Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table 5.2 Traffic on major roads (by class / type) and minor roads (by type) by vehicle type, 2010
Cars Two wheeled motor vehicles Buses Light goods vehicles Heavy goods vehicles All motor vehicles Pedal cycles All vehicle traffic Percent of all roads
million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Motorways 4,825 28 55 832 764 6,503 0 6,503 15.0
Trunk A roads - urban1 739 4 8 129 65 944 1 945 2.2
Trunk A roads - rural1 6,679 65 86 1,152 785 8,768 6 8,773 20.2
Non-trunk A roads - urban1 3,722 19 96 509 153 4,500 22 4,522 10.4
Non-trunk A roads - rural1 6,033 65 107 1,080 450 7,734 18 7,752 17.8
All major roads 21,998 181 353 3,701 2,217 28,449 46 28,495 65.5
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Urban roads1 6,400 59 215 1,054 126 7,855 123 7,978 18.3
Rural roads1 5,193 50 82 1,352 207 6,885 130 7,014 16.1
All minor roads 11,593 109 298 2,406 333 14,740 253 14,992 34.5
All roads
Motorways 4,825 28 55 832 764 6,503 0 6,503 15.0
Urban roads1 10,861 83 319 1,692 344 13,300 145 13,445 30.9
Rural roads1 17,905 180 276 3,584 1,442 23,386 153 23,539 54.1
All roads 33,591 290 650 6,107 2,550 43,189 298 43,488 100.0
Percentage of all vehicles 77.2 0.7 1.5 14.0 5.9 99.3 0.7 100.0

Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics
1. 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.