Scottish Transport Statistics No 33 2014 Edition

Summary Transport Statistics

1. Introduction

1.1 This chapter provides some main points from the statistics on transport in Scotland and summary tables, including longer term trends than are included in individual chapters.

2. The content of this chapter

2.1 The following chapter presents a selection of key facts from some of the topics covered in the main publication, alongside graphical summaries and charts depicting longitudinal trends. These are as follows:

3. Overview of travel in Scotland
4. Motor vehicles, traffic and road casualties
5. Public transport: bus, rail, air and ferry
7. Freight
8. Cross-border transport
9. Environment and emissions

The tables, which appear at the end of the chapter, provide information on long-term trends in Scottish transport, including comparisons between Scotland and Great Britain.

3. Overview of travel in Scotland

544 million public transport journeys were made by bus, rail, air and ferry in 2013-14:

  • 78% of these journeys were by bus,
  • 16% by rail,
  • 4% by air, and
  • 2% by ferry

2/3 of commuters said that they travelled to work by car or van in 2013, 13 per cent walked, 11 per cent went by bus, 4 per cent took a train and 3 per cent cycled.

Over the last five years, car traffic as well as bus and air passenger numbers have fallen, while there has been an increase in distance cycled and rail passenger numbers.
2008-09 2013-14 Change over 1 year Change over 5 years
Car Traffic (m/veh km) on all roads 34,357 33,811 0.1% -2%
Pedal Cycles (m/veh km) on all roads 273 329 6.1% 21%
ScotRail Passengers (millions) 76.4 86.3 3.7% 13%
Bus Passengers (millions) 484 425 0.2% -12%
Air Passengers (millions) 24.3 23.3 4.7% -4%
Ferry Passengers (millions) 10.0 9.7 -0.4% -4%
Source: STS 2014, Table S1 except Traffic estimates from table 5.3. Note pedal cycle estimates are based on small sample sizes, see chapter 1 for more detail.

4. Motor vehicles, traffic and road casualties

4.1 Motor vehicles

Figure 1: Motor vehicles licensed in Scotland

Figure 1: Motor vehicles licensed in Scotland

2.8 million motor vehicles licensed in Scotland in 2013, increasing to its highest ever level. This was 16% higher than in 2003 and up from 0.9 million in 1964.

11% increase in new vehicle registrations in 2013 compared to 2012; 216,000 in 2012, 241,000 in 2013. This was the highest number of new registrations in a single year since 2007 (although still 8% below the peak in 2004). There were fewer vehicles per person in Scotland than in Great Britain (52 compared to 56 per hundred population), as has consistently been the case. The number of vehicles per person was rising steadily in Scotland and GB from 2003 until 2007 and has remained fairly static since.

Households with:

  • more people
  • a higher net income
  • a more rural/remote location

were likely to own more cars.

There were fewer vehicles per person in Scotland than in Great Britain (52 compared to 56 per hundred population), as has consistently been the case. The number of vehicles per person was rising steadily in Scotland and GB from 2003 until 2007 and has remained fairly static since.

4.2 The road network

55,961 kilometres of public road in Scotland in 2013, 6% of which was trunk road; managed centrally by Transport Scotland. The remaining roads are the responsibility of local authorities.

10.5 km of road per 1,000 people in Scotland compared to 6.4 km per 1000 people in GB.

4.3 Road traffic

Figure 2: Traffic in Scotland (vehicle km)

Figure 2: Traffic in Scotland (vehicle km)

43.8 billion vehicle kilometres were travelled on Scotland's roads in 2013– an increase of 0.6% over the year and 4 per cent more than in 2003, but 2 per cent less than the peak in 2007.

Long-term, the volume of car traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) has more than doubled, from an estimated 9,300 million vehicle kilometres in 1975 to between 28,000 and 29,000 million vehicle kilometres for the last ten years. Since 2003, the length of major roads in Scotland has remained at around 3,500 km, increasing slowly but steadily over this period.

9.7% of journeys were perceived to have been delayed due to traffic congestion in 2013, a reduction of 3% since 2006 and the lowest figure on record. This is 4.7% lower than the peak of 14.4% in 2007.

4.4 Road casualties

Figure 3: Reported road casualties of all severities – including fatal, seriously injured and slightly injured

Figure 3: Reported road casualties of all severities – including fatal, seriously injured slightly injured

172 people were killed and 1,672 seriously injured in road accidents in 2013.

The total number of casualties on Scottish roads has fallen by 10% between 2012 and 2013 and are at their lowest level since records began over 50 years ago.

39% fall in road accident injuries seen over the last ten years.

Casualties of all severities from road accidents have been falling for the last ten years, with number of deaths falling in every year apart from 2006 over this period.

Road accident casualties by mode of transport

Serious injury casualties fell in every year in the last ten apart from small rises in 2006, 2008 and 2012, while slight injury casualties fell in every year apart from 2004. 0.4 people were killed or seriously injured per thousand population for both Scotland and Great Britain in 2013.

5. Public transport: bus, rail, air and ferry

5.1 Local bus and rail services

Figure 4: Bus and rail passenger numbers in Scotland

Figure 4: Bus and rail passenger numbers in Scotland

Bus

425 million bus passenger journeys in 2013-14, a slight increase of 0.2% on the previous year. One in three of bus journeys in 2013/14 were made under the National Concessionary Travel scheme.

Bus passenger journeys have generally been falling in the long-term, almost halving between 1960 and 1975 and roughly halving again since then.

Rail

86.3 million ScotRail passenger journeys in 2013-14 - a rise of 3.7% on the previous year.

35% increases in journey numbers over the period of the current ScotRail franchise (2004-05).

Rail patronage has been steadily rising since 1994-95.

PROPORTION OF JOURNEYS BY TICKET TYPE

5.2 Air and ferry passengers

Figure 5: Air and ferry passenger numbers in Scotland

Figure 5: Air and ferry passenger numbers in Scotland

Note: in the above figure, “selected services” refers to those services for which data is available back to 1975 – Caledonian MacBrayne, P&O Scottish Ferries, Northlink Orkney and Shetland Ferries and Orkney Ferries.

Air

23 million air terminal passenger numbers in 2013, up 5% over the year but below the peak in 2007. Over the longer-term, passenger numbers have generally been increasing.

Over the past ten years, the number of air passengers per head of population has been higher for Scotland than for the UK.

The average delay for Glasgow and Edinburgh airports is at a ten-year low

Average airport delays

Ferry

9.7 million passengers travelled by ferry (including traffic within Scotland and to and from Northern Ireland) in 2013 – a slight decrease on the previous year.
3 million vehicles were carried on all ferry routes in 2013 (including traffic between Scotland and Northern Ireland, between Scotland and Europe and within Scotland), a similar figure to the previous year. 

As can be seen above, long-term trends were affected by the reduction in traffic that followed the opening of the Skye Bridge in 1995.

6. Personal travel (e.g. driving, walking and cycling; travel to work and school)

68% of people aged 17 or over had a full driving licence in 2013. The proportion of men aged 17+ holding a licence was higher than women (76% compared to 61%) however, the proportion of women with a license has been slowly increasing over time.

42% of people drove every day in 2013. 3 per cent fewer people reported driving every day in 2013 than five years ago. Car ownership has remained fairly stable over this period, with around 70% of households having access to at least one car.

Figure 6: Main modes of travel to work and school

Figure 6: Main modes of travel to work and school

31% of journeys to work were by public or active travel in 2013, up from 29% in 2003. Public and active travel to work has remained at around 30% since 2003, with cycling retaining a low modal share but showing increases in share of work travel in the cities (67% increase in cycling  to work in Edinburgh over the last 10 years).

71% of people were very or fairly satisfied with public transport in 2013, a similar proportion to 2012 (72%). Satisfaction levels have remained at around 70% for the past ten years.

7. Freight

Note: This analysis is for 2010, which is the latest data available for road freight due to delays to the DfT publication of these estimates – see Chapter 3 for more information

Figure 7: Freight lifted in tonnes

Figure 7: Freight lifted in tonnes

By weight, much more freight is carried by road than by any other mode of transport. When distance is taken into account, more tonne-kilometres of freight are moved by coastwise shipping than any other mode of transport.

After falling between 1960 and 1994-5, rail freight traffic has since increased in most years until 2005, when it began to decline again.

16 million tonnes of freight were lifted by coastwise shipping in 2013 – a fall from 25 million in 2000.

Modal share of freight in tonne-kilometres in 2010

The amount of oil carried in Scottish pipelines rose rapidly to 23 million tonnes in 1977, and has fluctuated since then, levelling out at 28 million tonnes in 1998. Per head of population, the amount of freight lifted by pipeline is significantly greater in Scotland than in Great Britain.

8. Cross-border transport

12.14 million air and ferry passenger journeys were made to other parts of the UK in 2013, an increase of 2.3% since 2012.

10.86 million passenger journeys were made to and from other countries by air in 2013, an increase of 2% since 2012.

9. Environment and emissions

Figure 9: Share of greenhouse gas emissions by mode in 2012

Figure 9: Share of greenhouse gas emissions by mode in 2012

¼ of Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions are accounted for by transport.

8.1% of the UK's transport emissions are accounted for by Scotland.

Newly registered cars are becoming more efficient in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, with average CO2 emissions in Scotland for new car registrations falling by 24% over the last ten years and by 3.6% in the last year.

Change in emissions by key transport mode 2011-2012

Change in emissions by key transport mode 2011-2012

The numbers of ultra-low emission vehicles registered in Scotland have more than doubled between 2011 Q4 and 2014 Q1, albeit from a low base. The biggest increase has been in Plug-in-Grant Eligible cars which now account for half of all Ultra Low Emission Vehicles and almost 90 per cent of newly registered Ultra Low Emission Vehicles in 2013.

Table S1 Summary of Transport in Scotland
SUMMARY
Numbers
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Vehicles Licensed thousands
Private and Light Goods 1 2,104 2,158 2,231 2,259 2,313 2,347 2,362 2,364 2,369 2,395 2,436
All Vehicles 1 2,383 2,448 2,531 2,564 2,627 2,665 2,684 2,685 2,691 2,717 2,759
New Registrations 262 263 251 243 251 215 216 209 202 216 241
Local Bus Services2 millions
Passenger Journeys (boardings)3 478 460 466 476 488 484 459 432 438 424 425
Vehicle Kilometres3 369 359 374 384 389 386 376 346 338 327 330
Passenger Revenue £ million
at latest year's prices3 .. 451 471 530 550 574 561 531 540 560 554
Freight Lifted million tonnes
Road 4, 9 153.4 173.1 165.6 170.0 176.8 157.0 131.9 131.9 .. .. ..
Rail 2 8.32 11.25 14.32 12.96 11.35 10.36 9.69 8.33 9.87 8.43 ..
Coastwise traffic 19.5 20.5 25.5 20.6 22.8 23.3 19.8 18.0 16.3 12.5 11.4
One Port traffic 1.54 1.33 1.76 1.48 1.83 1.75 3.59 1.88 2.42 2.57 2.10
Inland waterway traffic 10.06 9.97 10.19 10.16 10.50 12.19 10.10 10.89 10.70 10.79 10.69
Pipelines 5 27.7 27.6 27.6 27.8 27.5 27.6 27.6 27.6 27.8 28.2 ..
Total 220.5 243.8 245.0 243.0 250.8 232.2 202.7 198.6 .. .. ..
Public Road Lengths kilometres
Trunk (A and M)10 3,485 3,482 3,505 3,518 3,505 3,505 3,520 3,518 3,530 3,561 3,550
Other Major (A and M) 7,418 7,418 7,433 7,424 7,381 7,421 7,421 7,414 7,467 7,473 7,473
Minor Roads 43,657 43,691 43,909 44,026 44,300 44,418 44,591 44,694 44,769 44,873 44,938
All Roads10, 12 54,559 54,590 54,847 54,968 55,186 55,344 55,532 55,626 55,765 55,906 55,961
Road Traffic million vehicle-kilometres
Motorways 11 5,856 6,094 6,151 6,433 6,577 6,683 6,633 6,503 6,570 7,140 7,262
A roads 21,826 22,114 21,904 22,465 22,408 22,127 22,327 21,992 21,996 21,713 21,786
All roads (incl. B, C, uncl.) 42,038 42,705 42,718 44,119 44,666 44,470 44,219 43,488 43,390 43,549 43,840
Reported Road Accident Casualties
Killed 336 308 286 314 281 270 216 208 185 178 172
Killed and Serious 3,293 3,074 2,952 2,949 2,666 2,845 2,503 2,177 2,065 2,158 1,844
All (Killed, Serious, Slight) 18,756 18,502 17,885 17,269 16,239 15,592 15,043 13,338 12,788 12,721 11,498
Passenger Rail 2,6 millions
ScotRail passenger journeys 6 57.5 64.0 69.4 71.6 74.5 76.4 76.9 78.3 81.1 83.3 86.3
ORR data:
Rail journeys in/from Scotland 7 55.9 61.3 66.7 69.8 72.7 76.3 76.5 79.4 83.3 85.8 ..
Passenger receipts (£2012 mill) 278.1 294.6 295.5 304.4 346.5 347.9 382.2 396.1 405.9 421.8 ..
Air Transport thousands
Terminal Passengers 21,084 22,555 23,795 24,437 25,132 24,348 22,496 20,907 22,065 22,207 23,250
Transport Movements 367.3 385.6 408.8 420.6 428.2 417.1 382.7 354.4 366.3 372.1 376.4
thousand tonnes
Freight 80.8 81.0 79.4 83.3 66.1 50.2 50.9 47.5 45.2 52.2 54.2
Ferries 8 thousands
Passengers 10,671 10,837 10,573 10,589 10,721 10,014 10,219 9,990 9,631 9,698 9,662
Vehicles 2,955 3,077 3,026 3,113 3,244 3,056 3,128 3,063 3,051 3,057 2,951
of which on routes within Scotland
Passengers 8,034 8,293 8,327 8,453 8,516 8,001 8,272 8,016 7,773 7,888 7,831
Vehicles 2,388 2,476 2,503 2,610 2,713 2,569 2,648 2,554 2,551 2,628 2,577

1 DfT has revised the figures for the light goods and goods body types back to 2001. DfT does not have the underlying data to revise earlier years' figures.

2 Financial years

3 The DfT have revised figures from 2004/05 onwards as a result of methodological improvements. Figures prior to this period are not directly comparable. See Chapter 2 for more detail. Figures from 2006 include Government support for buses which is not available for the two previous years.

4 Freight lifted in Scotland by UK-registered hauliers, regardless of whether the destination is in Scotland, elsewhere in the UK or outwith the UK. The figures for 2004 onwards are not compatible with those for earlier years due to changes in methodology and processing system for the survey.

5 The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines over 50km in length. 2012 figures are provisional.

6 ScotRail introduced a new methodology which better estimates Strathclyde Zonecard journeys from 2009/10. Figures from 2003/04 onwards present the impact of this on previously reported data to provide a more meaningful year on year comparison. Note that this has no impact on actual journeys undertaken.

7 The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) produce total passenger figures. These are not adjusted to reflect ScotRail's revised methdology and are therefore not comparable with ScotRail figures. There is a series break between 2007-08 and 2008-09 due to a change in the methodology. From 2008-09 estimates of PTE travel (zone cards) are included.Services to Europe, Northern Ireland and within Scotland (Previous versions of STS only included services where data is available back to 1975, this can still be found in Table H1).

9 Domestic freight estimates for 2006 to 2009 were revised on 27 October 2011. Data for later years has not been published by DfT.

10 Totals have been revised in 2012 to include slip roads on Trunk A roads which had previously excluded. See Road Network chapter for more information. Data for 2012 were extracted from the database on 10 October 2013.

11 Changes in the layout of the M74/M77/M8 during 2012 are likely to have affected the traffic data for motorways.

Table S2 Summary of Transport in Scotland - index numbers
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Vehicles Licensed Index 2003=100
Private and Light Goods 1 100.0 102.6 106.1 107.4 110.0 111.6 112.3 112.4 112.6 113.8 115.8
All Vehicles 1 100.0 102.7 106.2 107.6 110.2 111.8 112.6 112.7 112.9 114.0 115.8
New Registrations 100.0 100.2 95.7 92.6 95.6 81.9 82.3 79.5 77.1 82.5 92.0
Local Bus Services 2
Passenger Journeys (boardings) 3 100.0 101.3 103.5 106.1 105.2 99.8 93.9 95.2 92.2 92.4
Vehicle Kilometres 3 100.0 104.2 107.0 108.4 107.5 104.7 96.4 94.2 91.1 91.9
Passenger Revenue
at latest year's prices( 2006=100) 3 100.0 103.6 108.3 105.8 100.2 101.8 105.6 104.5
Freight Lifted
Road 4, 9 100.0 112.8 108.0 110.8 115.3 102.4 86.0 86.0 .. .. ..
Rail 2 100.0 135.2 172.1 155.8 136.4 124.5 116.5 100.1 118.7 101.3 ..
Coastwise traffic 100.0 105.0 130.9 105.5 116.8 119.3 101.7 92.0 83.7 64.3 58.4
One Port traffic 100.0 86.4 114.3 96.1 118.8 113.6 233.1 122.1 157.1 166.9 136.4
Inland waterway traffic 100.0 99.1 101.3 101.0 104.4 121.2 100.4 108.3 106.4 107.3 106.3
Pipelines 5 100.0 99.8 99.6 100.4 99.3 99.6 99.6 99.6 100.4 101.8 ..
Total 100.0 110.5 111.1 110.2 113.7 105.3 91.9 90.0 .. .. ..
Public Road Lengths
Trunk (A and M) 100.0 99.9 100.6 100.9 100.6 100.6 101.0 100.9 101.3 102.2 101.9
Other Major (A and M) 100.0 100.0 100.2 100.1 99.5 100.0 100.0 99.9 100.7 100.7 100.7
Minor Roads 100.0 100.1 100.6 100.8 101.5 101.7 102.1 102.4 102.5 102.8 102.9
All Roads 12 100.0 100.1 100.5 100.7 101.1 101.4 101.8 102.0 102.2 102.5 102.6
Road Traffic
Motorways 100.0 104.1 105.0 109.9 112.3 114.1 113.3 111.0 112.2 121.9 124.0
A roads 100.0 101.3 100.4 102.9 102.7 101.4 102.3 100.8 100.8 99.5 99.8
All roads (incl. B, C, uncl.) 100.0 101.6 101.6 105.0 106.3 105.8 105.2 103.4 103.2 103.6 104.3
Reported Road Accident Casualties 10
Killed 100.0 91.7 85.1 93.5 83.6 80.4 64.3 61.9 55.1 53.0 51.2
Killed and Serious 100.0 93.3 89.6 89.6 81.0 86.4 76.0 66.1 62.7 65.5 56.0
All (Killed, Serious, Slight) 100.0 98.6 95.4 92.1 86.6 83.1 80.2 71.1 68.2 67.8 61.3
Passenger Rail 2,6
ScotRail passenger journeys 6 100.0 111.4 120.9 124.6 129.6 133.0 133.9 136.3 141.2 144.9 150.3
Rail journeys in/from Scotland 7 100.0 109.6 119.4 124.9 130.1 136.4 136.8 142.1 149.1 153.4 ..
Passenger receipts (£2012 mill) 100.0 105.9 106.3 109.5 124.6 125.1 137.4 142.4 146.0 151.7 ..
Air Transport
Terminal Passengers 100.0 107.0 112.9 115.9 119.2 115.5 106.7 99.2 104.7 105.3 110.3
Transport Movements 100.0 105.0 111.3 114.5 116.6 113.5 104.2 96.5 99.7 101.3 102.5
Freight 100.0 100.2 98.3 103.1 81.8 62.2 63.0 58.8 55.9 64.6 67.1
Ferries 8
Passengers 100.0 101.6 99.1 99.2 100.5 93.8 95.8 93.6 90.3 90.9 90.5
Vehicles 100.0 104.1 102.4 105.4 109.8 103.4 105.8 103.6 103.2 103.5 99.9
of which on routes within Scotland
Passengers 100.0 103.2 103.7 105.2 106.0 99.6 103.0 99.8 96.8 98.2 97.5
Vehicles 100.0 103.7 104.8 109.3 113.6 107.6 110.9 106.9 106.8 110.1 107.9

1 DfT has revised the figures for the light goods and goods body types back to 2001. DfT does not have the underlying data to revise earlier years' figures.

2 Financial years

3 The DfT have revised figures from 2004/05 onwards as a result of methodological improvements. Figures prior to this period are not directly comparable.

See Chapter 2 of Scottish Transport Statistics for more detail. Figures from 2006 include Government support for buses which is not available for the two previous years.

4 Freight lifted in Scotland by UK-registered hauliers, regardless of whether the destination is in Scotland, elsewhere in the UK or outwith the UK. The figures for 2004 onwards are not compatible with those for earlier years due to changes in methodology and processing system for the survey.

5 The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines over 50km in length. 2012 figures are provisional.

6 ScotRail introduced a new methodology which better estimates Strathclyde Zonecard journeys from 2009/10. Figures from 2003/04 onwards present the impact of this on previously reported data to provide a more meaningful year on year comparison. Note that this has no impact on actual journeys undertaken.

7 The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) produce total passenger figures. These are not adjusted to reflect ScotRail's revised methdology and are therefore not comparable with ScotRail figures.

8 Services to Europe, Northern Ireland and within Scotland (Previous versions of STS only included services where data is availabla back to 1975, this can still be found in Table H1).

9 Domestic freight estimates for 2006 to 2009 were revised on 27 October 2011. Data for later years has not been published by DfT.

10 Figures for 2012 are provisional.

Table S3 Summary of Scottish Household Survey results 1
SUMMARY
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
column percentages
Modal share of all journeys 3
Walking 15.6 15.3 13.5 13.6 22.0 22.2 21.8 22.0 22.1 26.0 23.3
Driver car/van 53.7 52.7 54.6 54.5 50.2 49.8 51.0 51.1 49.9 48.3 50.0
Passenger car/van 16.2 15.8 15.4 15.4 13.4 13.8 13.3 14.3 13.1 12.7 13.6
Bicycle 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.3 1.2 1.0
Bus 9.7 10.3 10.4 11.2 9.3 9.1 8.6 8.7 9.1 8.1 8.5
Taxi/minicab 1.6 1.9 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.6
Rail 1.3 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.4 2.0 1.8 1.7
Other 1.1 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.3
Sample size (=100%) 26,790 27,122 24,658 25,215 20,519 20,449 18,679 16,296 17,593 19,739 20,183
Place of work
Works from home 9.1 9.0 11.1 10.7 11.2 10.0 11.4 10.1 10.6 13.2 13.3
Does not work from home 90.9 91.0 88.9 89.3 88.8 90.0 88.6 89.9 89.4 86.8 86.7
Sample size (=100%) 6,681 7,058 6,841 6,845 5,888 6,092 6,103 5,862 6,189 4,734 4,848
Travel to work 2
Walking 12.6 12.7 12.7 13.8 11.9 12.5 12.3 13.4 12.9 13.6 12.9
Car or Van 68.5 67.0 67.4 66.8 68.0 66.0 67.0 67.3 66.6 67.3 66.2
Driver 59.8 58.9 59.8 59.8 61.3 59.9 60.7 61.0 59.1 61.4 60.6
Passenger 8.7 8.1 7.5 7.0 6.7 6.1 6.4 6.3 7.5 6.0 5.6
Bicycle 1.8 1.9 1.6 2.0 1.7 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.5
Bus 11.6 12.7 12.1 11.8 12.7 12.1 12.1 10.8 12.0 10.1 11.3
Rail, including underground 2.9 3.5 3.9 3.6 3.5 4.3 3.9 3.6 3.9 4.3 4.0
Other 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.6 3.1
Sample size (=100%) 6,033 6,359 6,044 6,068 5,175 5,437 5,371 5,221 5,508 4,103 4,157
% Public and Active Travel (National Indicator 48) 28.9 30.7 30.4 31.2 29.7 31.2 30.7 30.1 30.8 30.1 30.7
Travel to school
Walking 52.4 51.2 52.5 51.1 52.8 48.8 50.0 49.7 50.6 51.4 51.7
Car or Van 21.7 21.6 21.0 21.7 21.9 23.6 24.4 23.0 23.4 24.1 24.4
Bicycle 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.4 0.8 1.2
Bus (school or service) 22.4 23.6 23.6 23.7 21.9 23.9 22.0 23.9 21.7 21.1 19.9
School bus 16.9 16.9 16.5 17.0 14.8 16.5 16.0 16.1 15.1 14.9 14.5
Service bus 5.5 6.7 7.1 6.7 7.1 7.3 5.9 7.8 6.6 6.2 5.4
Rail, including underground 0.5 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.6
Other 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.7 2.2 2.2 2.2
Sample size (=100%) 3,250 3,347 3,272 3,240 2,517 2,750 2,881 2,676 2,715 1,923 1,975
Household access to car4/bike
No car 32.7 33.8 31.7 32.0 30.3 30.2 30.7 30.3 30.1 31.0 30.2
One car 44.5 43.0 44.5 43.7 44.3 43.9 43.7 44.0 44.5 43.0 44.0
Two Cars 19.8 19.9 20.5 20.5 21.4 21.9 21.5 21.6 21.0 21.3 21.3
Three or more cars 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.7 4.6
One or more cars 67.3 66.3 68.3 68.0 69.7 69.8 69.3 69.7 69.9 69.0 69.8
Two or more cars 22.8 23.3 23.8 24.4 25.3 25.8 25.6 25.7 25.4 26.0 25.8
1+ Bicycles which can be used by adults 34.4 35.0 35.0 35.3 36.9 36.8 35.5 34.3 35.1 35.0 34.3
Sample size 14,880 15,942 15,392 15,616 13,414 13,821 14,190 14,214 14,358 10,644 10,652
Driving (aged 17+)
Those with a full driving licence
Male 76.5 75.8 75.7 75.5 75.8 76.0 76.2 75.6 75.6 75.6 76.0
Female 56.0 56.9 56.4 58.0 59.2 59.9 60.6 60.2 59.8 61.6 61.4
All 65.8 65.8 65.6 66.4 67.0 67.6 68.0 67.6 67.3 68.3 68.4
Frequency of driving
Every day 43.3 41.4 41.8 40.9 45.2 44.9 43.4 41.4 40.7 42.0 41.9
At least three times a week 10.2 11.2 11.2 11.6 10.0 10.4 11.9 12.8 13.3 13.1 13.3
Once or twice a week 5.5 5.7 5.8 6.7 5.1 5.6 5.6 6.0 6.2 6.0 5.6
At least 2-3 times a month 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.0
At least once a month 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5
Less than once a month 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6
Holds full licence, never drives 4.1 4.5 4.1 4.4 3.5 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.5 4.5
Does not have a full driving licence 34.2 34.2 34.4 33.6 33.0 32.4 32.0 32.4 32.7 31.7 31.6
Sample size (=100%) 13,850 14,660 13,968 14,075 12,152 12,263 12,447 12,361 12,801 9,828 9,838
Percentage of car / van stages delayed by traffic congestion
National Indicator 4 10.8 11.9 11.6 12.7 14.4 13.1 11.0 10.5 11.2 9.9 9.7
Sample size (=100%) 10,817 14,463 13,780 14,011 9,264 9,324 8,679 7,580 8,314 9,827 10,197
Frequency of use of local bus/train service (aged 16+)
  Bus service
Every day or almost every day 10.5 11.1 11.9 12.0 12.3 12.6 11.3 11.0 11.1 9.3 11.3
2 or 3 times per week 11.5 11.2 11.6 11.7 11.7 12.2 11.8 11.7 12.5 11.0 11.4
About once a week 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.9 7.7 7.8 8.4 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.8
Once or twice a month 10.6 10.6 12.1 12.2 13.9 13.9 14.1 13.5 14.2 13.7 14.1
Not used in the past month 59.7 59.5 56.7 56.2 54.4 53.6 54.5 56.1 54.3 58.2 55.4
Train service
Every day or almost every day 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.5 2.2
2 or 3 times per week 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.5
About once a week 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.7 3.5 3.7 4.2 4.0
Once or twice a month 11.4 12.3 14.3 13.7 16.3 16.4 15.9 17.3 17.9 19.1 19.5
Not used in the past month 83.1 81.6 79.5 79.8 76.6 76.1 76.2 75.5 74.2 71.8 71.8
Sample size (=100%) 13,960 14,774 14,063 14,183 12,118 12,298 12,517 12,422 12,888 9,893 9,918

1. The apparent year-to-year fluctuations in some of the figures may be due to sampling variability.

2. Employed adults (aged 16+) not working from home

3. The Travel diary methodology changed in 2007 and in 2012 creating a break in the time series.

4. From 2012 Q4 the question was changed to ask about access to cars / vans instead of just cars.

Table S4 Summary of cross-border transport
SUMMARY
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Passenger journeys millions
to / from other parts of UK
Rail 5.01 4.88 5.20 5.58 5.81 6.13 6.64 7.33 7.59 7.74 ..
Air 1 12.38 12.88 13.16 12.96 12.87 12.07 10.89 9.83 10.12 10.05 10.30
Ferry 2 2.43 2.34 2.05 2.02 2.09 1.94 1.92 1.92 1.86 1.81 1.83
Total these modes 19.82 20.09 20.41 20.55 20.77 20.13 19.45 19.08 19.57 19.60 ..
to / from other countries
Air 3 7.13 8.12 8.97 9.67 10.35 10.35 9.74 9.27 10.06 10.21 10.86
Ferry 4 0.21 0.21 0.19 0.12 0.11 0.08 0.03 0.05 0 0 0
Total these modes 7.34 8.33 9.17 9.79 10.47 10.43 9.77 9.32 10.06 10.21 10.86
Total cross-border passengers
Rail 5.01 4.88 5.20 5.58 5.81 6.13 6.64 7.33 7.59 7.74 ..
Air 19.52 21.00 22.14 22.63 23.23 22.42 20.63 19.10 20.18 20.26 21.16
Ferry 2.64 2.54 2.25 2.14 2.21 2.01 1.95 1.97 1.86 1.81 1.83
Total these modes 27.16 28.42 29.58 30.34 31.24 30.56 29.22 28.41 29.63 29.82 ..
Freight 10 millions of tonnes lifted
to other parts of UK
Road 5, 9 14.8 14.3 12.5 14.2 16.4 12.3 12.6 14.8 .. .. ..
Rail 4.1 6.4 9.0 7.1 4.6 3.8 3.3 3.1 4.5 2.9 ..
Water 17.6 18.7 22.5 17.9 19.7 21.0 17.6 16.6 16.6 8.8 10.7
Total these modes 36.5 39.4 44.0 39.3 40.6 37.1 33.4 34.5 .. .. ..
from other parts of UK
Road 5, 9 20.9 17.6 17.4 18.9 21.9 17.7 16.0 17.9 .. .. ..
Rail 1.0 0.9 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.3 1.6 3.3 1.7 ..
Water Total these modes 4.6 5.4 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.9 5.5 4.9 2.1 4.8
26.6 23.9 25.3 26.6 29.4 24.8 22.1 25.0 .. .. ..
Total to / from other parts of UK
Road 5, 9 35.7 31.9 29.9 33.1 38.3 30.0 28.6 32.7 .. .. ..
Rail 5.2 7.3 11.1 9.2 6.6 5.9 4.5 4.7 7.8 4.6 ..
Water 22.2 24.0 28.4 23.6 25.2 26.1 22.4 22.1 21.6 10.8 15.5
Total these modes 63.0 63.2 69.3 65.9 70.0 61.9 55.6 59.5 .. .. ..
to other countries
Road 5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 .. .. ..
Rail 6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 ..
Water 7 58.9 54.5 45.0 44.0 45.6 42.4 38.3 39.9 33.4 32.1 31.6
Total these modes 59.9 55.5 45.9 44.9 46.7 43.3 39.2 40.7 .. .. ..
from other countries
Road 5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 .. .. ..
Rail 8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 ..
Water 7 9.5 15.0 17.0 17.9 14.6 16.1 13.5 13.2 14.2 16.3 16.5
Total these modes 10.2 15.8 17.8 18.6 15.3 16.9 14.2 13.8 .. .. ..
Total to / from other countries
Road 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 .. .. ..
Rail 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 ..
Water 68.4 69.4 62.0 61.9 60.2 58.5 51.9 53.1 47.6 48.3 48.1
Total 70.2 71.3 63.7 63.5 62.0 60.2 53.3 54.4 .. .. ..
Total cross-border freight
Road 36.5 32.7 30.6 33.7 39.2 30.8 29.3 33.3 .. .. ..
Rail 6.1 8.3 12.1 10.2 7.5 6.7 5.3 5.5 8.6 5.4 ..
Water 90.6 93.5 90.4 85.5 85.4 84.6 74.3 75.2 69.2 59.1 63.6
Total these modes 133.2 134.5 133.0 129.3 132.0 122.1 108.9 114.0 .. .. ..

1 England, Wales or Northern Ireland - for the purposes of this table, UK offshore is not counted as another part of the UK.

2 Scotland / Northern Ireland ferries

3 Figures for 1999 and earlier years are available on the website. They are approximate as they include an element of estimation.

4 The Rosyth / Zeebrugge service started in May 2002, there was a drop in the frequency of service from November 2005 and the passenger service ceased in December 2010. Figures for services between Lerwick and other countries are available from 1998.

5 Freight lifted by UK HGVs only - does not include freight carried by other HGVs or by other types of vehicle (such as light goods vehicles). The figures for 2004 onwards are not directly comparable with earlier years, due to changes to the survey's methodology & processing.

6 The Rail figures for "outwith UK" include freight taken to Scottish, English or Welsh ports for export.

7 Figures relate only to exports/imports from major ports only. Note these have increased over the years.

8 The Rail figures for "outwith UK" include freight imported at an English or Welsh port, then brought into Scotland by rail.

9 Domestic freight estimates for 2006 to 2009 were revised on 27 October 2011. There have been delays to DfTs publication of freight data, the latest available figures are included here.

Table SGB1 Comparisons of Scotland and Great Britain (or the UK)
SUMMARY
Numbers
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Vehicles Licensed (all vehicles) thousand
Scotland 2,383 2,448 2,531 2,564 2,627 2,665 2,684 2,685 2,691 2,717 2,759
GB 31,207 32,259 32,897 33,070 33,651 33,883 33,958 34,120 34,229 34,522 35,034
Households with a Car 1 (National Travel Survey) percent
Scotland 69 .. 69 .. 70 .. 70 .. 70 .. ..
GB 74 .. 75 .. 75 .. 75 .. 72 .. ..
Public Road Lengths (all roads) thousand kilometres
Scotland 54.6 54.6 54.8 55.0 55.2 55.3 55.5 55.6 55.8 55.9 56.0
GB 392.3 387.7 388.0 398.4 398.9 394.5 394.4 394.3 394.3 394.9 395.5
Road Traffic billion vehicle kilometres
Motorway
Scotland 5.86 6.09 6.15 6.43 6.58 6.68 6.63 6.50 6.57 7.14 7.26
GB 93.0 96.6 97.0 99.5 100.6 100.1 99.5 98.2 99.5 100.4 101.9
A roads
Scotland 21.8 22.1 21.9 22.5 22.4 22.1 22.3 22.0 22.0 21.7 21.8
GB 3 221.0 224.1 223.1 226.1 224.9 222.8 222.4 219.5 220.4 218.5 218.6
All roads (incl. B, C, unclassified)
Scotland 42.0 42.7 42.7 44.1 44.7 44.5 44.2 43.5 43.4 43.5 43.8
GB 3 486.7 493.9 493.9 501.1 505.4 500.6 495.8 487.9 488.9 487.1 488.8
Reported Road Accident Casualties: Killed or Seriously Injured thousand
Scotland 12 3.29 3.07 2.95 2.95 2.67 2.85 2.50 2.18 2.07 2.16 1.84
GB 37.2 34.4 32.2 31.8 30.7 28.6 26.9 24.5 25.0 24.8 23.4
Local bus passenger journeys 2, 4 million
Scotland 478 460 466 476 488 484 459 432 438 424 425
GB 4,681 4,631 4,721 4,914 5,164 5,270 5,212 5,190 5,217 5,129 5,233
Rail passenger journeys 4, 5, 6 million
Scotland 55.9 61.3 66.7 69.8 72.7 76.3 76.5 79.4 83.3 85.8 ..
GB 10 791 808 827 984 1,018 1,074 1,065 1,160 1,230 1,269 ..
Air terminal passengers
Scotland 21.1 22.6 23.8 24.4 25.1 24.3 22.5 20.9 22.1 22.2 23.3
UK 200.0 215.7 228.2 235.2 240.7 235.4 218.1 210.7 219.3 220.6 228.4
Freight Lifted million tonnes
Road 8, 9
Scotland 153 173 166 170 177 157 132 132 .. .. ..
GB 1,643 1,744 1,746 1,776 1,822 1,668 1,356 1,489 .. .. ..
Rail 4
Scotland 8.32 11.25 14.32 12.96 11.35 10.36 9.69 8.33 9.87 8.43 ..
GB 89 100 105 108 102 103 87 90 102 113 ..
Coastwise traffic
Scotland 19.5 20.5 25.5 20.6 22.8 23.3 19.8 18.0 16.3 12.5 11.4
UK 56.5 59.8 65.1 56.7 57.6 58.1 54.6 50.5 49.3 42.8 37.9
Pipelines 7
Scotland 27.7 27.6 27.6 27.8 27.5 27.6 27.6 27.6 27.8 28.2 ..
GB 54.9 56.1 55.4 54.5 53.1 53.3 53.6 53.5 53.7 54.3 ..
Travel to Work (Autumn: Labour Force Survey) percent
Car (or van, minibus, works van)
Scotland 70 69 68 69 69 69 70 71 68 68 68
GB 71 71 71 70 69 70 70 70 68 69 68
Public transport (bus, rail, underground)
Scotland 15 15 16 17 16 17 15 14 16 16 16
GB 14 14 14 15 16 15 15 15 16 16 16

1 Figures are for combined years e.g. 2011 covers 2011/12.

2 DfT revised its methodlogy from 2004, causing a break in the series.

3 The GB figures relate to motor vehicle traffic only, and therefore exclude a small amount of pedal cycle traffic.

4 Financial years

5 Total passenger figures are produced by the ORR and have not been adjusted to reflect ScotRail's revised zonecard methdology.

6 Figures are based on the origin and destination of trips and do not count stages of these trips separately.

7 The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines over 50km in length. 2012 figures are provisional.

8 These figures are for freight lifted by Heavy Goods Vehicles. The GB figures are for freight transported within GB; the Scottish figures include small amounts of freight destined for Northern Ireland and outside the UK.

9 Domestic freight estimates for 2006 to 2009 were revised on 27 October 2011. Later years have yet to be published by DfT.

10 Figs for 2008-09 onwards have been revised due to an error in the LENNON calculation of journeys between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Table SGB2 Comparisons of Scotland and Great Britain (or UK) - index numbers
Summary
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Vehicles Licensed (all vehicles) Index 2003=100
Scotland 100.0 102.7 106.2 107.6 110.2 111.8 112.6 112.7 112.9 114.0 115.8
GB 100.0 103.4 105.4 106.0 107.8 108.6 108.8 109.3 109.7 110.6 112.3
Public Road Lengths (all roads)
Scotland 100.0 100.1 100.5 100.7 101.1 101.4 101.8 102.0 102.2 102.5 102.6
GB 1 100.0 98.8 98.9 101.6 101.7 100.6 100.5 100.5 100.5 100.7 100.8
Road Traffic
Motorway
Scotland 100.0 104.1 105.0 109.9 112.3 114.1 113.3 111.0 112.2 121.9 124.0
GB 100.0 103.9 104.3 107.0 108.2 107.6 107.0 105.6 107.0 108.0 109.6
A roads
Scotland 100.0 101.3 100.4 102.9 102.7 101.4 102.3 100.8 100.8 99.5 99.8
GB 2 100.0 101.4 101.0 102.3 101.8 100.8 100.6 99.3 99.7 98.9 98.9
All roads (incl. B, C, unclassified)
Scotland 100.0 101.6 101.6 105.0 106.3 105.8 105.2 103.4 103.2 103.6 104.3
GB 2 100.0 101.5 101.5 103.0 103.8 102.9 101.9 100.2 100.5 100.1 100.4
Reported Road Accident Casualties Killed or Seriously Injured
Scotland 100.0 93.3 89.6 89.6 81.0 86.4 76.0 66.1 62.7 65.5 56.0
GB 100.0 92.3 86.4 85.6 82.5 76.8 72.3 65.9 67.2 66.6 62.8
Local bus passenger journeys 1, 3
Scotland 100.0 101.3 103.5 106.1 105.2 99.8 93.9 95.2 92.2 92.4
GB 100.0 101.9 106.1 111.5 113.8 112.5 112.1 112.7 110.8 113.0
Rail passenger journeys 3,4,5
Scotland 100.0 109.6 119.4 124.9 130.1 136.4 136.8 142.1 149.1 153.4 ..
GB 100.0 102.2 104.5 124.3 128.6 135.7 134.6 146.6 155.4 160.4 ..
Air terminal passengers
Scotland 100.0 107.0 112.9 115.9 119.2 115.5 106.7 99.2 104.7 105.3 110.3
UK 100.0 107.9 114.1 117.6 120.4 117.7 109.1 105.3 109.6 110.3 114.2
Freight Lifted
Road 6, 8
Scotland 100.0 112.8 108.0 110.8 115.3 102.4 86.0 86.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GB 100.0 106.1 106.3 108.1 110.9 101.5 82.5 90.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rail 3
Scotland 100.0 135.2 172.1 155.8 136.4 124.5 116.5 100.1 118.7 101.3 ..
GB 100.0 112.6 118.4 121.9 115.2 115.5 98.1 101.1 114.4 127.2 ..
Coastwise traffic
Scotland 100.0 105.0 130.9 105.5 116.8 119.3 101.7 92.0 83.7 64.3 58.4
UK 100.0 105.9 115.3 100.4 102.0 103.0 96.7 89.4 87.3 75.9 67.2
Pipelines 7
Scotland 100.0 99.8 99.6 100.4 99.3 99.6 99.6 99.6 100.4 101.8 ..
GB 100.0 102.2 100.9 99.3 96.7 97.1 97.6 97.5 97.8 98.9 ..

1 DfT revised its methodology from 2004, causing a break in the series.

2 The GB figures relate to motor vehicle traffic only, and therefore exclude a small amount of pedal cycle traffic.

3 Financial years

4 Total passenger figures are produced by the ORR and have not been adjusted to reflect ScotRail's revised zonecard methdology.

5 Figures are based on the origin and destination of trips and do not count stages of these trips separately.

6 These figures are for freight lifted by Heavy Goods Vehicles. The GB figures are for freight transported within GB; the Scott figures include small amounts of freight destined for Northern Ireland and outside the UK.

7 The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines of length 50+ km. Pipeline figures for 2012 are provisional.

8 Domestic freight estimates for 2006 to 2009 were revised on 27 October 2011

Table SGB3 Comparisons of Scotland and Great Britain (or UK) - relative to the population
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Vehicles Licensed (all vehicles) per 100 population
Scotland 47 48 50 50 51 51 51 51 51 51 52
GB 54 55 56 56 57 56 56 56 56 56 56
Public Road Lengths (all roads) kilometres per 1,000 population
Scotland 10.8 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.5 10.5 10.5
GB 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.4
Road Traffic vehicle kilometres per head
Motorway
Scotland 1,155 1,199 1,204 1,253 1,272 1,284 1,268 1,236 1,240 1,344 1,363
GB 1,605 1,659 1,653 1,684 1,689 1,667 1,646 1,611 1,619 1,622 1,636
A Roads
Scotland 4,306 4,349 4,286 4,376 4,334 4,253 4,267 4,179 4,150 4,086 4,089
GB 1 3,815 3,848 3,802 3,827 3,776 3,711 3,678 3,601 3,585 3,531 3,510
All roads (incl. B, C and unclassified)
Scotland 8,294 8,399 8,359 8,595 8,639 8,547 8,452 8,264 8,187 8,196 8,229
GB 1 8,401 8,481 8,416 8,481 8,486 8,337 8,199 8,004 7,953 7,872 7,849
Road Accident Casualties Killed or Seriously Injured per 1,000 population
Scotland 0.65 0.60 0.58 0.57 0.52 0.55 0.48 0.41 0.39 0.41 0.35
GB 0.64 0.59 0.55 0.54 0.52 0.48 0.45 0.40 0.41 0.40 0.38
Local bus passenger journeys 2,3 per head
Scotland 94 90 91 93 94 93 88 82 83 80 80
GB 81 80 80 83 87 88 86 85 85 83 84
Rail passenger journeys 3,4 per head
Scotland 11.0 12.0 13.1 13.6 14.1 14.7 14.6 15.1 15.7 16.1 ..
GB 13.7 13.9 14.1 16.7 17.1 17.9 17.6 19.0 20.0 20.5 ..
Air terminal passengers per head
Scotland 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.4
UK 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6
Freight Lifted tonnes per head
Road
Scotland 30.3 34.0 32.4 33.1 34.2 30.2 25.2 25.1 .. .. ..
GB 28.4 29.9 29.8 30.1 30.6 27.8 22.4 24.4 .. .. ..
Rail 3
Scotland 1.6 2.2 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.6 ..
GB 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 ..
Coastwise traffic
Scotland 3.8 4.0 5.0 4.0 4.4 4.5 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.4 2.1
UK 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6
Pipelines 5
Scotland 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 ..
GB 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 ..

1 The GB figures relate to motor vehicle traffic only, and therefore exclude a small amount of pedal cycle traffic.

2 Bus patronage figures are provisional and should be treated with caution. See note 1 of Table S1.

3 Financial Year

4 Rail patronage trend presented here does not incorporate Scotrail's revised methodology. See notes to Table S1.

5 Pipeline figures for 2012 are provisional.

Table H1 Summary of passenger traffic
Summary
Year 1 Car Bus Rail Air Ferry Ferry Car Bus Rail Air Ferry
vehicle kilometres on major roads (M and A) passenger journeys on local services 2 passenger journeys originating in Scotland 3 terminal passengers at airports passengers on routes within Scotland and to NI and Europe 5 passengers on selected ferry services 4 Selected services 4
million Index, 1985 = 100
1960 .. 1,664 64.9 1.20 .. .. 242 114 17 ..
1961 .. 1,633 63.4 1.41 .. .. 238 111 20 ..
1962 .. 1,579 72.3 1.59 .. .. 230 127 23 ..
1963 .. 1,561 71.7 1.82 .. .. 227 126 26 ..
1964 .. 1,506 73.0 2.07 .. .. 219 128 30 ..
1965 .. 1,417 71.0 2.29 .. .. 206 124 33 ..
1966 .. 1,344 65.8 2.56 .. .. 196 115 37 ..
1967 .. 1,297 65.9 2.76 .. .. 189 115 40 ..
1968 .. 1,220 67.0 2.69 .. .. 178 117 39 ..
1969 .. 1,169 68.4 2.91 .. .. 170 120 42 ..
1970 .. 1,057 70.7 3.10 .. .. 154 124 45 ..
1971 .. 1,019 66.5 3.20 .. .. 148 116 46 ..
1972 .. 998 61.2 3.64 .. .. 145 107 52 ..
1973 .. 975 60.5 4.07 4.82 .. 142 106 59 103
1974 .. 896 69.1 4.00 4.96 .. 131 121 58 106
1975 9,318 891 66.2 4.18 5.28 68 130 116 60 113
1976 9,438 881 60.1 4.78 5.17 69 128 105 69 111
1977 9,622 824 56.8 4.85 4.82 71 120 99 70 103
1978 9,749 794 59.7 5.90 4.64 72 116 105 85 99
1979 9,643 786 57.6 6.33 4.56 71 114 101 91 98
1980 10,262 763 61.5 6.37 4.48 75 111 108 92 96
1981 10,418 716 57.8 6.50 4.27 77 104 101 94 91
1982 10,733 694 49.5 6.37 4.19 79 101 87 92 90
1983 11,043 680 55.7 6.48 4.51 81 99 98 93 97
1984 12,794 669 51.3 6.99 4.67 94 97 90 101 100
1985 13,606 687 57.1 6.94 4.67 100 100 100 100 100
1986 14,012 660 53.1 7.24 4.85 103 96 93 104 104
1987 14,881 662 54.1 7.81 5.35 109 96 95 112 115
1988 15,946 662 54.0 8.51 5.66 117 96 95 123 121
1989 17,027 628 51.8 9.23 6.18 125 91 91 133 132
1990 17,476 600 52.8 9.86 6.54 128 87 92 142 140
1991 17,553 585 54.5 9.57 6.80 129 85 95 138 146
1992 18,068 545 59.3 10.38 9.16 6.63 133 79 104 150 142
1993 18,211 538 59.1 11.12 9.53 6.63 134 78 104 160 142
1994 18,683 526 54.4 11.79 9.64 6.65 137 77 95 170 142
1995 19,226 506 48.9 12.31 10.49 6.86 141 74 86 177 147
1996 19,888 478 49.8 13.21 9.33 5.59 146 70 87 190 120
1997 20,266 448 53.1 14.39 9.92 5.63 149 65 93 207 121
1998 20,456 424 55.1 15.19 9.64 5.33 150 62 96 219 114
1999 20,700 455 57.6 15.94 9.96 5.33 152 66 101 230 114
2000 20,566 458 57.3 16.79 9.80 5.29 151 67 100 242 113
2001 20,977 466 53.0 18.08 9.79 5.30 154 68 93 260 114
2002 21,760 471 52.4 19.78 9.97 5.33 160 69 92 285 114
2003 21,922 478 55.9 21.08 10.67 5.71 161 70 98 304 122
2004 22,308 460 61.3 22.55 10.84 5.92 164 67 107 325 127
2005 22,060 466 66.7 23.80 10.57 5.97 162 68 117 343 128
2006 22,610 476 69.8 24.44 10.59 5.40 166 69 122 352 116
2007 22,392 488 72.7 25.13 10.72 5.40 165 71 127 362 116
2008 22,221 484 76.3 24.35 10.01 5.15 163 70 134 351 110
2009 22,496 459 76.5 22.50 10.22 5.40 165 67 134 324 116
2010 21,998 432 79.4 20.91 9.99 5.37 162 63 139 301 115
2011 21,986 438 83.3 22.07 9.63 5.22 162 64 146 318 112
2012 22,170 424 85.8 22.21 9.70 5.15 163 62 150 320 110
2013 22,217 425 .. 23.25 9.66 163 62 .. 335

1 The figures for Car and Air are for calendar years; latterly, the figures for Bus and Rail are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (eg the 1996 figures are for 1996-97)

2 Pre-1975, the figures are the totals of passenger journeys for the Scottish Bus Group and the four city corporations. Therefore, they include any non-stage (non-local) services run by these operators, and exclude other operators' stage (local) services. Glasgow Corporation's figures may have included passenger journeys on trolley buses and the Glasgow Underground. Figures from 2004 onwards have been subject to revision due to methodological improvements

3 Figures from 1995 onwards were revised by ORR in 2013 due to improvements to methodology. There is a series break between 2007-08 and 2008-09 due to a change in the methodology. From 2008-09 estimates of PTE travel (zone cards) are included. Figures in 2001-02 and 2002-03 were affected by industrial action.

4 This grouping was used in STS until 2012 and includes those routes for which figures are available back to 1973: Caledonian MacBrayne, P&O Scottish Ferries / NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries, and Orkney Ferries. The figures from 1995 are affected by the reduction in traffic caused by the withdrawal of the Kyle-Kyleakin service when the Skye Bridge opened in October 1995.

5 All ferry routes within Scotland, between Scotland and Northern Ireland and between Scotland and Europe, for which passenger data is availabe (see chapter 9 for more detail)

Table H2 Summary of freight traffic 1
(a) freight lifted - millions of tonnes
Summary
Year 2 Air Road Rail Coastal Coast- Inland Pipeline 3 Total Air Road Rail Coastal Coast- Inland Pipeline 3
shipping wise shipping water- way shipping wise ship- water- way
lifted in Scotland lifted in Scotland see notes lifted in Scotland lifted in Scotland see notes lifted in Scotland lifted in Scotland see notes lifted in Scotland lifted in Scotland see notes
millions of tonnes lifted Index, 1985 = 100
1960 .. 29.8 .. .. .. .. .. 248 .. .. .. ..
1961 .. 28.1 .. .. .. .. .. 234 .. .. .. ..
1962 .. 24.7 .. .. .. .. .. 206 .. .. .. ..
1963 .. 24.6 .. .. .. .. .. 205 .. .. .. ..
1964 .. 25.4 .. .. .. .. .. 212 .. .. .. ..
1965 .. 24.3 .. .. .. .. .. 203 .. .. .. ..
1966 .. 21.4 .. .. .. .. .. 178 .. .. .. ..
1967 .. 20.0 .. .. .. .. .. 167 .. .. .. ..
1968 .. 20.9 .. .. .. .. .. 174 .. .. .. ..
1969 .. 21.1 .. .. .. .. .. 176 .. .. .. ..
1970 .. 20.8 .. .. .. .. .. 173 .. .. .. ..
1971 .. 20.0 .. .. .. .. .. 167 .. .. .. ..
1972 .. 18.1 .. .. .. .. .. 151 .. .. .. ..
1973 .. 19.3 5.7 .. .. 8.0 .. 161 17 .. .. 27
1974 160.7 17.9 5.7 .. .. 7.5 123 149 17 .. .. 25
1975 164.6 16.1 4.9 .. .. 6.3 126 134 14 .. .. 21
1976 .. 172.0 16.2 7.0 .. .. 11.9 .. 132 135 20 .. .. 40
1977 .. 144.7 14.0 13.6 .. .. 23.2 .. 111 117 40 .. .. 78
1978 .. 149.5 13.8 18.6 .. .. 26.4 .. 115 115 54 .. .. 89
1979 .. 156.9 12.0 23.8 .. .. 27.9 .. 120 100 69 .. .. 94
1980 .. 134.7 11.7 33.5 .. 8.1 26.7 .. 103 98 98 .. 76 90
1981 .. 144.1 12.2 33.2 .. 7.3 24.1 .. 110 102 97 .. 69 81
1982 .. 135.4 10.4 34.5 .. 10.4 22.4 .. 104 87 101 .. 98 75
1983 .. 129.1 10.3 37.3 .. 12.1 26.5 .. 99 86 109 .. 114 89
1984 .. 128.3 6.4 35.6 .. 10.0 26.9 .. 98 53 104 .. 94 90
1985 .. 130.5 12.0 34.3 .. 10.7 29.8 .. 100 100 100 .. 100 100
1986 .. 128.0 9.7 32.3 .. 11.0 28.2 .. 98 81 94 .. 103 95
1987 .. 134.9 10.5 28.6 24.1 10.3 28.5 236.9 .. 103 88 83 .. 97 96
1988 .. 155.7 9.7 31.9 28.3 10.2 25.2 261.0 .. 119 81 93 .. 96 85
1989 .. 154.8 9.4 32.5 28.3 10.4 21.3 256.7 .. 119 78 95 .. 97 71
1990 .. 160.6 9.8 29.9 25.2 11.9 26.9 264.3 .. 123 82 87 .. 112 90
1991 .. 148.8 9.0 31.6 26.7 11.3 21.4 248.8 .. 114 75 92 .. 106 72
1992 .. 157.1 7.0 30.1 25.7 10.7 24.0 254.5 .. 120 58 88 .. 100 81
1993 .. 158.9 5.0 29.0 24.5 11.4 26.9 255.7 .. 122 42 85 .. 107 90
1994 .. 155.8 5.4 32.0 27.5 11.2 24.1 255.9 .. 119 45 93 .. 105 81
1995 .. 157.7 .. 35.9 31.9 11.2 25.6 262.3 .. 121 .. 105 .. 105 86
1996 .. 162.4 5.4 40.3 36.2 11.1 25.6 281.0 .. 124 45 117 .. 104 86
1997 .. 157.4 7.0 39.4 34.5 11.6 25.7 275.7 .. 121 59 115 .. 109 86
1998 .. 155.6 7.7 45.7 39.7 10.4 28.1 287.1 .. 119 64 133 .. 97 94
1999 4 .. 155.8 8.2 41.3 35.3 9.5 28.0 278.1 .. 119 69 120 .. 89 94
2000 0.08 158.5 8.3 30.9 24.7 12.2 28.1 262.8 .. 121 69 90 .. 115 94
2001 0.08 150.8 9.6 27.4 20.6 11.4 28.1 248.0 .. 116 80 80 .. 107 94
2002 0.08 154.4 9.1 24.5 19.2 10.0 28.0 245.4 .. 118 76 71 .. 94 94
2003 5 0.08 153.4 8.3 24.4 19.5 10.1 27.7 243.5 .. 118 69 71 .. 94 93
2004 0.08 173.1 11.3 25.8 20.5 10.0 27.6 268.4 .. 133 94 75 .. 94 93
2005 0.08 165.6 14.3 31.4 25.5 10.2 27.6 274.7 .. 127 119 92 .. 96 93
2006 6 0.08 170.0 13.0 25.7 20.6 10.2 27.8 267.3 .. 130 108 75 .. 95 93
2007 6 0.07 176.8 11.4 27.5 22.8 10.5 27.5 276.5 .. 136 95 80 .. 99 92
2008 6 0.05 157.0 10.4 28.3 23.3 12.2 27.6 258.9 .. 120 86 83 .. 114 93
2009 6 0.05 131.9 9.7 24.7 19.8 10.1 27.6 223.9 .. 101 81 72 .. 95 93
2010 0.05 131.9 8.3 23.9 18.0 10.9 27.6 220.6 .. 101 69 70 .. 102 93
2011 0.05 .. 9.9 22.6 16.3 10.7 27.8 .. .. .. 82 66 .. 100 93
2012 0.05 .. 8.4 11.3 12.5 10.8 28.2 .. .. .. 70 33 .. 101 95
2013 0.05 .. .. 16.6 11.4 10.7 .. .. .. 48 .. 100 ..

1. The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' are the total amounts lifted in Scotland. The category of 'coastal shipping' is shown for historical reasons. It is defined in a different way: the 'coastal shipping' figure is the total lifted in Scotland plus the total lifted elsewhere in the UK which is delivered in Scotland. The 'pipeline' figure is the estimated amount of crude oil carried by on-shore pipelines which are over 50km in length.

This table does not show one port traffic to / from oil rigs and the sea bed.

2. The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for "rail" from 1985, which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (e.g. the rail figures for 1997 are for 1997-98).

3. The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines over 50km in length. 2012 figures are provisional.

4. A new system for collecting port statistics was introduced in 2000. Data prior to that are on a different basis.

5. Changes to the methodology for collecting road freight data mean that previous figures are not comparable.

6. Domestic freight estimates for 2006 to 2009 were revised on 27 October 2011

Table H2 Summary of freight traffic 1
(b) freight moved - millions of tonne-kilometres
Summary
Year 2 Road Rail 7 Coastwise Inland Pipeline 3,6
shipping waterway
lifted in Scotland lifted in Scotland lifted in Scotland lifted in Scotland see notes
millions of tonne-kilometres
1960 .. .. .. ..
1961 .. .. .. ..
1962 .. .. .. ..
1963 .. .. .. ..
1964 .. .. .. ..
1965 .. .. .. ..
1966 .. .. .. ..
1967 .. .. .. ..
1968 .. .. .. ..
1969 .. .. .. .. ..
1970 .. .. .. .. ..
1971 .. .. .. .. ..
1972 .. .. .. .. ..
1973 .. .. .. .. ..
1974 .. .. .. .. ..
1975 .. .. .. .. ..
1976 .. .. .. .. ..
1977 .. .. .. .. ..
1978 .. .. .. .. ..
1979 .. .. .. .. ..
1980 .. .. .. .. ..
1981 .. .. .. .. ..
1982 .. .. .. .. ..
1983 .. .. .. .. ..
1984 .. .. .. .. ..
1985 9,706 .. .. .. ..
1986 9,332 .. .. .. ..
1987 10,225 .. 19,810 262 ..
1988 11,520 .. 22,910 264 ..
1989 12,339 .. 23,020 268 ..
1990 12,309 .. 19,090 315 ..
1991 11,909 .. 22,850 298 ..
1992 12,121 .. 20,940 270 5,132
1993 12,426 .. 19,710 290 ..
1994 12,995 .. 19,740 290 5,279
1995 13,965 .. 25,110 300 5,693
1996 14,163 1,427 29,250 300 5,688
1997 14,236 2,145 26,280 310 5,717
1998 14,856 2,787 29,610 260 5,946
1999 4 14,988 2,891 26,850 240 5,905
2000 14,817 2,462 20,100 280 5,933
2001 14,425 3,127 15,600 280 5,929
2002 14,170 2,856 14,540 240 5,909
2003 5 14,432 2,625 14,850 240 5,832
2004 15,195 3,839 14,060 240 5,820
2005 13,507 4,345 17,457 251 5,869
2006 14,233 4,195 14,491 249 5,715
2007 15,349 3,601 16,909 268 5,726
2008 13,936 3,281 17,890 312 5,725
2009 12,348 2,912 15,321 244 5,725
2010 12,695 3,077 13,557 280 5,725
2011 .. 2,637 13,011 270 5,752
2012 .. 2,607 9,051 269 5,836
2013 .. .. 7,454 262 ..

1. The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' relate to freight lifted in Scotland; for 'pipeline' it is the estimated tonne-kilometres for crude oil carried by on-shore pipelines which are over 50km in length. This table does not show the tonne-kilometres for one port traffic to / from oil rigs and the sea bed or for coastal shipping (as defined in part [a] of this table).

2. The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for rail, which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (e.g. the rail figures for 1997 are for 1997-98).

3. Over 50km

4. A new system for collecting port statistics was introduced in 2000. Data prior to that are on a different basis.

5. Changes to the methodology for collecting road freight data mean that previous figures are not comparable.

6. Pipeline figures for 2012 are provisional.

7. Revisions made to rail freight from 2001 onwards due to an error in the formula for calculating the figures

Table H3 Traffic estimates
Summary
Year Motorways A roads All major roads (M & A) Minor roads (B, C & unclassif.) All roads Motorways A roads All major roads (M & A) Minor roads (B, C & unclassif.) All roads
million vehicle kilometres index 1985=100
1962 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1963 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1964 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1965 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1966 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1967 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1968 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1969 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1970 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1971 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1972 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1973 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1974 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1975 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1976 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1977 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1978 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1979 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1980 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1981 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1982 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1983 1,742 12,443 14,185 .. .. 83 82 82 .. ..
1984 1,920 14,382 16,302 .. .. 91 95 95 .. ..
1985 2,104 15,115 17,219 .. .. 100 100 100 .. ..
1986 2,116 15,531 17,647 .. .. 101 103 102 .. ..
1987 2,541 16,226 18,767 .. .. 121 107 109 .. ..
1988 2,961 17,137 20,098 .. .. 141 113 117 .. ..
1989 3,141 18,262 21,404 .. .. 149 121 124 .. ..
1990 3,286 18,501 21,786 .. .. 156 122 127 .. ..
1991 3,200 18,747 21,947 .. .. 152 124 127 .. ..
1992 3,516 19,060 22,575 .. .. 167 126 131 .. ..
1993 4,000 18,666 22,666 12,509 35,175 190 123 132 .. ..
1994 4,147 19,153 23,300 12,700 36,000 197 127 135 .. ..
1995 4,318 19,670 23,987 12,749 36,736 205 130 139 .. ..
1996 4,586 20,253 24,839 12,938 37,777 218 134 144 .. ..
1997 4,852 20,600 25,452 13,130 38,582 231 136 148 .. ..
1998 5,072 20,812 25,885 13,284 39,169 241 138 150 .. ..
1999 5,164 21,021 26,185 13,585 39,770 245 139 152 .. ..
2000 5,405 20,531 25,936 13,625 39,561 257 136 151 .. ..
2001 5,567 20,775 26,342 13,722 40,065 265 137 153 .. ..
2002 5,730 21,533 27,262 14,272 41,535 272 142 158 .. ..
2003 5,856 21,826 27,682 14,356 42,038 278 144 161 .. ..
2004 6,094 22,114 28,209 14,496 42,705 290 146 164 .. ..
2005 6,151 21,904 28,055 14,663 42,718 292 145 163 .. ..
2006 6,433 22,465 29,898 15,221 44,119 306 149 174 .. ..
2007 6,577 22,408 28,986 15,680 44,666 313 148 168 .. ..
2008 6,683 22,127 28,810 15,659 44,470 318 146 167 .. ..
2009 6,633 22,327 28,961 15,258 44,219 315 148 168 .. ..
2010 6,503 21,992 28,495 14,992 43,488 309 145 165 .. ..
2011 6,570 21,996 28,565 14,825 43,390 312 146 166 .. ..
2012 1 7,140 21,713 28,853 14,696 43,549 339 144 168 .. ..
2013 7,262 21,786 29,048 14,792 43,840 345 144 169

1. The increase in motorway traffic in 2012 is the result of new motorway opening. More detail can be found in the road network chapter.

Table H4 Other vehicle related statistics
  Summary
Year Vehicles licensed New registrations of vehicles Reported road casualties Vehicles licensed New registrations of vehicles Reported road casualties
all severities
thousand thousand number index 1985=100
1962 775 86 26,703 51 48 98
1963 836 100 27,728 55 56 102
1964 900 117 30,527 59 65 112
1965 951 113 31,827 63 63 117
1966 991 113 32,280 65 62 118
1967 1,035 116 31,760 68 64 116
1968 1,065 119 30,649 70 66 112
1969 1,106 110 31,056 73 61 114
1970 1,124 117 31,240 74 65 114
1971 1,135 128 31,194 75 71 114
1972 1,181 161 31,762 78 89 116
1973 1,252 173 31,404 83 96 115
1974 1,274 143 28,783 84 79 105
19751 1,304 154 28,621 86 85 105
1976 1,314 159 29,933 87 88 110
1977 .. 155 29,783 .. 86 109
1978 1,308 179 30,506 86 99 112
1979 1,353 185 31,387 89 102 115
1980 1,398 176 29,286 92 97 107
1981 1,397 166 28,766 92 92 105
1982 1,416 171 28,273 94 95 104
1983 1,448 193 25,224 96 107 92
1984 1,489 183 26,158 98 101 96
1985 1,514 181 27,287 100 100 100
1986 1,546 181 26,117 102 100 96
1987 1,575 187 24,748 104 103 91
1988 1,657 200 25,425 109 111 93
1989 1,729 213 27,532 114 118 101
1990 1,788 194 27,228 118 107 100
1991 1,830 154 25,346 121 85 93
19922 1,884 154 24,173 124 85 89
1993 1,874 170 22,414 124 94 82
1994 3 1,900 170 22,573 125 94 83
1995 1,910 173 22,194 126 96 81
1996 1,966 183 21,716 130 101 80
1997 2,023 206 22,629 134 114 83
1998 2,073 210 22,467 137 116 82
1999 2,131 216 21,002 141 120 77
2000 2,188 220 20,518 145 122 75
20014 2,262 241 19,911 149 134 73
2002 2,330 259 19,275 154 144 71
2003 2,383 262 18,756 157 145 69
2004 2,448 263 18,502 162 145 68
2005 2,531 251 17,885 167 139 66
2006 2,564 243 17,269 169 134 63
2007 2,627 251 16,239 174 139 60
2008 2,665 215 15,592 176 119 57
2009 2,684 216 15,043 177 120 55
2010 2,685 209 13,338 177 116 49
2011 2,691 202 12,788 178 112 47
2012 2,717 216 12,721 179 120 47
2013 2,759 241 11,498 182 133 42

1. The figures for vehicles licensed for 1974 to 1978 are on different bases, due to the effect on the annual "census" of the transfer of licensing records from local offices to the then DVLC

2. For years up to 1992 estimates are taken from the DVLA annual vehicle census, from 1993 onwards estimates are taken from the Vehicle Information Database and are not consistent with previous years. The VID figure for 1992 was 1,840,000 compared with the DVLA figure of 1,884,000.

3. New registration results to 1994 are taken from geographical analysis provided by DVLA. Results for 1995 onwards are estimated using post town area data. The vehicle taxation system was subject to major revisions from July 1995.

4. DfT has revised the figures for the light goods and goods body types back to 2001. DfT does not have the underlying data to revise earlier years' figures.