Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table 12.1 International comparisons
EU countries from EU Energy and Transport in Figures (2011 edition)
Year of data (most countries) Other year/issues  (some countries) EU publication table     Scottish figure (same or a similar basis)  ( # ) Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Denmark Estonia Greece (+) Spain Finland France Hungary Ireland Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Malta (+) Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Sweden Slovenia Slovak Republic UK GB  (where the EU publication's figures relate to GB) EU-27  EU-15 Scotland GB  (same basis) UK  (same basis)
SCOT AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HU IE IT LT LU LV MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK UK GB EU-27 EU-15 SCOT GB UK
General data
Population (at 1 Jan)
million 2010 1.1 5.22 8.38 10.84 7.56 0.80 10.51 81.80 5.54 1.34 11.31 45.99 5.35 62.79 10.01 4.47 60.34 3.33 0.50 2.25 0.41 16.58 38.17 10.64 21.46 9.34 2.05 5.43 62.01 499.18 395.86 5.22 60.463  62.262
Area
'000 sq km 1.1 78.0 83.9 30.5 111.0 9.3 78.9 357.1 43.1 45.2 132.0 506.0 338.4 544.0 93.0 70.3 301.3 65.3 2.6 64.6 0.3 41.5 312.7 92.1 238.4 450.3 20.3 49.0 243.8 4,324.80 3236.9 78.0 228.972  243.122
Population density  (at 1 Jan)
people per sq km 2010 calc'd 67 100 355 68 86 133 229 128 30 86 91 16 115 108 64 200 51 193 35 1377 399 122 116 90 21 101 111 254 115 122 67 264 254
Infrastructure and vehicles
Motorways
km 2008 2.5.1 407 1,696 1,763 418 257 691 12,645 1,128 104 1,103 13,525 739 11,042 1,274 423 6,629 309 147 0 0 2,637 765 2,623 281 1,855 696 384 3,559 66,700 61,521 407 3559
km per '000 sq km 2008 calc'd 5.2 20.2 57.8 3.8 27.6 8.8 35.4 26.2 2.3 8.4 26.7 2.2 20.3 13.7 6.0 22.0 4.7 56.5 0.0 0.0 63.5 2.4 28.5 1.2 4.1 34.3 7.8 14.6 15.4 19.0 5.2 15.5
All roads  ( @  )
'000 km 2008 Excludes 'other roads' data 2.5.2 59.6 110.2 153.6 19.4 8.7 130.6 231.0 73.3 58.0 117.8 666.1 78.1 1027.8 198.3 96.5 183.7 81.0 2.9 69.7 2.2 136.1 261.2 13.0 81.7 215.6 38.9 43.9 419.5 4,517 3,523 59.6 394
km per '000 sq km 2008 calc'd 765 1,314 5,036 175 937 1,655 647 1,701 1,284 892 1,316 231 1,889 2,133 1,373 610 1,241 1,106 1,079 7,427 3,280 835 141 343 479 1,918 895 1,721 1,044 1,089 764 1,723
Railways
km 2009 2.5.3  2,759 5,356 3,578 4,150 0 9,477 33,714 2,646 919 2,552 15,044 5,919 29,903 7,892 1,919 17,004 1,767 275 1,884 0 2,886 19,764 2,842 10,776 11,138 1,228 3,623 16,272 212,528 151,048 2,759 15,754
km per '000 sq km 2009 calc'd 35.4 63.8 117.3 37.4 0.0 120.1 94.4 61.4 20.3 19.3 29.7 17.5 55.0 84.9 27.3 56.4 27.1 105.8 29.2 0.0 69.5 63.2 30.9 45.2 24.7 60.5 73.9 66.7 49.1 46.7 35.4 68.8
Passenger cars
million 2009 2.6.2 2.27 4.36 5.19 2.50 0.46 4.44 41.74 2.12 0.55 5.13 21.98 2.78 31.39 3.01 1.93 36.48 1.70 0.33 0.90 0.24 7.62 16.50 4.46 4.25 4.30 1.06 1.59 29.15 236.15 198.97 2.27 27.067
per 1,000 pop'n 2009 calc'd 436 521 479 331 574 422 510 383 407 454 478 519 500 301 432 605 509 661 402 569 460 432 419 198 460 517 293 470 473 503 436.0 448
Powered two wheelers  ( $ )
thousands 2009 02 & '04 2.6.5 73 712 404 118 43 903 205 19 1,449 4,959 456 3,532 142 40 10,074 51 41 52 15 1,579 1,809 533 80 572 88 55 1,307 35,105 31,730 73.2 1,159.9
Goods vehicles
thousands 2009 2.6.4 284 388 724 318 124 602 2,556 508 81 1,302 5,343 444 5,239 467 344 4,589 146 35 121 48 1,017 2,797 1,337 662 515 84 269 3,782 33,840 28,123 284 3,700
per 1,000 pop'n 2009 calc'd 55 46 67 42 155 57 31 92 61 115 116 83 83 47 77 76 44 69 54 116 61 73 126 31 55 41 50 61 68 71 55 61
New registrations of passenger cars (^)
thousands 2010 2.6.6 216 329 547 17 15 168 2,916 152 10 142 982 107 2252 44 88 1959 8 50 6 4 484 334 224 106 290 61 64 2,031 13,390 12,553 216 2,418
per 1,000 pop'n 2010 calc'd 42 39 50 2 19 16 36 28 8 13 21 20 36 4 20 32 2 99 3 10 29 9 21 5 31 30 12 33 27 32 42 40
Passenger transport
Distance travelled (kilometres per person per year)
Passenger cars 2009 2.3.4 * 8,631 8,633 10,286 6,121 7,472 6,881 10,841 9,431 7,836 8,961 7,621 12,016 11,528 4,114 10,810 11,735 10,844 13,347 7,429 5,327 8,827 7,467 8,084 3,518 10,641 12,164 4,866 10,970 9,577 10,452 8,631 8,601
Powered two-wheelers 2002 prev. ** 27 198 100 n-a 0 0 217 144 0 2,013 334 171 201 0 93 1,188 0 130 0 0 55 0 754 n-a 111 0 0 85 n-a 405 27 55
Buses and coaches 2009 2.3.5 * 787 1,146 1,725 1,388 1,619 1,532 763 1,319 1,866 1,849 1,244 1,402 779 1,658 1,589 1,695 841 1,793 845 1,211 730 639 978 596 942 1,466 995 597 1,022 1,043 787 821
Tram / metro 2009 2.3.6 * 0 478 92 93 0 857 202 36 75 150 137 93 210 230 22 114 0 0 89 0 97 113 103 326 236 0 55 156 178 164 0 122
Railways (excl. t/m) 2009 2.3.7 * 629 1,278 959 278 0 619 1,007 1,120 149 124 502 729 1,370 799 380 799 120 598 356 0 989 487 395 284 1,210 391 424 852 811 907 629 786
Cycling 2001 prev. ** 55 136 322 n-a n-a n-a 291 936 n-a 76 20 251 75 n-a 184 154 n-a 23 n-a n-a 848 n-a 29 n-a 271 n-a n-a 75 n-a 186 55 71
Walking 2001 prev. ** 246 419 380 n-a n-a n-a 372 431 n-a 389 368 386 404 n-a 368 410 n-a 457 n-a n-a 377 n-a 342 n-a 383 n-a n-a 355 n-a 382 246 302
Total these modes calc'd 10,374 12,288 13,865 7,879 9,091 9,889 13,693 13,417 9,925 13,562 10,226 15,049 14,567 6,800 13,447 16,096 11,805 16,347 8,719 6,538 11,923 8,706 10,685 4,725 13,793 14,021 6,341 ==> 13,089 11,589 13,538 10,374 10,758
Modal shares (% of total pass-kms for specified modes)
Passenger cars 2009 As distance travelled 2.3.3 85.9 74.8 78.7 77.7 82.2 69.6 84.6 79.2 78.9 80.8 80.2 84.4 83.0 60.5 84.4 81.8 91.9 84.8 85.2 81.5 82.9 85.8 84.6 74.5 81.7 86.8 76.7 87.2 82.6 83.2 85.9 83.3
Bus and coach 2009 2.3.3 7.8 9.9 13.2 17.6 17.8 15.5 6.0 11.1 18.8 16.7 13.1 9.8 5.6 24.4 12.4 11.8 7.1 11.4 9.7 18.5 6.9 7.3 10.2 12.6 7.2 10.5 15.7 4.7 8.8 8.3 7.8 7.9
Railways (excl. t/m) 2009 2.3.3 6.3 11.1 7.3 3.5 0.0 6.3 7.9 9.4 1.5 1.1 5.3 5.1 9.9 11.7 3.0 5.6 1.0 3.8 4.1 0.0 9.3 5.6 4.1 6.0 9.3 2.8 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.2 6.3 7.6
Tram / metro 2009 2.3.3 0.0 4.1 0.7 1.2 0.0 8.7 1.6 0.3 0.8 1.4 1.4 0.7 1.5 3.4 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 1.1 6.9 1.8 0.0 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.3 0.0 1.2
Total these modes calc'd 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
International air passenger traffic between EU countries (arrivals plus departures)
million 2009 2.4.1*** 7.83 15.21 14.69 4.70 5.53 8.91 104.00 15.23 1.06 28.53 129.33 10.95 74.78 6.21 23.29 83.01 1.53 1.20 3.11 2.67 26.90 13.42 19.77 6.95 20.79 0.82 1.61 134.79 758.98 702.47 7.83 111.6
per head of pop'n 2009 calc'd 1.51 1.82 1.36 0.62 6.89 0.85 1.27 2.75 0.79 2.52 2.81 2.05 1.19 0.62 5.21 1.38 0.46 2.39 1.38 6.46 1.62 0.35 1.86 0.32 2.23 0.40 0.30 2.17 1.52 1.77 1.51 1.79
Road fatalities
number 2009 2.7.1 216 633 955 901 71 901 4,152 303 98 1,453 2,714 279 4,273 822 240 4,237 370 47 254 21 644 4,572 840 2,796 358 171 384 2,337 34,826 23,465 216 2,222
per million pop'n 2009 calc'd 42 76 88 119 88 86 51 55 73 129 59 52 68 82 54 70 111 94 113 51 39 120 79 130 38 84 71 38 70 59 42 37
Freight transport: modal shares (% of total tonne-kms)
Road 2009 2.2.4c * 59.2 51.8 70.9 80.8 100.0 75.0 64.8 75.1 47.3 97.4 93.1 75.7 74.6 73.9 99.4 85.0 59.1 94.6 28.6 100.0 60.8 73.1 93.3 64.4 64.4 84.0 67.7 81.6 73.8 75.2 59.2 64.8
Rail 2009 2.2.5 * 12.2 31.6 12.5 14.4 0.0 21.3 20.2 7.6 52.7 1.8 3.3 24.1 13.8 16.0 0.6 9.0 39.6 2.3 65.9 0.0 4.7 17.6 5.7 20.8 35.6 16.0 17.0 12.4 15.8 13.7 12.2 8.6
Inland waterway 2009 2.2.6 * 1.2 3.6 13.9 2.8 0.0 0.1 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.7 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 29.8 0.1 0.0 12.4 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.1 5.2 6.3 1.2 22.0
Pipeline 2009 2.2.7 * 27.4 13.0 2.7 2.0 0.0 3.6 3.4 17.3 0.0 0.7 3.6 0.0 7.8 6.3 0.0 5.9 1.4 0.0 5.5 0.0 4.7 9.3 1.1 2.3 0.0 0.0 13.1 6.0 5.2 4.8 27.4 4.6
Total these modes 2009 calc'd 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

( # ) ( + ) ( @ ) ( $ ) (^) ( * ) ( ** ) ( *** ) - see footnotes

( # ) These are the nearest available figures for Scotland, and comparable figures for GB or UK as a whole - information on sources is given in the text. These may be on a different basis from other countries.
( + ) All roads data relates to the end of 2005, except for motorway estimate.
( @ ) The definitions of road types vary from country to country. Some countries' figures may include the lengths of some roads which do not have a hard surface.
( $ ) The notes on the sources of the statistics explain why there appears to be a large inconsistency between the EU publication's figure for the UK and the (DfT) figure for GB.
9^) Scotland and GB figures relate to all vehicles (not just passenger cars) so are not directly comparable.
( * ) Calculated from the figures in that table, which gives the total number of passenger/tonne-kilometres for the country as a whole (in 100/1000 millions).
( ** ) As shown in (or as calculated from figures in) a previous edition - the 2011 edition does not provide any figures for powered two-wheelers, cycling or walking.
( *** ) Data calculated by adding together the total number of journeys across each row in Table 3.4.1
n-a or 0 In general, n-a is used where a figure is not available, and 0 is used where a figure is nil. However, n-a may be treated as if it were 0 for the purpose of some calculations.