 9.46 9.21 7.28
Railways 0.17 0.17 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.16 0.16 0.12
International Aviation and Shipping3 1.64 1.44 1.57 1.47 1.54 1.66 1.73 1.82 1.93 1.90 1.91 0.81
Domestic Aviation3 0.84 0.78 0.77 0.74 0.75 0.72 0.70 0.65 0.69 0.66 0.63 0.35
Domestic Shipping and Maritime3 2.70 2.54 2.16 1.94 1.79 1.86 1.98 2.06 1.97 2.06 2.04 1.78
Total transport 14.95 14.35 13.86 13.52 13.35 13.54 13.79 14.15 14.47 14.23 13.95 10.34
Non-transport net emissions 46.25 49.54 42.90 43.48 41.71 37.92 37.06 32.07 30.80 32.22 31.45 29.62
Net emissions all sources4 61.20 63.90 56.75 57.00 55.06 51.45 50.85 46.22 45.26 46.45 45.40 39.95
Total net emissions attributed to transport (%)4 24.43 22.46 24.41 23.72 24.25 26.31 27.13 30.60 31.96 30.64 30.73 25.87
Table 13.2 Emissions of greenhouse gases by type of transport allocated to Scotland (MtCO2e) - 1990-2008
Year 1990 1995 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Buses & coaches 0.59 0.60 0.60 0.59 0.55 0.55 0.57 0.58 0.53 0.53 0.54 0.57 0.52
Passenger cars 5.75 5.79 5.99 6.07 6.04 6.03 6.24 6.16 6.21 6.20 6.26 6.29 6.12
Heavy Goods Vehicles 1.86 1.81 1.83 1.79 1.74 1.72 1.73 1.80 1.85 1.91 1.96 2.01 1.89
Light Goods Vehicles 0.93 1.00 1.14 1.14 1.10 1.09 1.12 1.15 1.18 1.22 1.27 1.33 1.27
Mopeds & motorcycles 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
Other road2 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.07
Road Transportation Total1 9.18 9.25 9.61 9.63 9.50 9.46 9.74 9.79 9.86 9.97 10.13 10.30 9.92
Railways 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.17
International Aviation and Shipping3 1.32 1.46 1.77 1.60 1.44 1.57 1.40 1.34 1.52 1.62 1.70 1.75 1.79
Domestic Aviation3 0.85 0.74 0.82 0.85 0.85 0.88 0.91 0.93 0.94 1.00 1.03 1.03 0.95
Domestic Shipping and Maritime3 3.43 4.26 4.21 4.26 3.84 3.54 3.74 3.51 3.32 3.24 2.92 3.02 2.82
Total transport 14.90 15.84 16.55 16.48 15.77 15.59 15.95 15.71 15.80 15.99 15.94 16.26 15.65
Non-transport net emissions 66.66 64.46 64.21 61.41 63.85 62.75 58.28 58.62 55.99 54.07 56.21 51.72 49.81
Net emissions all sources4 81.56 80.30 80.76 77.89 79.63 78.34 74.23 74.33 71.79 70.06 72.16 67.99 65.46
Total net emissions attributed to transport (%)4 18.27 19.73 20.49 21.16 19.81 19.90 21.48 21.14 22.01 22.82 22.10 23.92 23.90

Source: National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory: Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland 1990-2020, some headings are own aggregations - Not National Statistics

1. The method used to estimate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from road transport is based on vehicle kilometre travelled data constrained so that the sum of emissions across all parts of the UK equates to the total for the UK inventory.

That total is derived from fuel sales data of petrol and DERV within the UK as specified in the reporting guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Further detail can be found in Section 3.3 of the report and in Annex 2.

2. Other road includes urea used as part of an additive for certain categories of diesel engine, LPG use and road vehicle engines.

3. Includes various additional emissions associated with both shipping and aviation such as support vehicles at airports or marine engines on ships

4. Net emissions take account of removals of carbon dioxide due to carbon sinks.

Table 13.3 Emissions of greenhouse gases by Transport allocated to Scotland1,2 (MtCO2e)
Year 1990 1995 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Non-IAS Emissions                                                  
Carbon dioxide (CO2) 13.320 14.091 14.521 14.625 14.087 13.802 14.320 14.160 14.082 14.173 14.064 14.338 13.709 13.174 12.778 12.166 11.928 11.689 11.753 11.941 12.198 12.403 12.196 11.913 9.423
Methane (CH4) 0.101 0.080 0.065 0.060 0.054 0.048 0.044 0.039 0.035 0.032 0.030 0.027 0.024 0.018 0.016 0.014 0.012 0.011 0.010 0.009 0.008 0.009 0.008 0.008 0.006
Nitrous Oxide (N2O) 0.164 0.206 0.195 0.197 0.189 0.179 0.180 0.170 0.162 0.156 0.146 0.144 0.123 0.116 0.114 0.110 0.109 0.110 0.114 0.117 0.121 0.125 0.125 0.123 0.100
Total transport greenhouse gases (Excluding International Aviation and Shipping) 13.585 14.376 14.781 14.881 14.330 14.029 14.544 14.369 14.280 14.361 14.240 14.509 13.857 13.308 12.908 12.289 12.050 11.810 11.876 12.067 12.328 12.537 12.330 12.043 9.529
IAS Emissions                                                  
Carbon dioxide (CO2) 1.299 1.446 1.744 1.579 1.428 1.547 1.388 1.327 1.500 1.607 1.685 1.735 1.770 1.625 1.429 1.550 1.458 1.528 1.642 1.709 1.798 1.910 1.884 1.888 0.798
Methane (CH4) 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Nitrous Oxide (N2O) 0.016 0.017 0.020 0.018 0.016 0.018 0.016 0.014 0.016 0.017 0.018 0.018 0.020 0.018 0.015 0.017 0.015 0.016 0.017 0.018 0.019 0.019 0.019 0.019 0.009
Total greenhouse gases from International Aviation and Shipping 1.315 1.464 1.765 1.597 1.444 1.565 1.404 1.341 1.517 1.625 1.704 1.754 1.790 1.643 1.444 1.567 1.474 1.544 1.660 1.727 1.817 1.930 1.903 1.908 0.806
All transport greenhouse gases 14.900 15.840 16.547 16.478 15.774 15.594 15.948 15.711 15.797 15.986 15.944 16.264 15.646 14.951 14.352 13.856 13.524 13.354 13.536 13.793 14.145 14.467 14.233 13.951 10.336

Source: Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2020 - Not National Statistics

Supporting documents - Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

1. The footnotes to Table 5.12 also apply to this table, including revision of the figures; though note that emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from road transport are estimated using vehicle kilometre data. In both of the calculation methods, and the total emissions of these GHGs from the two methods are identical. There are no emissions of other greenhouse gases by transport in the inventory.

2. The figures for greenhouse gas emissions are expressed in terms of their Global Warming Potential in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. To convert from tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent to tonnes of other gases multiply by the following factors: GWP methane - 25, GWP nitrous oxide - 298.

Table 13.4 Comparison of transport greenhouse gas emissions from Scotland and UK as a whole (MtCO2e)
  Scottish Baseline (1990) UK Baseline (1990) Scottish Emissions (2019) UK Emissions (2019) Scottish Emissions (2020) UK Emissions (2020) Scottish Emissions as % of UK Emissions (2019) Change in Scottish Emissions (2018-2019) Change in UK Emissions (2018-2019) Change in Scottish Emissions (1990-2019) Change in UK Emissions (1990-2019)
Buses & coaches 0.59 5.20 0.43 3.10 0.33 2.10 16% -23% -32% -44% -60%
Passenger cars 5.75 71.91 5.37 68.88 3.94 51.77 8% -27% -25% -31% -28%
Heavy Goods Vehicles 1.86 21.15 1.74 19.68 1.52 18.59 8% -13% -6% -18% -12%
Light Goods Vehicles 0.93 11.39 1.57 17.74 1.39 15.97 9% -11% -10% 50% 40%
Mopeds & motorcycles 0.04 0.77 0.03 0.53 0.02 0.43 6% -25% -19% -38% -44%
Other Road 0.02 0.17 0.07 0.74 0.07 0.69 9% -4% -7% 226% 305%
Road Transportation Total 9.19 110.59 9.21 110.67 7.28 89.55 8% -21% -19% -21% -19%
Emissions by Road Type                      
Urban 3.50 50.45 3.28 42.50 2.63 34.55 8% -20% -19% -25% -32%
Rural 4.60 41.64 4.09 43.60 3.21 35.01 9% -22% -20% -30% -16%
Motorway 1.05 18.15 1.76 23.67 1.37 19.18 7% -21% -19% 31% 6%
Railways 0.12 1.96 0.16 1.85 0.12 1.44 9% -23% -22% 3% -26%
International Aviation and Shipping 1 1.32 23.67 1.91 44.16 0.81 20.53 4% -58% -54% -39% -13%
Domestic Aviation 2 0.85 5.65 0.63 3.17 0.35 2.15 16% -44% -32% -59% -62%
Domestic Shipping and Maritime 3 3.43 9.93 2.04 6.60 1.78 5.65 31% -13% -14% -48% -43%
Total transport (excl International Aviation and Shipping) 13.59 128.13 12.04 122.30 9.53 98.80 10% -21% -19% -30% -23%
Total transport (incl International Aviation and Shipping) 14.91 151.80 13.95 166.45 10.34 119.33 9% -26% -28% -31% -21%

Source: National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory: Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland 1990-2019, some headings are own aggregations - Not National Statistics

https://naei.beis.gov.uk/reports/reports?report_

1. Includes aircraft engine emissions

2 . Includes military aircraft and aircraft upport vehicls

3. Includes lubricant for marine engines

Figure 13.2: Estimated greenhouse gas emissions of Scottish transport for 2020

Table 13.5 UK Carbon Dioxide equivalent emissions 2022 1
Mode of Transport gCO2e per passenger kilometre
Petrol cars2 170
Diesel cars2 171
Hybrid2 120
Petrol motorbike 114
  g CO2e per passenger km
Bus 97
Coach 27
National rail 35
Light rail and tram 29
Ferry 113
Domestic flights3,4 130
Short haul international3,4 81
Long haul international3,4 102

1. Source https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greenhouse-gas-reporting-conversion-factors-2022

https://naei.beis.gov.uk/reports/reports?section_

All figures are estimated using data for GB/UK as a whole so do not specifically relate to Scotland.

2. The long haul estimate is based on a flight length from the Guidelines of of 6482 km, short haul 1108km and domestic 463km.

3. Aviation emissions calculations not inclusive of radiative forcing.

Table 13.6a: Cars registered for the first time by CO2 emission band, Scotland
  2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
                    thousands
Up to 100 g/km 4.6 13.0 25.6 36.2 39.1 36.4 32.3 22.9 17.4 17.0 19.3
101 - 110 g/km 15.3 17.3 23.5 34.8 46.9 52.6 43.6 32.6 24.1 8.2 6.8
111 - 120 g/km 28.1 31.6 43.1 48.2 41.2 48.3 47.4 44.6 37.9 16.1 21.3
121 - 130 g/km 28.5 39.4 39.7 36.5 33.3 32.1 29.8 29.3 33.6 21.8 23.9
131 - 140 g/km 31.4 30.5 26.3 23.8 23.7 20.1 21.1 20.0 18.4 18.4 19.9
141 - 150 g/km 20.3 18.9 17.0 13.8 12.7 12.5 11.3 13.3 16.2 14.2 13.7
151 - 165 g/km 18.1 14.1 14.1 15.3 13.2 10.1 9.2 12.3 15.8 12.8 12.8
166 - 175 g/km 6.1 5.7 6.4 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.2 4.3 5.3 4.9 7.8
176- 185 g/km 5.4 3.5 2.5 2.6 3.0 2.2 2.2 3.2 3.0 4.6 3.5
186- 200 g/km 4.6 3.9 2.8 2.9 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.9 1.6 3.8 2.6
201 - 225 g/km 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.5 0.8 1.3 2.4 2.1 2.4
226 - 255 g/km 2.3 1.8 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.7 2.0 2.1
Over 255 g/km 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.1
Not known 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.4
                       
Total 167.8 182.5 205.2 222.4 221.8 222.1 204.0 187.5 177.7 127.7 138.4
                       
Avg CO2 138.2 133.2 128.4 124.4 121.4 120.0 120.2 123.6 126.5 128.9 124.7
                       
                    Column Percentages
Up to 100 g/km 2.7 7.1 12.5 16.3 17.6 16.4 15.8 12.2 9.8 13.3 13.9
101 - 110 g/km 9.1 9.5 11.4 15.7 21.2 23.7 21.4 17.4 13.5 6.4 4.9
111 - 120 g/km 16.8 17.3 21.0 21.7 18.6 21.7 23.2 23.8 21.3 12.6 15.4
121 - 130 g/km 17.0 21.6 19.4 16.4 15.0 14.5 14.6 15.6 18.9 17.0 17.3
131 - 140 g/km 18.7 16.7 12.8 10.7 10.7 9.1 10.4 10.6 10.3 14.4 14.4
141 - 150 g/km 12.1 10.4 8.3 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.6 7.1 9.1 11.1 9.9
151 - 165 g/km 10.8 7.8 6.9 6.9 5.9 4.6 4.5 6.5 8.9 10.0 9.2
166 - 175 g/km 3.6 3.1 3.1 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.5 2.3 3.0 3.9 5.6
176- 185 g/km 3.2 1.9 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.7 1.7 3.6 2.5
186- 200 g/km 2.8 2.1 1.4 1.3 0.6 0.4 0.7 1.0 0.9 3.0 1.9
201 - 225 g/km 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.7 1.3 1.7 1.7
226 - 255 g/km 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.5 1.5
Over 255 g/km 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.8
Not known 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Source: DVLA//DVADfT - GB figures published as DfT table VEH0256

Figure 13.3: New car average CO2 emissions, Scotland 2011-2021 Figure 13.4: First time car registrations, Scotland, by Emissions band, 2011-2021

Table 13.6b: Licensed cars by CO2 emission band, Scotland
  2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
                      thousands
Up to 100 g/km 8.8 22.0 49.2 89.5 133.2 176.5 213.1 236.5 249.0 256.7 266.8
101 - 110 g/km 47.9 67.0 94.1 130.8 176.7 229.2 276.2 309.9 333.8 335.2 331.1
111 - 120 g/km 127.2 158.2 198.5 243.3 279.5 317.8 355.2 391.0 424.8 430.0 436.7
121 - 130 g/km 130.5 170.2 210.9 243.2 267.3 287.8 305.1 324.8 351.6 364.3 375.5
131 - 140 g/km 303.0 321.0 332.6 337.8 335.6 330.6 324.7 319.3 315.9 314.4 313.5
141 - 150 g/km 288.6 293.0 290.9 282.0 265.6 250.9 235.5 223.2 218.3 217.4 215.5
151 - 165 g/km 413.7 401.8 382.5 362.5 336.3 310.6 284.5 262.7 250.3 241.9 231.5
166 - 175 g/km 176.6 172.2 164.0 153.0 139.7 126.5 114.2 103.8 96.5 91.7 91.0
176- 185 g/km 129.2 124.6 116.3 107.7 97.8 88.0 79.0 72.0 66.2 64.2 61.6
186- 200 g/km 128.6 124.1 116.4 108.3 96.9 86.2 76.7 68.1 60.6 57.3 54.0
201 - 225 g/km 104.7 100.1 93.9 87.6 79.7 72.5 65.0 58.2 53.3 49.7 46.9
226 - 255 g/km 60.3 58.6 55.8 52.2 47.2 42.4 37.8 33.6 30.3 28.9 28.1
Over 255 g/km 48.9 46.7 44.2 41.5 37.9 34.8 31.8 29.2 26.8 25.1 23.8
Not known 296.3 225.5 169.9 130.1 100.9 79.2 63.6 53.5 47.2 43.2 42.1
                       
Total 2,264.4 2,285.1 2,319.2 2,369.3 2,394.2 2,433.1 2,462.4 2,486.0 2,524.5 2,519.8 2,518.2
                       
Avg CO2 160.2 157.4 153.9 150.1 146.2 142.4 139.1 136.5 134.5 133.3 132.1
                       
                      Column Percentages
Up to 100 g/km 0.4 1.0 2.1 3.8 5.6 7.3 8.7 9.5 9.9 10.2 10.6
101 - 110 g/km 2.1 2.9 4.1 5.5 7.4 9.4 11.2 12.5 13.2 13.3 13.1
111 - 120 g/km 5.6 6.9 8.6 10.3 11.7 13.1 14.4 15.7 16.8 17.1 17.3
121 - 130 g/km 5.8 7.4 9.1 10.3 11.2 11.8 12.4 13.1 13.9 14.5 14.9
131 - 140 g/km 13.4 14.0 14.3 14.3 14.0 13.6 13.2 12.8 12.5 12.5 12.5
141 - 150 g/km 12.7 12.8 12.5 11.9 11.1 10.3 9.6 9.0 8.6 8.6 8.6
151 - 165 g/km 18.3 17.6 16.5 15.3 14.0 12.8 11.6 10.6 9.9 9.6 9.2
166 - 175 g/km 7.8 7.5 7.1 6.5 5.8 5.2 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.6
176- 185 g/km 5.7 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.2 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.4
186- 200 g/km 5.7 5.4 5.0 4.6 4.0 3.5 3.1 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.1
201 - 225 g/km 4.6 4.4 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.9
226 - 255 g/km 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1
Over 255 g/km 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9
Not known 13.1 9.9 7.3 5.5 4.2 3.3 2.6 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.7
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Source: DVLA//DVADfT - GB figures published as DfT table VEH0206

Figure 13.4: Licensed cars average CO2 emissions, Scotland 2011-2021 Figure 13.4: Licensed car registrations, Scotland, by Emissions band, 2011-2021

Table 13.7: Ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV)1 registered for the first time, Scotland, quarterly: January 2015 to March 2022. Note: This table is no longer updated until a new methodology is introduced that covers the plug-in grant status for all body types. Vehicles
    PiG Eligible Cars 2,3
Year Month Category 1 Category 2/3 Non PiG Eligible Plug-in Cars 2,3 Non Plug-in Cars Quadricycles All Cars PiG Eligible Motorcycles and tricycles 2,4 Non PiG Eligible Motorcycles and tricycles 2,4 All Motorcycles and tricycles 4 PiG Eligible Light Goods Vehicles 2 Non PiG Eligible Plug-in Light Goods Vehicles 2 Non Plug-in Light Goods Vehicles All Light Goods Vehicles Heavy Goods Vehicles Buses and coaches Other vehicles Total
2015 Jan-Mar 172 173 20 - 8 373 - 2 2 28 1 - 29 - 5 - 409
2015 Apr-Jun 131 168 18 - 2 319 - 1 1 15 2 - 17 - 1 - 338
2015 Jul-Sep 123 145 11 1 1 281 - 1 1 14 2 - 16 - - 1 299
2015 Oct-Dec 188 151 2 - 3 344 - 1 1 6 2 - 8 - - - 353
2016 Jan-Mar 198 237 13 4 1 453 - 3 3 26 - - 26 1 - 2 485
2016 Apr-Jun 131 132 8 21 - 292 - 3 3 20 - - 20 - - 1 316
2016 Jul-Sep 162 202 9 14 1 388 - 2 2 12 - - 12 1 - - 403
2016 Oct-Dec 145 128 12 19 - 304 - 3 3 10 2 - 12 - - - 319
2017 Jan-Mar 347 279 14 26 - 666 - 1 1 23 1 - 24 - - - 691
2017 Apr-Jun 248 228 14 29 1 520 - 5 5 22 1 - 23 - - 1 549
2017 Jul-Sep 254 415 26 26 - 721 2 8 10 14 1 - 15 - 6 - 752
2017 Oct-Dec 150 338 12 30 - 530 2 3 5 11 1 - 12 - - 3 550
2018 Jan-Mar 276 502 22 24 - 824 - 1 1 17 2 - 19 - - 1 845
2018 Apr-Jun 283 544 62 5 1 895 3 5 8 21 - - 21 - - 3 927
2018 Jul-Sep 294 447 51 2 - 794 5 6 11 22 - - 22 - - 8 835
2018 Oct-Dec 276 62 538 - 1 877 2 7 9 21 - - 21 - 1 14 922
2019 Jan-Mar 526 - 569 - - 1,095 3 7 10 40 3 - 43 - - 24 1,172
2019 Apr-Jun 431 - 458 - - 889 6 10 16 48 1 - 49 2 - 15 971
2019 Jul-Sep 870 - 539 - - 1,409 13 2 15 41 4 - 45 - 3 19 1,491
2019 Oct-Dec 792 - 520 - - 1,312 13 7 20 66 - - 66 - - 34 1,432
2020 Jan-Mar 1,022 - 553 1 - 1,576 5 13 18 75 - - 75 - 2 16 1,687
2020 Apr-Jun 518 - 253 - - 771 12 1 13 28 2 - 30 - - 2 816
2020 Jul-Sep 2,094 - 1,793 - - 3,887 29 3 32 103 1 - 104 - 6 13 4,042
2020 Oct-Dec 2,277 - 2,059 - - 4,336 29 7 36 50 - - 50 2 16 5 4,445
2021 Jan-Mar [Not available] 5 - [Not available] 5 - - 3,827 22 4 26 117 3 - 120 1 3 10 3,987
2021 Apr-Jun 2,094 - 1,793 - - 3,887 29 3 32 103 1 - 104 - 6 13 4,042
2021 Jul-Sep 2,277 - 2,059 - - 4,336 29 7 36 50 - - 50 2 16 5 4,445
2021 Oct-Dec [Not available] 5 - [Not available] 5 - - 4,977 48 11 59 186 6 - 192 1 85 5 5,319
2022 Jan-Mar [Not available] 5 - [Not available] 5 - - 5,125 [Not available] 5 [Not available] 5 57 [Not available] 5 [Not available] 5 - 128 - 104 5 5,419
2013 Whole year 144 47 4 - 1 196 - - - 9 3 - 12 - 1 5 214
2014 Whole year 533 279 23 - 3 838 3 1 4 42 5 - 47 - 7 4 900
2015 Whole year 614 637 51 1 14 1,317 - 5 5 63 7 - 70 - 6 1 1,399
2016 Whole year 636 699 42 58 2 1,437 - 11 11 68 2 - 70 2 - 3 1,523
2017 Whole year 999 1,260 66 111 1 2,437 4 17 21 70 4 - 74 - 6 4 2,542
2018 Whole year 1,129 1,555 673 31 2 3,390 10 19 29 81 2 - 83 - 1 26 3,529
2019 Whole year 2,619 - 2,086 - - 4,705 35 26 61 195 8 - 203 2 3 92 5,066
2020 Whole year 5,911 - 4,658 1 - 10,570 75 24 99 256 3 - 259 2 24 36 10,990
2021 Whole year [Not available] 5 - [Not available] 5 1 - 16,964 184 31 215 545 24 - 569 6 129 17 17,900

Source: DVLA/DfT

1. Ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) are vehicles that are reported to emit less than 75g of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the tailpipe for every kilometre travelled. In practice, the term typically refers to battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric vehicles. These figures are subject to minor revision between quarterly publications when individual vehicles are reviewed against the criteria. See Notes and Definitions for more information on how reported emissions are calculated.

2. Plug-in grant eligibility is applied to all vehicles of eligible models at the date of latest table update. Therefore earlier data in the series may be changed retrospectively as models are added to the eligible list. In addition, if a vehicle becomes ineligible for the plug-in grant, it will remain in this list for historical comparison. For more details, see:

https://www.gov.uk/plug-in-car-van-grants/eligibility

3. Changes to the Plug-in Car Grant came into effect on 21 October 2018 and 12 March 2020. Vehicles registered for the first time on or after these dates are categorised using the new eligibility criteria. There may be some cars that were purchased with a plug-in car grant but were registered for the first time after this date. For more information about the changes, see:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plug-in-car-grant-changes-to-grant-level-november-2018/upcoming-changes-to-the-plug-in-car-grant

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plug-in-vehicle-grants-update-following-todays-budget

4. Some powerful electric bikes have to be registered as mopeds and will be included here. For more details, see:

https://www.gov.uk/electric-bike-rules

5. Changes to the Plug-in Car Grant came into effect on 18 March 2021, which impacted the eligibility of car models at the vehicle trim level. As a result, the plug-in car grant eligible models cannot be robustly estimated from the current data source from 2021 Q1 onwards. For more information about the changes, see:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plug-in-car-van-and-truck-grant-to-be-targeted-at-more-affordable-models-to-allow-more-people-to-make-the-switch

Table 13.8: Ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV)1 licensed at the end of year, Scotland, quarterly: 2012 q1 to 2022 q1. Note: This table is no longer updated until a new methodology is introduced that covers the plug-in grant status for all body types. Vehicles
  PiG Eligible Cars 2,3
Quarter Category 1 Category 2/3 Non PiG Eligible Plug-in Cars 2,3 Non Plug-in Cars Quadricycles All Cars PiG Eligible Motorcycles and tricycles 2,4 Non PiG Eligible Motorcycles and tricycles 2,4 All Motorcycles and tricycles 4 PiG Eligible Light Goods Vehicles 2 Non PiG Eligible Plug-in Light Goods Vehicles 2 Non Plug-in Light Goods Vehicles All Light Goods Vehicles Heavy Goods Vehicles Buses and coaches Other vehicles Total
2012 Q1 97 - 61 - 1 159 - 66 66 1 117 - 118 8 2 72 425
2012 Q2 119 12 63 - 14 208 - 66 66 6 119 - 125 9 2 82 492
2012 Q3 136 31 63 - 15 245 - 59 59 31 122 - 153 9 2 78 546
2012 Q4 168 39 64 - 16 287 - 51 51 42 121 - 163 9 3 75 588
2013 Q1 187 55 63 - 16 321 - 46 46 48 121 - 169 8 3 75 622
2013 Q2 246 68 62 - 16 392 - 46 46 48 125 - 173 7 3 78 699
2013 Q3 290 74 66 - 15 445 - 45 45 55 120 - 175 8 4 78 755
2013 Q4 330 85 66 - 16 497 - 43 43 58 119 - 177 8 4 80 809
2014 Q1 437 104 65 - 16 622 - 41 41 70 119 - 189 7 4 82 945
2014 Q2 555 152 65 - 15 787 3 38 41 80 120 - 200 8 5 81 1,122
2014 Q3 702 273 73 - 17 1,065 3 31 34 89 120 - 209 9 12 82 1,411
2014 Q4 862 363 83 - 18 1,326 3 28 31 96 126 - 222 9 13 84 1,685
2015 Q1 1,024 541 101 - 27 1,693 3 30 33 113 126 - 239 9 21 82 2,077
2015 Q2 1,149 716 111 - 29 2,005 3 29 32 133 116 - 249 9 22 79 2,396
2015 Q3 1,262 891 100 1 29 2,283 4 26 30 150 109 - 259 8 21 78 2,679
2015 Q4 1,451 1,060 102 1 32 2,646 4 28 32 152 118 - 270 8 21 78 3,055
2016 Q1 1,633 1,334 107 5 36 3,115 4 29 33 176 115 - 291 9 21 76 3,545
2016 Q2 1,768 1,512 116 26 36 3,458 4 33 37 202 114 - 316 9 21 77 3,918
2016 Q3 1,961 1,761 121 40 36 3,919 4 37 41 219 113 - 332 10 21 69 4,392
2016 Q4 2,125 1,931 127 58 37 4,278 4 31 35 229 114 - 343 9 22 65 4,752
2017 Q1 2,419 2,220 144 81 33 4,897 4 30 34 256 117 - 373 8 23 65 5,400
2017 Q2 2,670 2,479 161 114 33 5,457 4 35 39 272 114 - 386 9 23 65 5,979
2017 Q3 3,002 2,899 171 137 28 6,237 3 43 46 289 113 - 402 9 28 67 6,789
2017 Q4 3,245 3,237 177 168 25 6,852 5 39 44 292 113 - 405 9 28 67 7,405
2018 Q1 3,562 3,752 194 190 23 7,721 6 38 44 318 115 - 433 9 27 68 8,302
2018 Q2 3,810 4,335 255 192 26 8,618 12 42 54 336 107 - 443 8 27 67 9,217
2018 Q3 4,241 4,869 287 189 27 9,613 15 48 63 362 106 - 468 8 28 75 10,255
2018 Q4 4,520 5,008 814 189 30 10,561 17 51 68 383 104 - 487 9 29 91 11,245
2019 Q1 5,024 5,003 1,366 184 30 11,607 19 54 73 416 103 - 519 9 26 111 12,345
2019 Q2 5,414 5,003 1,835 178 29 12,459 25 60 85 468 95 - 563 10 26 123 13,266
2019 Q3 6,238 5,001 2,376 176 30 13,821 39 55 94 496 100 - 596 10 30 136 14,687
2019 Q4 7,020 5,001 2,910 165 28 15,124 55 59 114 563 100 - 663 10 30 169 16,110
2020 Q1 8,114 5,021 3,455 167 30 16,787 61 70 131 632 100 - 732 9 31 183 17,873
2020 Q2 8,428 4,890 3,678 157 28 17,181 69 70 139 647 98 - 745 8 27 177 18,277
2020 Q3 10,412 4,758 5,509 147 29 20,855 96 76 172 745 90 - 835 8 31 194 22,095
2020 Q4 12,685 4,466 7,526 144 29 24,850 119 85 204 785 89 - 874 9 51 201 26,189
2021 Q1 [Not available] 5 4,437 [Not available] 5 152 26 28,639 141 88 229 892 91 - 983 15 60 209 30,135
2021 Q2 [Not available] 5 4,415 [Not available] 5 158 24 32,486 181 89 270 1,017 104 - 1,121 20 63 210 34,170
2021 Q3 [Not available] 5 4,302 [Not available] 5 161 24 36,755 241 89 330 1,105 106 - 1,211 20 95 223 38,634
2021 Q4 [Not available] 5 4,255 [Not available] 5 147 21 41,378 276 91 367 1,295 112 - 1,407 20 161 163 43,496
2022 Q1 [Not available] 5 4,271 [Not available] 5 146 20 46,825 [Not available] 5 [Not available] 5 401 [Not available] 5 [Not available] 5 - 1,537 20 269 167 49,219

1. Ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) are vehicles that are reported to emit less than 75g of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the tailpipe for every kilometre travelled. In practice, the term typically refers to battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric vehicles. These figures are subject to minor revision between quarterly publications when individual vehicles are reviewed against the criteria. See Notes and Definitions for more information on how reported emissions are calculated.

2. Plug-in grant eligibility is applied to all vehicles of eligible models at the date of latest table update. Therefore earlier data in the series may be changed retrospectively as models are added to the eligible list. In addition, if a vehicle becomes ineligible for the plug-in grant, it will remain in this list for historical comparison. For more details, see:

https://www.gov.uk/plug-in-car-van-grants/eligibility

3. Changes to the Plug-in Car Grant came into effect on 21 October 2018 and 12 March 2020. Vehicles registered for the first time on or after these dates are categorised using the new eligibility criteria. There may be some cars that were purchased with a plug-in car grant but were registered for the first time after this date. For more information about the changes, see:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plug-in-car-grant-changes-to-grant-level-november-2018/upcoming-changes-to-the-plug-in-car-grant

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plug-in-vehicle-grants-update-following-todays-budget

4. Some powerful electric bikes have to be registered as mopeds and will be included here. For more details, see:

https://www.gov.uk/electric-bike-rules

5. Changes to the Plug-in Car Grant came into effect on 18 March 2021, which impacted the eligibility of car models at the vehicle trim level. As a result, the plug-in car grant eligible models cannot be robustly estimated from the current data source from 2021 Q1 onwards. For more information about the changes, see:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plug-in-car-van-and-truck-grant-to-be-targeted-at-more-affordable-models-to-allow-more-people-to-make-the-switch

Figure 13.5: Ultra Low Emission Vehicles licensed in Scotland - growth from 2018 Q1 to 2022 Q3

Table 13.9: Number of new registrations by body type and propulsion type in Scotland during 2021 (Thousands)
  Propulsion type
  Diesel Electric diesel Electricity Fuel cells Gas Gas bi-fuel Gas-diesel Hybrid electric
Body type                
Agricultural 2.4 - - - - - - -
Buses & coaches 0.4 - 0.1 - - - - -
Cars 16.2 2.9 10.8 - - 0.2 - 25.6
Goods - heavy 3.5 - - - - - - -
Goods - light 24.6 - 0.6 - - - - -
Motorcycles, mopeds & scooters - - 0.2 - - - - -
Others 1 2.1 - 0.3 - - - - -
Special Purpose - - - - - - - -
Taxis 0.2 - - - - - - -
Tricycles - - - - - - - -
Grand Total 49.5 2.9 12.0 - - 0.2 - 25.6

Source: DVLA/DfT

c. Value has been suppressed to avoid disclosing personal information.

~ denotes fewer than 50.

1. Iincludes Invalid Vehicle (Mobility scooters), Lift Trucks, Tel Material Handlers, Hydraulic Excavator, Rear Digger, Ambulance, Fire Engine, Street Cleansing, Roller and Loading Shovel.

Pure Electric 'others' are Invalid vehicles or Lift Trucks.

Table 13.10: Number of licensed vehicles by body type and propulsion type in Scotland as at 31 December 2021 (Thousands)
  Propulsion type  
  Diesel Electric diesel Electricity Fuel cells Gas Gas bi-fuel Gas-diesel Hybrid electric New fuel tech-nology Petrol Petrol/gas Steam Grand total
Body type                         thousand
Agricultural 51.4 - - - - - - - - 6.2 - - 57.7
Buses & coaches 12.8 - 0.2 - - - - - - 0.1 - - 13.1
Cars 970.6 5.2 24.2 - - 0.7 - 71.9 - 1,445.2 0.4 - 2,518.2
Goods - heavy 36.2 - - - 0.1 - - - - 0.1 - - 36.3
Goods - light 322.6 - 1.3 - - 0.2 - 0.1 - 6.9 0.1 - 331.2
Motorcycles, mopeds & scooters - - 0.4 - - - - - - 75.8 - - 76.2
Not recorded 0.2 - - - - - - - - 0.1 - - 0.3
Others 1 20.2 - 4.7 - 0.1 - - - - 1.0 - - 26.2
Special purpose 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.3
Taxis 2.8 - - - - 0.1 - 0.2 - - - - 3.1
Tricycles - - - - - - - - - 1.0 - - 1.0
Grand Total 1,417.1 5.2 30.9 - 0.2 1.0 - 72.1 - 1,536.4 0.5 0.1 3,063.6

Source: DVLA/DfT

c. Value has been suppressed to avoid disclosing personal information.

~ denotes fewer than 50.

1. Iincludes Invalid Vehicle (Mobility scooters), Lift Trucks, Tel Material Handlers, Hydraulic Excavator, Rear Digger, Ambulance, Fire Engine, Street Cleansing, Roller and Loading Shovel.

Pure Electric 'others' are Invalid vehicles or Lift Trucks.

Table 13.11 – ChargePlace Scotland: Utilisation data for CPS Network January - December 2022
2022 CP Units as at Dec 22
Local Authority Charging Sessions Total kWh Total
Aberdeen Council 24,577 517,495 69
Aberdeenshire Council 37,580 760,866 97
Angus Council 37,999 825,660 64
Argyll and Bute Council 19,759 376,700 66
Clackmannanshire Council 29,687 691,422 32
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Council 8,453 175,298 36
Dumfries and Galloway Council 28,815 681,020 141
Dundee City Council 70,729 1,189,923 118
East Ayrshire Council 114,606 2,573,243 71
East Dunbartonshire Council 46,498 697,587 21
East Lothian Council 61,950 1,297,878 111
East Renfrewshire Council 25,245 472,745 16
Edinburgh City Council 75,785 1,472,635 149
Falkirk Council 48,931 1,059,559 67
Fife Council 35,075 822,306 96
Glasgow City Council 179,815 3,480,012 214
Highland Council 78,702 1,731,741 165
Inverclyde Council 13,561 250,290 25
Midlothian Council 15,735 289,637 39
Moray Council 20,002 454,214 43
North Ayrshire Council 22,260 511,663 42
North Lanarkshire Council 217,709 4,949,183 120
Orkney Island Council 7,005 116,149 34
Perth and Kinross Council 113,709 2,453,525 72
Renfrewshire Council 91,828 1,698,058 85
Scottish Borders Council 26,123 464,408 50
Shetland Council 17,100 328,033 28
South Ayrshire Council 74,722 1,589,548 44
South Lanarkshire Council 243,363 5,634,785 137
Stirling Council 142,734 3,089,556 119
West Dunbartonshire Council 19,950 357,514 28
West Lothian Council 79,946 1,985,135 49
Totals 2,029,953 42,997,788 2,448

Notes

1. ChargePlace Scotland (CPS) (www.chargeplacescotland.org) is the national network of publicly available Electric Vehicle charge points, funded by the Scottish Government.

2. Data is sourced from the ChargePlace Scotland back-office system. Usage data is based on valid charging sessions recorded by the back-office. A valid charging event is considered to be over 1 kWh drawn and whereby the session was longer than 120 seconds.

3. The kWh Drawn is the total energy provided during a charging event. If energy is transferred at a constant rate over a period of time, the total energy transferred in kilowatt hours is equal to the power in kilowatts multiplied by the time in hours.

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