Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| Vehicles Licensed (all vehicles) | per 100 population | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 43 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 51 |
| GB | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 56 |
| Public Road Lengths (all roads) | kilometres per 1,000 population | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.6 |
| GB | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
| Road Traffic | vehicle kilometres per head | ||||||||||
| Motorway | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 1,068 | 1,099 | 1,134 | 1,158 | 1,200 | 1,207 | 1,257 | 1,279 | 1,293 | 1,277 | 1,245 |
| GB | 1,547 | 1,583 | 1,610 | 1,608 | 1,662 | 1,659 | 1,689 | 1,699 | 1,679 | 1,669 | 1,624 |
| A Roads | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 4,055 | 4,102 | 4,260 | 4,316 | 4,355 | 4,299 | 4,390 | 4,356 | 4,281 | 4,299 | 4,211 |
| GB1 | 3,706 | 3,750 | 3,800 | 3,820 | 3,856 | 3,815 | 3,842 | 3,798 | 3,738 | 3,731 | 3,630 |
| All roads (incl. B, C and unclassified) | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 7,814 | 7,911 | 8,217 | 8,312 | 8,409 | 8,385 | 8,622 | 8,683 | 8,604 | 8,513 | 8,328 |
| GB1 | 8,176 | 8,270 | 8,456 | 8,477 | 8,578 | 8,539 | 8,624 | 8,663 | 8,537 | 8,455 | 8,202 |
| Road Accident Casualties Killed or Seriously Injured | per 1,000 population | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.48 | 0.42 |
| GB | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.41 |
| Local bus passenger journeys2,3 | per head | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 90 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 91 | 92 | 94 | 97 | 95 | 90 | 84 |
| GB | 77 | 78 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 83 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 85 |
| Rail passenger journeys3,4 | per head | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 16.4 | .. |
| GB | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 17.9 | .. |
| Air terminal passengers | per head | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| UK | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Freight Lifted | tonnes per head | ||||||||||
| Road | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 31.3 | 29.8 | 30.5 | 30.3 | 34.1 | 32.5 | 33.2 | 34.4 | 30.4 | 25.4 | 25.3 |
| GB | 27.9 | 27.6 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 30.0 | 29.9 | 30.2 | 30.8 | 28.0 | 22.7 | 24.6 |
| Rail3 | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | .. |
| GB | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Coastwise traffic | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 | .. |
| UK | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | .. |
| Pipelines5 | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| GB | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1. The GB figures relate to motor vehicle traffic only, and therefore exclude a small amount of pedal cycle traffic.
2. Bus patronage figures are provisional and should be treated with caution. See note 1 of Table S1.
3. Financial Year
4. Rail patronage trend presented here does not incorporate Scotrail's revised methodology. See notes to Table S1.
5. Pipeline figures for 2010 are estimated.