Chapter 1: Road Transport Vehicles

Chapter 1: 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 2.9 million vehicles licensed for use on the roads in Scotland in 2016, of which 83 per cent were cars.
• Over two thirds (69%) of the adult population (17+) held a full driving licence in 2016.
• Seventy two per cent of households had access to one or more cars or vans in 2016; over a quarter (29%) 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 2016 was around 270,200, 1% more than in 2015 and 11% more than 2006. (Table 1.1)

2.2 New registrations of cars in 2016 accounted for around 222,100 of these, around 300 (0.1%) more than in 2015, and 25,600 (13%) more than 2006. Of all new registered vehicles in 2016, 128,300 (47%) were petrol-propelled, and 137,000 (51%) were diesel-propelled. The remaining new vehicles registered in 2016 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, 2014, 2015 and 2016 saw more new diesel vehicles registered than petrol vehicles. More detailed data on vehicles registered in 2016 by body type and propulsion is included in Chapter 13. (Table 1.1)

2.3 The total number of vehicles licensed was 2.9 million in 2016, 2 per cent higher than 2015 and 14% higher than in 2006. The number of private and light goods vehicles in 2016 was 2.6 million, 2% more than 2015 and 15% higher than 2006. (Table 1.2)

2.4 Glasgow had the largest number of vehicles licensed as at the end of 2016 (225,700), followed by Fife (205,200) and Edinburgh (196,200) - based on the postcode of the registered keeper. Per head of population (aged 17+), Dundee had the third lowest figure behind Edinburgh and Glasgow. Dundee had 508 vehicles for every 1,000 people aged 17+, Glasgow was lowest at 442. Vehicle ownership per head was much higher in rural areas - Orkney had 919 vehicles per 1,000 people aged 17+, Renfrewshire had 916 and Shetland had 903, the three areas in Scotland with the highest vehicle ownership by population. The Scotland average was 659 per thousand. The pattern for car registrations was similar with Glasgow lowest, but Renfrewshire had the highest figure per thousand population at 778, followed by Stirling at 724. The effect of the registration of company car fleets can be seen: Renfrewshire accounted for 22 per cent (38,500) of all the company cars registered in Scotland, compared to 5 per cent of all cars. (Table 1.3)

2.5 There were 10,393 taxis and 12,959 private hire cars licensed in Scotland based on figures provided by Scottish local licensing authorities during October-November 2017. These show that licensed taxis have fallen by 143 and private hire cars have risen by 837 compared with figures for 2016. Latest figures show that of the 10,393 licensed taxis, 4,903 (47%) are wheelchair accessible, the same proportion and slight decrease 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 2016 was 6.6 years, the same as last year, and continuing a trend of increasing average age since 2006. The average age of private and light goods vehicles continued to be lower in Scotland than for Great Britain as a whole. In 2016 the average age of these vehicles in Great Britain was 7.8 years. (Table 1.6)

2.7 There were 6,032 licensed operators of heavy goods vehicles in Scotland in December 2017 and 876 public service vehicle licence holders. Most HGV operators had few (if any) vehicles specified on the licence: 2,848 had 0-2 vehicles, 1,480 had 3-5 vehicles and 840 had 6-10 vehicles. Only 93 operators had between 51 and 100 vehicles specified on the licence as at December 2017. (Table 1.10)

2.8 The most popular new car sold in Scotland in 2016 was the Vauxhall Corsa with a market share of 4.6%. The top 5 most popular models had a total market share of 16% and the top 10, 25%. (Table 1.11)

MOTs & Driving Tests

2.9 In 2016/17, about 39% of cars tested in the Road Vehicle Testing Scheme (MOT) were unsatisfactory, as were 14% of motor cycles. About 17% 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 140,000 driving licence practical tests conducted in 2016, and increase of 14% on 2015. The pass rate was 2% higher at 50%. The test centre at the Golspie had the highest pass rate (82%), though only 56 tests were conducted, Rothesay had the highest pass rate for centres where at least 100 tests were conducted (72%), while the lowest was at Glasgow Shieldhall (40%). (Tables 1.13 & 1.14)

2.11 The Scottish Household Survey results for 2016 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 age group in 2016, the difference was 10 percentage points. For 70-79 year olds there was a difference of 31 percentage points (men: 81%, women: 50%), which increased to 37 percentage points for those aged 80+ (men: 65%; women: 28%). (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 2016, 89% 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 46% 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 2016, 62% of adults aged 17+ living in large urban areas held a full driving licence compared with 82% 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 72 per cent of households had access to one or more cars in 2016, a proportion that has remained relatively stable over the last five years. A quarter (29%) 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 2016, family (small or large) and large adult households were most likely to have access to at least one car (large family: 91%, small family: 89%, large adult: 90%). (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 (43%). The SHS also showed that 30% of large adult and 13% of large family households had 3 or more cars available for private use in 2016. (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 41% of households whose net annual income was up to £10,000 had one or more cars available for private use, compared with at least 87% of households whose annual net income were above £25,000. 60% of households in large urban areas had cars, compared with 85-88% 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) 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^[1]' (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 231,422 Blue Badges on issue in Scotland at the end of March 2017. 119,425 were issued to recipients of allowances or grants which provide an automatic entitlement to a Blue Badge, 109,254 were issued on a discretionary basis to other people with a permanent or substantial disability, and 2,743 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. Further information about these discontinuities can be found in the Technical report, entitled Recorded Crime: Comparability of Police Scotland and Legacy Force Data, available from http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/PubRecordedCrime/
TechnicalReport.

2.20 The total number of motor vehicle offences recorded in 2016-17 was 138,168 (Table 1.22).

2.21 The total number of motor vehicle offences recorded decreased by 19% between 2015-16 and 2016-17; changes in these figures may arise because of changes in the level of enforcement or police deployment. The largest decreases were for Lighting offences (55% decrease from 5,029 to 2,264) and Traffic direction offences (47% decrease from 11,253 to 5,981). The largest increases were for Vehicle excise licence offences (51% increase from 3,098 to 4,664) and Driving while disqualified (18% increase from 1,162 to 1,371) (Table 1.22).

Figure 1.1 New registrations by taxation group

Note: In 2003 the definition of "Crown Exempt" and "Other" categories mean figures aren't strictly comparable. See footnote 3 of table 1.1

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

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	thousand
by type of vehicle (taxation group)
Private and light goods	204.9	209.3	170.0	176.8	168.3	159.2	174.9	199.3	217.4	223.5	225.2
Motorcycles	7.1	7.6	7.5	6.0	4.9	4.8	5.1	5.2	5.9	6.1	6.7
Public transport 1	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8
Goods	3.7	3.3	3.7	2.2	2.0	2.5	2.7	3.3	2.5	3.0	4.0
Crown and exempt 2	25.3	28.4	31.6	30.0	32.4	34.4	31.9	31.6	34.1	32.3	31.5
Other vehicles 2	1.2	1.6	1.5	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	1.8
Total	243.2	251.2	215.3	216.4	208.8	202.3	216.4	241.4	262.2	267.6	270.2
by body type
Cars	196.5	202.5	172.7	186.2	177.2	167.8	182.5	205.2	222.4	221.8	222.1
Taxis	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.4
Motorcycles	7.2	7.8	7.7	6.1	5.0	4.8	5.2	5.3	6.1	6.4	6.9
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	28.8	22.8	14.4	17.8	19.6	17.7	20.2	23.4	28.3	29.4
Goods 3	4.2	3.8	4.2	3.0	2.3	2.8	3.2	3.8	3.2	3.8	4.9
Buses and coaches	1.5	1.3	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9
Agricultural vehicles etc	2.9	3.3	3.5	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.0	2.6	2.8	2.8	2.8
Other vehicles	2.1	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.3	2.9	3.6	2.9	2.9	3.1	2.7
All vehicles	243.2	251.2	215.3	216.4	208.8	202.3	216.4	241.4	262.2	267.6	270.2
by method of propulsion
Petrol	137.4	143.3	117.3	123.9	107.8	98.4	110.0	118.8	125.3	125.3	128.3
Diesel	105.3	106.9	96.7	91.2	99.0	101.9	104.4	120.2	133.3	137.7	137.0
Hybrid Electric	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.4	2.0	3.1	3.3
Electricity	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.6	1.4	1.5
Gas Bi-Fuel	0.0	0.0	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	243.2	251.2	215.3	216.4	208.8	202.3	216.4	241.4	262.2	267.6	270.2

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 2016 by body type and method of propulsion.

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

	20063	20073	20083	20093	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	thousand
by type of vehicle (taxation group)
Private and light goods	2,259	2,313	2,347	2,362	2,364	2,369	2,395	2,436	2,496	2,537	2,594
Motorcycles	59	63	66	66	63	60	60	59	61	62	63
Public transport 1	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Goods	33	33	32	31	30	29	29	29	29	30	30
Crown and exempt 2	191	195	198	203	206	211	212	213	214	211	208
Other vehicles 2	11	11	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11
All vehicles	2,564	2,627	2,665	2,684	2,685	2,691	2,717	2,759	2,821	2,863	2,919
by body type
Cars	2,157	2,201	2,233	2,249	2,255	2,264	2,285	2,319	2,369	2,394	2,433
Taxis	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Motorcycles	65	69	71	72	69	66	66	66	67	68	70
Three wheelers	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Light goods	221	234	240	242	240	238	241	247	256	269	283
Goods	38	38	38	37	36	36	35	36	36	37	38
Buses and coaches	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Agricultural vehicles etc	42	43	44	45	45	47	48	48	49	50	50
Other vehicles	19	19	18	18	19	20	22	23	24	25	25
All vehicles	2,564	2,627	2,665	2,684	2,685	2,691	2,717	2,759	2,821	2,863	2,919
by method of propulsion
Petrol	1,748	1,747	1,735	1,701	1,656	1,619	1,592	1,567	1,552	1,522	1,509
Diesel	812	874	923	974	1,018	1,061	1,113	1,178	1,252	1,321	1,386
Hybrid Electric	1	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	9	11	14
Electricity	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	7
Gas Bi-Fuel	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Gas or petrol/gas	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	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	2,564	2,627	2,665	2,684	2,685	2,691	2,717	2,759	2,821	2,863	2,919

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 2016 by body type and method of propulsion.

Figure 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2016 by Council

Figure 1.3 Private cars licensed at 31 December 2016 per thousand population aged 17+

Table 1.3 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2016 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 2016)	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	91.4	8.9	2.8	0.6	0.9	4.2	0.4	109.3	94.4	4.8	193,760	564	487
Aberdeenshire	139.8	21.1	4.9	0.6	2.1	17.5	1.3	187.3	144.4	5.7	210,306	891	687
Angus	56.1	7.4	1.9	0.1	0.9	6.5	0.3	73.2	58.6	2.7	95,774	764	612
Argyll & Bute	40.3	7.1	1.1	0.3	0.6	4.0	0.3	53.7	42.2	1.8	73,008	736	578
Clackmannanshire	23.9	2.2	0.8	0.1	0.2	1.9	0.0	29.1	25.4	1.2	41,714	697	609
Dumfries & Galloway	71.4	12.2	2.7	0.2	1.5	11.4	0.3	99.7	75.5	4.2	124,391	802	607
Dundee City	51.6	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.5	4.5	0.1	62.4	54.8	3.5	122,989	508	446
East Ayrshire	52.6	6.0	1.5	0.2	0.8	5.4	0.2	66.6	55.9	3.0	99,604	669	561
East Dunbartonshire	54.4	3.6	1.0	0.1	0.2	2.5	0.1	61.8	56.4	3.5	87,492	706	645
East Lothian	47.7	5.3	1.6	0.1	0.3	4.0	0.1	59.2	50.0	2.2	83,909	705	595
East Renfrewshire	45.2	2.6	0.8	0.1	0.2	2.1	0.1	51.1	46.9	1.8	73,931	691	634
Edinburgh, City of	167.1	13.0	4.3	1.1	0.6	9.9	0.2	196.2	173.7	8.4	425,521	461	408
Eilean Siar 4	12.4	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.6	0.1	18.1	13.0	0.5	22,329	810	581
Falkirk	73.9	7.2	2.1	0.1	1.3	5.2	0.3	90.1	77.8	3.7	129,306	697	602
Fife	167.2	16.9	5.0	0.9	1.2	13.5	0.5	205.2	176.2	7.9	302,164	679	583
Glasgow, City of	177.0	20.6	3.1	1.4	1.6	20.2	1.8	225.7	192.9	19.5	510,760	442	378
Highland	109.8	21.1	3.8	0.6	1.4	12.9	1.0	150.5	114.7	5.6	192,253	783	596
Inverclyde	31.8	2.0	0.7	0.5	0.1	2.4	0.0	37.5	33.9	1.6	65,453	573	518
Midlothian	39.5	4.8	1.5	0.1	0.4	3.1	0.1	49.5	41.8	2.1	70,700	700	591
Moray	44.6	6.8	1.8	0.1	0.7	4.8	0.3	59.1	46.5	2.1	78,423	753	593
North Ayrshire	57.7	5.9	1.7	0.2	0.7	5.0	0.2	71.5	61.4	4.0	111,273	643	551
North Lanarkshire	135.6	22.8	2.7	0.6	4.0	11.7	0.4	177.8	145.9	9.5	272,208	653	536
Orkney Islands	10.4	2.7	0.5	0.1	0.2	2.7	0.2	16.6	10.9	0.5	18,114	919	602
Perth & Kinross	72.5	10.1	2.1	0.2	0.8	7.7	1.1	94.5	75.3	3.8	124,368	760	605
Renfrewshire	107.2	15.0	1.7	0.5	1.3	6.0	0.2	132.0	112.1	38.5	144,043	916	778
Scottish Borders	57.1	8.8	1.7	0.5	1.4	7.2	0.3	77.0	59.4	3.1	94,265	817	630
Shetland Islands	11.4	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.3	0.2	16.9	11.8	0.9	18,675	903	629
South Ayrshire	52.4	5.3	1.5	0.5	0.3	4.5	0.2	64.6	55.0	2.8	93,510	691	588
South Lanarkshire	138.7	13.9	3.0	0.6	2.3	11.6	0.5	170.6	147.4	8.4	258,638	660	570
Stirling	53.8	7.3	1.0	0.1	0.6	3.5	0.1	66.4	55.8	13.5	77,143	861	724
West Dunbartonshire	35.0	3.3	0.8	0.1	0.2	2.9	0.1	42.4	37.5	2.2	73,127	580	513
West Lothian	80.7	9.3	2.4	0.4	2.5	6.1	0.5	101.9	85.4	4.6	142,769	713	598
Council Unknown	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.1	0.6	0.1
Scotland	2,310.6	283.7	62.7	11.8	30.3	208.4	11.3	2,918.9	2,433.1	177.7	4,431,920	659	549

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. Formerly Western Isles

Table 1.4 Taxi, private hire cars and drivers licensed by local authority area, 2017

	Taxi vehicles	Private hire cars	Total	Taxi driver licenses	Private hire licences	Total	Wheelchair accessible taxis	Wheelchair accessible private hire cars
Council
Aberdeen City	930	265	1,195	1,407	105	1,512	451
Aberdeenshire	487	309	796	1,854	138	1,992	57	36
Angus	122	65	187	214	108	322	3	3
Argyll & Bute	190	64	254	375	65	440
Clackmannanshire	56	36	92	164	7	171	4	1
Dumfries & Galloway	215	117	332	523	32	555	5	2
Dundee City	530	214	744	1,087	62	1,149	325
East Ayrshire	125	79	204	421	24	445	23	7
East Dunbartonshire	319	324	643	645	82	727	24
East Lothian 1	127	127	254	372		372	127
East Renfrewshire	65	481	546	80	580	660	4	3
Edinburgh, City of	1,316	1,772	3,088	3,166	2,447	5,613	1,316
Eilean Siar	95	20	115	181	15	196	2	2
Falkirk	428	145	573	507	184	691	84	12
Fife 1	481	343	824	1,823		1,823	36	57
Glasgow, City of	1,420	3,414	4,834	2,600	4,492	7,092	1,420	29
Highland	593	193	786	790	278	1,068	19	14
Inverclyde	244	52	296	689		689	23
Midlothian	52	135	187	87	279	366	52
Moray	196	27	223	346	1	347	7	6
North Ayrshire	217	71	288	599	2	601	34
North Lanarkshire	493	1,322	1,815	1,230	982	2,212	173	2
Orkney Islands	32	16	48	99	9	108	1	1
Perth & Kinross 1	107	179	286	643		643	7	15
Renfrewshire	235	819	1,054	462	978	1,440	230	8
Scottish Borders	219	72	291	356	36	392	19	14
Shetland Islands	99	59	158	284	49	333	2	1
South Ayrshire	130	165	295	550	79	629	130
South Lanarkshire	337	1,467	1,804	629	1,769	2,398	12	23
Stirling	75	130	205	400	18	418	19	7
West Dunbartonshire 1	336	68	404	517		517	172	3
West Lothian	122	409	531	223	665	888	122	48
Scotland	10,393	12,959	23,352	23,323	13,486	36,809	4,903	294

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-2002	2002-2006	2007-2011	2012-2016	Total	Total stock	Average age of vehicles
	percentage of total				thousands		years
Private and light goods	4.0	20.1	31.4	44.5	100.0	2,594	6.6
of which body type cars	3.8	19.9	31.5	44.8	100.0	2,311	6.5
Motorcycles1	24.2	19.4	22.0	34.3	100.0	63	9.9
Public transport	11.2	26.1	27.9	34.9	100.0	12	8.3
Goods	5.4	16.1	28.1	50.4	100.0	30	6.1
Crown and exempt	21.9	11.7	16.4	50.0	100.0	208	12.3
Other vehicles	14.0	14.2	21.4	50.5	100.0	11	7.3
All vehicles	5.8	19.4	30.1	44.7	100.0	2,919	7.1
of which body type cars	4.2	19.5	30.6	45.7	100.0	2,433	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	20065	20075	20085	20095	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
(a) Scotland	years
Private and light goods	5.7	5.7	5.8	6.0	6.1	6.3	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6
Motorcycles 2	6.9	7.1	7.3	7.8	8.2	8.6	9.0	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9
Public transport 3	7.9	7.9	7.8	8.0	8.1	8.4	8.4	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3
Goods	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.8	6.1	6.2	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.1
Crown and exempt 4	10.3	10.4	10.3	10.4	10.6	10.7	10.9	11.3	11.5	11.9	12.3
Other vehicles 4	6.9	6.8	7.2	7.5	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.8	7.5	7.3
All vehicles	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.5	6.7	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1
(b) Great Britain
Private and light goods	6.4	6.5	6.7	6.9	7.1	7.3	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.8	7.8
Motorcycles 2	6.7	6.9	7.2	7.7	8.1	8.5	8.9	9.2	9.5	9.6	9.6
Public transport 3	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.2	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.5	8.5	8.5
Goods	5.6	5.8	5.7	6.0	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4
Crown and exempt 4	14.6	14.4	14.3	14.4	14.2	14.5	14.7	15.2	15.6	16.0	16.5
Other vehicles 4	8.6	8.5	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.1	8.8	8.9
All vehicles	6.9	7.0	7.2	7.4	7.6	7.8	8.0	8.2	8.3	8.3	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	20061	20071	20081	20091	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	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	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	4.0	4.5	5.2	5.9	6.7
1,001 to 1,200 cc	7.8	7.4	7.0	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5
1,201 to 1,500 cc	24.1	24.1	24.4	24.7	25.3	25.7	26.0	26.2	26.2	26.3	26.5
1,501 to 1,800 cc	25.8	25.4	25.2	24.8	24.6	24.7	24.7	24.8	24.6	24.3	23.7
1,801 to 2,000 cc	22.6	22.8	23.0	23.2	22.9	22.5	22.0	21.4	20.9	20.4	20.1
2,001 to 2,500 cc	10.1	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.2	11.1
2,501 to 3,000 cc	3.4	3.7	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8
3,000 cc and over	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.5
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	2,259	2,313	2,347	2,362	2,364	2,369	2,395	2,436	2495.6	2537.3	2594.3

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)	20062	20072	20082	20092	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	percentage of year total
3.5 to 7.5	30.0	29.7	29.6	29.1	29.2	28.8	28.3	26.9	26.2	25.2	24.2
7.51 to 12	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.8	3.2
12.1 to 16	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.4
16.1 to 20	14.4	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.4	14.2	14.1	14.1	13.8	13.4	13.1
20.1 to 24	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.2	2.7	2.4	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.1
24.1 to 28	12.6	12.6	12.6	13.0	13.3	13.8	14.1	14.6	14.4	14.4	14.2
28.1 to 32	7.8	8.5	9.0	9.0	8.9	9.1	9.0	9.2	9.8	10.1	10.5
32.1 to 38	3.3	2.9	2.7	2.7	2.4	1.9	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.7
over 38	21.5	21.7	21.7	22.3	22.2	23.3	23.8	24.8	25.6	26.7	27.8
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100.0
	thousand
Total 1	33.0	32.7	32.2	31.2	30.4	29.4	28.9	28.9	29.4	29.7	30.25

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	20061	20071	20081	20091	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
9-15	1,646	1,751	1,825	1,766	1,795	1,753	1,721	1,701	1,666	1,636	1,615
16-32	3,921	3,937	3,871	3,920	3,912	3,795	3,836	3,916	3,995	4,013	4,094
33-40	1,238	1,301	1,266	1,186	1,117	1,082	1,003	948	1,008	975	975
41-48	1,290	1,322	1,370	1,383	1,379	1,415	1,458	1,507	1,528	1,529	1,418
49-56	1,957	1,937	1,859	1,757	1,667	1,580	1,449	1,384	1,388	1,380	1,306
57-64	209	207	217	270	274	319	397	413	443	463	472
65-72	521	546	523	525	583	539	553	513	510	513	487
73 and over	1,317	1,406	1,418	1,411	1,384	1,446	1,417	1,374	1,375	1,423	1,466
Total	12,099	12,407	12,349	12,218	12,111	11,929	11,834	11,756	11,913	11,932	11,833

Table 1.10 Goods vehicle operators in Scotland by licence type and number of vehicles specified on the licence, 2017

	HGV				PSV
Number of vehicles specified on licence	Restricted	Standard National	Standard International	Total licence holders	Restricted	Standard National	Standard International	Total licence holders
0-2	1,821	874	153	2,848	309	103	23	435
3-5	637	702	141	1,480	-	113	21	134
6-10	289	456	95	840	-	104	34	138
11-20	100	263	50	413	-	67	29	96
21-50	48	185	51	284	-	20	26	46
51-100	14	66	13	93	-	5	7	12
101-200	7	33	11	51	-	3	1	4
200+	1	17	5	23	-	5	6	11
Total	2,917	2,596	519	6,032	309	420	147	876

1. As at December 2017
Source: Figures in previous versions of this table were obtained from VOSA. These figures are are on a differenct basis and have been obtained from the
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency https://data.gov.uk/dataset/traffic-commissioners-goods-and-public-service-vehicle-operator-licence-records

Table 1.11 The 20 most popular new cars sold in Scotland ¹, 2016

Position	Make	Range	Number of cars sold	Market share percent
1	VAUXHALL	CORSA	10,095	4.6
2	FORD	FIESTA	8,551	3.9
3	VOLKSWAGEN	POLO	5,358	2.4
4	FORD	FOCUS	5,309	2.4
5	VAUXHALL	ASTRA	5,260	2.4
6	RENAULT	CLIO	4,937	2.2
7	VOLKSWAGEN	GOLF	4,444	2.0
8	FIAT	500	4,426	2.0
9	MINI	MINI	3,914	1.8
10	VAUXHALL	MOKKA	3,843	1.7
11	RENAULT	CAPTUR	3,802	1.7
12	DACIA	SANDERO	3,576	1.6
13	AUDI	A3	3,271	1.5
14	NISSAN	QASHQAI	3,271	1.5
15	RENAULT	KADJAR	2,980	1.3
16	HYUNDAI	TUCSON	2,806	1.3
17	FORD	KUGA	2,770	1.3
18	KIA	SPORTAGE	2,711	1.2
19	TOYOTA	YARIS	2,694	1.2
20	PEUGEOT	208	2,487	1.1
		Total top 20 cars	86,505	39.2
		Total all other cars	134,401	60.8
		Total cars sold	220,906	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

	2014	2015 8	2016		2014	2015 8	2016
Cars 2	thousands			Private Passenger (over 12 seats)	thousands
Total Tests	2,128.5	2,157.6	2,204.4	Total Tests	4.1	4.1	4.3
Pass with Rectification at Station	134.7	125.1	124.7	Pass with Rectification at Station	0.2	0.2	0.2
Fail	890.9	865.0	856.3	Fail	1.3	1.3	1.4
Initial Failure Rate 4	41.9%	40.1%	38.8%	Initial Failure Rate 4	31.5%	30.7%	31.3%
Final Failure Rate 5	35.5%	34.3%	33.2%	Final Failure Rate 5	26.3%	25.1%	26.4%
Percentage of vehicles with one or more fail or PRS 3 type RfRs6 in defect category	percent			Percentage of vehicles with one or more fail or PRS 3 type RfRs6 in defect category	percent
Body and structure	1.7	1.6	1.5	Body and structure	7.9	6.4	6.5
Brakes	16.3	15.5	15.1	Brakes	15.4	14.8	15.2
Drivers view of the road	7.5	7.3	7.1	Drivers view of the road	5.3	4.5	5.1
Driving controls	0.0	0.0	0.0	Driving controls	1.0	0.6	0.9
Fuel and exhaust	5.9	5.5	5.2	Fuel and exhaust	3.8	3.3	3.3
Lighting and signalling	19.6	18.0	17.0	Lighting and signalling	16.3	16.1	16.6
Motor tricycles and quadricycles	0.0	0.0	0.0	Reg plates and vin	0.6	0.4	0.5
Reg plates and vin	0.9	0.8	0.8	Road wheels	0.1	0.1	0.2
Road wheels	0.4	0.4	0.4	Seat belts	4.5	4.2	5.1
Seat belts	2.2	1.9	1.7	Steering	4.6	3.6	3.3
Steering	4.4	4.0	3.8	Suspension	7.7	7.9	8.4
Suspension	18.1	18.0	17.0	Towbars	0.2	0.2	0.2
Towbars	0.1	0.0	0.0	Tyres	3.0	3.0	3.4
Tyres	8.1	7.7	7.6	Items not tested	0.3	0.0	0.0
Items not tested	0.6	0.3	0.0
Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	3.38	3.32	3.25	Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	3.87	3.95	3.99
Motor cycles	thousands			Light goods vehicles 7	thousands
Total Tests	61.1	61.3	61.5	Total Tests	47.3	49.9	52.5
Pass with Rectification at Station	3.4	3.2	3.0	Pass with Rectification at Station	3.0	3.1	3.2
Fail	9.9	9.2	8.7	Fail	24.8	25.3	25.5
Initial Failure Rate 4	16.2%	15.1%	14.1%	Initial Failure Rate 4	52.4%	50.7%	48.6%
Final Failure Rate 5	10.6%	9.9%	9.3%	Final Failure Rate 5	46.0%	44.5%	42.6%
Percentage of vehicles with one or more fail or PRS 3 type RfRs6 in defect category	percent			Percentage of vehicles with one or more fail or PRS 3 type RfRs6 in defect category	percent
Body and structure	0.8	0.6	0.5	Body and structure	6.2	5.8	5.6
Brakes	4.2	3.8	3.7	Brakes	30.6	29.3	27.8
Drive system	1.4	1.3	1.3	Drivers view of the road	11.8	11.8	11.3
Driving controls	0.5	0.4	0.3	Fuel and exhaust	6.0	5.5	5.2
Fuel and exhaust	0.9	0.8	0.7	Lighting and signalling	34.6	32.9	31.3
Lighting and signalling	8.8	8.2	7.5	Reg plates and vin	1.7	1.5	1.3
Registration plates and vin	1.0	1.0	1.0	Road wheels	0.3	0.3	0.3
Sidecar	0.0	0.0	0.0	Seat belts	4.4	4.1	3.8
Steering and suspension	3.7	3.3	3.1	Steering	10.1	8.9	8.0
Tyres and wheels	3.0	2.9	2.5	Suspension	22.3	22.0	20.8
Items not tested	0.1	0.0	0.0	Towbars	0.3	0.3	0.3
				Items not tested	0.8	0.2	0.0
Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	2.00	1.95	1.89	Defect Items per Initial Test Failure	5.12	5.02	4.88

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.
8. Figures for 1st April 2014 to 31st March 2017 have been sourced from the revised MOT system.
Some Vehicle Testing Sites in Scotland had previously been omitted, but are now included, hence higher test volumes in 2014/15 and
2015/16 than before.
All earlier figures are sourced from original MOT Computerisation system, and omit some VTS in error.

Table 1.13 Driving licence tests, DVLA receipts

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Theory 4	thousand
Applications received	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Theory tests conducted	100	105	99	103	99	122	129	190	147
Theory test passes	68	69	65	66	61	67	69	94	76
	percent
Theory test pass rate	67	66	66	64	62	54	54	49	52
Practical 2,4	thousand
Applications received	137	132	132	130	119	126	127	136	143
Driving tests concluded	130	120	126	125	113	124	123	123	140
Passes	61	56	58	59	54	58	59	60	69
	percent
Pass rate	47	46	47	47	47	47	48	48	50
DVLA receipts	£ million
Vehicle licences 3	446.0	449.7	463.0	479.0	473.0	479.6	512.5	512.7	..
Driving licences	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

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. DVLA are currently investigating the financial accuracy
of these figures and an update for vehicle licences is not available at the moment.
4. These figures are for car licence tests only.

Table 1.14 Practical Driving Test - Pass Rate at Test Centres, 2016-17

	Male			Female			Overall
	Conducted	Pass	Pass rate	Conducted	Pass	Pass rate	Conducted	Pass	Pass rate
Aberdeen North (Bridge of Don) (M)	1,679	922	54.9%	2,085	951	45.6%	3,764	1,873	49.8%
Aberdeen South (Cove) (M)	2,024	1,216	60.1%	2,521	1,231	48.8%	4,545	2,447	53.8%
Aberfeldy (R)	44	29	65.9%	50	22	44.0%	94	51	54.3%
Airdrie (M)	2,414	1,207	50.0%	2,885	1,245	43.2%	5,299	2,452	46.3%
Alness (R)	486	308	63.4%	474	275	58.0%	960	583	60.7%
Arbroath (R)	344	230	66.9%	464	252	54.3%	808	482	59.7%
Ayr (M)	1,561	714	45.7%	1,386	579	41.8%	2,947	1,293	43.9%
Ballachulish (R) Closed 22/3/17	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ballater (R)	101	76	75.2%	116	78	67.2%	217	154	71.0%
Banff (R)	184	113	61.4%	209	103	49.3%	393	216	55.0%
Barra (R)	15	12	80	20	12	60	35	24	69
Benbecula Island (R)	60	28	47	40	23	58	100	51	51
Bishopbriggs (M)	3,359	1,807	53.8%	3,673	1,707	46.5%	7,032	3,514	50.0%
Brodick (Isle of Arran) (R)	41	25	61.0%	37	20	54.1%	78	45	57.7%
Buckie (R)	229	124	54.1%	199	100	50.3%	428	224	52.3%
Callander (O)	228	112	49.1%	301	138	45.8%	529	250	47.3%
Campbeltown (R)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Castle Douglas (R)	162	89	54.9%	207	110	53.1%	369	199	53.9%
Crieff (R)	116	84	72.4%	105	70	66.7%	221	154	69.7%
Cumnock (T)	427	249	58.3%	657	323	49.2%	1,084	572	52.8%
Dumbarton (M)	1,066	545	51.1%	1,213	557	45.9%	2,279	1,102	48.4%
Dumfries (M)	965	490	50.8%	936	460	49.1%	1,901	950	50.0%
Dundee (M)	2,313	1,391	60.1%	2,785	1,500	53.9%	5,098	2,891	56.7%
Dunfermline (M)	1,648	824	50.0%	1,680	801	47.7%	3,328	1,625	48.8%
Dunoon (R)	77	55	71.4%	126	80	63.5%	203	135	66.5%
Duns (R )	46	36	78.3%	53	33	62.3%	99	69	69.7%
East Kilbride (T)	123	66	53.7%	218	93	42.7%	341	159	46.6%
Edinburgh (Currie) (M)	3,621	1,847	51.0%	3,855	1,842	47.8%	7,476	3,689	49.3%
Edinburgh (Musselburgh) (M)	3,443	1,890	54.9%	3,864	1,836	47.5%	7,307	3,726	51.0%
Elgin (M)	983	578	58.8%	1,156	580	50.2%	2,139	1,158	54.1%
Forfar (R)	313	190	60.7%	347	199	57.3%	660	389	58.9%
Fort William (R)	237	147	62.0%	219	131	59.8%	456	278	61.0%
Fraserburgh (O)	249	164	65.9%	281	147	52.3%	530	311	58.7%
Gairloch (R)	18	12	66.7%	23	17	73.9%	41	29	70.7%
Galashiels (M)	434	282	65.0%	419	256	61.1%	853	538	63.1%
Girvan (T)	127	87	68.5%	148	90	60.8%	275	177	64.4%
Glasgow (Anniesland) (M)	3,873	1,693	43.7%	4,009	1,643	41.0%	7,882	3,336	42.3%
Glasgow (Baillieston) (M)	3,857	1,835	47.6%	4,707	1,952	41.5%	8,564	3,787	44.2%
Glasgow (Knightswood)	443	199	44.9%	455	180	39.6%	898	379	42.2%
Glasgow (Shieldhall) (M)	3,428	1,414	41.2%	3,471	1,323	38.1%	6,899	2,737	39.7%
Golspie (R)	25	23	92.0%	31	23	74.2%	56	46	82.1%
Grangemouth (M)	1,923	1,066	55.4%	2,298	1,098	47.8%	4,221	2,164	51.3%
Grantown-On-Spey (R)	79	40	50.6%	97	60	61.9%	176	100	56.8%
Greenock (M)	1,248	602	48.2%	1,301	575	44.2%	2,549	1,177	46.2%
Haddington (R )	551	368	66.8%	699	388	55.5%	1,250	756	60.5%
Hamilton (M)	2,576	1,317	51.1%	3,160	1,404	44.4%	5,736	2,721	47.4%
Hawick (R)	124	84	67.7%	189	105	55.6%	313	189	60.4%
Huntly (R)	204	119	58.3%	256	129	50.4%	460	248	53.9%
Inveraray (R)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Inverness (Cradlehall Business Park) (M)	1,233	690	56.0%	1,274	643	50.5%	2,507	1,333	53.2%
Inverurie (R )	313	202	64.5%	425	230	54.1%	738	432	58.5%
Irvine (M)	2,151	1,223	56.9%	2,677	1,287	48.1%	4,828	2,510	52.0%
Islay Island (R )	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Isle of Mull (R )	..	..	70.0%	..	..	57.1%	17	11	64.7%
Isle of Skye (Broadford) (R)	15	12	80.0%	17	9	52.9%	32	21	65.6%
Isle of Skye (Portree) (R)	54	36	66.7%	63	40	63.5%	117	76	65.0%
Kelso (R)	106	69	65.1%	143	82	57.3%	249	151	60.6%
Kingussie (R)	71	34	47.9%	56	35	62.5%	127	69	54.3%
Kirkcaldy (M)	2,410	1,347	55.9%	2,570	1,274	49.6%	4,980	2,621	52.6%
Kyle of Lochalsh (R)	32	23	71.9%	18	13	72.2%	50	36	72.0%
Lairg (R)	20	13	65.0%	28	17	60.7%	48	30	62.5%
Lanark (R )	796	452	56.8%	1,195	589	49.3%	1,991	1,041	52.3%
Lerwick (R)	231	163	70.6%	238	149	62.6%	469	312	66.5%
Livingston (M)	2,168	1,153	53.2%	2,674	1,216	45.5%	4,842	2,369	48.9%
Lochgilphead (R)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mallaig (R)	8	6	75.0%	10	8	80.0%	18	14	77.8%
Montrose (R)	349	245	70.2%	348	229	65.8%	697	474	68.0%
Newton Stewart (R)	89	48	53.9%	106	54	50.9%	195	102	52.3%
Oban (R)	160	95	59.4%	212	111	52.4%	372	206	55.4%
Orkney (R)	212	159	75.0%	178	119	66.9%	390	278	71.3%
Paisley (M)	3,103	1,473	47.5%	3,634	1,477	40.6%	6,737	2,950	43.8%
Peebles (R)	92	68	73.9%	153	95	62.1%	245	163	66.5%
Perth (M)	1,256	699	55.7%	1,268	643	50.7%	2,524	1,342	53.2%
Peterhead (M)	428	289	67.5%	505	308	61.0%	933	597	64.0%
Pitlochry (R)	53	37	69.8%	50	34	68.0%	103	71	68.9%
Rothesay (R)	66	47	71.2%	51	37	72.5%	117	84	71.8%
Stirling (M)	1,819	836	46.0%	2,040	839	41.1%	3,859	1,675	43.4%
Stornoway (R)	163	103	63.2%	184	124	67.4%	347	227	65.4%
Stranraer (R)	136	82	60.3%	148	100	67.6%	284	182	64.1%
Thurso (R)	102	74	72.5%	134	95	70.9%	236	169	71.6%
Ullapool (R)	20	16	80.0%	27	19	70.4%	47	35	74.5%
Wick (M)	104	61	58.7%	136	87	64.0%	240	148	61.7%
Scotland	65,445	34,619	52.9%	74,230	34,847	46.9%	139,675	69,466	49.7%

Source: Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency - Not National Statistics
(M) - Main Test Centre
(O) - Outstation
(R) - Remote Driving Test Centre
(T) - Taking Testing to the Customer site
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 2016

	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:	30	55	73	81	81	76	63	43	69	9,570
by sex:
Men	36	58	78	82	85	83	81	65	75	4,360
Women	26	53	69	80	77	68	50	28	63	5,210
by annual net household income:
up to £ 10,000 p.a.	35	37	32	55	61	53	46	34	46	1,150
over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000	13	32	44	48	56	62	54	38	47	1,610
over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000	21	48	59	67	67	68	58	42	58	1,420
over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000	3	54	68	78	77	77	73	52	68	1,160
over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000	23	60	66	82	90	82	79	**	75	890
over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000	47	72	80	85	86	92	82	**	81	1,260
over £40,000	41	74	91	97	94	93	96	**	89	1,740
by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation:
1 - Most Deprived	**	47	54	60	53	47	39	19	49	1,790
2	**	48	66	73	74	68	53	36	61	1,960
3	**	61	79	84	89	77	61	41	72	2,100
4	**	63	85	92	92	86	74	57	81	2,030
5 - Least Deprived	**	65	87	95	93	91	81	55	82	1,690
by urban / rural classification:
Large urban areas	29	51	69	73	73	69	51	35	62	2,870
Other urban areas	32	54	71	80	78	71	62	41	67	3,260
Accessible small towns	19	64	79	87	86	86	71	44	76	920
Remote small towns	**	49	88	81	84	77	62	**	73	550
Accessible rural areas	**	74	85	92	95	89	78	62	85	1,040
Remote rural areas	44	76	86	92	93	85	75	58	82	950
Sample size (age group)	190	1,100	1,370	1,510	1,620	1,700	1,370	710	9,570

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

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
All people	percent of population 1
Age group
17-19	30	28	32	25	27	26	28	26	29	26	30
20-29	59	58	56	58	58	54	58	56	56	54	55
30-39	76	78	78	77	76	77	75	74	73	72	73
40-49	79	80	83	80	81	80	80	80	82	82	81
50-59	76	76	78	78	78	78	79	80	79	78	81
60-69	68	69	70	75	72	74	73	74	74	76	76
70-79	51	55	53	55	54	57	59	60	61	62	63
80+	29	35	31	37	37	35	37	41	40	43	43
All aged 17+	66	67	68	68	68	67	68	68	69	68	69
Sample size	14,075	12,152	12,267	12,447	12,361	12,801	9,828	9,838	9,720	9,340	9,570
Men
Age group
17-19	32	27	32	28	28	33	35	24	32	28	36
20-29	61	61	62	61	64	58	59	60	59	55	58
30-39	81	82	81	81	80	81	78	78	77	73	78
40-49	85	86	87	86	86	84	86	84	85	85	82
50-59	85	87	84	85	85	87	85	88	85	84	85
60-69	84	83	84	86	84	86	83	86	85	83	83
70-79	73	76	77	78	74	79	79	76	80	76	81
80+	56	61	55	60	59	60	63	64	66	67	65
All aged 17+	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	73	75
Sample size	6,056	5,211	5,289	5,400	5,450	5,515	4,377	4,405	4,410	4,210	4,360
Women
Age group
17-19	28	29	33	21	25	17	19	29	27	23	26
20-29	56	54	50	56	51	51	57	52	54	53	53
30-39	72	75	76	73	73	73	71	71	69	71	69
40-49	74	75	78	74	76	77	74	76	80	79	80
50-59	68	66	73	71	72	70	75	72	73	72	77
60-69	55	57	57	64	62	63	65	64	65	68	68
70-79	33	40	37	38	40	43	43	48	46	52	50
80+	14	21	16	22	21	19	22	26	23	27	28
All aged 17+	58	59	60	61	60	60	62	61	62	63	63
Sample size	8,019	6,941	6,978	7,047	6,911	7,286	5,451	5,433	5,320	5,130	5,210

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, 2003-2013²

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Cars available for private use:	percent of households
None	32.0	30.3	30.2	30.7	30.3	30.1	31.0	30.2	30.8	30.0	29.3
1	43.6	44.3	43.9	43.7	44.0	44.5	43.0	44.0	43.3	43.3	42.1
2	20.5	21.4	21.8	21.5	21.6	21.0	21.3	21.3	21.1	21.7	23.0
3+	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.4	4.6	4.6	4.7	5.1	5.6
1+	68.0	69.7	69.8	69.3	69.7	69.9	69.0	69.8	69.2	70.1	70.7
2+	24.4	25.3	25.8	25.6	25.7	25.4	26.0	25.8	25.9	26.8	28.5
Sample size	15,616	13,414	13,821	14,190	14,214	14,358	10,644	10,652	10,630	10,330	10,470

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, 2016

	Number of cars or vans available for private use						Sample (=100%)
	size
	None	1	2	3 +	1+	2 +
	percent of households
All households:	29.3	42.1	23.0	5.6	70.7	28.5	10,470
by household type:
Single adult	49.2	44.1	5.1	1.6	50.8	6.7	1,870
Small adult	18.3	38.5	37.8	5.4	81.7	43.2	1,620
Single parent	47.8	46.9	4.7	0.7	52.2	5.4	600
Small family	10.8	41.9	43.6	3.7	89.2	47.3	1,300
Large family	9.1	33.9	44.3	12.7	90.9	56.9	530
Large adult	10.0	25.9	34.5	29.6	90.0	64.1	880
Older smaller	14.4	55.7	26.9	3.0	85.6	29.9	1,830
Single pensioner	56.9	40.6	2.1	0.4	43.1	2.5	1,850
by annual net household income:
up to £10,000 p.a.	59.3	34.1	5.2	1.4	40.7	6.6	1,210
over £ 10,000, up to £ 15,000	54.2	38.2	6.2	1.4	45.8	7.6	1,710
over £ 15,000, up to £ 20,000	40.4	49.0	8.4	2.2	59.6	10.7	1,510
over £ 20,000, up to £ 25,000	26.1	53.9	17.0	3.0	73.9	20.0	1,260
over £ 25,000, up to £ 30,000	12.9	58.9	22.8	5.4	87.1	28.2	990
over £ 30,000, up to £ 40,000	8.6	46.0	37.0	8.5	91.4	45.4	1,440
over £40,000	2.8	28.0	55.0	14.2	97.2	69.2	1,970
by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation:
1 - Most Deprived	50.0	36.5	11.3	2.2	50.0	13.5	1,970
2	36.8	43.1	16.4	3.6	63.2	20.1	2,130
3	26.0	43.1	25.1	5.8	74.0	30.9	2,270
4	16.8	43.5	31.2	8.5	83.2	39.7	2,260
5 - Least Deprived	14.7	44.8	32.3	8.2	85.3	40.5	1,840
by urban / rural classification:
Large urban areas	39.6	40.4	16.8	3.2	60.4	20.0	3,140
Other urban areas	29.5	41.7	23.4	5.4	70.5	28.8	3,560
Accessible small towns	19.5	46.1	27.7	6.7	80.5	34.4	1,000
Remote small towns	26.8	47.5	22.0	3.8	73.2	25.7	590
Accessible rural areas	11.9	41.4	35.5	11.2	88.1	46.7	1,150
Remote rural areas	14.7	46.8	28.3	10.2	85.3	38.5	1,030

1. Source : Scottish Household Survey.

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

Council	Time series2 (Totals) as at 31st March									Badges on issue as at 31st March 2017:
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Organisat-ions	Individuals - Automatic3	Individuals - Discretionary4
Aberdeen City	8,313	8,044	8,032	7,887	5,183	6,552	6,643	6,908	88	3,302	3,518
Aberdeenshire5	15,601	16,288	13,358	12,166	8,155	10,685	10,210	9,838	142	4,669	5,027
Angus	5,991	5,969	5,581	4,892	5,451	4,982	4,845	5,018	97	2,321	2,600
Argyll & Bute	4,828	4,438	4,314	3,867	3,433	3,934	4,114	4,213	101	1,928	2,184
Clackmannanshire	2,439	2,511	2,518	2,377	2,572	2,128	2,161	2,233	20	1,271	942
Dumfries & Galloway	3,606	2,922	3,369	3,212	3,096	9,236	9,337	8,857	76	4,230	4,551
Dundee City	6,086	6,199	6,766	5,776	5,252	5,292	5,452	5,619	87	3,089	2,443
East Ayrshire	6,976	6,819	6,787	6,098	5,735	6,595	6,427	6,617	63	3,613	2,941
East Dunbartonshire	5,421	4,738	5,175	2,905	4,847	4,473	4,661	4,730	63	2,007	2,660
East Lothian	5,059	5,059	4,328	5,131	5,293	4,680	4,712	4,855	9	2,141	2,705
East Renfrewshire	4,269	4,318	5,756	4,375	4,020	4,307	4,322	4,581	38	1,695	2,848
Edinburgh, City of 10	22,093	22,921	23,470	17,502	16,922	15,264	14,868	14,444	362	6,526	7,556
Eilean Siar	813	969	918	961	922	863	902	939	9	465	465
Falkirk	9,156	9,821	8,108	8,256	7,332	6,877	6,899	7,104	69	3,765	3,270
Fife	22,045	21,574	21,021	19,750	18,877	18,646	17,299	17,931	104	10,137	7,690
Glasgow, City of 6	29,522	24,761	27,317	23,692	19,350	21,784	21,642	21,161	291	12,506	8,364
Highland 7	11,282	7,445	12,967	9,938	10,855	9,164	9,215	9,371	117	4,241	5,013
Inverclyde	5,123	5,312	5,183	5,099	4,955	4,439	4,283	4,282	101	1,962	2,219
Midlothian	4,677	4,654	4,673	3,164	4,716	4,416	4,332	4,237	41	2,096	2,100
Moray	4,628	4,849	4,485	4,033	3,687	3,608	3,669	3,699	15	1,782	1,902
North Ayrshire	8,263	8,531	7,379	6,040	6,157	7,086	7,196	7,343	57	3,814	3,472
North Lanarkshire	19,804	19,019	18,013	16,957	18,352	16,453	15,741	16,537	78	9,923	6,536
Orkney Islands 8	1,216	1,143	1,281	1,108	1,050	1,119	1,096	1,100	26	414	660
Perth & Kinross	5,603	5,551	6,169	5,975	6,814	6,542	6,651	6,831	116	2,737	3,978
Renfrewshire	8,761	8,569	8,358	7,873	8,326	7,730	7,838	8,205	94	4,735	3,376
Scottish Borders 9	…	…	6,987	6,456	5,980	4,961	4,889	5,062	48	2,206	2,808
Shetland Islands	340	383	381	800	953	878	892	974	17	387	570
South Ayrshire	5,857	5,958	6,356	5,212	5,475	5,537	5,703	5,785	64	2,717	3,004
South Lanarkshire	18,217	19,245	15,274	15,602	15,826	16,218	16,218	15,796	95	8,587	7,114
Stirling	5,034	4,649	4,273	4,374	4,082	3,918	3,892	3,859	53	1,795	2,011
West Dunbartonshire	4,781	4,730	4,625	4,221	4,936	4,548	4,546	4,652	67	2,871	1,714
West Lothian	9,506	9,691	9,823	9,529	9,615	8,912	8,873	8,641	135	5,493	3,013
Total 9	265,310	257,080	263,045	245,035	228,219	231,827	229,528	231,422	2,743	119,425	109,254

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 Technical report, entitled Recorded Crime: Comparability of Police Scotland and Legacy Force Data, available from http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Crime-Justice/PubRecordedCrime/ TechnicalReport

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

Type of offence	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Serious Driving Offences
Dangerous driving	2,898	2,780	2,567	2,387	2,422	2,476	2,957	2,428	2,881	2,875
Careless driving	10,066	8,739	8,506	7,452	7,431	8,054	8,567	8,345	9,176	8,818
Drunk Driving of which:	10,697	9,800	8,504	7,563	7,445	6,433	6,079	5,218	5,458	5,917
Driving while unfit through drink/drugs	651	547	488	502	584	459	490	450	540	653
In charge while unfit through drink/drugs	107	88	78	59	63	52	92	54	71	123
Driving with excess blood alcohol	7,177	6,774	5,840	4,979	4,889	4,223	3,819	3,161	3,239	3,465
In charge with excess blood alcohol	640	566	471	484	433	445	419	390	364	331
Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside	931	779	643	633	577	495	517	477	509	569
Failing to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at a police station	1,191	1,046	984	906	899	759	742	686	735	776
Failing to stop after accident	6,769	6,881	6,552	6,586	5,955	6,804	5,921	5,574	7,660	8,705
Driving while disqualified	3,075	2,659	2,048	1,640	1,466	1,311	1,208	898	1,162	1,371
Speeding Offences
Speeding in restricted areas	65,420	52,146	50,788	50,890	53,068	62,188	38,400	29,316	23,145	13,395
Other speeding offences2,3	72,956	65,984	63,438	63,948	73,078	62,079	44,350	31,937	31,593	21,360
Signal and Direction Offences
Traffic direction offences	24,477	26,995	31,281	34,195	31,786	34,404	26,539	16,307	11,253	5,981
Pedestrian crossing offences	3,120	3,499	4,137	3,944	4,317	4,537	3,776	2,268	1,644	1,181
Lighting, Construction & Use Offences
Lighting offences2	9,009	11,638	12,791	8,910	10,120	10,934	9,284	7,043	5,029	2,264
Construction & use regulations2	13,319	13,642	13,452	12,271	12,681	11,884	11,639	8,550	8,041	6,121
Documentation Offences
Vehicle excise licence offences	17,954	15,654	14,688	11,673	12,710	11,812	6,601	2,634	3,098	4,664
No test certificate2	10,264	11,640	11,836	10,788	11,650	12,380	18,546	15,528	14,609	14,725
Driving licence offences2	12,205	10,895	9,051	7,424	7,264	7,474	9,492	6,396	6,555	7,018
Third party insurance offences2	24,093	23,171	20,610	17,860	17,407	17,228	18,998	13,747	14,407	16,806
Registration/identification offences	6,064	5,222	5,397	4,520	3,879	3,375	2,934	1,652	1,639	1,394
Other Offences
Failure to provide information to identify driver2	1,088	1,082	1,069	1,206	1,230	971	1,528	1,394	1,474	1,536
Tachograph etc offences	3,954	5,440	3,779	2,437	1,972	2,025	1,635	1,560	1,682	1,268
Seat belt offences2	26,917	26,225	29,324	29,171	31,505	33,047	37,880	15,619	8,059	4,502
Mobile phone offences	18,218	23,957	26,146	27,736	29,110	30,875	35,764	17,978	10,085	6,709
Parking offences	328	298	332	171	177	158	143	105	163	99
Other offences	3,024	2,651	2,787	2,403	2,528	2048	1,850	1,488	1,484	1,459
Total offences1	345,915	330,998	329,083	315,175	329,201	332,497	294,091	195,985	170,297	138,168

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 series
should 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

	None	1	2+	Total Number (=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

	None	1	2+	Total Number (=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

	None	1	2+	Total Number (=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