Scottish Transport Statistics No 34 2015 Edition

Road Transport Vehicles

1. Introduction

1.1 This chapter provides information about the numbers of road transport vehicles, such as new registrations, numbers licensed by taxation group and council area, ages, cylinder sizes, methods of propulsion, gross weights of heavy goods vehicles, seating capacity of public transport vehicles, licensing figures for taxi and private hire cars and their drivers and numbers of wheelchair accessible taxis. It also provides statistics of the most popular cars, results of the road vehicle testing scheme (MOT), driving tests, driving licence holders, households with the regular use of a car (from the Scottish Household Survey), the number of Blue Badges issued and information about motor vehicle offences recorded by the Police.

Key Points

• There were 2.8 million vehicles licensed for use on the roads in Scotland in 2014, of which 84 per cent were cars.
• Over two thirds (68%) of the adult population (17+) held a full driving licence in 2014.
• Sixty nine per cent of households had access to one or more cars or vans in 2014; a quarter (26%) of households had access to two or more cars or vans.

2. Main Points

Vehicles Licensed

2.1 The total number of new motor vehicles registrations in 2014 was around 262,200, 9% more than in 2013 but 8 per cent below the 2004 peak. (Table 1.1)

2.2 New registrations of cars in 2014 accounted for around 222,000 of these, around 17,000 (8%) more than in 2013, and 4,500 (2%) more than 2004. Of all new registered vehicles in 2014, 125,000 (48%) were petrol-propelled, and 133,200 (51%) were diesel-propelled. The remaining new vehicles registered in 2014 were mostly electric or hybrid-electric vehicles, both these groups have seen steady increases in new registrations in recent years. In the last 10 years, only 2011, 2013 and 2014 saw more new diesel vehicles registered than petrol vehicles. More detailed data on vehicles registered in 2014 by body type and propulsion is included in Chapter 13. (Table 1.1)

2.3 The total number of vehicles licensed was 2.8 million in 2014, 2 per cent higher than 2013 and 15% higher than in 2004. The number of private and light goods vehicles in 2014 was 2.5 million, 2% more than 2013 and 16% higher than 2004. (Table 1.2)

2.4 Glasgow had the largest number of vehicles licensed as at the end of 2014 (258,600), followed by Fife (198,900) and Edinburgh (189,300) - based on the postcode of the registered keeper. Per head of population (aged 17+), Glasgow had the third lowest figure behind Edinburgh and Dundee. Glasgow had 431 vehicles for every 1,000 people aged 17+, Edinburgh was lowest at 384. Vehicle ownership per head was much higher in rural areas - Orkney had 742 vehicles per 1,000 people aged 17+, Shetland had 717 and Aberdeenshire had 711, the three areas in Scotland with the highest vehicle ownership by population. The Scotland average was 528 per thousand. The pattern for car registrations was similar with Edinburgh lowest, but Stirling had the highest figure per thousand population at 577, followed by Aberdeenshire at 555. The effect of the registration of company car fleets can be seen: Glasgow accounted for 32 per cent (59,800) of all the company cars registered in Scotland, compared to 9 per cent of all cars. (Table 1.3)

2.5 There were 10,540 taxis and 10,681 private hire cars licensed in Scotland based on figures provided by Scottish local licensing authorities during October-November 2015. These show a small increases in both the number of licensed taxis and private hire cars when compared with figures for 2014. Latest figures show that of the 10,540 licensed taxis, just under 5,000 (47%) are wheelchair accessible, a similar proportion and slight increase in the total number of accessible vehicles from the previous year. The proportion of wheelchair accessible vehicles varies across different Authority areas. (Table 1.4)

2.6 The average age of private and light goods vehicles in 2014 was 6.6 years, slightly higher than last year, and continuing a trend of increasing average age since 2004. The average age of private and light goods vehicles continued to be lower in Scotland than for Great Britain as a whole. In 2014 the average age of these vehicles in Great Britain was 7.7 years. (Table 1.6)

2.7 There were 6,333 licensed operators of heavy goods vehicles in Scotland in 2014-15. Most operators had few (if any) vehicles specified on the licence: 4,341 had 0-2 vehicles, 987 had 3-5 vehicles and 483 had 6-10 vehicles. Only 245 operators had 21 or more vehicles specified on the licence in 2014-15. (Table 1.10)

2.8 The most popular new car sold in Scotland in 2014 was the Ford Fiesta with a market share of 4.8%. The top 5 most popular models had a total market share of 19% and the top 10, 30%. (Table 1.11)

MOTs & Driving Tests

2.9 In 2014/15, about 42% of cars tested in the Road Vehicle Testing Scheme (MOT) were unsatisfactory, as were 16% of motor cycles. About 19% of cars tested had unsatisfactory lights or signalling, 17% had unsatisfactory suspension and 15% had unsatisfactory brakes (a vehicle with more than one type of fault is counted against each of them). 8% of motorcycles tested had unsatisfactory lights or signalling, 4% had unsatisfactory brakes and 3% had unsatisfactory steering or suspension. (Table 1.12)

2.10 There were 123,000 driving licence practical tests conducted in 2014, a decrease of 1% on 2013. The pass rate was the similar at 48%. The test centre at Gairloch had the highest pass rate (96%), though only 26 tests were conducted, Isle of Skye (Broadford) had the highest pass rate for centres where at least 50 tests were conducted (62%), while the lowest was at Glasgow Shieldhall (38%). (Tables 1.13 & 1.14)

2.11 The Scottish Household Survey results for 2014 showed that 69% of adults over the age of 17 held a full driving license. Although men were more likely to hold a full driving licence than women in all age groups, the difference between the proportions increased with age. For the 17-19 and 20-29 age groups in 2014, the differences were 5 percentage points. For 70-79 year olds there was a difference of 34 percentage points (men: 80%, women: 46%), which increased to 43 percentage points for those aged 80+ (men: 66%; women: 23%). (Tables 1.16 and 1.17)

2.12 SHS results also showed that the percentage holding a full driving licence tended to increase with household income. In 2014, 90% of adults aged 17+ living in households which had an annual net income of over £40,000 held a full driving licence. In contrast, only 47% of adults who lived in households with an annual net income of up to £10,000 held a full driving licence.

2.13 License possession was also more likely in rural areas. In 2014, 61% of adults aged 17+ living in large urban areas held a full driving licence compared with 84% of those living in 'Remote Rural' areas (the Scottish Government urban/rural classification system used in the Survey is described in the Notes and Definitions section, page 225). (Table 1.16)

Car Availability

2.14 The Scottish Household Survey shows that 69 per cent of households had access to one or more cars in 2014, a proportion that has remained relatively stable over the last five years. A quarter (26%) of households had access to two or more cars. (Table 1.19) These estimates were similar to results from the Scotland Census 2011, which suggested that 69% of households have access to one or more cars, with 27% having two or more cars. The Census also showed that slightly fewer men (21 per cent) than women (26 per cent) aged 16 and over lived in households with no cars or vans available. (Table 1.23)

2.15 The Scottish Household Survey also shows how the percentage of households with a car available for private use varies between different household types, income bands and type of area. In 2014, family (small or large) and large adult households were most likely to have access to at least one car (large family: 90%, small family: 86%, large adult: 88%). (note definitions of family types are included in the Notes and Definitions section, page 225) Least likely to have access to a car were single pensioner households (42%). The SHS also showed that 26% of large adult and 13% of large family households had 3 or more cars available for private use in 2014. (Table 1.20) The 2011 Census showed that married or cohabiting families with dependent children were most likely to have access to a car, at 92%, and single pensioner households were the least likely, at 36%. (Table 1.24)

2.16 Only 39% of households whose net annual income was up to £10,000 had one or more cars available for private use, compared with at least 85% of households whose annual net income were above £25,000. 59% of households in large urban areas had cars, compared with 86-87% those in rural areas. (Table 1.20)

2.17 The car ownership statistics from the SHS can be supplemented with information on equalities from the 2011 Census. This shows that the proportion of households with no car or van available was generally higher for those where the Household Reference Person (HRP)^[1] was from a minority ethnic group; within this group it was highest for households where the HRP was from the 'African' (60 per cent) or 'Caribbean or Black' (49 per cent) ethnic groups. Additionally, of the 473,000 people in households who had a long-term health problem or disability that limited their day-to-day activities a lot, 46 per cent lived in households with no cars or vans available. The corresponding proportion was 34 per cent for the 523,000 people whose day-day activities were limited a little and 19 per cent for the 4.2 million people who had no limiting long-term health problem. (Table 1.25)

2.18 There were 231,827 Blue Badges on issue in Scotland at the end of March 2015. 119,263 were issued to recipients of allowances or grants which provide an automatic entitlement to a Blue Badge, 109,731 were issued on a discretionary basis to other people with a permanent or substantial disability, and 2,833 were issued to institutions. (Table 1.21)

Motor Vehicle Offences

2.19 The numbers of motor vehicle offences recorded by the police include offences in respect of which either the police or the procurator fiscal made a conditional offer of a fixed penalty (mainly moving vehicle offences). They do not include stationary vehicle offences which are dealt with by the police or traffic wardens by means of fixed penalty notices (mainly parking offences).

2.20 Following the establishment of Police Scotland, data for 2013-14 onwards are returned from one central unit within Police Scotland using their performance management tool. Prior to 2013-14, data were returned by the eight legacy police force areas. An extensive quality assurance exercise was carried out by the Scottish Government to ensure that the dataset produced from the new system is consistent with data returned from the legacy police forces.

2.21 This exercise identified a number of anomalies affecting comparability of the time series resulting in breaks in the series. The Scottish Government is investigating these issues further and seeking a resolution. Further information about these discontinuities can be found in the Scottish Government Official Statistics publication: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2014-15 http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/09/5338.

2.22 The total number of motor vehicle offences recorded in 2014-15 was 195,985 (Table 1.22).

2.23 Between 2013-14 and 2014-15 there were decreases in all motor vehicle offence categories; changes in these figures may arise because of changes in the level of enforcement or police deployment. The largest decreases were for Vehicle excise licence offences, where there was a 60% decrease from 6,601 to 2,634, and for Seat belt offences, where there was a 59% decrease from 37,880 to 15,619 (Table 1.22).

Figure 1.1 New registrations by taxation group

Table 1.1 New registrations by taxation group, body type and method of propulsion

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
									thousand
by type of vehicle (taxation group)
Private and light goods	228.1	212.5	204.9	209.3	170.0	176.8	168.3	159.2	174.9	199.3	217.4
Motorcycles	5.9	6.6	7.1	7.6	7.5	6.0	4.9	4.8	5.1	5.2	5.9
Public transport 1	0.9	1.3	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.8
Goods	3.4	3.7	3.7	3.3	3.7	2.2	2.0	2.5	2.7	3.3	2.5
Crown and exempt 2	23.8	26.0	25.3	28.4	31.6	30.0	32.4	34.4	31.9	31.6	34.1
Other vehicles 2	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.6	1.5	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.2	1.0	1.5
Total	263.1	251.3	243.2	251.2	215.3	216.437	208.8	202.3	216.4	241.4	262.2
by body type
Cars	217.9	203.2	196.5	202.5	172.7	186.2	177.2	167.8	182.5	205.2	222.4
Taxis	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5
Motorcycles	6.0	6.6	7.2	7.8	7.7	6.1	5.0	4.8	5.2	5.3	6.1
Three wheelers	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Light goods 3	28.2	29.6	28.2	28.8	22.8	14.4	17.8	19.6	17.7	20.2	23.4
Goods 3	3.8	4.4	4.2	3.8	4.2	3.0	2.3	2.8	3.2	3.8	3.2
Buses and coaches	1.2	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.9
Agricultural vehicles etc	3.4	2.9	2.9	3.3	3.5	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.0	2.6	2.8
Other vehicles	2.1	2.4	2.1	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.3	2.9	3.6	2.9	2.9
All vehicles	263.1	251.3	243.2	251.2	215.3	216.4	208.8	202.3	216.4	241.4	262.2
by method of propulsion
Petrol	157.7	142.2	137.4	143.3	117.3	123.9	107.8	98.4	110.0	118.8	125.3
Diesel	105.1	108.8	105.3	106.9	96.7	91.2	99.0	101.9	104.4	120.2	133.3
Hybrid Electric	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.4	2.0
Electricity	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.6
Gas Bi-Fuel	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gas Or Petrol/Gas	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other 4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	263.1	251.3	243.2	251.2	215.3	216.4	208.8	202.3	216.4	241.4	262.2

1. Estimates include only those vehicles with more than 8 seats.
2. Vehicles in the Special Concessionary Group (part of other vehicles in 2002 and earlier years) are part of Crown and Exempt from 2003 onwards
3. In 2004 DfT 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.
4. Gas Diesel and Steam.
Note: Table 13.9 in Chapter 13 shows vehicles first registered in 2013 by body type and method of propulsion.

Table 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December, by taxation group, body type and method of propulsion

	2004	2005	20063	20073	20083	20093	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
									thousand
by type of vehicle (taxation group)
Private and light goods	2,158	2,231	2,259	2,313	2,347	2,362	2,364	2,369	2,395	2,436	2,496
Motorcycles	54	56	59	63	66	66	63	60	60	59	61
Public transport 1	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Goods	31	32	33	33	32	31	30	29	29	29	29
Crown and exempt 2	183	189	191	195	198	203	206	211	212	213	214
Other vehicles 2	10	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
All vehicles	2,448	2,531	2,564	2,627	2,665	2,684	2,685	2,691	2,717	2,759	2,821
by body type
Cars	2,076	2,139	2,157	2,201	2,233	2,249	2,255	2,264	2,285	2,319	2,369
Taxis	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Motorcycles	60	62	65	69	71	72	69	66	66	66	67
Three wheelers	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Light goods	194	209	221	234	240	242	240	238	241	247	256
Goods	31	32	38	38	38	37	36	36	35	36	36
Buses and coaches	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15
Agricultural vehicles etc	41	42	42	43	44	45	45	47	48	48	49
Other vehicles	24	25	19	19	18	18	19	20	22	23	24
All vehicles	2,448	2,531	2,564	2,627	2,665	2,684	2,685	2,691	2,717	2,759	2,821
by method of propulsion
Petrol	1,756	1,771	1,748	1,747	1,735	1,701	1,656	1,619	1,592	1,567	1,552
Diesel	689	756	812	874	923	974	1,018	1,061	1,113	1,178	1,252
Hybrid Electric	0	0	1	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9
Electricity	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	5
Gas Bi-Fuel	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Gas or petrol/gas	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Steam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2,448	2,531	2,564	2,627	2,665	2,684	2,685	2,691	2,717	2,759	2,821

1. Estimates include only those vehicles with more than 8 seats.
2. Vehicles in the Special Concessionary Group (part of other vehicles in 2002 and earlier years) are part of Crown and Exempt from 2003 onwards
3. DfT have revised stock figures from 2006 to 2009 - see http://assets.dft.gov.uk/statistics/series/vehicle-licensing/notesvls.pdf
Note: Table 13.10 in Chapter 13 shows vehicles licensed in 2013 by body type and method of propulsion.

Figure 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2014 by Council

Figure 1.3 Private cars licensed at 31 December 2014 per thousand population aged 17+

Table 1.3 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2014 by Council and taxation group

	Private and light goods		Motor- cycles1	Public transport	Goods2	Crown and Exempt 3	Other vehicles	All vehicles			Population aged 17+ (NRS Population estimates Mid 2014)	Vehicles registered per 1,000 people aged 17+	Cars registered per 1,000 people aged 17+
	Body type cars	Other vehicles						Total	of which body type cars	of which company cars
								thousand
Aberdeen City	93.0	8.7	3.1	0.6	1.0	5.0	0.4	111.9	96.4	5.5	228,990	489	421
Aberdeenshire	139.9	19.4	5.0	0.6	2.1	17.0	1.3	185.3	144.6	5.9	260,500	711	555
Angus	54.8	6.7	1.8	0.1	0.9	6.4	0.3	71.1	57.4	2.7	116,660	610	492
Argyll & Bute	39.5	6.7	1.1	0.3	0.6	4.0	0.2	52.5	41.5	1.8	87,660	598	473
Clackmannanshire	23.1	2.0	0.7	0.1	0.2	1.9	0.1	28.1	24.7	1.1	51,190	550	482
Dumfries & Galloway	70.0	11.2	2.6	0.2	1.5	11.5	0.3	97.4	74.3	4.6	149,940	649	496
Dundee City	49.4	4.2	1.1	0.2	0.5	4.5	0.1	60.0	53.0	3.7	148,260	405	358
East Ayrshire	51.0	5.6	1.4	0.2	0.7	5.7	0.2	64.7	54.5	3.1	122,150	530	446
East Dunbartonshire	51.3	3.4	0.9	0.1	0.2	2.6	0.1	58.7	53.5	2.1	106,730	550	501
East Lothian	45.7	4.8	1.5	0.5	0.3	4.1	0.1	57.2	48.1	2.2	102,050	560	471
East Renfrewshire	43.9	2.4	0.7	0.1	0.2	2.2	0.1	49.6	45.6	1.6	92,380	537	494
Edinburgh, City of	160.3	11.9	4.3	1.0	0.6	11.0	0.2	189.3	167.7	8.7	492,680	384	340
Eilean Siar 4	12.2	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.5	0.1	17.8	12.9	0.5	27,250	652	472
Falkirk	70.7	6.4	1.9	0.1	1.3	5.4	0.3	86.2	74.9	3.7	157,640	547	475
Fife	162.1	15.5	4.8	1.0	1.2	13.9	0.5	198.9	171.6	8.1	367,260	542	467
Glasgow, City of	204.9	25.3	2.8	1.7	1.6	20.9	1.3	258.6	222.2	59.8	599,650	431	370
Highland	106.4	19.3	3.7	0.6	1.4	12.9	0.9	145.2	111.6	5.9	233,100	623	479
Inverclyde	30.8	1.8	0.7	0.5	0.1	2.6	0.0	36.5	33.0	1.7	79,860	457	414
Midlothian	36.8	4.5	1.3	0.1	0.3	3.2	0.1	46.4	39.3	2.1	86,210	539	456
Moray	43.5	6.1	1.8	0.1	0.7	4.8	0.3	57.3	45.5	2.2	94,750	605	480
North Ayrshire	56.0	5.4	1.6	0.2	0.7	5.3	0.1	69.4	60.0	4.6	136,450	509	440
North Lanarkshire	128.7	18.3	2.5	0.6	3.2	12.7	0.4	166.4	140.0	9.7	337,950	492	414
Orkney Islands	10.0	2.5	0.5	0.1	0.2	2.5	0.2	16.0	10.5	0.5	21,590	742	487
Perth & Kinross	70.6	9.2	2.1	0.3	0.8	7.6	0.7	91.2	73.4	3.8	148,880	613	493
Renfrewshire	70.5	6.3	1.7	0.2	1.2	5.6	0.2	85.6	75.1	4.7	174,230	491	431
Scottish Borders	55.7	8.3	1.6	0.2	1.5	7.0	0.3	74.6	58.1	3.2	114,030	654	509
Shetland Islands	11.2	3.1	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.2	16.7	11.5	0.9	23,230	717	497
South Ayrshire	51.0	4.8	1.5	0.5	0.3	4.6	0.2	62.9	53.8	2.8	112,510	559	478
South Lanarkshire	133.6	12.9	2.8	0.6	2.3	12.2	0.5	164.8	143.0	8.7	315,360	523	453
Stirling	50.7	6.4	1.0	0.1	0.7	3.6	0.1	62.5	52.8	11.6	91,580	683	577
West Dunbartonshire	33.4	2.9	0.8	0.2	0.2	3.1	0.1	40.6	36.2	2.2	89,730	452	403
West Lothian	77.1	8.0	2.3	0.4	2.3	6.4	0.4	96.9	82.1	4.9	177,150	547	463
Council Unknown	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.2	0.7	0.2
Scotland	2,238.4	257.3	60.6	11.9	29.4	213.5	10.3	2,821.4	2,369.3	184.9	5,347,600	528	443

1. Includes all two wheeled motor vehicles
2. Excludes heavy goods vehicles that are exempt from tax.
3. Vehicles in the Special Concessionary Group are now part of Crown and Exempt taxation group.
4. FormerlyWestern Isles

Table 1.4 Taxi, private hire cars and drivers licensed by local authority area, 2015

	Taxi vehicles	Private hire cars	Total	Taxi driver licenses	Private hire licences	Total	Wheelchair accessible taxis	Wheelchair accessible private hire cars
Council
Aberdeen City	1,029	259	1,288	1,492	7	1,499	537	-
Aberdeenshire	509	298	807	1,770	121	1,891	42	14
Angus	130	54	184	213	83	296	8	5
Argyll & Bute	187	42	229	358	51	409	..	..
Clackmannanshire	55	48	103	163	7	170	5	2
Dumfries & Galloway	206	156	362	532	28	560	8	3
Dundee City	604	188	792	1,332	33	1,365	345	-
East Ayrshire	125	90	215	454	29	483	24	11
East Dunbartonshire	357	287	644	766	37	803	24	-
East Lothian 1	112	129	241			302	112	-
East Renfrewshire	59	432	491	77	487	564	-	2
Edinburgh, City of	1,316	1,012	2,328	3,099	1,258	4,357	1,316	..
Eilean Siar	92	20	112	173	15	188	1	-
Falkirk	438	88	526	549	126	675	84	10
Fife 1	492	339	831			1,829	32	68
Glasgow, City of	1,421	2,638	4,059	2,705	3,299	6,004	1,421	20
Highland	562	175	737	777	256	1,033	23	13
Inverclyde	244	57	301	699	-	699	22	-
Midlothian	50	137	187	81	292	373	50	..
Moray	186	18	204	422	3	425	10	2
North Ayrshire	215	58	273	593	2	595	33	-
North Lanarkshire	492	1,203	1,695	1,263	1,265	2,528	163	5
Orkney Islands	29	14	43	82	8	90	3	-
Perth & Kinross 1	105	163	268			576	8	22
Renfrewshire	214	768	982	430	836	1,266	206	20
Scottish Borders	215	86	301	344	37	381	12	22
Shetland Islands	91	57	148	339	54	393	4	3
South Ayrshire	126	165	291	484	69	553	126	-
South Lanarkshire	341	1,237	1,578	679	1,570	2,249	30	24
Stirling	69	117	186	372	19	391	19	0
West Dunbartonshire 1	336	28	364			496	172	-
West Lothian	133	318	451	246	554	800	133	21
Scotland	10,540	10,681	21,221	20,494	10,546	34,243	4,973	267

Source: Scottish Government - Not National Statistics
1. Separate figures for taxi and private hire licences are not available.

Table 1.5 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2014, by taxation group, and by year of first registration

Taxation group	Pre- 2000	2000- 2004	2005- 2009	201 - 2014	Total	Total stock	Average age of vehicles
		percentage of total			thousands		years
Private and light goods	3.0	19.5	35.8	41.7	100.0	2,496	6.6
of which body type cars	2.8	19.6	35.6	42.0	100.0	2,238	6.5
Motorcycles1	20.8	21.2	25.9	32.1	100.0	61	9.6
Public transport	11.4	22.9	34.1	31.6	100.0	12	8.3
Goods	4.5	14.2	37.2	44.2	100.0	29	6.3
Crown and exempt	20.3	11.6	17.3	50.8	100.0	214	11.5
Other vehicles	14.1	15.1	27.9	42.9	100.0	10	7.8
All vehicles	4.8	18.9	34.2	42.2	100.0	2,821	7.0
of which body type cars	3.2	19.2	34.5	43.2	100.0	2,369	6.6

1. Includes all two wheeled motor vehicles.

Table 1.6 Average age of vehicles licensed at 31 December, by taxation group¹

Type of vehicle	2004	2005	20065	20075	20085	20095	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
(a) Scotland										years
Private and light goods	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	6.0	6.1	6.3	6.5	6.5	6.6
Motorcycles 2	6.5	6.8	6.9	7.1	7.3	7.8	8.2	8.6	9.0	9.4	9.6
Public transport 3	8.4	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.8	8.0	8.1	8.4	8.4	8.3	8.3
Goods	5.6	5.6	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.8	6.1	6.2	6.3	6.2	6.3
Crown and exempt 4	10.3	10.2	10.3	10.4	10.3	10.4	10.6	10.7	10.9	11.3	11.5
Other vehicles 4	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	7.2	7.5	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.8
All vehicles	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.5	6.7	6.9	7.0	7.0
(b) Great Britain
Private and light goods	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.7	6.9	7.1	7.3	7.5	7.6	7.7
Motorcycles 2	6.3	6.5	6.7	6.9	7.2	7.7	8.1	8.5	8.9	9.2	9.5
Public transport 3	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.2	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.5
Goods	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.7	6.0	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.4
Crown and exempt 4	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.4	14.3	14.4	14.2	14.5	14.7	15.2	15.6
Other vehicles 4	8.7	8.7	8.6	8.5	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.1
All vehicles	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.2	7.4	7.6	7.8	8.0	8.2	8.3

1. Details of the DfT estimation methodology can be found in the Notes & Definitions.
2. Includes all two wheeled motor vehicles.
3. Estimates include only those vehicles with more than 8 seats.
4. Vehicles in the Special Concessionary Group (part of other vehicles in 2002 and earlier years) are part of Crown and Exempt from 2003 onwards.
5. DfT have revised stock figures from 2006 to 2009 - see http://assets.dft.gov.uk/statistics/series/vehicle-licensing/notesvls.pdf

Table 1.7 Private and light goods vehicles licensed at 31 December, by cylinder size

Cylinder size	2004	2005	20061	20071	20081	20091	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
									percentage of year total
up to 700 cc	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
701 to 1,000 cc	4.6	4.3	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	4.0	4.5	5.2
1,001 to 1,200 cc	8.7	8.4	7.8	7.4	7.0	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.5
1,201 to 1,500 cc	24.3	24.2	24.1	24.1	24.4	24.7	25.3	25.7	26.0	26.2	26.2
1,501 to 1,800 cc	26.7	26.3	25.8	25.4	25.2	24.8	24.6	24.7	24.7	24.8	24.6
1,801 to 2,000 cc	21.5	22.2	22.6	22.8	23.0	23.2	22.9	22.5	22.0	21.4	20.9
2,001 to 2,500 cc	9.4	9.7	10.1	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.0
2,501 to 3,000 cc	2.9	3.1	3.4	3.7	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9
3,000 cc and over	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7
cc not known	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100.0
									thousand
Total	2,158	2,231	2,259	2,313	2,347	2,362	2,364	2,369	2,395	2,436	2495.6

1. In 2010 DfT revised stock figures from 2006 to 2009 - see http://assets.dft.gov.uk/statistics/series/vehicle-licensing/notesvls.pdf

Table 1.8 Heavy goods vehicles licensed at 31 December, by gross weight

Gross weight (tonnes)	2004	2005	20062	20072	20082	20092	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
									percentage of year total
3.5 to 7.5	30.4	30.5	30.0	29.7	29.6	29.1	29.2	28.8	28.3	26.9	26.2
7.51 to 12	2.8	3.1	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.7	2.7
12.1 to 16	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.6
16.1 to 20	14.6	14.3	14.4	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.4	14.2	14.1	14.1	13.8
20.1 to 24	4.3	4.0	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.2	2.7	2.4	2.1	2.0
24.1 to 28	11.6	12.0	12.6	12.6	12.6	13.0	13.3	13.8	14.1	14.6	14.4
28.1 to 32	6.7	7.1	7.8	8.5	9.0	9.0	8.9	9.1	9.0	9.2	9.8
32.1 to 38	4.7	4.0	3.3	2.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	1.9	2.2	2.0	1.9
over 38	20.9	20.8	21.5	21.7	21.7	22.3	22.2	23.3	23.8	24.8	25.6
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100.0
									thousand
Total 1	31.9	33.0	33.0	32.7	32.2	31.2	30.4	29.4	28.9	28.9	29.4

1. Mainly heavy goods vehicles but includes vehicles which are licensed as HGVs but do not have a goods body type.
2. In 2010 DfT revised stock figures from 2006 to 2009 - see http://assets.dft.gov.uk/statistics/series/vehicle-licensing/notesvls.pdf

Table 1.9 Public transport vehicles licensed at 31 December: by seating capacity

Number of seats	2004	2005	20061	20071	20081	20091	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
9-15	1,351	1,554	1,646	1,751	1,825	1,766	1,795	1,753	1,721	1,701	1,666
16-32	3,731	3,928	3,921	3,937	3,871	3,920	3,912	3,795	3,836	3,916	3,995
33-40	1,208	1,249	1,238	1,301	1,266	1,186	1,117	1,082	1,003	948	1,008
41-48	1,016	1,108	1,290	1,322	1,370	1,383	1,379	1,415	1,458	1,507	1,528
49-56	2,047	2,031	1,957	1,937	1,859	1,757	1,667	1,580	1,449	1,384	1,388
57-64	175	201	209	207	217	270	274	319	397	413	443
65-72	488	482	521	546	523	525	583	539	553	513	510
73 and over	1,453	1,448	1,317	1,406	1,418	1,411	1,384	1,446	1,417	1,374	1,375
Total	11,469	12,001	12,099	12,407	12,349	12,218	12,111	11,929	11,834	11,756	11,913

1. In 2010 DfT revised stock figures from 2006 to 2009 - see http://assets.dft.gov.uk/statistics/series/vehicle-licensing/notesvls.pdf

Table 1.10 Goods vehicle operators in Scotland by licence type and number ofvehicles specified on the licence, 2014-15

Number of vehicles specified on licence	Type of licence held			Total number of licence holders
	Restricted: own business only	Standard National	Standard International
0 - 2	2,522	1,548	271	4,341
3 - 5	367	522	98	987
6 -10	129	293	61	483
11 - 20	52	180	45	277
21 - 50	28	112	31	171
51 - 100	3	31	12	46
101 - 200	3	17	4	24
201+	0	1	3	4
Total	3,104	2,704	525	6,333

Source: VOSA - Not National Statistics

Table 1.11 The 20 most popular new cars sold in Scotland ¹, 2014

Position	Make	Range	Number of cars sold	Market share percent
1	FORD	FIESTA	10,714	4.84
2	VAUXHALL	CORSA	10,635	4.80
3	FORD	FOCUS	7,676	3.46
4	VAUXHALL	ASTRA	6,338	2.86
5	RENAULT	CLIO	5,626	2.54
6	FIAT	500	5,482	2.47
7	VOLKSWAGEN	GOLF	5,225	2.36
8	VOLKSWAGEN	POLO	5,058	2.28
9	NISSAN	QASHQAI	4,546	2.05
10	VAUXHALL	MOKKA	4,202	1.90
11	RENAULT	CAPTUR	3,414	1.54
12	AUDI	A3	3,351	1.51
13	DACIA	SANDERO	3,088	1.39
14	MINI	MINI	2,920	1.32
15	PEUGEOT	208	2,764	1.25
16	NISSAN	JUKE	2,630	1.19
17	VAUXHALL	INSIGNIA	2,626	1.19
18	BMW	3 SERIES	2,589	1.17
19	TOYOTA	YARIS	2,524	1.14
20	AUDI	A1	2,473	1.12
		Total top 20 cars	93,881	42.4
		Total all other cars	127,689	57.6
		Total cars sold	221,570	100.0

Source: SMMT - Not National Statistics
1. Figures relate to cars sold by members of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd to customers resident in Scotland. Figures differ from the numbers of new registrations of cars in Table 1.1, as the latter may include cars purchased elsewhere.

Table 1.12 Road vehicle testing scheme (MOT) ¹

	2011	2012	2013	2014
Cars 2			thousands
Total Tests	2,039.6	2,042.8	2,074.8	2,074.8
Pass with Rectification at Station	140.1	141.7	134.8	131.3
Fail	751.0	745.0	770.9	741.0
Initial Failure Rate 4	43.7%	43.4%	43.7%	42.0%
Final Failure Rate 5	36.8%	36.5%	37.2%	35.7%
Percentage of vehicles with one or more fail
or PRS 3 type RfRs6 in defect category			percent
Body and structure	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6
Brakes	15.8	16.0	16.3	15.3
Drivers view of the road	7.9	7.5	7.6	7.0
Driving controls	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fuel and exhaust	6.4	6.0	5.9	5.6
Lighting and signalling	19.1	19.1	19.2	18.5
Motor tricycles and quadricycles	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reg plates and vin	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.8
Road wheels	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4
Seat belts	1.5	1.4	2.5	2.1
Steering	5.6	5.1	4.6	4.2
Suspension	16.5	17.0	17.6	17.0
Towbars	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Tyres	8.1	8.0	8.0	7.7
Items not tested	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.6
Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	3.44	3.40	3.46	3.39
Motor cycles			thousands
Total Tests	59.8	54.7	59.4	58.8
Pass with Rectification at Station	4.1	3.6	3.5	3.3
Fail	7.5	6.3	6.5	6.1
Initial Failure Rate 4	19.4%	18.1%	17.0%	16.1%
Final Failure Rate 5	12.6%	11.6%	11.0%	10.5%
Percentage of vehicles with one or more fail
or PRS 3 type RfRs6 in defect category			percent
Body and structure	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.7
Brakes	4.4	4.3	4.0	3.9
Drive system	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.3
Driving controls	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
Fuel and exhaust	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.9
Lighting and signalling	10.3	9.8	8.9	8.3
Registration plates and vin	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0
Sidecar	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Steering and suspension	4.3	4.0	3.6	3.4
Tyres and wheels	3.1	3.1	3.0	2.8
Items not tested	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	2.03	2.03	2.01	2.01
	2011	2012	2013	2014
Private Passenger (over 12 seats)			thousands
Total Tests	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3
Pass with Rectification at Station	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Fail	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2
Initial Failure Rate 4	31.9%	33.3%	34.6%	32.6%
Final Failure Rate 5	27.6%	28.6%	29.5%	27.7%
Percentage of vehicles with one or more fail
or PRS 3 type RfRs6 in defect category			percent
Body and structure	4.6	5.0	8.8	8.2
Brakes	15.8	16.7	17.3	15.9
Drivers view of the road	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.3
Driving controls	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.0
Fuel and exhaust	3.5	4.1	3.7	3.8
Lighting and signalling	14.8	16.4	17.6	16.5
Reg plates and vin	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6
Road wheels	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
Seat belts	5.5	5.3	5.3	4.8
Steering	5.7	5.6	5.3	4.8
Suspension	8.7	8.5	8.6	8.0
Towbars	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Tyres	3.0	3.5	3.6	3.0
Items not tested	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.3
Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	3.98	4.09	4.26	4.07
Light goods vehicles 7			thousands
Total Tests	46.4	44.4	45.2	46.1
Pass with Rectification at Station	2.9	2.7	2.7	2.9
Fail	21.6	20.7	21.7	21.3
Initial Failure Rate 4	52.9%	52.7%	54.0%	52.5%
Final Failure Rate 5	46.6%	46.7%	48.0%	46.1%
Percentage of vehicles with one or more fail
or PRS 3 type RfRs6 in defect category			percent
Body and structure	5.0	5.5	5.8	5.8
Brakes	29.0	30.3	31.2	28.8
Drivers view of the road	12.3	11.6	11.9	11.1
Fuel and exhaust	6.0	5.7	5.9	5.7
Lighting and signalling	31.6	32.1	33.9	32.4
Reg plates and vin	1.9	1.6	1.7	1.5
Road wheels	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3
Seat belts	3.7	3.4	4.6	4.1
Steering	10.8	10.3	10.4	9.5
Suspension	19.3	20.4	21.4	20.9
Towbars	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
Tyres	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.2
Items not tested	1.3	1.2	1.2	0.8
Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	5.10	5.11	5.31	5.14

1. Vehicle numbers are for valid, and completed normal tests only. Retests are excluded.
2. Cars, vans and passenger vehicles with up to 12 seats.
3. PRS = Pass with Rectification at Station
4. Initial Failure Rate = (PRS + Failures) / Total Tests
5. Final Failure Rate = Failures / Total Tests
6. Reason for Rejection
7. Over 3,000kg and up to and including 3,500kg.

Table 1.13 Driving licence tests, DVLA receipts¹

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Theory 4													thousand
Applications received	86	87	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Theory tests conducted	86	83	98	98	97	98	99	108	100	105	99	103	99	122	129
Theory test passes	58	57	64	58	65	71	70	73	68	69	65	66	61	67	69
													percent
Theory test pass rate	67	69	65	59	68	72	71	68	67	66	66	64	62	54	54
Practical 2,4													thousand
Applications received	102	102	114	119	129	138	139	137	137	132	132	130	119	126	127
Driving tests concluded	99	96	107	116	120	133	139	136	130	120	126	125	113	124	123
Passes	48	45	50	53	53	59	62	62	61	56	58	59	54	58	59
													percent
Pass rate	48	47	47	46	45	45	45	46	47	46	47	47	47	47	48
DVLA receipts													£ million
Vehicle licences 3	368.3	342.7	343.2	373.8	370.2	395.6	402.7	432.0	446.0	449.7	463.0	479.0	473.0	479.6	512.5
Driving licences	4.2	4.5	3.9	5.2	5.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	372.5	347.2	347.1	379.0	375.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Source: DVLA and DSA - Not National Statistics
1. Figures relate to the financial year which commences in the specified calendar year.
2. The practical test figures are provisional.
3. The vehicle licence figure does not include refunds issued.
4. These figures are for car licence tests only.

Table 1.14 Practical Driving Test - Pass Rate at Test Centres 2014-15

	Male			Female			Overall
	Conducted	Pass	Pass rate	Conducted	Pass	Pass rate	Conducted	Pass	Pass rate
Aberdeen North (Bridge of Don) (M)	353	176	49.9%	381	159	41.7%	734	335	45.6%
Aberdeen South (Cove) (M)	2,134	1,087	50.9%	2,402	1,054	43.9%	4,536	2,141	47.2%
Aberfeldy (R)	30	20	66.7%	51	19	37.3%	81	39	48.1%
Airdrie (M)	1,809	853	47.2%	2,150	837	38.9%	3,959	1,690	42.7%
Alness (R)	373	243	65.1%	406	214	52.7%	779	457	58.7%
Arbroath (R)	347	212	61.1%	370	215	58.1%	717	427	59.6%
Ayr (M)	1,107	500	45.2%	1,153	477	41.4%	2,260	977	43.2%
Ballachulish (R)	23	15	65.2%	20	13	65.0%	43	28	65.1%
Ballater (R)	69	54	78.3%	107	66	61.7%	176	120	68.2%
Banff (R)	129	76	58.9%	163	85	52.1%	292	161	55.1%
Barra (R)	6	6	100.0%	10	7	70.0%	16	13	81.3%
Bathgate (M)	37	26	70.3%	60	33	55.0%	97	59	60.8%
Benbecula Island (R)	529	278	52.6%	571	229	40.1%	1,100	507	46.1%
Brodick (Isle of Arran) (R)	26	17	65.4%	36	25	69.4%	62	42	67.7%
Buckie (R)	116	66	56.9%	212	92	43.4%	328	158	48.2%
Callander (O)	256	119	46.5%	307	133	43.3%	563	252	44.8%
Campbeltown (R)	54	38	70.4%	68	41	60.3%	122	79	64.8%
Castle Douglas (O)	216	111	51.4%	217	112	51.6%	433	223	51.5%
Crieff (R)	91	53	58.2%	118	68	57.6%	209	121	57.9%
Cumnock (O)	487	245	50.3%	600	272	45.3%	1,087	517	47.6%
Dumbarton (M)	847	421	49.7%	904	417	46.1%	1,751	838	47.9%
Dumfries (M)	874	456	52.2%	886	406	45.8%	1,760	862	49.0%
Dundee (M)	2,283	1,263	55.3%	2,476	1,231	49.7%	4,759	2,494	52.4%
Dunfermline (M)	1,459	698	47.8%	1,587	747	47.1%	3,046	1,445	47.4%
Dunoon (R)	72	52	72.2%	115	65	56.5%	187	117	62.6%
East Kilbride (M)	327	159	48.6%	537	207	38.5%	864	366	42.4%
Edinburgh (Currie) (M)	2,939	1,487	50.6%	3,071	1,405	45.8%	6,010	2,892	48.1%
Edinburgh (Musselburgh) (M)	3,729	1,831	49.1%	4,178	1,781	42.6%	7,907	3,612	45.7%
Elgin (M)	885	520	58.8%	930	477	51.3%	1,815	997	54.9%
Forfar (R)	228	138	60.5%	349	206	59.0%	577	344	59.6%
Fort William (R)	152	102	67.1%	179	103	57.5%	331	205	61.9%
Fraserburgh (O)	231	149	64.5%	313	170	54.3%	544	319	58.6%
Gairloch (R)	15	15	100.0%	11	10	90.9%	26	25	96.2%
Galashiels (M)	454	245	54.0%	407	220	54.1%	861	465	54.0%
Girvan (R)	68	48	70.6%	133	64	48.1%	201	112	55.7%
Glasgow (Anniesland) (M)	3,400	1,605	47.2%	3,756	1,621	43.2%	7,156	3,226	45.1%
Glasgow (Baillieston) (M)	2,761	1,325	48.0%	3,117	1,273	40.8%	5,878	2,598	44.2%
Glasgow (Shieldhall) (M)	3,049	1,213	39.8%	3,052	1,084	35.5%	6,101	2,297	37.6%
Golspie (R)	35	21	60.0%	43	22	51.2%	78	43	55.1%
Grangemouth (M)	1,634	878	53.7%	2,027	905	44.6%	3,661	1,783	48.7%
Grantown-On-Spey (R)	75	43	57.3%	72	36	50.0%	147	79	53.7%
Greenock (M)	927	461	49.7%	1,042	442	42.4%	1,969	903	45.9%
Haddington (O)	473	279	59.0%	666	350	52.6%	1,139	629	55.2%
Hamilton (M)	2,111	1,061	50.3%	2,587	1,149	44.4%	4,698	2,210	47.0%
Hawick (R)	158	101	63.9%	220	120	54.5%	378	221	58.5%
Huntly (R)	161	87	54.0%	161	80	49.7%	322	167	51.9%
Inveraray (R)	21	10	47.6%	35	25	71.4%	56	35	62.5%
Inverness (Cradlehall Business Park) (M)	1,124	579	51.5%	1,142	496	43.4%	2,266	1,075	47.4%
Inverness LGV	2	1	50.0%	-	-	0.0%	2	1	50.0%
Inverurie (R	305	198	64.9%	369	205	55.6%	674	403	59.8%
Irvine (M)	1,845	973	52.7%	2,066	915	44.3%	3,911	1,888	48.3%
Isle of Skye (Broadford) (R)	29	18	62.1%	21	13	61.9%	50	31	62.0%
Isle of Skye (Portree) (R)	52	38	73.1%	56	39	69.6%	108	77	71.3%
Kelso (R)	135	90	66.7%	155	77	49.7%	290	167	57.6%
Kingussie (R)	48	29	60.4%	45	29	64.4%	93	58	62.4%
Kirkcaldy (M)	2,080	1,090	52.4%	2,281	1,088	47.7%	4,361	2,178	49.9%
Kyle of Lochalsh (R)	30	21	70.0%	19	15	78.9%	49	36	73.5%
Lairg (R)	39	23	59.0%	31	18	58.1%	70	41	58.6%
Lanark (O)	674	393	58.3%	830	435	52.4%	1,504	828	55.1%
Lerwick (R)	249	159	63.9%	231	132	57.1%	480	291	60.6%
Livingston	191	95	49.7%	218	84	38.5%	409	179	43.8%
Lochgilphead (R)	70	47	67.1%	53	35	66.0%	123	82	66.7%
Mallaig (R)	15	12	80.0%	9	8	88.9%	24	20	83.3%
Montrose (R)	32	18	56.3%	46	25	54.3%	78	43	55.1%
Newton Stewart (R)	115	61	53.0%	103	58	56.3%	218	119	54.6%
Oban (R)	169	102	60.4%	171	86	50.3%	340	188	55.3%
Orkney (R)	184	124	67.4%	183	124	67.8%	367	248	67.6%
Paisley (M)	2,482	1,191	48.0%	3,030	1,274	42.0%	5,512	2,465	44.7%
Peebles (R)	124	56	45.2%	146	80	54.8%	270	136	50.4%
Perth (M)	147	90	61.2%	144	71	49.3%	291	161	55.3%
Peterhead (M)	614	382	62.2%	570	304	53.3%	1,184	686	57.9%
Pitlochry (R)	42	22	52.4%	40	21	52.5%	82	43	52.4%
Rothesay (R)	44	19	43.2%	68	32	47.1%	112	51	45.5%
Stirling (M)	1,373	661	48.1%	1,595	684	42.9%	2,968	1,345	45.3%
Stornoway (R)	212	110	51.9%	200	117	58.5%	412	227	55.1%
Stranraer (R)	124	77	62.1%	192	108	56.3%	316	185	58.5%
Thurso (R)	99	64	64.6%	127	67	52.8%	226	131	58.0%
Ullapool (R)	48	31	64.6%	32	19	59.4%	80	50	62.5%
Wick (M)	16	12	75.0%	14	7	50.0%	30	19	63.3%
zAberdeen Bridge of Don (Closed)	1,390	747	53.7%	1,753	775	44.2%	3,143	1,522	48.4%
zBathgate (Closed)	1,798	977	54.3%	2,142	994	46.4%	3,940	1,971	50.0%
ZGlasgow Springburn (Closed)	2,433	1,229	50.5%	2,920	1,183	40.5%	5,354	2,412	45.1%
zMontrose (Closed)	233	150	64.4%	280	148	52.9%	513	298	58.1%
ZPerth (Closed)	819	448	54.7%	914	466	51.0%	1,733	914	52.7%
Zrutherglen (Closed)	275	138	50.2%	540	200	37.0%	815	338	41.5%
ZWick (Closed)	110	63	57.3%	129	57	44.2%	239	120	50.2%
Scotland	57,437	29,479	51.3%	65,231	29,321	44.9%	122,669	58,800	47.9%

Source: Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency - Not National Statistics
(M) - Main Test Centre
(O) - Outstation
(R) - Remote Driving Test Centre
Note: Centres where only one examiner has conducted tests have been removed from the details, though they have been included in the national totals.

Table 1.15 People who hold a full car driving licence ¹ by age

Note: This table has been removed as data are no longer available for Scotland . Latest Scottish estimates are given in table 1.16 although this is based on a different source.

Table 1.16 People who hold a full driving licence 2014

	Age group								All	Sample size
	17-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70-79	80+	17 +
				percentage of the relevant sub-group 1					number
All people:	29	56	73	82	79	74	61	40	69	9,720
by sex:
Men	32	59	77	85	85	85	80	66	76	4,410
Women	27	54	69	80	73	65	46	23	62	5,320
by annual net household income:
up to £ 10,000 p.a.	**	40	44	48	56	59	54	31	47	1,300
over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000	**	32	50	48	61	65	51	40	49	1,780
over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000	**	57	50	73	66	71	59	39	60	1,540
over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000	**	49	80	79	83	79	60	49	68	1,150
over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000	**	60	73	84	84	81	67	**	73	920
over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000	**	75	86	89	85	82	83	**	82	1,180
over £40,000	**	82	93	97	93	92	100	**	90	1,580
by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation:
1 - Most Deprived	8	40	51	62	59	46	38	21	46	1,910
2	**	54	74	74	66	65	49	33	62	1,990
3	**	63	77	88	87	76	65	42	75	2,090
4	**	70	85	91	87	84	73	44	79	2,100
5 - Least Deprived	**	63	85	92	92	91	81	53	81	1,640
by urban / rural classification:
Large urban areas	24	51	65	76	71	69	51	26	61	2,930
Other urban areas	25	58	73	81	81	70	60	45	68	3,210
Accessible small towns	**	64	87	88	78	79	69	28	73	930
Remote small towns	**	55	66	79	78	78	72	**	68	590
Accessible rural areas	**	72	92	94	87	83	71	59	83	1,060
Remote rural areas	**	65	91	92	92	88	81	66	84	1,010
Sample size (age group)	220	1,160	1,370	1,600	1,680	1,680	1,290	730	9,720

Source: Scottish Household Survey. The interviewer asks whether the person holds a full driving licence (car or motorcycle).
1. The denominator includes people for whom it was not known, or not recorded, what type of driving licence (if any) was held.
** Estimates based on smaller sample sizes may be subject to larger levels of variation and therefore may see relatively large fluctuations over time.

Table 1.17 People who hold a full driving licence, 2004-2014

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
All people								percent of population 1
Age group
17-19	26	21	30	28	32	25	27	26	28	26	29
20-29	61	60	59	58	56	58	58	54	58	56	56
30-39	79	79	76	78	78	77	76	77	75	74	73
40-49	79	79	79	80	83	80	81	80	80	80	82
50-59	74	75	76	76	78	78	78	78	79	80	79
60-69	65	65	68	69	70	75	72	74	73	74	74
70-79	48	49	51	55	53	55	54	57	59	60	61
80+	28	27	29	35	31	37	37	35	37	41	40
All aged 17+	66	66	66	67	68	68	68	67	68	68	69
Sample size	14,660	13,970	14,075	12,152	12,267	12,447	12,361	12,801	9,828	9,838	9,720
Men
Age group
17-19	31	25	32	27	32	28	28	33	35	24	32
20-29	66	62	61	61	62	61	64	58	59	60	59
30-39	84	84	81	82	81	81	80	81	78	78	77
40-49	85	86	85	86	87	86	86	84	86	84	85
50-59	82	85	85	87	84	85	85	87	85	88	85
60-69	82	83	84	83	84	86	84	86	83	86	85
70-79	71	72	73	76	77	78	74	79	79	76	80
80+	52	47	56	61	55	60	59	60	63	64	66
All aged 17+	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76
Sample size	6,222	5,920	6,056	5,211	5,289	5,400	5,450	5,515	4,377	4,405	4,410
Women
Age group
17-19	21	16	28	29	33	21	25	17	19	29	27
20-29	56	57	56	54	50	56	51	51	57	52	54
30-39	74	73	72	75	76	73	73	73	71	71	69
40-49	74	73	74	75	78	74	76	77	74	76	80
50-59	67	64	68	66	73	71	72	70	75	72	73
60-69	51	51	55	57	57	64	62	63	65	64	65
70-79	31	32	33	40	37	38	40	43	43	48	46
80+	15	16	14	21	16	22	21	19	22	26	23
All aged 17+	57	56	58	59	60	61	60	60	62	61	62
Sample size	8,438	8,050	8,019	6,941	6,978	7,047	6,911	7,286	5,451	5,433	5,320

Source: Scottish Household Survey. The interviewer asks whether the person holds a full driving licence (car or motorcycle).
1. The denominator includes people for whom it was not known, or not recorded, what type of driving licence (if any) was held.
Note: For some age groups the sample sizes are relatively small and so estimates can be subject to greater fluctuations over time.

Table 1.18 Households with the regular use of a car

Note: This table has been removed as data are no longer available for Scotland.
Latest Scottish estimates are given in table 1.19 although this is based on a different source.

Table 1.19 Households with a car available for private use¹, 2004-2014 ²

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Cars available for private use:									percent of households
None	33.7	31.7	32.0	30.3	30.2	30.7	30.3	30.1	31.0|	30.2	30.8
1	43.0	44.5	43.6	44.3	43.9	43.7	44.0	44.5	43.0|	44.0	43.3
2	19.9	20.5	20.5	21.4	21.8	21.5	21.6	21.0	21.3|	21.3	21.1
3+	3.4	3.3	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.4	4.6|	4.6	4.7
1+	66.3	68.3	68.0	69.7	69.8	69.3	69.7	69.9	69.0|	69.8	69.2
2+	23.3	23.8	24.4	25.3	25.8	25.6	25.7	25.4	26.0|	25.8	25.9
Sample size	15,942	15,392	15,616	13,414	13,821	14,190	14,214	14,358	10,644	10,652	10,630

1. Source : Scottish Household Survey. Vans are not counted in this table.
2. From 2012 Q4 the question was changed to ask about access to cars / vans instead of just cars.

Table 1.20 Households with a car or van available for private use ¹, 2014

	Number of cars or vans available for private use				size	Sample
	None	1	2	3 +	1+	2 +	(=100%)
					percent of households
All households:	30.8	43.3	21.1	4.7	69.2	25.9	10,630
by household type:
Single adult	50.7	45.3	3.6	0.4	49.3	4.0	1,900
Small adult	21.1	42.0	33.1	3.9	78.9	36.9	1,700
Single parent	49.4	47.4	2.7	0.6	50.6	3.3	550
Small family	14.0	42.9	40.2	2.9	86.0	43.1	1,310
Large family	9.9	36.3	41.1	12.7	90.1	53.8	640
Large adult	12.4	28.3	32.9	26.4	87.6	59.3	970
Older smaller	16.1	57.1	25.2	1.6	83.9	26.8	1,760
Single pensioner	58.2	40.1	1.6	0.1	41.8	1.7	1,790
by annual net household income:
up to £10,000 p.a.	60.7	33.0	5.1	1.2	39.3	6.4	1,370
over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000	54.4	39.0	5.6	1.1	45.6	6.7	1,880
over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000	39.8	49.4	9.3	1.5	60.2	10.8	1,650
over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000	24.1	57.6	15.2	3.0	75.9	18.2	1,250
over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000	14.7	58.0	21.8	5.5	85.3	27.3	1,030
over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000	7.2	47.3	37.7	7.8	92.8	45.6	1,340
over £40,000	2.6	31.6	52.7	13.1	97.4	65.8	1,810
by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation:
1 - Most Deprived	52.9	37.7	7.9	1.5	47.1	9.4	2,080
2	39.8	42.2	14.8	3.1	60.2	18.0	2,160
3	24.3	47.6	23.3	4.8	75.7	28.1	2,270
4	18.7	45.6	28.2	7.5	81.3	35.7	2,310
5 - Least Deprived	15.2	44.0	33.6	7.2	84.8	40.8	1,820
by urban / rural classification:
Large urban areas	40.7	41.3	15.3	2.7	59.3	18.0	3,240
Other urban areas	30.5	44.0	20.7	4.9	69.5	25.6	3,520
Accessible small towns	24.8	44.7	25.6	4.9	75.2	30.5	1,010
Remote small towns	31.4	47.4	17.8	3.4	68.6	21.2	640
Accessible rural areas	13.8	41.7	35.0	9.5	86.2	44.5	1,160
Remote rural areas	13.1	50.4	28.9	7.6	86.9	36.5	1,060

1. Source : Scottish Household Survey.

Table 1.21 Number of blue badges¹ on issue, time series and 2015 breakdown

	Time series2 (Totals)						Badges on issue as at 31st March 2015:
	as at 31st March
Council	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Organisat-ions	Individuals - Automatic3	Individuals - Discretionary4
Aberdeen City	8,313	8,044	8,032	7,887	5,183	6,552	76	3,036	3,440
Aberdeenshire5	15,601	16,288	13,358	12,166	8,155	10,685	125	4,479	6,081
Angus	5,991	5,969	5,581	4,892	5,451	4,982	105	2,554	2,323
Argyll & Bute	4,828	4,438	4,314	3,867	3,433	3,934	81	1,842	2,011
Clackmannanshire	2,439	2,511	2,518	2,377	2,572	2,128	26	1,235	867
Dumfries & Galloway	3,606	2,922	3,369	3,212	3,096	9,236	88	4,235	4,913
Dundee City	6,086	6,199	6,766	5,776	5,252	5,292	74	2,974	2,244
East Ayrshire	6,976	6,819	6,787	6,098	5,735	6,595	49	3,558	2,988
East Dunbartonshire	5,421	4,738	5,175	2,905	4,847	4,473	62	1,982	2,429
East Lothian	5,059	5,059	4,328	5,131	5,293	4,680	11	2,258	2,411
East Renfrewshire	4,269	4,318	5,756	4,375	4,020	4,307	44	1,628	2,635
Edinburgh, City of 10	22,093	22,921	23,470	17,502	16,922	15,264	399	6,631	8,234
Eilean Siar	813	969	918	961	922	863	10	435	418
Falkirk	9,156	9,821	8,108	8,256	7,332	6,877	74	3,715	3,088
Fife	22,045	21,574	21,021	19,750	18,877	18,646	96	10,200	8,350
Glasgow, City of 6	29,522	24,761	27,317	23,692	19,350	21,784	311	12,928	8,545
Highland 7	11,282	7,445	12,967	9,938	10,855	9,164	118	4,035	5,011
Inverclyde	5,123	5,312	5,183	5,099	4,955	4,439	111	2,013	2,315
Midlothian	4,677	4,654	4,673	3,164	4,716	4,416	51	2,120	2,245
Moray	4,628	4,849	4,485	4,033	3,687	3,608	18	1,809	1,781
North Ayrshire	8,263	8,531	7,379	6,040	6,157	7,086	63	3,720	3,303
North Lanarkshire	19,804	19,019	18,013	16,957	18,352	16,453	99	10,140	6,214
Orkney Islands 8	1,216	1,143	1,281	1,108	1,050	1,119	27	405	687
Perth & Kinross	5,603	5,551	6,169	5,975	6,814	6,542	119	2,663	3,760
Renfrewshire	8,761	8,569	8,358	7,873	8,326	7,730	98	4,594	3,038
Scottish Borders 9	…	…	6,987	6,456	5,980	4,961	64	2,111	2,786
Shetland Islands	340	383	381	800	953	878	16	349	513
South Ayrshire	5,857	5,958	6,356	5,212	5,475	5,537	55	2,693	2,789
South Lanarkshire	18,217	19,245	15,274	15,602	15,826	16,218	104	8,747	7,367
Stirling	5,034	4,649	4,273	4,374	4,082	3,918	44	1,780	2,094
West Dunbartonshire	4,781	4,730	4,625	4,221	4,936	4,548	66	2,777	1,705
West Lothian	9,506	9,691	9,823	9,529	9,615	8,912	149	5,617	3,146
Total 9	265,310	257,080	263,045	245,035	228,219	231,827	2,833	119,263	109,731

Source: Scottish Government - Not National Statistics
1. Blue Badges for display on motor vehicles used by disabled persons were introduced on 1 April 2000.
2. Totals relate to the number of badges on issue as at 31st March that year. Data prior to 2008 not available.
3. The automatic category includes badges issued to individuals in receipt of the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance, a War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement, a lump sum (tariffs 1-8) of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, or to blind or registered blind people. (Not subject to further assessment.)
4. Badges issued in the discretionary category to people with a substantial permanent or temporary disability who are unable or virtually unable to walk (Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 as amended). (May be subject to further assessment.)
5. Aberdeenshire introduced an electronic data capture system in 2010; therefore figures may not be comparable with previous years.
6. Glasgow changed data capture process in 2011; therefore figures may not be comparable with previous years.
7. Highland Council, in April 2010, introduced a fee for the first time which may have contributed to the decline in number of badges issued.
8. Orkney introduced an electronic system in 2009; therefore figures may not be comparable with previous years.
9. Scottish Borders data was reviewed in 2012. Data is not available for previous years and is therefore excluded from the totals. Scottish Borders is included in the 2012 totals
10. City of Edinburgh Council advised of error in 2013 total. Revised figure down from 27,309 to17,502

Table 1.22 Motor vehicle offences recorded by the police by type of offence

Discontinuities in the table

2013-14 is the first full reporting year since the establishment of Police Scotland. As a result, data is no longer returned by the eight legacy police force areas and instead comes from one central unit within Police Scotland, using their new performance management reporting tool. To ensure that the dataset produced from this new system is consistent with data returned from legacy police forces, an extensive quality assurance exercise has been carried out to closely compare the data held by the Scottish Government with that extracted from the new force system.

This exercise has identified a number of anomalies affecting comparability of the time series resulting in breaks in the series. Vertical lines between figures represent these breaks and comparisons should not be directly made between the two series. The Scottish Government is investigating these issues further and seeking a resolution. Should this be possible, the web tables on the Transport Scotland website will be updated with revised figures for the table below. Further information about these discontinuities can be found in the Scottish Government Official Statistics publication: Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2014-15 http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/09/5338.

Table 1.22 Motor vehicle offences recorded by the police by type of offence

Type of offence	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
Serious Driving Offences
Dangerous driving	2,873	3,044	2,898	2,780	2,567	2,387	2,422	2,476	2,957	2,428
Careless driving	10,083	10,557	10,066	8,739	8,506	7,452	7,431	8,054	8,567	8,345
Drunk Driving of which:	11,257	11,704	10,697	9,800	8,504	7,563	7,445	6,433	6,079	5,218
Driving while unfit through drink/drugs	809	761	651	547	488	502	584	459	490	450
In charge while unfit through drink/drugs	102	111	107	88	78	59	63	52	92	54
Driving with excess blood alcohol	7,337	7,652	7,177	6,774	5,840	4,979	4,889	4,223	3,819	3,161
In charge with excess blood alcohol	693	754	640	566	471	484	433	445	419	390
Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside	946	1,041	931	779	643	633	577	495	517	477
Failing to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at a police station	1,370	1,385	1,191	1,046	984	906	899	759	742	686
Failing to stop after accident	8,244	7,225	6,769	6,881	6,552	6,586	5,955	6,804	5,921	5,574
Driving while disqualified	3,853	3,676	3,075	2,659	2,048	1,640	1,466	1,311	1,208	898
Speeding Offences
Speeding in restricted areas	93,495	70,758	65,420	52,146	50,788	50,890	53,068	62,188|	38,400	29,316
Other speeding offences2,3	74,749	93,068	72,956	65,984	63,438	63,948	73,078	62,079|	44,350	31,937
Signal and Direction Offences
Traffic direction offences	24,396	22,911	24,477	26,995	31,281	34,195	31,786	34,404|	26,539	16,307
Pedestrian crossing offences	4,511	3,767	3,120	3,499	4,137	3,944	4,317	4,537|	3,776	2,268
Lighting, Construction & Use Offences
Lighting offences2	9,876	8,134	9,009	11,638	12,791	8,910	10,120	10,934|	9,284	7,043
Construction & use regulations2	14,056	13,036	13,319	13,642	13,452	12,271	12,681	11,884|	11,639	8,550
Documentation Offences
Vehicle excise licence offences	17,966	17,699	17,954|	15,654	14,688	11,673	12,710	11,812|	6,601	2,634
No test certificate2	9,007	8,399	10,264|	11,640	11,836	10,788	11,650	12,380	18,546	15,528
Driving licence offences2	15,288	14,232	12,205|	10,895	9,051	7,424	7,264	7,474	9,492	6,396
Third party insurance offences2	25,140	25,228	24,093|	23,171	20,610	17,860	17,407	17,228	18,998	13,747
Registration/identification offences	3,866	3,824	6,064	5,222	5,397	4,520	3,879	3,375|	2,934	1,652
Other Offences
Failure to provide information to identify driver2	728	852	1,088	1,082	1,069	1,206	1,230	971	1,528	1,394
Tachograph etc offences	1,894	2,603	3,954	5,440	3,779|	2,437	1,972	2,025	1,635	1,560
Seat belt offences2	27,308	28,859	26,917|	26,225	29,324	29,171	31,505	33,047	37,880	15,619
Mobile phone offences	15,981	18,876	18,218|	23,957	26,146	27,736	29,110	30,875	35,764	17,978
Parking offences	389	382	328	298	332	171	177	158	143	105
Other offences	5,407	4,260	3,024	2,651	2,787	2,403	2,528	2048	1,850	1,488
Total offences1	380,367	373,094	345,915	330,998	329,083	315,175	329,201	332,497|	294,091	195,985

Source: Recorded Crime, Scottish Government
Notes:
1. The full time series is no longer comparable, the vertical lines in the table represents the break in the series. Direct comparison between the period on either side of the break in the seriesshould not be made. Further information can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/PubRecordedCrime/TechnicalReport
2. A number of historic figures in these categories have been revised as a result of the quality assurance process noted above and will not match the figures presented in earlier editions of STS, further information can be found at the link in note 1.
3. Includes motorway and clearway offences, which previously appeared as a separate category under Other offences.

Table 1.23 Households with a car or van available by gender, 2011

				Total Number
	None	1	2+	(=100%)
	percent of people in households
All people in households:	23	40	37	5,196,386
Men	20	40	39	2,521,307
Women	25	40	35	2,675,079

Source: Scottish Census 2011, National Records of Scotland

Table 1.24 Households with a car or van available, 2011

				Total Number
	None	1	2+	(=100%)
	percent of households
All households:	31	42	27	2,372,777
by selected household type:
Single adult (aged under 65)	48	48	4	511,447
Married or cohabiting family with dependent children	8	36	56	409,369
Married or cohabiting family with no children	11	44	44	413,022
Single parent	43	45	12	263,360
All students	63	27	10	20,928
Single pensioner	64	35	1	311,867
by tenure:
Owned outright	8	38	54	652,675
Owned with a mortgage or loan	6	38	56	1,585,110
Social rented (council)	49	38	13	372,920
Social rented (other)	53	37	10	317,812
Private rented (private landlord or letting agency)	41	40	18	421,264

Source: Scottish Census 2011, National Records of Scotland

Table 1.25 Households with a car or van available by disability and ethnicity, 2011

				Total Number
	None	1	2+	(=100%)
	percent of people in households
All people in households:	23	40	37	5,196,386
by disability:
Day-to-day activites limited a lot	46	40	14	472,795
Day-to-day activites limited a little	34	42	23	523,272
Day-to-day activites not limited	19	40	42	4,200,319
by ethnicity:
White: Total	22	40	38	4,995,665
White: Scottish	22	40	38	4,382,131
White: Other British	16	41	43	403,604
White: Irish	27	40	33	52,086
White: Gypsy/Traveller	35	41	24	4,029
White: Polish	31	52	17	60,324
White: Other White	32	42	26	93,491
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups	26	42	32	19,068
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Total	27	38	35	133,506
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Pakistani, Pakistani Scottish or Pakistani British	16	36	48	48,968
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Indian, Indian Scottish or Indian British	29	38	33	31,442
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi Scottish or Bangladeshi British	32	41	27	3,710
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Chinese, Chinese Scottish or Chinese British	36	36	28	29,596
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: Other Asian	36	44	19	19,790
African	51	36	13	28,170
Caribbean or Black	39	39	22	6,279
Other ethnic groups: Total	34	43	23	13,698
Other ethnic groups: Arab, Arab Scottish or Arab British	36	42	21	8,959
Other ethnic groups: Other Ethnic Group	31	43	25	4,739

Source: Scottish Census 2011, National Records of Scotland