Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table 11.12 Frequency of Driving1,2 for people aged 17+
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
column percentages
Every Day 44.7 45.8 45.5 43.3 41.4 41.8 40.9 45.2 44.9 43.4 41.4
Per Week:
At least 3 times 7.9 8.0 8.0 10.2 11.2 11.2 11.6 10.0 10.4 11.9 12.8
Once or twice 4.2 3.9 4.2 5.5 5.7 5.8 6.7 5.1 5.6 5.6 6.0
Per Month:
At least 2 or 3 times 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9
At least once 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4
Less than once 1.8 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.8
Holds full driving licence, never drives 4.0 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.5 4.1 4.4 3.5 4.0 4.2 4.3
Total with a full driving licence 64.0 64.7 64.6 65.8 65.8 65.6 66.4 67.0 67.6 68.0 67.6
Doesn't have a full driving licence 36.0 35.3 35.4 34.2 34.2 34.4 33.6 33.0 32.4 32.0 32.4
Sample size (=100%) 14,440 14,527 13,936 13,850 14,660 13,968 14,075 12,152 12,263 12,447 12,361

1 For holders of full licences.
2 From April 2003, the questionnaire changed such that information on possession of driving licences and frequency of driving was no longer collected from the head of the household, or his / her spouse/partner, about all adults in the household, but instead from one randomly chosen adult member of the household about him or herself.