Chapter 5: Road Traffic

Chapter 5: Road Traffic

1 Introduction

1.1 This chapter provides information about road traffic, such as the total volume of traffic by type of road, by type of vehicle, and by council area. It also provides some figures on traffic flows at selected points on the road network, some statistics on delays and congestion and information about petrol and diesel consumption.

1.2 Traffic estimates, indicate only the broad level of traffic, so year on year comparisons should be made with care as they are based on a very small cross-section of the roads in Scotland: 12 hours in one day traffic counts taken at around 750 sites per year and data from automatic traffic counters at about two dozen sites in Scotland (then combined with data from automatic counters at similar sites in England and Wales). See Sources section.

Key Points

• 45.4 billion vehicle km were driven in 2015
• 38% of distance travelled is on Trunk roads, which account for only 6% of the road network.
• 12.3% of driver journeys were delayed by congestion in 2015.

2 Main Points

Major & Minor Roads

2.1 The estimated volume of traffic on Scotland's roads in 2015 was around 45.4 billion (thousand million) vehicle km: 1.2% more than 2014. There have been slight increases in the last three years, following the steady downward trend seen between 2007 and 2011. (Table 5.1)

2.2 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2015 was estimated to be 30 billion vehicle-km. Traffic on Motorways accounted for 7.5 billion vehicle km (16% of all traffic).  This was less than the estimated 9.9 billion vehicle km on trunk A roads (22% of the total), and the 12.5 billion on non-trunk A roads (28%).  Three quarters of A road traffic was in rural areas: 16.9 billion out of the A roads total of 22.4 billion vehicle km.  (Table 5.1) 

2.3 Minor roads (B, C and unclassified roads) accounted for the remaining 34% of traffic in 2015: an estimated 15.5 billion vehicle km  (Table 5.1)   

2.5 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2015 was 1% higher than in the previous year (Motorways increased by 1%). Minor road traffic was about 1% higher than in 2014. Traffic levels are around 6 per cent higher than in 2005.  (Table 5.1)

Trends

2.6 DfT estimates suggest a rising trend in traffic volumes on major roads in Scotland, reaching a peak in 2007 when numbers levelled off, 5 per cent higher than they had been in 2003.  Traffic volumes then fell back slightly but after increases in the last couple of years are now slightly (0.2%) higher than they were in 2007.  Motorway traffic saw a 14 per cent rise between 2003 and 2008, fell slightly over the next two years and has started to rise again over the last three years; now 2% higher than the earlier peak in 2008. (Table 5.1) 

2.7 Traffic on minor roads is estimated to have risen by 9% between 2003 and 2007, falling by 6% since and the total volume of traffic on all roads in Scotland was also estimated to have risen by 6% between 2003 and 2007, falling 1% since. (Table 5.1)    

2.8 Cars account for over three quarters (76%) of the total volume of traffic on the roads (i.e. of the total for major roads and minor roads combined), light goods vehicles for 15% and heavy goods vehicles for 6%. After increases in the previous seven years there was a slight fall in the amount of pedal cycle traffic in 2015. However, with traffic volumes increasing by 43% since 2007, pedal cycles still account for less than one percent of estimated traffic volume.  (Table 5.2 & 5.3)

2.9 In 2015, the volume of car traffic was 4 per cent higher than in 2005 but 0.4 per cent below the 2007 peak, light goods vehicle traffic 14 per cent higher, but heavy goods vehicle traffic 10% lower. (Table 5.3) 

Local Area volumes

2.10 A fifth of motorway traffic was within the City of Glasgow, whereas Highland had the highest volume (16%) of trunk A road traffic. The five local authorities with the highest traffic volumes (Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Edinburgh, Fife and Aberdeenshire) account for 34% of all traffic on Scotland’s roads. (Table 5.4)     

2.11 The monthly average daily traffic flows recorded at a selection of Automated Traffic Classifier (ATC) sites are given in Table 5.6. The average flow (both directions) at the A720 Dreghorn site was around 79,000 vehicles per day. In contrast, the average daily flow at the A835 Aultguish site was around 1,700 vehicles. Traffic levels also vary considerably depending on the month: e.g. the A87 Kyle of Lochalsh site in September averaged over 5,000 vehicles per day – compared to under 2,000 in February.  (Table 5.6 & 5.7)

2.12 Some trunk road traffic flows are given in Table 5.7. The A720 Dreghorn was the busiest site from this sample, with an annual average of 78,624 vehicles per day in 2015. Its Monday-Friday average was 85,149 vehicles per day, and its Monday-Friday peak hourly flows were 7,048 vehicles in the morning and 7,231 vehicles in the evening.  At the opposite end of the scale, the A835 Aultguish averaged 1,694 vehicles per day over the year as a whole and its Monday-Friday peak hourly flows were around 200. The A7 Langholm had the highest percentage of heavy goods vehicle traffic in 2015 at 28% for the week, followed by the A80 Cumbenauld (26%). (Table 5.7) 

Delays and Congestion

2.13 In previous editions of STS Table 5.8 estimated the time lost by traffic due to delays on trunk road routes monitored by Transport Scotland. This table is no longer being updated due to number of factors, including major changes to the network which would have required a substantial rework to the methodology.

2.14 The Scottish Household Survey provides estimates of delays attributed to congestion experienced by drivers (on the previous day). In 2015, 12.3% of journeys made as the driver of a car were said to be delayed due to traffic congestion.  This figure is broadly comparable to the 2006 congestion level, with a peak of around 14% in 2007.  Short delays were more common than longer ones - 4% of car drivers’ journeys were delayed by around 5 minutes compared to almost 2% by 15 minutes and just over 2% by 20 minutes or longer.  Weekday journeys were most likely to suffer congestion delays between 7 and 9 am and 4 and 6 pm (25% and 24-29% respectively).  Fewer delays (5%) were experienced by people residing in remote small towns than those in accessible small towns (10%). (Tables 5.8 and 5.9)

2.15 These statistics underpin Scotland’s National Indicator on driver congestion.  More information on National Indicators can be found on the Scotland Performs website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/scotPerforms/indicators/reduceCongestion

2.16 Delays experienced by bus users have fallen since 2008, though changes in recent years are not significant due to small sample sizes.  (Table 5.9)

Fuel Consumption

2.17 DECC estimates suggest that the traffic on Scotland's roads consumed just over 3 million tonnes of petrol and diesel in 2014.  This figure includes fuel purchased outwith Scotland which is consumed in Scotland, and excludes fuel purchased in Scotland which is used outwith Scotland.  It is estimated using information about average fuel consumption, vehicle emissions and traffic volumes - see Notes and Definitions section, page 225.

2.18 Petrol and diesel consumption has been falling since 2007. There has been a steady fall in petrol consumption in cars over the period and an increase in diesel cars, reflecting trends in vehicle propulsion shown in Chapter 1 i.e. increases in the proportion of diesel powered vehicles on the roads and reductions in petrol powered vehicles. (Table 5.10)

Figure 5.1: Scottish Trunk Road Map

 

Table 5.1  Traffic (vehicle kilometres) by road class and type

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 1	2015
	million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Motorways	6,151	6,433	6,577	6,683	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477
Trunk A roads
Urban *	922	966	928	942	952	945	951	973	960	965	960
Rural *	8,834	8,976	9,042	8,878	8,960	8,773	8,793	8,678	8,766	8,726	8,905
Total	9,756	9,942	9,970	9,820	9,913	9,719	9,744	9,651	9,725	9,691	9,864
Non-trunk A roads
Urban *	4,551	4,595	4,505	4,493	4,530	4,522	4,471	4,395	4,390	4,478	4,501
Rural *	7,598	7,928	7,933	7,813	7,885	7,752	7,781	7,666	7,670	7,856	8,029
Total	12,149	12,523	12,438	12,307	12,415	12,273	12,252	12,061	12,061	12,334	12,530
All A roads
Urban *	5,473	5,561	5,433	5,435	5,482	5,467	5,422	5,368	5,350	5,443	5,461
Rural *	16,431	16,904	16,975	16,691	16,845	16,525	16,574	16,344	16,436	16,582	16,934
Total	21,904	22,465	22,408	22,126	22,327	21,992	21,996	21,712	21,786	22,025	22,395
All major roads	28,055	28,898	28,986	28,810	28,961	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,446	29,872
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
B roads
Urban *	1,336	1,312	1,335	1,315	1,283	1,246	1,250	1,254	1,235	1,263	1,261
Rural *	2,589	2,647	2,734	2,748	2,661	2,660	2,577	2,502	2,519	2,662	2,711
Total	3,925	3,959	4,069	4,063	3,944	3,906	3,827	3,756	3,754	3,925	3,972
C & Unclassified roads
Urban *	6,832	6,957	7,133	7,079	6,942	6,732	6,767	6,813	6,725	6,891	6,890
Rural *	3,906	4,306	4,479	4,517	4,371	4,354	4,232	4,127	4,314	4,578	4,639
Total	10,738	11,263	11,611	11,596	11,314	11,086	10,998	10,941	11,038	11,469	11,530
All minor roads
Urban *	8,168	8,269	8,468	8,394	8,225	7,978	8,016	8,067	7,960	8,154	8,151
Rural *	6,495	6,952	7,212	7,266	7,033	7,014	6,809	6,630	6,832	7,240	7,350
All minor roads	14,663	15,221	15,680	15,659	15,258	14,992	14,825	14,696	14,792	15,394	15,501
All roads
Motorways	6,151	6,433	6,577	6,683	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477
Urban *	13,641	13,830	13,901	13,829	13,708	13,445	13,438	13,434	13,310	13,597	13,612
Rural *	22,926	23,857	24,187	23,957	23,878	23,539	23,383	22,974	23,269	23,822	24,284
All roads	42,718	44,119	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374

Source:  Department for Transport - Not National Statistics
1. DfT have made some small revisions to 2014 estimates. 
* DfT's classification of urban and rural roads differs from the built up/non-built up classification - see section 5.1.4 of the traffic estimates notes and definitions at the back of this publication.
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

 

Table 5.2  Traffic (vehicle kilometres)  on major roads (by class / type) and minor roads (by type) by vehicle type, 2015

	Cars	Two wheeled motor vehicles	Buses	Light goods vehicles	Heavy goods vehicles	All motor vehicles	Pedal cycles	All vehicle traffic	Percent of all roads
	million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Motorways 1	5,461	28	55	1,121	812	7,477	0	7,477	16.5
Trunk A roads - urban 2	741	4	8	144	62	959	1	960	2.1
Trunk A roads - rural 2	6,592	70	93	1,358	787	8,900	4	8,905	19.6
Non-trunk A roads - urban 2	3,662	18	105	568	128	4,480	21	4,501	9.9
Non-trunk A roads - rural 2	6,117	62	108	1,289	439	8,015	15	8,029	17.7
All major roads	22,573	182	369	4,480	2,228	29,831	41	29,872	65.8
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Urban roads 2	6,573	53	164	1,139	102	8,030	121	8,151	18.0
Rural roads 2	5,523	59	55	1,359	174	7,171	180	7,351	16.2
All minor roads	12,096	112	219	2,499	276	15,201	300	15,502	34.2
All roads
Motorways	5,461	28	55	1,121	812	7,477	0	7,477	16.5
Urban roads 2	10,975	75	277	1,851	292	13,469	143	13,612	30.0
Rural roads 2	18,233	190	256	4,007	1,400	24,086	198	24,284	53.5
All roads	34,669	293	588	6,979	2,504	45,032	342	45,374	100.0
Percentage of all vehicles	76.4	0.6	1.3	15.4	5.5	99.2	0.8	100.0

Source:  Department for Transport - Not National Statistics
1. Motorways include A(M) roads.
2. DfT's classification of urban and rural roads differs from the built up/non-built up classification - see section 5.1.4 of the notes and definitions at the back of this publication.
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

 

Table 5.3 Traffic (vehicle kilometres)  on major roads, minor roads and all roads by vehicle type

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 1	2015
	million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Cars	22,060	22,610	22,392	22,221	22,496	21,998	21,986	22,170	22,217	22,418	22,573
Two wheeled motor vehicles	181	176	187	190	196	181	181	171	176	184	181
Buses	285	299	308	320	329	353	352	363	365	366	369
Light goods vehicles	3,261	3,459	3,689	3,690	3,684	3,701	3,816	3,906	4,032	4,242	4,481
Heavy goods vehicles	2,234	2,315	2,378	2,349	2,210	2,217	2,184	2,198	2,210	2,193	2,228
All motor vehicle traffic	28,021	28,859	28,953	28,770	28,917	28,450	28,519	28,807	29,001	29,404	29,831
Pedal cycles	34	39	32	40	45	46	47	45	47	42	41
All traffic on major roads	28,055	28,898	28,986	28,810	28,961	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,446	29,872
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Cars	11,418	11,857	12,153	12,136	11,895	11,593	11,592	11,606	11,594	11,997	12,096
Two wheeled motor vehicles	132	125	139	125	125	109	114	120	111	113	112
Buses	300	310	342	310	306	298	257	222	242	243	219
Light goods vehicles	2,200	2,303	2,436	2,455	2,343	2,406	2,306	2,216	2,287	2,434	2,499
Heavy goods vehicles	404	406	403	402	347	333	298	268	277	280	276
All motor vehicle traffic	14,453	15,000	15,473	15,427	15,016	14,740	14,567	14,432	14,510	15,066	15,201
Pedal cycles	210	221	207	232	243	253	258	264	282	327	300
All traffic on minor roads	14,663	15,221	15,680	15,659	15,258	14,992	14,825	14,696	14,792	15,393	15,502
All roads
Cars	33,478	34,466	34,545	34,357	34,392	33,591	33,578	33,777	33,811	34,415	34,669
Two wheeled motor vehicles	313	302	326	315	322	290	295	290	286	297	293
Buses	586	609	650	630	635	650	609	585	607	610	588
Light goods vehicles	5,460	5,761	6,125	6,145	6,027	6,107	6,122	6,121	6,319	6,676	6,979
Heavy goods vehicles	2,637	2,721	2,781	2,751	2,557	2,550	2,482	2,466	2,487	2,473	2,504
All motor vehicle traffic	42,475	43,859	44,426	44,197	43,932	43,189	43,085	43,239	43,511	44,470	45,032
Pedal cycles	243	260	240	273	287	298	305	310	329	369	342
All traffic on all roads	42,718	44,119	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374

Source:  Department for Transport - Not National Statistics
1. DfT have made some small revisions to 2014 estimates. 
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

 

Table 5.4   Traffic on major roads (by class / type) and on minor roads, by Council, 2015  ¹

Council	All motor-ways 2	Trunk A  urban	Trunk A rural	Non-trunk A urban	Non-trunk A rural	Total: All major roads (M and A)	Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)	Total: all roads
	million vehicle kilometres
Aberdeen City	-	155	108	264	91	618	720	1,338
Aberdeenshire	-	5	903	28	745	1,681	1,211	2,892
Angus	-	-	358	84	305	748	372	1,120
Argyll & Bute	-	-	376	28	325	729	198	927
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	33	123	156	160	316
Dumfries & Galloway	709	11	629	52	329	1,730	343	2,073
Dundee City	-	163	4	166	8	342	520	863
East Ayrshire	125	-	244	35	284	688	372	1,060
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	111	88	199	346	544
East Lothian	-	-	362	32	188	582	295	877
East Renfrewshire	230	-	-	99	91	420	367	787
Edinburgh, City of	348	-	407	632	341	1,728	1,281	3,009
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	154	154	65	219
Falkirk	597	-	11	239	176	1,023	568	1,592
Fife	242	49	550	272	716	1,829	1,088	2,917
Glasgow, City of	1,499	-	-	726	30	2,256	1,282	3,537
Highland	-	70	1,544	8	536	2,158	561	2,719
Inverclyde	-	18	55	131	57	261	263	524
Midlothian	-	8	128	49	202	388	283	671
Moray	-	28	246	25	167	466	285	751
North Ayrshire	-	15	305	88	116	524	248	772
North Lanarkshire	782	299	110	362	253	1,806	1,260	3,066
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	-	83	83	60	142
Perth & Kinross	401	-	980	75	507	1,964	407	2,371
Renfrewshire	536	-	221	175	109	1,042	501	1,543
Scottish Borders	-	17	388	28	457	890	351	1,241
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	148	148	68	215
South Ayrshire	-	-	395	105	121	621	366	986
South Lanarkshire	1,026	107	130	248	469	1,981	594	2,575
Stirling	257	-	243	104	365	970	284	1,253
West Dunbartonshire	-	15	206	144	57	421	244	665
West Lothian	724	-	-	157	388	1,269	539	1,808
Scotland	7,477	960	8,905	4,501	8,029	29,872	15,502	45,374

1.  Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics.  They provide only a rough estimate of the likely total volume of traffic on roads in each area.  For further information, please see the notes on the traffic estimates at the back of the publication.
2. Motorways include A(M) roads.
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

 

Table 5.5 Traffic on trunk roads and on local authority roads, by Council area ¹

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 4	2015
	million vehicle kilometres
Aberdeen City	275	286	265	264	253	255	258	263	260	264	263
Aberdeenshire	844	866	840	820	829	822	824	861	872	902	908
Angus 3	292	341	319	328	324	335	334	343	357	370	358
Argyll & Bute	344	360	358	356	359	352	353	351	355	362	376
Dumfries & Galloway	1,258	1,241	1,299	1,302	1,290	1,274	1,270	1,252	1,272	1,311	1,349
Dundee City	184	187	187	179	182	180	178	186	182	169	168
East Ayrshire 3	312	361	372	368	375	366	365	365	359	374	369
East Lothian	378	390	409	372	359	354	355	349	349	359	362
East Renfrewshire	116	154	177	175	181	172	208	205	209	214	230
Edinburgh, City of	688	682	714	686	725	677	712	700	719	715	755
Falkirk	534	560	571	567	550	531	537	577	580	581	608
Fife	822	870	889	868	879	848	839	820	833	842	841
Glasgow, City of 3	1,300	1,241	1,259	1,305	1,302	1,288	1,313	1,481	1,522	1,510	1,499
Highland	1,468	1,503	1,525	1,519	1,556	1,530	1,535	1,528	1,546	1,557	1,614
Inverclyde	78	80	78	76	75	72	72	71	71	72	73
Midlothian	141	142	142	140	141	135	136	140	138	143	136
Moray	283	270	277	272	269	263	264	265	266	270	274
North Ayrshire	276	319	326	330	326	318	317	309	308	316	320
North Lanarkshire	1,133	1,114	1,143	1,166	1,154	1,161	1,129	1,414	1,402	1,253	1,191
Perth & Kinross	1,345	1,381	1,379	1,345	1,332	1,299	1,324	1,296	1,322	1,363	1,381
Renfrewshire 3	616	717	710	725	711	693	699	689	703	732	758
Scottish Borders	392	400	400	383	390	382	388	386	387	394	406
South Ayrshire	385	387	393	379	381	384	384	379	379	387	395
South Lanarkshire 3	1,095	1,142	1,130	1,169	1,197	1,162	1,163	1,219	1,236	1,261	1,264
Stirling	466	501	513	505	499	481	478	470	468	485	500
West Dunbartonshire	195	199	189	191	209	204	205	206	206	213	220
West Lothian	687	682	688	711	700	682	675	671	688	693	724
Total trunk roads	15,906	16,375	16,548	16,504	16,546	16,222	16,313	16,791	16,987	17,112	17,342
Aberdeen City	1,081	1,141	1,126	1,115	1,075	1,053	1,039	1,040	1,041	1,067	1,075
Aberdeenshire	1,852	1,964	1,993	1,994	1,933	1,894	1,859	1,825	1,860	1,945	1,984
Angus	704	734	747	758	752	740	731	722	725	749	762
Argyll & Bute	515	551	552	548	541	532	526	516	525	542	551
Clackmannanshire 3	297	293	299	301	316	313	314	310	301	312	316
Dumfries & Galloway	686	711	723	719	708	700	693	676	684	709	724
Dundee City	685	698	719	722	703	687	688	685	676	693	695
East Ayrshire 3	639	704	688	684	674	668	662	647	656	679	691
East Dunbartonshire	537	545	556	547	547	534	533	529	525	542	544
East Lothian	478	499	509	508	503	501	498	484	488	508	516
East Renfrewshire 3	497	563	569	574	565	556	547	537	536	552	557
Edinburgh, City of	2,285	2,306	2,326	2,271	2,253	2,207	2,190	2,179	2,169	2,230	2,254
Eilean Siar	176	208	209	205	206	203	202	203	206	214	219
Falkirk	902	931	953	950	955	949	952	944	945	974	983
Fife	1,949	1,987	2,022	2,023	2,015	2,000	2,000	1,980	1,992	2,059	2,076
Glasgow, City of 3	2,117	2,119	2,147	2,124	2,089	2,042	2,027	2,011	2,014	2,056	2,039
Highland	1,022	1,053	1,070	1,078	1,067	1,055	1,044	1,024	1,044	1,086	1,105
Inverclyde	452	460	468	465	458	447	443	438	436	449	451
Midlothian	486	498	507	509	520	517	517	504	504	523	534
Moray	438	457	466	467	460	451	444	446	451	471	477
North Ayrshire	445	463	466	462	456	452	450	435	433	448	452
North Lanarkshire	1,831	1,869	1,906	1,894	1,871	1,840	1,829	1,822	1,819	1,867	1,875
Orkney Islands	128	136	137	137	137	135	133	131	133	139	142
Perth & Kinross	928	960	972	958	960	945	933	918	933	968	989
Renfrewshire 3	741	766	781	781	766	759	757	753	755	778	786
Scottish Borders	776	801	812	813	808	798	792	779	787	817	836
Shetland Islands	198	205	206	206	203	202	202	200	204	210	215
South Ayrshire	576	595	600	607	602	595	590	572	568	585	592
South Lanarkshire	1,240	1,311	1,333	1,298	1,294	1,282	1,273	1,258	1,254	1,296	1,311
Stirling 3	709	750	763	759	751	747	733	718	719	744	753
West Dunbartonshire	425	436	439	439	438	429	431	434	432	443	444
West Lothian	1,015	1,031	1,055	1,051	1,046	1,034	1,042	1,038	1,039	1,071	1,085
Total LA roads	26,811	27,745	28,118	27,966	27,673	27,266	27,077	26,757	26,853	27,727	28,032

1. Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics. They provide only a rough estimate of the likely total volume of traffic on roads in each area. For further information, please see the notes on the traffic estimates in the text.
2. Roads which changed from trunk to local authority, or vice versa, are counted according to their status on a recent date, rather than on the basis of their status in each year.
NB: to save space, Councils which do not have trunk roads in their areas are not shown.
3. DfT have made some minor changes to the traffic estimates from 2006 onwards. This was due to incorrect LA codes being assigned to a few sections of major road.
4. DfT have made some small revisions to 2014 estimates.
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Table 5.5 (continued) Traffic on all roads, by Council area 1

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 3	2015
	million vehicle kilometres
Aberdeen City	1,357	1,427	1,391	1,379	1,329	1,308	1,297	1,303	1,301	1,331	1,338
Aberdeenshire	2,697	2,830	2,834	2,814	2,762	2,716	2,683	2,686	2,732	2,847	2,892
Angus 2	996	1,076	1,066	1,086	1,075	1,075	1,065	1,065	1,082	1,119	1,120
Argyll & Bute	858	911	910	904	900	884	879	866	879	904	927
Clackmannanshire 2	297	293	299	301	316	313	314	310	301	312	316
Dumfries & Galloway	1,944	1,952	2,021	2,021	1,998	1,974	1,963	1,927	1,956	2,020	2,073
Dundee City	869	885	906	902	885	867	865	871	858	862	863
East Ayrshire 2	951	1,064	1,059	1,052	1,050	1,033	1,027	1,012	1,015	1,053	1,060
East Dunbartonshire	537	545	556	547	547	534	533	529	525	542	544
East Lothian	856	889	918	880	862	855	852	833	836	868	877
East Renfrewshire 2	613	717	745	750	747	728	755	741	745	766	787
Edinburgh, City of	2,973	2,988	3,040	2,957	2,978	2,885	2,902	2,879	2,888	2,945	3,009
Eilean Siar	176	208	209	205	206	203	202	203	206	214	219
Falkirk	1,436	1,492	1,524	1,517	1,505	1,479	1,489	1,521	1,526	1,555	1,592
Fife	2,770	2,856	2,911	2,891	2,894	2,848	2,839	2,800	2,825	2,902	2,917
Glasgow, City of 2	3,417	3,360	3,406	3,429	3,390	3,329	3,341	3,492	3,537	3,566	3,537
Highland	2,490	2,556	2,595	2,597	2,623	2,586	2,580	2,552	2,590	2,643	2,719
Inverclyde	530	539	545	541	533	519	515	509	507	522	524
Midlothian	627	640	649	649	661	652	653	644	642	666	671
Moray	722	727	743	739	729	714	708	711	716	740	751
North Ayrshire	720	781	792	792	782	770	766	744	740	764	772
North Lanarkshire	2,964	2,983	3,049	3,060	3,025	3,001	2,959	3,235	3,222	3,120	3,066
Orkney Islands	128	136	137	137	137	135	133	131	133	139	142
Perth & Kinross	2,273	2,340	2,351	2,303	2,292	2,244	2,257	2,215	2,254	2,331	2,371
Renfrewshire 2	1,357	1,483	1,490	1,506	1,477	1,452	1,456	1,442	1,457	1,510	1,543
Scottish Borders	1,168	1,201	1,212	1,196	1,198	1,180	1,180	1,165	1,174	1,211	1,241
Shetland Islands	198	205	206	206	203	202	202	200	204	210	215
South Ayrshire	962	981	992	987	983	979	974	951	946	973	986
South Lanarkshire 2	2,335	2,453	2,462	2,468	2,491	2,444	2,436	2,476	2,490	2,557	2,575
Stirling 2	1,175	1,251	1,276	1,264	1,249	1,228	1,211	1,188	1,187	1,229	1,253
West Dunbartonshire	620	635	629	630	646	634	637	639	638	656	665
West Lothian	1,702	1,713	1,742	1,761	1,747	1,716	1,717	1,709	1,726	1,764	1,808
Total all roads	42,718	44,119	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374

1. Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics. They provide only a rough estimate of the likely total volume of traffic on roads in each area. For further information, please see the notes on the traffic estimates in the text.
2. DfT have made some minor changes to the traffic estimates from 2006 to 2013. This was due to incorrect LA codes being assigned to a few sections of major road.
3. DfT have made some small revisions to 2014 estimates.
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Fig. 5.2 Selected points used to show average daily traffic flows, peak hourly flows and percentages of HGVs (see Table 5.7)

 

Table 5.6   Average Daily Traffic Flows¹ at Selected Automated Traffic Classifier Sites ² by Month, 2015

Description	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
A74(M) J18 to 19	25,025	29,253	29,869	34,104	34,397	35,332	39,677	39,793	36,325	36,019	30,980	29,950
M8 Bishopton	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
M8 Harthill	-	-	52,103	54,662	54,496	56,686	56,052	52,291	56,370	54,570	52,964	45,193
M9 Linlithgow	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
M73 Gartcosh	38,522	44,131	43,065	43,501	-	45,173	44,846	43,918	-	46,257	42,429	-
M74 J9	-	-	-	-	-	25,560	40,511	40,198	37,652	37,469	33,383	-
M80 Bankhead	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
M90 Kelty	16,165	26,132	31,214	33,243	33,775	34,838	35,489	28,587	23,857	-	-	-
A1 Grantshouse	6,168	6,799	7,114	8,272	8,212	8,441	9,924	9,918	8,523	8,456	7,345	6,652
A7 Langholm	3,028	3,421	3,492	3,586	3,680	3,850	3,848	3,883	3,903	3,766	3,578	3,331
A9 Berridale	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A9 Blackford	19,318	23,654	24,602	26,100	26,224	26,884	28,074	28,278	27,680	27,618	24,732	29,034
A9 Dornoch	6,211	4,516	5,324	5,751	6,405	6,604	6,971	7,418	7,551	6,977	6,408	5,627
A9 Tomatin	6,351	7,793	8,301	9,745	9,590	10,076	11,175	12,319	10,324	9,871	8,352	7,672
A68 Jedburgh	4,289	4,946	-	3,849	5,947	5,766	6,107	6,281	5,770	5,799	5,151	4,796
A68 Pathhead	-	-	9,014	10,078	10,519	10,543	10,459	11,231	10,333	9,769	9,138	8,250
A75 Carsluith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,768	5,143	4,828	4,220	4,052
A75 Southeast of A751	4,547	6,491	6,575	6,809	6,963	7,056	7,117	7,246	6,997	6,571	6,349	6,070
A76 Mennock	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A77 Glen App	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A77 Kilmarnock	22,725	25,621	26,707	29,304	27,311	28,500	29,582	30,285	29,632	28,378	25,238	24,731
A78 Loans	10,935	14,042	14,467	14,909	14,821	15,194	14,910	15,346	16,880	-	12,553	13,543
A80 Cumbernauld	61,566	70,142	-	-	-	-	66,291	77,257	77,625	77,777	73,726	69,537
A82 Ballachulish	-	3,604	3,792	5,034	6,042	6,164	6,615	7,156	5,984	5,031	3,352	3,101
A82 Spean Bridge	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A83 Ardrishaig	-	-	-	-	-	3,049	3,250	3,231	3,089	2,796	2,461	2,259
A85 Riverside Dundee	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A87 Broadford	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	2,147	1,837	-	-	4,528	4,880	5,206	5,517	4,613	3,623	2,761	2,496
A90 Stonehaven	34,529	25,060	25,417	27,618	26,167	27,993	27,157	12,147	12,336	25,677	24,967	22,346
A90 Bridge of Don	16,598	18,038	18,404	18,556	18,511	19,059	18,446	18,953	18,753	17,728	17,479	17,392
A96 Forres	8,625	9,879	10,217	10,588	10,974	11,242	11,678	12,286	11,423	10,904	10,319	9,628
A702 Fulford	11,061	11,805	11,491	10,693	12,435	13,087	12,287	-	13,090	11,844	11,278	11,151
A720 Dreghorn	70,573	79,063	80,833	-	-	-	-	-	84,337	83,116	80,032	-
A737 Lochside	-	-	-	22,707	21,975	22,660	22,505	23,277	22,868	22,503	20,245	19,997
A835 Aultguish	830	1,091	1,364	1,724	1,796	1,837	2,318	2,375	2,047	1,683	1,268	716
A977 Kincardine	4,220	4,531	4,781	4,572	4,535	4,705	4,263	4,648	4,662	4,366	4,585	5,487

Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
1. Traffic flows are counted in both directions at ATC sites and the average flows are based on totals.
2. Missing data for these sites is due to equipment failure. 

 

Table 5.7(a)   Average daily traffic flows, peak hourly flows and percentages of HGVs for selected key points: 2015 ^{1, 2}

Location	Site No. in Fig 5.2	Average Daily Flow				HGV (Year) Percentage		Peak Hourly Flows
		7 Day		5 Day				AM		PM
		Year	August	Year	August	7 Day	5 Day	7 Day	5 Day	7 Day	5 Day
A74(M) J18 to J19	1	33,313	39,793	35,335	40,834			2,469	2,511	2,809	2,867
M8 Bishopton	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
M8 Harthill	3	53,566	52,291	58,385	56,344	14%	16%	4,177	4,584	4,285	4,575
M9 Linlithgow	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
M73 Gartcosh	5	43,588	43,918	48,883	48,676	18%	18%	3,733	4,311	4,234	4,769
M80 Bankhead	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
M90 Kelty	7	31,787	28,587	32,530	29,072	8%	9%	2,332	2,274	2,785	2,822
A1 Grantshouse	8	8,047	9,918	8,236	9,954	24%	28%	670	658	711	708
A7 Langholm	9	3,614	3,883	3,878	4,120	28%	31%	323	343	340	354
A9 Berridale	10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A9 Blackford	11	26,338	28,278	27,394	29,010	13%	15%	2,240	2,366	2,044	1,970
A9 Dornoch	12	6,211	7,551	6,595	7,936	11%	13%	510	528	597	618
A9 Tomatin	13	9,307	12,319	9,674	12,318	13%	15%	771	783	840	840
A68 Jedburgh	14	5,437	6,281	5,697	6,517	8%	10%	450	454	509	520
A68 Pathhead	15	10,022	11,231	10,579	11,859	9%	11%	822	840	893	915
A75 Carsluith	16	4,714	5,768	5,032	6,089	24%	27%	401	413	429	447
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,600	7,246	7,119	7,800			516	549	599	629
A76 Mennock	18	..	..	..	..			..	..	..	..
A77 Glen App	19	..	..	..	..			..	..	..	..
A77 Kilmarnock	20	27,340	30,285	28,852	31,325	8%	9%	2,134	2,313	2,503	2,572
A78 Loans	21	14,378	15,346	15,661	16,784	6%	7%	1,317	1,456	1,442	1,570
A82 Ballachulish	22	5,208	7,156	5,079	6,900	18%	20%	461	436	512	487
A82 Spean Bridge	23	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A83 Ardrishaig	24	2,857	3,231	3,078	3,460	19%	22%	252	265	298	310
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A87 Broadford	26	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,947	5,517	4,139	5,686	6%	7%	382	391	387	397
A90 Stonehaven	28	..	12,147	36,902	69,492			3,303	3,678	3,775	4,222
A90 Bridge of Don	29	18,157	18,953	19,423	20,505	8%	10%	1,481	1,629	1,647	1,714
A96 Forres	30	10,651	12,286	11,134	12,897	9%	10%	847	858	1,032	1,035
A702 Fulford	31	11,963		12,913		7%	8%	1,141	1,279	1,147	1,240
A737 Lochside	32	22,055	23,277	23,392	24,629	6%	7%	1,771	1,926	2,008	2,108
A835 Aultguish	33	1,694	2,375	1,718	2,320	8%	10%	191	194	205	203
A977 Kincardine	34	4,613	4,648	4,953	4,992	9%	10%	363	390	450	474
A720 Dreghorn	35	78,624		85,149		12%	13%	6,486	7,048	6,877	7,231
A80 Cumbernauld	36	77,257	77,257	63,406	83,134	26%	27%	4,896	5,309	5,165	5,475
M74 J9	37	40,198	40,198	31,748	41,836			2,221	2,252	2,433	2,447

Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics

1.  7 day flows were calculated from Monday to Sunday inclusive, '5 day flows' were calculated  from Monday to Friday inclusive

2. Missing data for some sites is due to equipment failure.  Year averages may be based only on data for part of the year, in cases where equipment was not working in some months.

 

Table 5.7(b)  Average daily traffic flows for selected key points  ^{1, 2} 

Location	Site No in Fig 5.2	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
A74(M) J18 to J19	1	32,156	33,066	31,870	31,910	31,047	31,164	30,902	31,410	32,906	33,313
M8 Bishopton	2	24,845	27,800	25,357	24,838	24,563	24,186	24,059	25,318	25,475	..
M8 Harthill	3	51,567	51,628	54,463	55,589	55,911	53,629	50,170	40,526	..	53,566
M9 Linlithgow	4	41,117	..	30,324	26,070	28,706	..	28,190	24,853	..	..
M73 Gartcosh	5	39,480	41,711	39,042	38,597	35,666	36,786	41,685	43,330	45,500	43,588
M80 Bankhead	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	33,758	35,386	..	..
M90 Kelty	7	26,511	..	30,787	32,832	32,304	29,572	31,286	31,117	32,224	31,787
A1 Grantshouse	8	8,554	8,989	8,659	8,845	8,616	8,446	8,284	8,427	7,063	8,047
A7 Langholm	9	3,604	3,573	3,456	3,336	3,434	3,434	3,426	3,487	3,576	3,614
A9 Berridale	10	1,967	2,193	1,947	2,089	1,938	1,603	1,806	1,714	..	..
A9 Blackford	11	25,870	26,888	25,901	24,690	23,671	24,098	24,672	25,667	24,456	26,338
A9 Dornoch	12	5,499	5,766	5,633	5,743	5,721	5,922	5,863	5,934	6,100	6,211
A9 Tomatin	13	8,717	9,110	9,043	8,987	8,850	8,725	8,453	8,749	10,314	9,307
A68 Jedburgh	14	6,929	7,139	5,845	5,860	5,530	5,668	5,882	5,574	5,493	5,437
A68 Pathhead	15	10,932	11,927	8,888	8,919	8,354	9,204	9,362	8,931	..	10,022
A75 Carsluith	16	4,827	4,924	4,771	4,849	4,724	4,658	4,598	4,244	5,302	4,714
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,620	6,904	6,830	6,770	6,792	6,830	6,712	6,752	6,734	6,600
A76 Mennock	18	3,108	3,166	3,324	3,147	3,054	2,947	2,891	2,900	2,871	..
A77 Glen App	19	3,076	3,579	3,027	2,805	3,520	3,423	3,483	3,537	..	..
A77 Kilmarnock	20	27,470	27,984	27,520	27,069	26,763	26,172	25,876	25,062	26,843	27,340
A78 Loans	21	15,682	16,093	15,767	15,295	15,074	14,542	13,873	13,096	13,619	14,378
A82 Ballachulish	22	4,581	4,696	4,609	4,772	4,625	4,504	4,461	4,631	6,426	5,208
A82 Spean Bridge	23	3,436	3,524	3,185	3,629	3,351	3,289	3,084	4,103	1,729	..
A83 Ardrishaig	24	2,779	2,792	..	..	..	..	2,638	2,629	..	2,857
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	18,921	18,854	18,299	17,581	16,129	16,992	15,430	15,279	..	..
A87 Broadford	26	3,066	1,610	2,188	3,417	3,227	3,235	3,148	2,083	..	..
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,396	3,678	3,437	3,577	3,367	3,088	3,307	3,418	3,581	3,947
A90 Stonehaven	28	24,921	26,045	26,427	26,778	26,907	26,704	25,796	33,486	39,205	26,650
A90 Bridge of Don	29	17,291	17,686	17,339	17,308	17,860	16,875	17,143	17,412	17,773	18,157
A96 Forres	30	11,276	11,317	11,277	11,309	11,416	11,075	11,097	10,244	10,820	10,651
A702 Fulford	31	10,479	10,939	11,875	11,295	10,334	..	11,146	10,181	13,786	11,963
A737 Lochside	32	20,469	21,439	21,764	21,755	21,528	21,199	20,512	20,311	20,787	22,055
A835 Aultguish	33	1,596	1,623	1,545	1,628	1,246	1,788	1,749	1,048	1,767	1,694
A977 Kincardine	34	15,870	15,264	13,723	4,583	4,370	4,436	4,536	4,532	4,405	4,613
A720 Dreghorn	35	78,386	80,448	78,179	79,936	77,735	74,858	75,697	76,704	78,110	78,624
A80 Cumbernauld	36	64,599	65,409	64,885	63,830	..	..	67,416	69,314	71,242	71,740
M74 J9	37	33,490	35,065	33,716	28,620	34,060	33,020	29,454	33,302	..	35,795

Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
1.  Flows were calculated from Monday to Sunday inclusive. 
2. Missing data for some sites is due to equipment failure.  Year averages may be based only on data for part of the year, in cases where equipment was not working in some months.

 

Table 5.8 Car drivers' journeys¹ - whether delayed by traffic congestion² and, if so, how much time was lost³ : 2015

	NOT delayed due to traffic congestion	Delayed due to traffic congestion: driver's estimate of the time lost due to traffic congestion							Sample size (=100%)
		none, or	about	about	about	20 to	over half	All
		just 1-2	5 mins	10 mins	15 mins	30 mins4	an hour	delayed
		minutes	(3-7)	(8-12)	(13-17)	(18-32)	(33+)	journeys
	row percentages								n =
All car driver journeys	87.6	0.7	4.4	3.0	1.7	2.1	0.4	12.3	9,690
by purpose of journey:
Commuting	77.8	0.9	5.6	6.1	3.9	4.6	0.7	21.8	2,470
Business	83.2	.	6.5	2.8	1.5	3.9	2	16.5	360
Education	84.6	0.5	5.7	4.6	1.5	3.1	-	15.4	500
Shopping	94.3	0.4	3.3	1.4	0.2	0.2	0	5.7	2,160
Visit hospital or other health	85.6	0	4.6	4.8	3	1	0	14.4	220
Other personal business	93.1	0.4	4.2	1	1	1	-	6.9	520
Visit friends or relatives	91.7	0.7	3.2	1.6	1.3	1.3	0	8.3	1,140
Eating / drinking	93.5	-	3	3	1	-	-	6.5	180
Entertainment	92.5	0	2.5	0.5	.	3.0	1		120
Sport	92.8	1	2.2	1.6	0	1.7	.	6.9	410
Holiday/day trip 4	94.0	-	3	0.2	-	-	1	3.6	160
Other	87.1	2.5	6.7	1.6	.	2.1	-	12.9	170
Escort	87.2	2	8.1	1.5	1	-	-	12.8	280
Go home	89.9	1.0	4.1	2.2	1.1	1.2	0.5	10.1	870
Just go for a walk	91.9	2	3.0	2	0.0	1	-	8.1	150
by day of the week:
Monday	87.5	0.4	5.9	2.6	1.8	1.3	0.1	12.1	1,770
Tuesday	84.4	0.5	5.3	4.7	2.3	2.5	0.2	15.5	1,780
Wednesday	82.4	0.9	6.1	3.5	2.8	3.2	1.1	17.6	1,660
Thursday	86.6	1.0	4.6	3.2	1.7	2.5	0.3	13.2	1,300
Friday	85.2	0.9	3.5	3.8	2.2	3.6	0.4	14.5	1,180
Saturday	94.2	1	2.8	1.5	0.1	0.2	0	5.7	790
Sunday	95.6	0.3	1.9	1.2	0.3	0.4	0	4.4	1,210
Weekday journeys - by start time:
midnight to 6:59 a.m.	85.7	1	2.5	5.0	2.5	2.8	0.5	14.1	300
7:00 to 7:59 a.m.	74.1	1.0	5.3	5.5	5.0	7.0	1.2	25.0	530
8:00 to 8:59 a.m.	75.3	1.6	9.6	6.5	3.2	3.3	0.5	24.6	680
9:00 to 9:59 a.m.	91.8	0.5	3.7	1.7	0.9	1.4	0	8.2	430
10:00 to 10:59 a.m.	94.7	0.5	2.1	1.1	0.6	0.8	-	5.1	480
11:00 to 11:59 a.m.	93.1	0.9	2.4	1.3	1.1	1	-	6.9	490
noon to 12:59 p.m.	89.8	1	4.4	2.6	0.5	1.4	-	9.8	520
1:00 to 1:59 p.m.	91.5	0.4	3.0	2.4	0.5	1	0.2	7.9	430
2:00 to 2:59 p.m.	89.3	0.6	5.3	1.8	1.2	1.6	0.1	10.7	520
3:00 to 3:59 p.m.	88.4	0.1	5.1	3.2	1.2	1.2	0.2	11.0	600
4:00 to 4:59 p.m.	76.1	0.9	8.3	7.2	3.1	3.1	1.3	23.9	730
5:00 to 5:59 p.m.	71.1	1.7	8.0	6.0	5.7	7.0	0.4	28.8	700
6:00 to 6:59 p.m.	85.0	0	6.5	2.6	2.4	2.6	0.5	15.0	480
7:00 to 7:59 p.m.	97.1	-	1.4	0.2	1	0	1	2.9	330
8:00 to 8:59 p.m.	98.1	-	1.9	-	-	-	-	1.9	200
9:00 to 9:59 p.m.	100.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	150
10:00 to 11:59 p.m.	97.5	-	0	1	-	1	-	2.5	140
Weekend journeys - by start time:
Before 9:30am	98	-	1	0	-	1	-	2.4	180
After 9:30am to before 12noon	94.9	0.9	2.2	1	-	0.1	1	4.9	430
12noon to 2 pm	92.6	0.6	3.7	2.5	0	0.3	0	7.4	500
After 2pm to before 4:30pm	94.6	1	1.8	1.5	0.2	0.3	0	5.4	380
4:30pm to before 6:30pm	95.5	0	1.8	1.4	0.2	0	0	4.5	300
6:30pm onwards	98.0	-	2.0	-	-	-	-	2.0	210
by type of area in which driver lives:
Large urban areas	84	1	5	4	3	2	0.5	15.8	2,450
Other urban areas	86.5	1.0	5.0	2.8	1.7	2.2	0.5	13.2	3,250
"Accessible" small towns	89.8	0.5	3.6	2.4	1.6	1.9	0.1	10.2	980
"Remote" small towns	94.5	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	1	5.1	610
"Accessible" rural areas	91.4	0.4	3.1	2.3	1	2	0.3	8.6	1,340
"Remote" rural areas	93.9	0.2	2.2	2.3	0.3	1	0	6.0	1,060

1 This information is obtained from the Scottish Household Survey Travel Diary questions about the (stages of) journeys which the respondent had said that he or she made as the driver of a car or van
The table does  not  include those (stages of) journeys for which the questions about traffic congestion were  not  asked
2 Car drivers were asked "was this part of your trip delayed due to traffic congestion?".  
No definition of "traffic congestion" is given, so respondents can interpret the term as they wish.
3 Those drivers who said that they had been delayed by traffic congestion were asked 
"how much time do you think was lost due to traffic congestion?".
4 Previously split into 'about 20 mins' and '25 to 30 mins' but now combined to be '20 to 30 mins'. If previous split needed please request
via Transtat@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk

 

Table 5.9a: Percentage of car/van stages delayed by traffic congestion 2005-2014

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Driver congestion	12.7	14.4	13.1	11.0	10.5	11.2	9.9	9.7	11.7	12.5
Sample size (=100%)	14,010	9,260	9,320	8,680	7580	8,310	9,830	10,200	9,820	9,320

 

Table 5.9b Percentage of bus stages where passenger experienced delay 2005-2013

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Service Bus	8.9	12.5	14.4	9.9	12.3	10.5	11.1	10.2	10.7	9.9
Sample size (=100%)	2,726	1,674	1,724	1,456	1311	1,439	1,536	1,685	1,630	1,690

 

Table 5.10        Petrol and diesel consumption of road vehicles

	2006 2	2007 2	2008 2	2009 2	2010 2	2011 2	2012 2	2013 2	2014 2
	thousands of tonnes
by type of vehicle
Buses	174.2	183.9	175.3	176.0	179.8	165.5	157.9	163.0	163.4
Diesel cars	619.1	673.2	745.2	761.4	765.6	801.5	834.4	872.1	903.6
Petrol cars	1,448.4	1,403.9	1,316.7	1,292.3	1,220.1	1,164.8	1,106.5	1,043.9	1,024.0
Motorcycles	12.3	13.2	12.6	12.9	11.6	11.6	11.2	11.0	11.4
Heavy Goods Vehicles	601.9	620.5	619.3	574.7	576.0	560.9	551.9	557.3	559.1
Diesel Light Goods Vehicles	413.8	441.7	447.6	444.0	450.8	454.6	452.3	464.6	492.0
Petrol Light Goods Vehicles	41.9	39.0	35.4	32.4	29.7	27.4	24.8	23.0	21.9
Total	3,311.6	3,375.4	3,352.0	3,293.6	3,233.6	3,186.3	3,138.9	3,134.9	3,175.4
by Council area  1
Aberdeen City	103.9	102.4	101.7	97.2	95.5	93.6	92.8	92.3	93.4
Aberdeenshire	198.0	200.3	198.4	193.7	190.2	185.8	183.2	185.0	189.5
Angus	77.3	77.9	78.1	76.8	76.7	75.1	74.3	74.4	75.7
Argyll & Bute	62.4	62.9	62.4	61.0	60.1	59.4	58.7	59.1	60.1
Clackmannanshire	21.0	21.6	21.8	21.8	21.6	21.2	20.7	20.2	20.6
Dumfries & Galloway	168.2	175.9	174.2	167.1	165.7	164.0	161.3	162.6	165.0
Dundee City	66.6	68.4	68.3	66.9	65.3	64.4	63.6	62.3	62.4
East Ayrshire	79.7	79.9	78.9	78.3	76.6	75.3	73.1	73.1	74.6
East Dunbartonshire	43.0	44.2	43.8	43.6	42.4	41.5	40.4	39.8	40.6
East Lothian	64.8	67.2	64.9	62.7	61.7	60.9	58.9	58.6	60.0
East Renfrewshire	55.1	56.3	57.1	56.6	55.6	54.5	52.3	52.3	53.0
Edinburgh, City of	233.3	237.9	235.0	234.7	228.3	224.1	219.6	218.5	219.2
Eilean Siar	13.9	14.0	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.0
Falkirk	115.9	119.1	118.2	116.0	113.6	112.8	111.2	111.5	114.1
Fife	197.9	203.0	201.5	198.3	194.3	191.4	186.3	186.3	189.3
Glasgow, City of	269.6	273.9	273.7	267.9	262.5	261.3	261.1	260.8	260.7
Highland	179.1	182.8	181.5	182.5	180.3	178.9	176.7	178.5	180.2
Inverclyde	39.2	39.5	39.2	38.3	37.1	36.2	35.2	34.9	35.4
Midlothian	47.7	48.7	48.5	47.9	47.0	46.6	45.4	45.0	46.1
Moray	49.9	51.4	51.2	50.8	49.8	49.0	48.6	48.4	49.7
North Ayrshire	55.8	56.0	56.2	55.1	54.1	53.3	51.3	50.8	51.5
North Lanarkshire	243.2	247.5	247.0	242.0	237.7	230.4	234.9	231.4	233.9
Orkney Islands	9.4	9.6	9.7	9.5	9.6	9.4	9.1	9.3	9.6
Perth & Kinross	181.1	185.1	180.6	177.1	172.6	173.4	168.7	169.9	172.7
Renfrewshire	107.2	108.4	109.2	106.2	103.9	102.4	99.8	100.1	101.5
Scottish Borders	82.9	84.3	83.8	82.8	81.4	80.5	78.9	79.1	80.6
Shetland Islands	13.2	13.4	13.4	13.1	13.0	12.8	12.6	12.8	13.1
South Ayrshire	71.2	72.7	72.2	71.5	70.9	69.7	67.0	66.2	67.0
South Lanarkshire	208.2	211.9	209.8	206.4	202.3	199.2	198.5	198.4	200.1
Stirling	86.5	89.2	87.9	85.8	84.3	82.4	80.1	79.3	80.8
West Dunbartonshire	45.4	45.4	45.3	45.7	44.7	44.3	43.9	43.5	44.1
West Lothian	121.1	124.4	124.8	122.4	120.5	118.9	116.9	117.1	118.0
Total	3,311.6	3,375.4	3,352.0	3,293.6	3,233.6	3,186.3	3,138.9	3,134.9	3,175.4

Source: DECC - Years prior to 2005 are not National Statistics
1.  These estimates are of the total amount of petrol and diesel consumed by vehicles travelling in each Council area (i.e. the estimates are based on where the vehicles were driven, rather than - say - the area of the registered keepers of the vehicles).
2. There have been major revisions to the data due to improvements in the methodology.  For more information please see here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/naei-road-transport-inventory-changes-made-in-2010-a-briefing-note-produced-by-aea-on-changes-in-fuel-consumption