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

• 46.4 billion vehicle km were driven in 2016
• 38% of distance travelled is on Trunk roads, which account for only 7% of the road network.
• 11.7% of driver journeys were delayed by congestion in 2016.

2 Main Points

Major & Minor Roads

2.1 The estimated volume of traffic on Scotland's roads in 2016 was around 46.4 billion (thousand million) vehicle km: 2.3% more than 2015. 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 2016 was estimated to be 31 billion vehicle-km. Traffic on Motorways accounted for 7.8 billion vehicle km (17% of all traffic). This was less than the estimated 10 billion vehicle km on trunk A roads (21% of the total), and the 12.8 billion on non-trunk A roads (28%). Three quarters of A road traffic was in rural areas: 17.3 billion out of the A roads total of 22.8 billion vehicle km. (Table 5.1)

2.3 Minor roads (B, C and unclassified roads) accounted for the remaining 34% of traffic in 2016: an estimated 15.9 billion vehicle km (Table 5.1)

2.5 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2016 was 2% higher than in the previous year (Motorways increased by 4%). Minor road traffic was about 2% higher than in 2015. Traffic levels are around 5 per cent higher than in 2006. (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 16% and heavy goods vehicles for 5%. After increases in the previous seven years, pedal cycle traffic fell slightly in 2015 before rising again in 2016. However, with pedal cycle traffic volumes increasing by 47% since 2007, pedal cycles still account for less than one percent of estimated traffic volume. (Table 5.2 & 5.3)

2.9 In 2016, the volume of car traffic was 3 per cent higher than in 2006, light goods vehicle traffic 28 per cent higher, but heavy goods vehicle traffic 8% 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 (17%) 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 80,000 vehicles per day. In contrast, the average daily flow at the A835 Aultguish site was around 1,800 vehicles. Traffic levels also vary considerably depending on the month: e.g. the A87 Kyle of Lochalsh site in September averaged around 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 79,650 vehicles per day in 2016. Its Monday-Friday average was 88,865 vehicles per day, and its Monday-Friday peak hourly flows were 4,869 vehicles in the morning and 4,962 vehicles in the evening. At the opposite end of the scale, the A835 Aultguish averaged 1,803 vehicles per day over the year as a whole and its Monday-Friday peak hourly flows were around 200. The A7 Langholm and the A75 Carsluith both had the highest percentage of heavy goods vehicle traffic in 2016 at 24% for the week, followed by the A80 Cumbenauld (19%). (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 2016, 11.7% 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 1% by 15 minutes and 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 (22% and 25-27% respectively). Fewer delays (2%) were experienced by people residing in remote small towns than those in accessible small towns (11%). (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 2015. 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 252.

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)

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

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 1	2015	2016
	million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Motorways	6,433	6,577	6,683	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477	7,757
Trunk A roads
Urban *	966	928	942	952	945	951	973	960	965	960	955
Rural *	8,976	9,042	8,878	8,960	8,773	8,793	8,678	8,766	8,726	8,905	9,020
Total	9,942	9,970	9,820	9,913	9,719	9,744	9,651	9,725	9,691	9,864	9,975
Non-trunk A roads
Urban *	4,595	4,505	4,493	4,530	4,522	4,471	4,395	4,390	4,478	4,501	4,571
Rural *	7,928	7,933	7,813	7,885	7,752	7,781	7,666	7,670	7,856	8,029	8,250
Total	12,523	12,438	12,307	12,415	12,273	12,252	12,061	12,061	12,334	12,530	12,821
All A roads
Urban *	5,561	5,433	5,435	5,482	5,467	5,422	5,368	5,350	5,443	5,461	5,526
Rural *	16,904	16,975	16,691	16,845	16,525	16,574	16,344	16,436	16,582	16,934	17,270
Total	22,465	22,408	22,126	22,327	21,992	21,996	21,712	21,786	22,025	22,395	22,796
All major roads	28,898	28,986	28,810	28,961	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,446	29,872	30,553
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
B roads
Urban *	1,312	1,335	1,315	1,283	1,246	1,250	1,254	1,235	1,263	1,261	1,289
Rural *	2,647	2,734	2,748	2,661	2,660	2,577	2,502	2,519	2,662	2,711	2,779
Total	3,959	4,069	4,063	3,944	3,906	3,827	3,756	3,754	3,925	3,972	4,068
C & Unclassified roads
Urban *	6,957	7,133	7,079	6,942	6,732	6,767	6,813	6,725	6,891	6,890	7,071
Rural *	4,306	4,479	4,517	4,371	4,354	4,232	4,127	4,314	4,578	4,639	4,745
Total	11,263	11,611	11,596	11,314	11,086	10,998	10,941	11,038	11,469	11,530	11,816
All minor roads
Urban *	8,269	8,468	8,394	8,225	7,978	8,016	8,067	7,960	8,154	8,151	8,360
Rural *	6,952	7,212	7,266	7,033	7,014	6,809	6,630	6,832	7,240	7,350	7,524
All minor roads	15,221	15,680	15,659	15,258	14,992	14,825	14,696	14,792	15,393	15,502	15,883
All roads
Motorways	6,433	6,577	6,683	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477	7,757
Urban *	13,830	13,901	13,829	13,708	13,445	13,438	13,434	13,310	13,597	13,612	13,886
Rural *	23,857	24,187	23,957	23,878	23,539	23,383	22,974	23,269	23,822	24,284	24,794
All roads	44,119	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374	46,437

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, 2016

	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	5,703	26	48	1,151	830	7,757	0	7,757	16.7
Trunk A roads - urban 2	730	4	8	151	61	954	1	955	2.1
Trunk A roads - rural 2	6,655	67	90	1,415	787	9,015	5	9,020	19.4
Non-trunk A roads - urban 2	3,696	17	103	606	129	4,551	20	4,571	9.8
Non-trunk A roads - rural 2	6,248	63	108	1,370	447	8,235	15	8,250	17.8
All major roads	23,032	177	357	4,693	2,254	30,512	41	30,553	65.8
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Urban roads 2	6,759	56	145	1,181	90	8,231	129	8,360	18.0
Rural roads 2	5,570	57	45	1,496	172	7,341	183	7,524	16.2
All minor roads	12,330	113	190	2,677	262	15,572	312	15,883	34.2
All roads
Motorways	5,703	26	48	1,151	830	7,757	0	7,757	16.7
Urban roads 2	11,185	77	257	1,937	280	13,736	149	13,886	29.9
Rural roads 2	18,474	187	243	4,281	1,406	24,591	203	24,794	53.4
All roads	35,362	290	547	7,369	2,516	46,085	352	46,437	100.0
Percentage of all vehicles	76.2	0.6	1.2	15.9	5.4	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

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 1	2015	2016
	million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Cars	22,610	22,392	22,221	22,496	21,998	21,986	22,170	22,217	22,418	22,573	23,032
Two wheeled motor vehicles	176	187	190	196	181	181	171	176	184	181	176
Buses	299	308	320	329	353	352	363	365	366	369	357
Light goods vehicles	3,459	3,689	3,690	3,684	3,701	3,816	3,906	4,032	4,242	4,481	4,693
Heavy goods vehicles	2,315	2,378	2,349	2,210	2,217	2,184	2,198	2,210	2,193	2,228	2,254
All motor vehicle traffic	28,859	28,953	28,770	28,917	28,450	28,519	28,807	29,001	29,404	29,831	30,513
Pedal cycles	39	32	40	45	46	47	45	47	42	41	40
All traffic on major roads	28,898	28,986	28,810	28,961	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,446	29,872	30,553
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Cars	11,857	12,153	12,136	11,895	11,593	11,592	11,606	11,594	11,997	12,096	12,330
Two wheeled motor vehicles	125	139	125	125	109	114	120	111	113	112	113
Buses	310	342	310	306	298	257	222	242	243	219	190
Light goods vehicles	2,303	2,436	2,455	2,343	2,406	2,306	2,216	2,287	2,434	2,499	2,677
Heavy goods vehicles	406	403	402	347	333	298	268	277	280	276	262
All motor vehicle traffic	15,000	15,473	15,427	15,016	14,740	14,567	14,432	14,510	15,066	15,201	15,572
Pedal cycles	221	207	232	243	253	258	264	282	327	300	312
All traffic on minor roads	15,221	15,680	15,659	15,258	14,992	14,825	14,696	14,792	15,393	15,502	15,883
All roads
Cars	34,466	34,545	34,357	34,392	33,591	33,578	33,777	33,811	34,415	34,669	35,362
Two wheeled motor vehicles	302	326	315	322	290	295	290	286	297	293	290
Buses	609	650	630	635	650	609	585	607	610	588	547
Light goods vehicles	5,761	6,125	6,145	6,027	6,107	6,122	6,121	6,319	6,676	6,979	7,369
Heavy goods vehicles	2,721	2,781	2,751	2,557	2,550	2,482	2,466	2,487	2,473	2,504	2,516
All motor vehicle traffic	43,859	44,426	44,197	43,932	43,189	43,085	43,239	43,511	44,470	45,032	46,085
Pedal cycles	260	240	273	287	298	305	310	329	369	342	352
All traffic on all roads	44,119	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374	46,437

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, 2016  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	-	154	111	261	92	618	742	1,360
Aberdeenshire	-	5	924	28	768	1,725	1,237	2,962
Angus	-	-	362	84	314	759	381	1,140
Argyll & Bute	-	-	387	27	336	750	202	952
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	34	126	159	163	323
Dumfries & Galloway	715	11	644	52	339	1,760	351	2,111
Dundee City	-	163	4	169	9	346	533	879
East Ayrshire	114	-	236	36	289	676	382	1,058
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	113	89	202	355	557
East Lothian	-	-	383	33	191	608	303	910
East Renfrewshire	236	-	-	100	94	430	378	808
Edinburgh, City of	363	-	416	635	353	1,767	1,321	3,088
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	181	181	67	248
Falkirk	631	-	11	247	178	1,067	582	1,649
Fife	262	48	554	276	730	1,870	1,112	2,982
Glasgow, City of	1,544	-	-	732	31	2,307	1,321	3,628
Highland	-	66	1,585	8	555	2,214	574	2,788
Inverclyde	-	18	56	132	58	264	268	532
Midlothian	-	8	130	51	206	396	292	687
Moray	-	28	251	25	171	475	292	767
North Ayrshire	-	15	307	90	118	531	254	785
North Lanarkshire	840	298	63	377	252	1,830	1,282	3,113
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	-	86	86	61	147
Perth & Kinross	432	-	1,003	77	522	2,034	415	2,449
Renfrewshire	556	-	214	179	111	1,060	514	1,574
Scottish Borders	-	16	394	27	471	908	360	1,268
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	153	153	69	222
South Ayrshire	-	-	397	109	124	629	375	1,004
South Lanarkshire	1,052	110	134	252	477	2,025	608	2,633
Stirling	286	-	248	107	371	1,011	289	1,300
West Dunbartonshire	-	15	206	146	58	425	249	674
West Lothian	726	-	-	164	397	1,287	553	1,840
Scotland	7,757	955	9,020	4,571	8,250	30,553	15,883	46,437

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

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 4	2015	2016
	million vehicle kilometres
Aberdeen City	286	265	264	253	255	258	263	260	264	263	264
Aberdeenshire	866	840	820	829	822	824	861	872	902	908	929
Angus 3	341	319	328	324	335	334	343	357	370	358	362
Argyll & Bute	360	358	356	359	352	353	351	355	362	376	387
Dumfries & Galloway	1,241	1,299	1,302	1,290	1,274	1,270	1,252	1,272	1,311	1,349	1,370
Dundee City	187	187	179	182	180	178	186	182	169	168	168
East Ayrshire 3	361	372	368	375	366	365	365	359	374	369	350
East Lothian	390	409	372	359	354	355	349	349	359	362	383
East Renfrewshire	154	177	175	181	172	208	205	209	214	230	236
Edinburgh, City of	682	714	686	725	677	712	700	719	715	755	779
Falkirk	560	571	567	550	531	537	577	580	581	608	642
Fife	870	889	868	879	848	839	820	833	842	841	864
Glasgow, City of 3	1,241	1,259	1,305	1,302	1,288	1,313	1,481	1,522	1,510	1,499	1,544
Highland	1,503	1,525	1,519	1,556	1,530	1,535	1,528	1,546	1,557	1,614	1,651
Inverclyde	80	78	76	75	72	72	71	71	72	73	73
Midlothian	142	142	140	141	135	136	140	138	143	136	138
Moray	270	277	272	269	263	264	265	266	270	274	280
North Ayrshire	319	326	330	326	318	317	309	308	316	320	322
North Lanarkshire	1,114	1,143	1,166	1,154	1,161	1,129	1,414	1,402	1,253	1,191	1,200
Perth & Kinross	1,381	1,379	1,345	1,332	1,299	1,324	1,296	1,322	1,363	1,381	1,435
Renfrewshire 3	717	710	725	711	693	699	689	703	732	758	770
Scottish Borders	400	400	383	390	382	388	386	387	394	406	410
South Ayrshire	387	393	379	381	384	384	379	379	387	395	397
South Lanarkshire 3	1,142	1,130	1,169	1,197	1,162	1,163	1,219	1,236	1,261	1,264	1,296
Stirling	501	513	505	499	481	478	470	468	485	500	533
West Dunbartonshire	199	189	191	209	204	205	206	206	213	220	221
West Lothian	682	688	711	700	682	675	671	688	693	724	726
Total trunk roads	16,375	16,548	16,504	16,546	16,222	16,313	16,791	16,987	17,112	17,342	17,732
Aberdeen City	1,141	1,126	1,115	1,075	1,053	1,039	1,040	1,041	1,067	1,075	1,096
Aberdeenshire	1,964	1,993	1,994	1,933	1,894	1,859	1,825	1,860	1,945	1,984	2,033
Angus	734	747	758	752	740	731	722	725	749	762	778
Argyll & Bute	551	552	548	541	532	526	516	525	542	551	565
Clackmannanshire 3	293	299	301	316	313	314	310	301	312	316	323
Dumfries & Galloway	711	723	719	708	700	693	676	684	709	724	741
Dundee City	698	719	722	703	687	688	685	676	693	695	711
East Ayrshire 3	704	688	684	674	668	662	647	656	679	691	708
East Dunbartonshire	545	556	547	547	534	533	529	525	542	544	557
East Lothian	499	509	508	503	501	498	484	488	508	516	527
East Renfrewshire 3	563	569	574	565	556	547	537	536	552	557	572
Edinburgh, City of	2,306	2,326	2,271	2,253	2,207	2,190	2,179	2,169	2,230	2,254	2,309
Eilean Siar	208	209	205	206	203	202	203	206	214	219	248
Falkirk	931	953	950	955	949	952	944	945	974	983	1,007
Fife	1,987	2,022	2,023	2,015	2,000	2,000	1,980	1,992	2,059	2,076	2,118
Glasgow, City of 3	2,119	2,147	2,124	2,089	2,042	2,027	2,011	2,014	2,056	2,039	2,084
Highland	1,053	1,070	1,078	1,067	1,055	1,044	1,024	1,044	1,086	1,105	1,137
Inverclyde	460	468	465	458	447	443	438	436	449	451	459
Midlothian	498	507	509	520	517	517	504	504	523	534	549
Moray	457	466	467	460	451	444	446	451	471	477	487
North Ayrshire	463	466	462	456	452	450	435	433	448	452	462
North Lanarkshire	1,869	1,906	1,894	1,871	1,840	1,829	1,822	1,819	1,867	1,875	1,912
Orkney Islands	136	137	137	137	135	133	131	133	139	142	147
Perth & Kinross	960	972	958	960	945	933	918	933	968	989	1,014
Renfrewshire 3	766	781	781	766	759	757	753	755	778	786	804
Scottish Borders	801	812	813	808	798	792	779	787	817	836	859
Shetland Islands	205	206	206	203	202	202	200	204	210	215	222
South Ayrshire	595	600	607	602	595	590	572	568	585	592	607
South Lanarkshire	1,311	1,333	1,298	1,294	1,282	1,273	1,258	1,254	1,296	1,311	1,337
Stirling 3	750	763	759	751	747	733	718	719	744	753	767
West Dunbartonshire	436	439	439	438	429	431	434	432	443	444	453
West Lothian	1,031	1,055	1,051	1,046	1,034	1,042	1,038	1,039	1,071	1,085	1,114
Total LA roads	27,745	28,118	27,966	27,673	27,266	27,077	26,757	26,853	27,727	28,032	28,704

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 

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 3	2015	2016
	million vehicle kilometres
All roads
Aberdeen City	1,427	1,391	1,379	1,329	1,308	1,297	1,303	1,301	1,331	1,338	1,360
Aberdeenshire	2,830	2,834	2,814	2,762	2,716	2,683	2,686	2,732	2,847	2,892	2,962
Angus 2	1,076	1,066	1,086	1,075	1,075	1,065	1,065	1,082	1,119	1,120	1,140
Argyll & Bute	911	910	904	900	884	879	866	879	904	927	952
Clackmannanshire 2	293	299	301	316	313	314	310	301	312	316	323
Dumfries & Galloway	1,952	2,021	2,021	1,998	1,974	1,963	1,927	1,956	2,020	2,073	2,111
Dundee City	885	906	902	885	867	865	871	858	862	863	879
East Ayrshire 2	1,064	1,059	1,052	1,050	1,033	1,027	1,012	1,015	1,053	1,060	1,058
East Dunbartonshire	545	556	547	547	534	533	529	525	542	544	557
East Lothian	889	918	880	862	855	852	833	836	868	877	910
East Renfrewshire 2	717	745	750	747	728	755	741	745	766	787	808
Edinburgh, City of	2,988	3,040	2,957	2,978	2,885	2,902	2,879	2,888	2,945	3,009	3,088
Eilean Siar	208	209	205	206	203	202	203	206	214	219	248
Falkirk	1,492	1,524	1,517	1,505	1,479	1,489	1,521	1,526	1,555	1,592	1,649
Fife	2,856	2,911	2,891	2,894	2,848	2,839	2,800	2,825	2,902	2,917	2,982
Glasgow, City of 2	3,360	3,406	3,429	3,390	3,329	3,341	3,492	3,537	3,566	3,537	3,628
Highland	2,556	2,595	2,597	2,623	2,586	2,580	2,552	2,590	2,643	2,719	2,788
Inverclyde	539	545	541	533	519	515	509	507	522	524	532
Midlothian	640	649	649	661	652	653	644	642	666	671	687
Moray	727	743	739	729	714	708	711	716	740	751	767
North Ayrshire	781	792	792	782	770	766	744	740	764	772	785
North Lanarkshire	2,983	3,049	3,060	3,025	3,001	2,959	3,235	3,222	3,120	3,066	3,113
Orkney Islands	136	137	137	137	135	133	131	133	139	142	147
Perth & Kinross	2,340	2,351	2,303	2,292	2,244	2,257	2,215	2,254	2,331	2,371	2,449
Renfrewshire 2	1,483	1,490	1,506	1,477	1,452	1,456	1,442	1,457	1,510	1,543	1,574
Scottish Borders	1,201	1,212	1,196	1,198	1,180	1,180	1,165	1,174	1,211	1,241	1,268
Shetland Islands	205	206	206	203	202	202	200	204	210	215	222
South Ayrshire	981	992	987	983	979	974	951	946	973	986	1,004
South Lanarkshire 2	2,453	2,462	2,468	2,491	2,444	2,436	2,476	2,490	2,557	2,575	2,633
Stirling 2	1,251	1,276	1,264	1,249	1,228	1,211	1,188	1,187	1,229	1,253	1,300
West Dunbartonshire	635	629	630	646	634	637	639	638	656	665	674
West Lothian	1,713	1,742	1,761	1,747	1,716	1,717	1,709	1,726	1,764	1,808	1,840
Total all roads	44,119	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374	46,437

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, 2016

Description	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
A74(M) J18 to 19	26,831	31,170	32,501	34,408	35,261	37,125	40,783	40,961	37,558	37,150	31,935	30,934
M8 Bishopton	14,543	16,279	17,355	16,908	17,461	17,456	16,277	17,194	17,704	17,543	..	15,703
M8 Harthill	44,349	49,479	52,484	52,479	52,957	53,902	51,945	55,176	52,457	50,393	50,417	47,515
M9 Linlithgow	11,265	11,268	10,098	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
M73 Gartcosh	26,159	43,629	40,003	..	28,396	29,344	26,984	..	..	..	..	..
M74 J9	21,417	29,766	33,990	36,203	37,006	38,841	40,301	41,361	38,109	37,495	32,821	13,311
M80 Bankhead	..	35,259	36,799	36,023	37,529	39,408	39,498	40,767	37,912	38,287	37,859	-
M90 Kelty	24,227	28,412	31,342	31,818	31,219	33,530	32,584	34,151	34,075	32,727	30,358	28,855
A1 Grantshouse	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A7 Langholm	3,114	3,528	3,700	3,784	3,866	4,002	3,813	4,035	4,088	3,835	3,701	3,559
A9 Berridale	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A9 Blackford	11,107	13,483	13,117	13,738	14,222	15,127	16,571	14,914	13,677	13,546	12,629	11,242
A9 Dornoch	4,728	5,387	6,064	6,444	6,985	7,381	7,765	7,939	7,440	6,405	..	..
A9 Tomatin	7,142	8,212	9,170	9,934	10,561	11,082	11,715	..	..	..	..	..
A68 Jedburgh	4,433	5,026	5,536	5,606	6,157	6,227	..	..	..	..	..	..
A68 Pathhead	7,542	8,780	9,503	9,631	10,127	10,691	10,162	11,201	..	..	..	..
A75 Carsluith	3,715	4,282	4,659	4,816	5,144	5,272	5,239	6,080	..	..	..	4,530
A75 Southeast of A751	5,199	6,402	6,910	6,878	7,160	7,255	7,329	7,685	7,228	6,749	6,808	4,972
A76 Mennock	2,535	2,720	2,875	2,949	3,084	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A77 Glen App	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A77 Kilmarnock	23,393	26,515	22,021	24,033	28,489	29,875	31,069	31,491	29,844	29,012	27,590	25,315
A78 Loans	16,018	18,168	19,048	18,929	19,489	19,908	18,548	20,079	19,098	18,620	18,543	16,713
A80 Cumbernauld	63,486	71,924	75,248	75,614	76,536	78,812	75,878	80,404	78,208	..	74,778	66,626
A82 Ballachulish	3,016	3,904	4,484	5,166	6,414	6,959	7,292	6,602	6,105	5,576	..	3,366
A82 Spean Bridge	3,347	4,210	4,827	5,335	6,495	7,025	7,187	7,913	6,749	5,700	4,315	3,884
A83 Ardrishaig	2,181	2,555	2,715	2,846	3,167	3,145	..	..	..	..	..	2,244
A85 Riverside Dundee	14,358	16,035	16,797	17,006	18,348	17,646	17,502	18,550	..	..	..	..
A87 Broadford	3,300	3,828	4,474	5,282	6,595	6,954	7,175	7,875	6,448	..	3,947	3,663
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	1,816	2,717	3,260	3,428	4,666	4,042	5,367	5,965	4,867	..	2,823	2,617
A90 Stonehaven	20,805	23,979	..	24,302	24,203	25,426	24,797	25,969	27,811	26,728	26,770	22,624
A90 Bridge of Don	22,341	22,856	23,429	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A96 Forres	8,953	10,028	10,606	11,186	11,321	11,677	12,067	12,579	11,874	..	10,757	9,537
A702 Fulford	10,520	11,520	11,510	11,533	12,398	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A720 Dreghorn	66,712	72,114	69,270	64,155	64,666	43,718	11,715	13	11	16	41,785	38,305
A737 Lochside	18,798	21,765	22,526	22,762	23,747	23,936	22,944	23,939	23,052	22,772	22,606	20,529
A835 Aultguish	..	1,191	1,475	1,703	2,037	2,215	2,398	2,705	..	1,758	1,335	1,208
A977 Kincardine	3,629	4,171	4,486	4,291	4,437	4,806	4,299	4,580	4,614	..	..	..

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: 2016 ^{1, 2}

	Site No. in Fig 5.2	Average Daily Flow				HGV (Year) Percentage		Peak Hourly Flows
		7 Day		5 Day				AM		PM
Location		Year	August	Year	August	7 Day	5 Day	7 Day	5 Day	7 Day	5 Day
A74(M) J18 to J19	1	34,718	40,961	36,953	32,107	..	..	2,518	2,585	2,774	2,858
M8 Bishopton	2	16,766	17,194	18,545	18,981	12	14	1,322	1,716	1,573	1,792
M8 Harthill	3	51,129	55,176	55,897	59,430	7	8	3,323	4,119	3,857	4,243
M9 Linlithgow	4	10,877	..	12,656	..	2	2	1,566	2,086	745	862
M73 Gartcosh	5	32,419	..	39,724	..	8	7	2,556	3,718	3,016	3,824
M74 J9	37	33,385	41,361	35,469	42,737			2,334	2,354	2,459	2,569
M80 Bankhead	6	37,934	40,767	39,989	42,453	15	17	2,494	2,938	3,055	3,220
M90 Kelty	7	31,108	34,151	32,270	34,704	4	5	2,103	2,307	2,575	2,713
A1 Grantshouse	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A7 Langholm	9	3,752	4,035	4,039	4,275	24	26	277	321	314	350
A9 Berridale	10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A9 Blackford	11	13,614	14,914	14,209	15,349	4	5	953	1,155	989	999
A9 Dornoch	12	6,654	7,939	7,010	8,253	9	11	507	530	587	619
A9 Tomatin	13	9,688	..		10,053	5	6	743	741	809	833
A68 Jedburgh	14	5,498	..		5,822	5	6	415	419	449	482
A68 Pathhead	15	9,705	11,201	10,267	11,633	5	6	688	745	798	843
A75 Carsluith	16	4,860	6,080	5,188	6,343	24	27	371	390	394	417
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,715	7,685	7,251	8,141	..	..	489	518	584	616
A76 Mennock	18	2,833	..	3,118		4	5	199	231	240	266
A77 Glen App	19	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A77 Kilmarnock	20	27,387	31,491	28,962	32,883	4	5	1,851	2,151	2,297	2,445
A78 Loans	21	18,597	20,079	20,434	21,603	3	4	1,520	1,910	1,658	1,886
A80 Cumbernauld	36	74,319	..	80,700	85,416	19	21	4,711	5,835	5,775	6,396
A82 Ballachulish	22	5,353	6,602	5,126	6,602	12	14	456	431	499	470
A82 Spean Bridge	23	5,582	7,913	5,783	8,033	6	7	451	456	483	491
A83 Ardrishaig	24	2,693	..	2,914	..	16	18	211	246	238	262
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	17,030	18,550	18,358	19,710	2	3	1,360	1,725	1,530	1,679
A87 Broadford	26	5,413	7,875	5,732	8,174	6	7	470	487	484	512
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,779	5,965	3,970	6,073	3	4	331	341	351	366
A90 Stonehaven	28	24,856	25,969	28,133	28,518	..	..	1,727	2,151	2,597	3,107
A90 Bridge of Don	29	22,875	..	24,604		3	4	1,603	2,086	1,964	2,143
A96 Forres	30	10,962	12,579	11,470	13,038	5	6	783	841	958	1,021
A702 Fulford	31	11,496	..	12,576	..	4	5	814	1,068	1,042	1,198
A720 Dreghorn	35	79,650	..	88,865	..	4	5	3,899	4,869	4,759	4,962
A737 Lochside	32	22,448	23,939	23,938	25,253	4	5	1,540	1,954	1,911	2,065
A835 Aultguish	33	1,803	2,705	1,851	2,705	8	9	181	187	175	179
A977 Kincardine	34	4,368	4,580	4,656	4,888	7	8	286	318	389	427

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	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
A74(M) J18 to J19	1	33,066	31,870	31,910	31,047	31,164	30,902	31,410	32,906	33,313	34,718
M8 Bishopton	2	27,800	25,357	24,838	24,563	24,186	24,059	25,318	25,475	..	16,766
M8 Harthill	3	51,628	54,463	55,589	55,911	53,629	50,170	40,526	..	53,566	51,129
M9 Linlithgow	4	..	30,324	26,070	28,706	..	28,190	24,853	..	..	10,877
M73 Gartcosh	5	41,711	39,042	38,597	35,666	36,786	41,685	43,330	45,500	43,588	32,419
M74 J9	37	35,065	33,716	28,620	34,060	33,020	29,454	33,302	..	35,795	33,385
M80 Bankhead	6	..	..	..	..	..	33,758	35,386	..	..	37,934
M90 Kelty	7	..	30,787	32,832	32,304	29,572	31,286	31,117	32,224	31,787	31,108
A1 Grantshouse	8	8,989	8,659	8,845	8,616	8,446	8,284	8,427	7,063	8,047	..
A7 Langholm	9	3,573	3,456	3,336	3,434	3,434	3,426	3,487	3,576	3,614	3,752
A9 Berridale	10	2,193	1,947	2,089	1,938	1,603	1,806	1,714	..	..	..
A9 Blackford	11	26,888	25,901	24,690	23,671	24,098	24,672	25,667	24,456	26,338	13,614
A9 Dornoch	12	5,766	5,633	5,743	5,721	5,922	5,863	5,934	6,100	6,211	6,654
A9 Tomatin	13	9,110	9,043	8,987	8,850	8,725	8,453	8,749	10,314	9,307	9,688
A68 Jedburgh	14	7,139	5,845	5,860	5,530	5,668	5,882	5,574	5,493	5,437	5,498
A68 Pathhead	15	11,927	8,888	8,919	8,354	9,204	9,362	8,931	..	10,022	9,705
A75 Carsluith	16	4,924	4,771	4,849	4,724	4,658	4,598	4,244	5,302	4,714	4,860
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,904	6,830	6,770	6,792	6,830	6,712	6,752	6,734	6,600	6,715
A76 Mennock	18	3,166	3,324	3,147	3,054	2,947	2,891	2,900	2,871	..	2,833
A77 Glen App	19	3,579	3,027	2,805	3,520	3,423	3,483	3,537	..	..	..
A77 Kilmarnock	20	27,984	27,520	27,069	26,763	26,172	25,876	25,062	26,843	27,340	27,387
A78 Loans	21	16,093	15,767	15,295	15,074	14,542	13,873	13,096	13,619	14,378	18,597
A80 Cumbernauld	36	65,409	64,885	63,830	..	..	67,416	69,314	71,242	71,740	74,319
A82 Ballachulish	22	4,696	4,609	4,772	4,625	4,504	4,461	4,631	6,426	5,208	5,353
A82 Spean Bridge	23	3,524	3,185	3,629	3,351	3,289	3,084	4,103	1,729	..	5,582
A83 Ardrishaig	24	2,792	..	..	..	..	2,638	2,629	..	2,857	2,693
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	18,854	18,299	17,581	16,129	16,992	15,430	15,279	..	..	17,030
A87 Broadford	26	1,610	2,188	3,417	3,227	3,235	3,148	2,083	..	..	5,413
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,678	3,437	3,577	3,367	3,088	3,307	3,418	3,581	3,947	3,779
A90 Stonehaven	28	26,045	26,427	26,778	26,907	26,704	25,796	33,486	39,205	26,650	24,856
A90 Bridge of Don	29	17,686	17,339	17,308	17,860	16,875	17,143	17,412	17,773	18,157	22,875
A96 Forres	30	11,317	11,277	11,309	11,416	11,075	11,097	10,244	10,820	10,651	10,962
A702 Fulford	31	10,939	11,875	11,295	10,334	..	11,146	10,181	13,786	11,963	11,496
A720 Dreghorn	35	80,448	78,179	79,936	77,735	74,858	75,697	76,704	78,110	78,624	79,650
A737 Lochside	32	21,439	21,764	21,755	21,528	21,199	20,512	20,311	20,787	22,055	22,448
A835 Aultguish	33	1,623	1,545	1,628	1,246	1,788	1,749	1,048	1,767	1,694	1,803
A977 Kincardine	34	15,264	13,723	4,583	4,370	4,436	4,536	4,532	4,405	4,613	4,368

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' journeys ¹  - whether delayed by traffic congestion ² and, if so, how much time was lost  ³ :  2016 

	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 just 1-2 minutes	about 5 mins (3-7)	about 10 mins (8-12)	about 15 mins (13-17)	20 to 30 mins4 (18-32)	over half an hour (33+)	All delayed journeys
row percentages								n =
All car driver journeys	88.3	0.7	3.8	3.6	1.3	1.6	0.6	11.7	9,790
by purpose of journey:
Commuting	79.0	0.7	4.4	7.6	3.4	3.8	1.1	21.0	2,610
Business	82.0	.	4.2	6.1	0.6	2.0	3	18.0	290
Education	87.8	1.5	5.6	4.3	**	**	.	12.2	480
Shopping	95.1	0.4	2.6	1.2	0.4	**	.	4.9	2,200
Visit hospital or other health	82.5	**	10.6	**	.	**	.	17.5	220
Other personal business	93.3	**	1.8	2	**	**	**	6.7	510
Visit friends or relatives	93.7	0.6	2.9	1.8	0.4	0.4	**	6.3	1,140
Eating / drinking	94.2	.	5	**	.	.	.	5.8	180
Entertainment	91.2	**	**	**	**	**	.	8.8	120
Sport	93.3	2	3.6	**	.	0.3	.	6.7	460
Holiday/day trip 4	89.8	.	**	**	.	**	**	10.2	130
Other	88.4	.	5.9	3.5	.	**	**	11.6	260
Escort	90.9	**	4.6	**	**	.	**	9.1	240
Go home	89.4	**	3.8	2.6	0.7	1.5	1.1	10.6	770
Just go for a walk	95.7	**	**	**	**	.	.	4.3	170
by day of the week:
Monday	87.3	0.4	4.5	4.0	1.7	1.4	0.3	12.7	1,910
Tuesday	86.6	1.1	3.6	4.1	1.8	2.1	0.5	13.4	1,740
Wednesday	85.5	0.4	5.2	3.9	1.5	2.7	0.7	14.5	1,760
Thursday	86.1	0.6	4.4	4.2	1.3	2.5	0.9	13.9	1,310
Friday	85.8	1.1	3.5	5.4	1.7	1.4	1.2	14.2	1,170
Saturday	94.2	**	2.4	1.5	0.7	**	**	5.8	760
Sunday	95.2	0.5	2.2	1.5	**	0.2	**	4.8	1,150
Weekday journeys - by start time:
midnight to 6:59 a.m.	86.0	.	2.4	4.0	2.7	3.5	1.5	14.0	320
7:00 to 7:59 a.m.	78.5	**	3.3	8.6	3.1	4.2	**	21.5	510
8:00 to 8:59 a.m.	78.4	1.5	4.9	9.1	2.4	2.8	0.9	21.6	700
9:00 to 9:59 a.m.	88.8	**	7.2	2.0	**	**	.	11.2	460
10:00 to 10:59 a.m.	92.3	2.0	2.8	**	.	**	**	7.7	460
11:00 to 11:59 a.m.	94.9	**	2.2	**	**	**	**	5.1	530
noon to 12:59 p.m.	93.5	**	2.9	1.7	.	.	**	6.5	510
1:00 to 1:59 p.m.	90.3	**	3.6	4.0	**	**	.	9.7	450
2:00 to 2:59 p.m.	91.3	**	3.8	3.5	**	**	**	8.7	560
3:00 to 3:59 p.m.	85.9	**	5.6	3.3	1.4	2.6	**	14.1	610
4:00 to 4:59 p.m.	75.1	**	9.0	5.5	3.1	4.6	2.3	24.9	740
5:00 to 5:59 p.m.	73.5	1.4	6.4	10.1	3.5	4.5	**	26.5	690
6:00 to 6:59 p.m.	87.6	2	3.9	2.9	2.1	1.3	**	12.4	470
7:00 to 7:59 p.m.	97.9	**	**	**	**	**	.	2.1	330
8:00 to 8:59 p.m.	98.8	.	**	**	.	.	.	1.2	220
9:00 to 9:59 p.m.	99.3	.	**	.	.	.	.	0.7	170
10:00 to 11:59 p.m.	97.9	.	**	.	**	**	.	2.1	170
Weekend journeys - by start time:
Before 9:30am	97	.	**	**	.	.	.	2.9	190
After 9:30am to before 12noon	95.8	**	2.4	**	.	**	.	4.2	400
12noon to 2 pm	93.6	**	2.1	2.6	**	**	.	6.4	480
After 2pm to before 4:30pm	91.9	.	4.1	2.1	**	**	**	8.1	360
4:30pm to before 6:30pm	93.4	**	**	**	**	**	**	6.6	250
6:30pm onwards	98.6	.	**	**	.	.	.	1.4	240
by type of area in which driver lives:
Large urban areas	85	1	4	5	1	2	0.9	15.2	2,230
Other urban areas	87.8	0.7	4.0	3.9	1.6	1.4	0.5	12.2	3,190
"Accessible" small towns	89.1	0.7	2.8	3.1	1.5	2.3	**	10.9	930
"Remote" small towns	97.8	**	0.7	**	**	**	.	2.2	690
"Accessible" rural areas	88.1	0.3	4.7	2.8	1	2	0.5	11.9	1,420
"Remote" rural areas	96.2	**	1.8	1.0	.	**	**	3.8	1,340

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 2006-2016

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Driver congestion	12.7	14.4	13.1	11.0	10.5	11.2	9.9	9.7	11.7	12.4	11.7
Sample size (=100%)	14,010	9,260	9,320	8,680	7580	8,310	9,830	10,200	9,820	9,690	9,790

Table 5.9b Percentage of bus stages where passenger experienced delay 2006-2016

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Service Bus	8.9	12.5	14.4	9.9	12.3	10.5	11.1	10.2	10.7	9.9	10.0
Sample size (=100%)	2,726	1,674	1,724	1,456	1311	1,439	1,536	1,685	1,630	1,690	1,480

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	2015 2
	thousands of tonnes
by type of vehicle
Buses	172.6	182.9	174.6	174.8	178.3	165.0	157.0	161.8	162.6	153.4
Diesel cars	622.6	676.4	748.2	764.3	768.3	804.0	834.5	869.8	890.2	921.6
Petrol cars	1,440.7	1,396.7	1,309.8	1,285.7	1,213.8	1,158.8	1,103.1	1,043.0	1,040.2	1,005.1
Motorcycles	12.3	13.2	12.6	12.9	11.5	11.6	11.2	11.0	11.3	11.3
Heavy Goods Vehicles	600.7	618.9	617.8	573.5	574.7	560.1	550.6	555.7	564.1	566.8
Diesel Light Goods Vehicles	412.8	440.5	446.3	442.5	449.3	453.2	450.9	463.9	491.3	514.4
Petrol Light Goods Vehicles	41.8	38.9	35.3	32.2	29.6	27.3	24.8	23.1	22.1	20.5
Total	3,303.5	3,367.3	3,344.6	3,285.9	3,225.6	3,180.0	3,132.0	3,128.4	3,181.8	3,193.0
by Council area  1
Aberdeen City	103.4	101.9	101.3	96.8	95.1	93.3	92.4	92.0	93.6	92.9
Aberdeenshire	198.2	200.5	198.7	193.9	190.4	186.1	183.3	185.2	190.6	191.8
Angus	77.2	77.8	78.1	76.7	76.6	75.1	74.2	74.3	75.9	75.6
Argyll & Bute	62.3	62.9	62.4	61.0	60.1	59.3	58.6	59.0	60.3	62.1
Clackmannanshire	20.8	21.5	21.7	21.6	21.5	21.1	20.6	20.0	20.6	20.5
Dumfries & Galloway	168.1	175.8	174.1	166.9	165.6	163.9	161.2	162.5	165.3	170.5
Dundee City	67.2	69.0	69.1	67.6	66.0	65.1	64.4	63.1	63.4	62.4
East Ayrshire	79.4	79.6	78.6	78.0	76.3	75.1	72.9	72.9	74.7	74.7
East Dunbartonshire	42.9	44.1	43.7	43.5	42.3	41.5	40.4	39.8	40.8	40.1
East Lothian	64.6	66.9	64.7	62.5	61.5	60.7	58.7	58.4	60.0	60.3
East Renfrewshire	55.0	56.2	57.0	56.5	55.5	54.5	52.2	52.2	53.3	53.2
Edinburgh, City of	232.6	237.3	234.4	234.1	227.7	223.6	219.1	218.0	219.7	221.7
Eilean Siar	13.9	14.0	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.1	13.9
Falkirk	115.7	118.8	117.9	115.7	113.3	112.6	111.0	111.3	114.3	115.6
Fife	195.5	200.6	199.0	195.9	191.9	189.0	184.0	184.0	187.9	186.6
Glasgow, City of	269.2	273.5	273.4	267.5	262.1	261.0	260.8	260.6	261.5	257.3
Highland	179.0	182.6	181.3	182.3	180.2	178.8	176.6	178.3	180.6	185.2
Inverclyde	38.8	39.1	38.9	38.0	36.8	35.9	34.9	34.6	35.3	34.9
Midlothian	47.4	48.5	48.3	47.7	46.8	46.4	45.3	44.8	46.1	45.9
Moray	50.1	51.6	51.4	51.0	50.0	49.2	48.8	48.6	50.1	51.0
North Ayrshire	55.5	55.7	55.9	54.8	53.8	53.0	51.1	50.5	51.4	51.6
North Lanarkshire	242.4	246.8	246.4	241.3	237.0	229.8	234.3	230.8	234.4	227.3
Orkney Islands	9.4	9.6	9.7	9.5	9.6	9.4	9.1	9.3	9.6	9.8
Perth & Kinross	180.9	184.9	180.4	176.9	172.4	173.2	168.5	169.7	172.9	175.9
Renfrewshire	107.0	108.2	109.1	106.1	103.8	102.3	99.7	100.0	101.9	102.5
Scottish Borders	82.9	84.2	83.7	82.7	81.3	80.5	78.8	79.0	80.8	82.4
Shetland Islands	13.2	13.4	13.4	13.1	13.0	12.8	12.6	12.8	13.1	13.4
South Ayrshire	70.8	72.3	71.9	71.2	70.6	69.4	66.8	65.9	67.0	67.4
South Lanarkshire	207.9	211.6	209.6	206.1	202.0	199.0	198.2	198.2	200.5	200.8
Stirling	86.2	88.8	87.6	85.5	84.0	82.1	79.8	79.0	80.8	81.7
West Dunbartonshire	45.3	45.2	45.2	45.5	44.5	44.1	43.7	43.4	44.1	44.1
West Lothian	120.6	124.0	124.4	121.9	120.1	118.5	116.5	116.7	118.0	119.8
Total	3,303.5	3,367.3	3,344.6	3,285.9	3,225.6	3,180.0	3,132.0	3,128.4	3,181.8	3,193.0

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