Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||
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million vehicle kilometres | |||||||||||||
Major roads (M and A) | |||||||||||||
Motorways | 5,405 | 5,567 | 5,730 | 5,856 | 6,094 | 6,151 | 6,433 | 6,577 | 6,683 | 6,633 | 6,503 | ||
Trunk A roads | |||||||||||||
Urban * | 899 | 905 | 892 | 916 | 938 | 922 | 966 | 928 | 942 | 952 | 945 | ||
Rural * | 8,029 | 8,238 | 8,714 | 8,827 | 8,944 | 8,834 | 8,976 | 9,042 | 8,878 | 8,960 | 8,773 | ||
Total | 8,928 | 9,143 | 9,605 | 9,743 | 9,882 | 9,756 | 9,942 | 9,970 | 9,820 | 9,913 | 9,719 | ||
Non-trunk A roads | |||||||||||||
Urban * | 4,472 | 4,416 | 4,541 | 4,499 | 4,604 | 4,551 | 4,595 | 4,505 | 4,493 | 4,530 | 4,522 | ||
Rural * | 7,132 | 7,216 | 7,387 | 7,583 | 7,629 | 7,598 | 7,928 | 7,933 | 7,813 | 7,885 | 7,752 | ||
Total | 11,604 | 11,632 | 11,927 | 12,083 | 12,233 | 12,149 | 12,523 | 12,438 | 12,307 | 12,415 | 12,273 | ||
All A roads | |||||||||||||
Urban * | 5,370 | 5,321 | 5,433 | 5,416 | 5,541 | 5,473 | 5,561 | 5,433 | 5,435 | 5,482 | 5,467 | ||
Rural * | 15,161 | 15,454 | 16,100 | 16,410 | 16,573 | 16,431 | 16,904 | 16,975 | 16,692 | 16,845 | 16,525 | ||
Total | 20,531 | 20,775 | 21,533 | 21,826 | 22,114 | 21,904 | 22,465 | 22,408 | 22,127 | 22,327 | 21,992 | ||
All major roads | 25,936 | 26,342 | 27,262 | 27,682 | 28,209 | 28,055 | 28,898 | 28,986 | 28,810 | 28,961 | 28,495 | ||
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified) | |||||||||||||
B roads | |||||||||||||
Urban * | 1,347 | 1,320 | 1,321 | 1,332 | 1,334 | 1,336 | 1,312 | 1,335 | 1,315 | 1,283 | 1,246 | ||
Rural * | 2,430 | 2,410 | 2,489 | 2,490 | 2,549 | 2,589 | 2,647 | 2,734 | 2,748 | 2,661 | 2,660 | ||
Total | 3,777 | 3,730 | 3,809 | 3,822 | 3,883 | 3,925 | 3,959 | 4,069 | 4,063 | 3,944 | 3,906 | ||
C roads | |||||||||||||
Urban * | 756 | 761 | 783 | 790 | 791 | 798 | 810 | 832 | 825 | 1,036 | 1,001 | ||
Rural * | 1,458 | 1,462 | 1,534 | 1,536 | 1,570 | 1,589 | 1,630 | 1,717 | 1,725 | 1,681 | 1,676 | ||
Total | 2,214 | 2,223 | 2,317 | 2,326 | 2,361 | 2,387 | 2,440 | 2,549 | 2,550 | 2,718 | 2,677 | ||
Unclassified roads | |||||||||||||
Urban * | 5,550 | 5,672 | 5,931 | 5,989 | 5,987 | 6,034 | 6,147 | 6,301 | 6,254 | 5,906 | 5,731 | ||
Rural * | 2,084 | 2,097 | 2,215 | 2,219 | 2,266 | 2,317 | 2,676 | 2,762 | 2,792 | 2,690 | 2,678 | ||
Total | 7,634 | 7,769 | 8,146 | 8,208 | 8,253 | 8,351 | 8,823 | 9,062 | 9,046 | 8,596 | 8,409 | ||
All minor roads | |||||||||||||
Urban * | 7,653 | 7,753 | 8,034 | 8,111 | 8,111 | 8,168 | 8,269 | 8,468 | 8,394 | 8,225 | 7,978 | ||
Rural * | 5,971 | 5,969 | 6,238 | 6,245 | 6,385 | 6,495 | 6,952 | 7,212 | 7,266 | 7,033 | 7,014 | ||
All minor roads | 13,625 | 13,722 | 14,272 | 14,356 | 14,496 | 14,663 | 15,221 | 15,680 | 15,659 | 15,258 | 14,992 | ||
All roads | |||||||||||||
Motorways | 5,405 | 5,567 | 5,730 | 5,856 | 6,094 | 6,151 | 6,433 | 6,577 | 6,683 | 6,633 | 6,503 | ||
Urban * | 13,024 | 13,074 | 13,467 | 13,527 | 13,653 | 13,641 | 13,830 | 13,901 | 13,829 | 13,708 | 13,445 | ||
Rural * | 21,133 | 21,424 | 22,338 | 22,655 | 22,958 | 22,926 | 23,857 | 24,187 | 23,957 | 23,878 | 23,539 | ||
All roads | 39,561 | 40,065 | 41,535 | 42,038 | 42,705 | 42,718 | 44,119 | 44,666 | 44,470 | 44,219 | 43,488 |
Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics
* DfT's classification of urban and rural roads differs from the built up/non-built up classification - see section 3.1.4 of the text.