Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table 5.1 Traffic by road class and type
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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.