Chapter 5: Road Traffic

Chapter 5: Road Traffic

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

• 48 billion vehicle km were driven in 2018
• 40% of distance travelled is on Trunk roads, which account for only 7% of the road network.
• 12.5% of driver journeys were delayed by congestion between 2016 and 2018.

2 Main Points

Major and Minor Roads

2.1 The estimated volume of traffic on Scotland's roads in 2018 was around 48 billion (thousand million) vehicle km: 0.3% more than 2017. There have been slight increases in the last seven 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 2018 was estimated to be 32 billion vehicle-km. Traffic on Motorways accounted for 8.5 billion vehicle km (18% of all traffic).  This was less than the estimated 10.6 billion vehicle km on trunk A roads (22% of the total), and the 12.4 billion on non-trunk A roads (26%).  Seventy per cent of A road traffic was in rural areas: 16 billion out of the A roads total of 23 billion vehicle km.  (Table 5.1)

2.3 Minor roads (B, C and unclassified roads) accounted for the remaining 34% of traffic in 2018: an estimated 16.6 billion vehicle km  (Table 5.1)

2.5 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2018 was 0.4% higher than in the previous year (Motorways increased by 6%). Minor road traffic was about 0.1% higher than in 2017. Traffic levels are around 8 per cent higher than in 2008.  (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 since 2011 are now 7% 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 seven years; now 21% 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% between then and 2012, before rising again. The total volume of traffic on all roads in Scotland was also estimated to have risen by 6% between 2003 and 2007, falling by 2% between then and 2011, before rising again. (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 17% and heavy goods vehicles for 5%. Pedal cycle traffic increased by 8% in 2018. However, with pedal cycle traffic volumes increasing by 15% since 2008, pedal cycles still account for less than one percent of estimated traffic volume.  (Table 5.2 & 5.3)  

2.9 In 2018, the volume of car traffic was 6 per cent higher than in 2008, light goods vehicle traffic 30 per cent higher, but heavy goods vehicle traffic 6% lower. (Table 5.3)

Local Area volumes

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

2.11 The monthly average daily traffic flows recorded at a selection of Automated Traffic Classifier (ATC) sites are given in Table 5.6. A map showing the location of the traffic counters can be found here https://maphub.net/transportscotland/traffic-counter-locations The average flow (both directions) at the A720 Dreghorn site was around 85,000 vehicles per day. In contrast, the average daily flow at the A835 Aultguish site was around 1,600 vehicles. Traffic levels also vary considerably depending on the month: e.g. the A82 Ballachulish site in August averaged around 8,000 vehicles per day – compared to under 3,347 in January.  (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 84,594 vehicles per day in 2018. Its Monday-Friday average was 90,209 vehicles per day. The A720 Dreghorn had the highest Monday-Friday peak hourly flows at 6,334 vehicles in the morning and 7,053 vehicles in the evening.  At the opposite end of the scale, the A835 Aultguish averaged 1,590 vehicles per day over the year as a whole and its Monday-Friday peak hourly flows were 195 in the morning and 194 in the afternoon. The A77 Lendalfoot had the highest percentage of heavy goods vehicle traffic in 2017 at 27% for the week, followed by the A7 Langholm (26%). (Table 5.7) 

Delays and Congestion

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

2.14 The Scottish Household Survey provides estimates of delays attributed to congestion experienced by drivers (on the previous day). Between 2016 and 2018, 12.5% of journeys made as the driver of a car were said to be delayed due to traffic congestion.  This figure is broadly comparable to congestion level peak in 2007 of around 14%.  Short delays were more common than longer ones - 4% of car drivers’ journeys were delayed by around 5 minutes compared to 1% by 15 minutes and 3% by 20 minutes or longer.  Weekday journeys were most likely to suffer congestion delays between 7 and 9 am and 4 and 6 pm (23-26% and 24-29% respectively).  Fewer delays (5%) 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 no longer feature in Scotland’s National Indicator on driver congestion in their old form.  More information on National Indicators can be found on the Scotland Performs website: http://www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms/indicator/congestion

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 2017.  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 2008. There has been a steady fall in petrol consumption in cars over the period and an increase in diesel cars, reflecting trends in vehicle propulsion shown in Chapter 1 i.e. increases in the proportion of diesel powered vehicles on the roads and reductions in petrol powered vehicles. (Table 5.10)

Figure 5.1: Trunk roads : Network management.

 

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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 1	2015	2016 1	2017	2018
											million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Motorways	6,683	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477	7,829	8,054	8,518
Trunk A roads
Urban *	942	952	945	951	973	960	965	960	988	1,818	1,749
Rural *	8,878	8,960	8,773	8,793	8,678	8,766	8,726	8,905	9,160	8,648	8,870
Total	9,820	9,913	9,719	9,744	9,651	9,725	9,691	9,864	10,147	10,466	10,620
Non - trunk A roads
Urban *	4,493	4,530	4,522	4,471	4,395	4,390	4,478	4,501	4,609	5,399	5,262
Rural *	7,813	7,885	7,752	7,781	7,666	7,670	7,856	8,029	8,262	7,488	7,142
Total	12,307	12,415	12,273	12,252	12,061	12,061	12,334	12,530	12,871	12,887	12,404
All A roads
Urban *	5,435	5,482	5,467	5,422	5,368	5,350	5,443	5,461	5,597	7,217	7,011
Rural *	16,691	16,845	16,525	16,574	16,344	16,436	16,582	16,934	17,422	16,136	16,012
Total	22,126	22,327	21,992	21,996	21,712	21,786	22,025	22,395	23,019	23,353	23,023
All major roads	28,810	28,961	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,446	29,872	30,848	31,407	31,541
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
B roads
Urban *	1,315	1,283	1,246	1,250	1,254	1,235	1,263	1,261	1,253	1,566	1,718
Rural *	2,748	2,661	2,660	2,577	2,502	2,519	2,662	2,711	2,748	2,677	2,568
Total	4,063	3,944	3,906	3,827	3,756	3,754	3,925	3,972	4,001	4,243	4,286
C & Unclassified roads
Urban *	7,079	6,942	6,732	6,767	6,813	6,725	6,891	6,890	6,960	8,299	8,436
Rural *	4,517	4,371	4,354	4,232	4,127	4,314	4,578	4,639	4,650	4,038	3,872
Total	11,596	11,314	11,086	10,998	10,941	11,038	11,469	11,530	11,610	12,337	12,308
All minor roads
Urban *	8,394	8,225	7,978	8,016	8,067	7,960	8,154	8,151	8,214	9,865	10,154
Rural *	7,266	7,033	7,014	6,809	6,630	6,832	7,240	7,350	7,398	6,715	6,440
All minor roads	15,659	15,258	14,992	14,825	14,696	14,792	15,393	15,502	15,611	16,580	16,594
All roads
Motorways	6,683	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477	7,829	8,054	8,518
Urban *	13,829	13,708	13,445	13,438	13,434	13,310	13,597	13,612	13,810	17,082	17,165
Rural *	23,957	23,878	23,539	23,383	22,974	23,269	23,822	24,284	24,819	22,851	22,453
All roads	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374	46,459	47,986	48,137

Source:  Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

1. DfT have made some small revisions to 2014 and 2016 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, 2018

	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	6,145	26	47	1,360	940	8,518	0	8,518	17.7
Trunk A roads - urban 2	1,355	9	11	270	104	1,748	1	1,749	3.6
Trunk A roads - rural 2	6,467	75	84	1,476	762	8,865	6	8,870	18.4
Non-trunk A roads - urban 2	4,225	21	88	749	155	5,239	23	5,262	10.9
Non-trunk A roads - rural 2	5,278	51	86	1,311	402	7,129	14	7,142	14.8
All major roads	23,470	182	316	5,166	2,363	31,499	44	31,541	65.5
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Urban roads 2	8,194	63	160	1,507	95	10,019	135	10,154	21.1
Rural roads 2	4,749	62	33	1,326	137	6,306	134	6,440	13.4
All minor roads	12,942	125	194	2,832	231	16,325	269	16,594	34.5
All roads
Motorways	6,145	26	47	1,360	940	8,518	0	8,518	17.7
Urban roads 2	13,774	93	259	2,526	355	17,006	159	17,165	35.7
Rural roads 2	16,494	188	204	4,112	1,302	22,300	153	22,453	46.6
All roads	36,413	307	509	7,998	2,597	47,824	313	48,137	100.0
Percentage of all vehicles	75.6	0.6	1.1	16.6	5.4	99.3	0.7	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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 1	2015	2016 1	2017	2018
											million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Cars	22,221	22,496	21,998	21,986	22,170	22,217	22,418	22,573	23,220	23,453	23,470
Two wheeled motor vehicles	190	196	181	181	171	176	184	181	180	181	182
Buses	320	329	353	352	363	365	366	369	351	337	316
Light goods vehicles	3,690	3,684	3,701	3,816	3,906	4,032	4,242	4,481	4,765	5,032	5,165
Heavy goods vehicles	2,349	2,210	2,217	2,184	2,198	2,210	2,193	2,228	2,290	2,362	2,365
All motor vehicle traffic	28,770	28,917	28,450	28,519	28,807	29,001	29,404	29,831	30,807	31,366	31,499
Pedal cycles	40	45	46	47	45	47	42	41	41	40	44
All traffic on major roads	28,810	28,961	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,446	29,872	30,847	31,406	31,542
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Cars	12,136	11,895	11,593	11,592	11,606	11,594	11,997	12,096	12,122	12,753	12,942
Two wheeled motor vehicles	125	125	109	114	120	111	113	112	109	124	125
Buses	310	306	298	257	222	242	243	219	211	245	194
Light goods vehicles	2,455	2,343	2,406	2,306	2,216	2,287	2,434	2,499	2,670	2,975	2,832
Heavy goods vehicles	402	347	333	298	268	277	280	276	252	234	231
All motor vehicle traffic	15,427	15,016	14,740	14,567	14,432	14,510	15,066	15,201	15,364	16,330	16,325
Pedal cycles	232	243	253	258	264	282	327	300	247	250	269
All traffic on minor roads	15,659	15,258	14,992	14,825	14,696	14,792	15,393	15,502	15,611	16,580	16,594
All roads
Cars	34,357	34,392	33,591	33,578	33,777	33,811	34,415	34,669	35,342	36,206	36,413
Two wheeled motor vehicles	315	322	290	295	290	286	297	293	289	305	307
Buses	630	635	650	609	585	607	610	588	561	582	509
Light goods vehicles	6,145	6,027	6,107	6,122	6,121	6,319	6,676	6,979	7,435	8,008	7,998
Heavy goods vehicles	2,751	2,557	2,550	2,482	2,466	2,487	2,473	2,504	2,543	2,595	2,597
All motor vehicle traffic	44,197	43,932	43,189	43,085	43,239	43,511	44,470	45,032	46,170	47,696	47,824
Pedal cycles	273	287	298	305	310	329	369	342	288	290	313
All traffic on all roads	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374	46,459	47,986	48,137

Source:  Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

1. DfT have made some small revisions to 2014 and 2016 estimates. Changes to the methodology for traffic estimates after 2015 had a disproportionate effect on pedal cycles and these should not be compared to previous years.  

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, 2018  ¹

Council	All motorways 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	0	160	111	271	77	620	770	1,390
Aberdeenshire	0	88	864	90	744	1,786	1,232	3,017
Angus	0	-	364	104	297	766	393	1,159
Argyll & Bute	0	-	456	49	269	774	199	973
Clackmannanshire	0	-	16	52	86	153	183	336
Dumfries & Galloway	781	42	621	76	321	1,841	371	2,212
Dundee City	0	166	8	163	12	349	549	899
East Ayrshire	117	24	241	96	220	697	425	1,122
East Dunbartonshire	0	-	-	117	99	217	371	588
East Lothian	0	1	405	69	173	649	356	1,005
East Renfrewshire	233	6	49	88	33	409	403	812
Edinburgh, City of	423	178	333	666	254	1,853	1,338	3,192
Eilean Siar	0	-	-	-	163	163	63	226
Falkirk	626	-	23	217	196	1,062	605	1,667
Fife	374	96	553	335	504	1,862	1,199	3,060
Glasgow, City of	1543	-	-	696	42	2,281	1,351	3,632
Highland	0	107	1,625	59	558	2,349	594	2,943
Inverclyde	0	26	42	166	23	258	282	540
Midlothian	0	-	145	91	169	405	311	717
Moray	0	51	248	40	158	497	303	800
North Ayrshire	0	119	198	93	117	526	279	805
North Lanarkshire	1152	155	15	433	233	1,988	1,398	3,386
Orkney Islands	0	-	-	-	87	87	56	143
Perth & Kinross	497	56	1,127	119	389	2,187	407	2,594
Renfrewshire	548	74	184	201	93	1,100	542	1,643
Scottish Borders	0	33	377	57	441	908	382	1,291
Shetland Islands	0	-	-	-	154	154	64	219
South Ayrshire	0	40	382	116	115	653	379	1,032
South Lanarkshire	1183	187	131	260	385	2,146	620	2,766
Stirling	289	8	258	129	358	1,042	295	1,337
West Dunbartonshire	0	132	96	160	46	435	252	687
West Lothian	753	-	-	249	324	1,326	620	1,946
Scotland	8,518	1,749	8,870	5,262	7,142	31,542	16,594	48,137

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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 4	2015	2016 4	2017	2018
											million vehicle kilometres
Trunk roads 2
Aberdeen City	264	253	255	258	263	260	264	263	273	267	271
Aberdeenshire	820	829	822	824	861	872	902	908	948	1,040	952
Angus 3	328	324	335	334	343	357	370	358	367	372	364
Argyll & Bute	356	359	352	353	351	355	362	376	392	419	456
Clackmannanshire							0	0	0	0	16
Dumfries & Galloway	1,302	1,290	1,274	1,270	1,252	1,272	1,311	1,349	1,387	1,467	1,444
Dundee City	179	182	180	178	186	182	169	168	173	171	174
East Ayrshire 3	368	375	366	365	365	359	374	369	352	349	381
East Dunbartonshire							0	0	0	0	0
East Lothian	372	359	354	355	349	349	359	362	391	414	407
East Renfrewshire	175	181	172	208	205	209	214	230	237	234	288
Edinburgh, City of	686	725	677	712	700	719	715	755	779	777	933
Falkirk	567	550	531	537	577	580	581	608	647	639	649
Fife	868	879	848	839	820	833	842	841	878	895	1,023
Glasgow, City of 3	1,305	1,302	1,288	1,313	1,481	1,522	1,510	1,499	1,548	1,572	1,543
Highland	1,519	1,556	1,530	1,535	1,528	1,546	1,557	1,614	1,675	1,720	1,732
Inverclyde	76	75	72	72	71	71	72	73	75	67	68
Midlothian	140	141	135	136	140	138	143	136	141	143	145
Moray	272	269	263	264	265	266	270	274	286	287	299
North Ayrshire	330	326	318	317	309	308	316	320	326	319	316
North Lanarkshire	1,166	1,154	1,161	1,129	1,414	1,402	1,253	1,191	1,217	1,289	1,323
Orkney Islands							0	0	0	0	0
Perth & Kinross	1,345	1,332	1,299	1,324	1,296	1,322	1,363	1,381	1,467	1,608	1,679
Renfrewshire 3	725	711	693	699	689	703	732	758	774	771	806
Scottish Borders	383	390	382	388	386	387	394	406	419	404	410
Shetland Islands							0	0	0	0	0
South Ayrshire	379	381	384	384	379	379	387	395	406	409	422
South Lanarkshire 3	1,169	1,197	1,162	1,163	1,219	1,236	1,261	1,264	1,328	1,395	1,501
Stirling	505	499	481	478	470	468	485	500	544	544	554
West Dunbartonshire	191	209	204	205	206	206	213	220	223	220	228
West Lothian	711	700	682	675	671	688	693	724	724	730	753
Total trunk roads	16,504	16,546	16,222	16,313	16,791	16,987	17,112	17,342	17,977	18,519	19,138
Local authority roads
Aberdeen City	1,115	1,075	1,053	1,039	1,040	1,041	1,067	1,075	1,092	1,117	1,118
Aberdeenshire	1,994	1,933	1,894	1,859	1,825	1,860	1,945	1,984	2,008	2,105	2,066
Angus	758	752	740	731	722	725	749	762	774	802	795
Argyll & Bute	548	541	532	526	516	525	542	551	561	566	517
Clackmannanshire 3	301	316	313	314	310	301	312	316	320	334	320
Dumfries & Galloway	719	708	700	693	676	684	709	724	737	777	768
Dundee City	722	703	687	688	685	676	693	695	703	713	725
East Ayrshire 3	684	674	668	662	647	656	679	691	704	761	740
East Dunbartonshire	547	547	534	533	529	525	542	544	553	581	588
East Lothian	508	503	501	498	484	488	508	516	524	589	598
East Renfrewshire 3	574	565	556	547	537	536	552	557	567	572	525
Edinburgh, City of	2,271	2,253	2,207	2,190	2,179	2,169	2,230	2,254	2,287	2,291	2,258
Eilean Siar	205	206	203	202	203	206	214	219	246	230	226
Falkirk	950	955	949	952	944	945	974	983	998	1,028	1,018
Fife	2,023	2,015	2,000	2,000	1,980	1,992	2,059	2,076	2,105	2,206	2,038
Glasgow, City of 3	2,124	2,089	2,042	2,027	2,011	2,014	2,056	2,039	2,069	2,079	2,089
Highland	1,078	1,067	1,055	1,044	1,024	1,044	1,086	1,105	1,123	1,164	1,211
Inverclyde	465	458	447	443	438	436	449	451	456	474	472
Midlothian	509	520	517	517	504	504	523	534	544	574	572
Moray	467	460	451	444	446	451	471	477	483	511	500
North Ayrshire	462	456	452	450	435	433	448	452	459	487	489
North Lanarkshire	1,894	1,871	1,840	1,829	1,822	1,819	1,867	1,875	1,893	2,007	2,063
Orkney Islands	137	137	135	133	131	133	139	142	145	148	143
Perth & Kinross	958	960	945	933	918	933	968	989	1,005	1,012	914
Renfrewshire 3	781	766	759	757	753	755	778	786	797	827	837
Scottish Borders	813	808	798	792	779	787	817	836	853	895	880
Shetland Islands	206	203	202	202	200	204	210	215	220	224	219
South Ayrshire	607	602	595	590	572	568	585	592	601	620	610
South Lanarkshire	1,298	1,294	1,282	1,273	1,258	1,254	1,296	1,311	1,335	1,361	1,265
Stirling 3	759	751	747	733	718	719	744	753	765	783	783
West Dunbartonshire	439	438	429	431	434	432	443	444	451	455	459
West Lothian	1,051	1,046	1,034	1,042	1,038	1,039	1,071	1,085	1,105	1,175	1,193
Total LA roads	27,966	27,673	27,266	27,077	26,757	26,853	27,727	28,032	28,482	29,467	28,998

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 and 2016 estimates. 

Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 3	2015	2016 3	2017	2018
											million vehicle kilometres
All roads
Aberdeen City	1,379	1,329	1,308	1,297	1,303	1,301	1,331	1,338	1,365	1,384	1,390
Aberdeenshire	2,814	2,762	2,716	2,683	2,686	2,732	2,847	2,892	2,956	3,146	3,017
Angus 2	1,086	1,075	1,075	1,065	1,065	1,082	1,119	1,120	1,141	1,174	1,159
Argyll & Bute	904	900	884	879	866	879	904	927	952	985	973
Clackmannanshire 2	301	316	313	314	310	301	312	316	320	334	336
Dumfries & Galloway	2,021	1,998	1,974	1,963	1,927	1,956	2,020	2,073	2,124	2,244	2,212
Dundee City	902	885	867	865	871	858	862	863	877	884	899
East Ayrshire 2	1,052	1,050	1,033	1,027	1,012	1,015	1,053	1,060	1,056	1,110	1,122
East Dunbartonshire	547	547	534	533	529	525	542	544	553	581	588
East Lothian	880	862	855	852	833	836	868	877	915	1,003	1,005
East Renfrewshire 2	750	747	728	755	741	745	766	787	804	806	812
Edinburgh, City of	2,957	2,978	2,885	2,902	2,879	2,888	2,945	3,009	3,066	3,067	3,192
Eilean Siar	205	206	203	202	203	206	214	219	246	230	226
Falkirk	1,517	1,505	1,479	1,489	1,521	1,526	1,555	1,592	1,645	1,666	1,667
Fife	2,891	2,894	2,848	2,839	2,800	2,825	2,902	2,917	2,983	3,101	3,060
Glasgow, City of 2	3,429	3,390	3,329	3,341	3,492	3,537	3,566	3,537	3,617	3,651	3,632
Highland	2,597	2,623	2,586	2,580	2,552	2,590	2,643	2,719	2,798	2,884	2,943
Inverclyde	541	533	519	515	509	507	522	524	532	541	540
Midlothian	649	661	652	653	644	642	666	671	685	717	717
Moray	739	729	714	708	711	716	740	751	769	797	800
North Ayrshire	792	782	770	766	744	740	764	772	784	806	805
North Lanarkshire	3,060	3,025	3,001	2,959	3,235	3,222	3,120	3,066	3,110	3,296	3,386
Orkney Islands	137	137	135	133	131	133	139	142	145	148	143
Perth & Kinross	2,303	2,292	2,244	2,257	2,215	2,254	2,331	2,371	2,472	2,620	2,594
Renfrewshire 2	1,506	1,477	1,452	1,456	1,442	1,457	1,510	1,543	1,571	1,598	1,643
Scottish Borders	1,196	1,198	1,180	1,180	1,165	1,174	1,211	1,241	1,271	1,299	1,291
Shetland Islands	206	203	202	202	200	204	210	215	220	224	219
South Ayrshire	987	983	979	974	951	946	973	986	1,007	1,029	1,032
South Lanarkshire 2	2,468	2,491	2,444	2,436	2,476	2,490	2,557	2,575	2,662	2,755	2,766
Stirling 2	1,264	1,249	1,228	1,211	1,188	1,187	1,229	1,253	1,309	1,326	1,337
West Dunbartonshire	630	646	634	637	639	638	656	665	674	674	687
West Lothian	1,761	1,747	1,716	1,717	1,709	1,726	1,764	1,808	1,828	1,904	1,946
Total all roads	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,839	45,374	46,459	47,986	48,137

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 and 2016 estimates.

Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

 

Figure 5.2: Selected points to show average daily traffic flows, peak hourly flows and percentages of HGVs.

Table 5.6: Average Daily Traffic Flows¹ at Selected Automated Traffic Classifier Sites ² by Month, 2018

Description	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
A74(M) J18 to 19	26,562	30,488	30,524	35,132	36,611	37,489	40,650	42,032	36,569	36,647	33,286	30,335
M8 Bishopton	22,576	26,082	24,602	25,846	27,933	26,865	26,721	27,728	25,583	26,881	26,434	23,281
M8 Harthill	45,298	49,946	48,453	52,272	54,928	54,929	54,144	57,399	54,122	55,309	55,283	48,403
M9 Linlithgow
M73 Gartcosh	41,865	47,660	45,806	49,671	52,685	51,125	49,854	55,337	51,237	53,242	52,017	44,550
M74 J9				37,264	39,124	40,165	42,714	43,651	38,550	38,898
M80 Bankhead	30,484	30,501	29,616	31,099	18,269	29,648	35,145	34,597	33,822	33,807	36,190
M90 Kelty	24,863	20,024	19,095	24,945	34,991	35,393	35,173	35,869	34,165	32,765	31,266	11,964
A1 Grantshouse				9,639	10,242	10,553	11,659	11,612	10,467	10,247	9,013	8,666
A7 Langholm	3,099	3,345	3,292	3,732	3,925	3,902	3,758	3,978	3,834	3,711	3,663	3,377
A9 Berridale					2,835	2,795	2,966	2,578	2,673
A9 Blackford	10,987	12,668	11,956		14,800	14,544		15,457	14,135	14,796	13,338	11,851
A9 Dornoch	4,894	5,497	5,734	6,716	7,558	7,730	8,186	8,492	7,407	6,792	6,064	5,454
A9 Tomatin	7,505	8,883	8,676	10,610	11,833	11,839	12,534	13,584	11,544
A68 Jedburgh				5,383	6,136	6,237	6,285	6,614	6,149	5,950	5,452	4,974
A68 Pathhead	8,130	8,745	7,801	9,790	10,620	10,645	10,099	11,102	10,140	10,086	9,724	8,595
A75 Carsluith	3,965	4,455	4,672	4,997	5,495	5,467	5,750	6,137	5,384	4,909	4,549	4,122
A75 Southeast of A751	5,930	6,633	6,969	6,962	7,563	7,432	7,216	6,933	6,546	5,600	6,094	5,448
A76 Mennock	2,492	3,023	3,016	3,145	3,581	3,368	3,384	3,609	3,345	3,079	2,996	2,740
A77 Lendalfoot	2,552	2,808	2,944	3,444	3,749	3,728	4,174	4,070	3,649	3,274	3,059	2,897
A77 Kilmarnock	23,722	26,810	27,123	29,229	30,982	30,390	30,172	30,999	28,665	29,615	28,135	25,049
A78 Loans	16,478	18,480	18,742	19,032	21,169	19,465	18,645	19,753	19,112	19,235	18,852	16,517
A80 Cumbernauld	62,845	71,464	68,521	76,355	79,199	78,665	77,453	82,121	77,548	79,660	75,358	62,610
A82 Ballachulish	3,347	4,091	4,353	5,577	7,243	7,144	7,535	8,001	6,447	5,150	3,790	3,391
A82 Spean Bridge	2,591
A83 Ardrishaig	2,126	2,470	2,529	2,712	3,339	3,211	3,325	3,374	3,043	2,727	2,572	2,287
A85 Riverside Dundee	14,832	15,297	15,176	17,508	18,498	18,110	18,268	15,562	16,052	15,851	17,235	15,622
A87 Broadford
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	2,450	2,918	2,857	3,460	4,951	4,738	5,131	4,272	2,700	2,045	1,781	1,449
A90 Stonehaven	15,178	18,965	18,782	20,281	22,921	22,765	23,738	23,763	22,366	23,197	23,555	17,230
A90 Bridge of Don				22,531	22,988	21,907	21,398	21,966	20,928	21,170	22,370	19,551
A96 Forres	9,278	10,275	10,630	11,465	11,379	11,763	12,018	12,529
A702 Fulford				7,345	8,259	11,040	11,375	12,012	11,112	10,187	13,398	10,854
A720 Dreghorn		69,978	74,006	80,006	85,182	90,306	88,612	93,530	90,482	90,704	89,134	78,592
A737 Lochside	10,084			22,032	23,212	21,507	21,304	21,721	20,549
A835 Aultguish	1,003	1,201	1,284	1,782	2,209			2,379	2,024	1,592	1,298	1,130
A977 Kincardine			4,409	4,286	4,673	4,641	4,304	4,350	4,225	4,475	4,394	4,146

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: 2018 ^{1, 2}

Location	Site No. in Fig 5.2	Average Daily Flow				HGV (Year) Percentage		Peak Hourly Flows
		7 Day		5 Day		7 Day	5 Day	AM		PM
		Year	August	Year	August			7 Day	5 Day	7 Day	5 Day
A74(M) J18 to J19	1	34,694	42,032	36,662	43,302	..	..	2,559	2,586	2,808	2,863
M8 Bishopton	2	25,878	27,728	27,990	29,769	14	15	1,999	2,534	2,240	2,474
M8 Harthill	3	52,541	57,399	57,271	61,653	7	8	3,540	4,253	4,027	4,403
M9 Linlithgow	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
M73 Gartcosh	5	49,587	55,337	55,681	60,861	23	25	3,747	4,864	4,544	5,313
M74 J9	37	32,939	43,651	34,849	45,273	..	..	2,466	2,516	2,701	2,773
M80 Bankhead	6	31,198	34,597	33,190	35,402	17	19	2,356	2,715	2,444	2,602
M90 Kelty	7	28,376	35,869	29,418	36,843	4	5	1,971	2,118	2,360	2,484
A1 Grantshouse	8	10,233	11,612	10,463	11,937	3	4	829	824	839	851
A7 Langholm	9	3,635	3,978	3,912	4,221	26	28	286	322	306	340
A9 Berridale	10	2,769	2,578	2,828	2,578	3	4	238	242	274	274
A9 Blackford	11	13,453	15,457	13,991	15,764	..	..	967	1,157	979	975
A9 Dornoch	12	6,710	8,492	7,066	8,849	9	11	526	548	597	621
A9 Tomatin	13	10,779	13,584	11,093	13,718	7	8	848	861	917	917
A68 Jedburgh	14	5,909	6,614	6,220	6,897	2	3	465	481	502	524
A68 Pathhead	15	9,623	11,102	10,155	11,522	5	7	696	773	796	828
A75 Carsluith	16	4,992	6,137	5,340	6,404	24	27	388	411	429	457
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,611	6,933	7,113	7,301	..	..	482	532	558	587
A76 Mennock	18	3,148	3,609	3,413	3,827	19	22	234	272	276	305
A77 Lendalfoot	19	3,362	4,070	3,470	4,118	27	31	298	309	331	328
A77 Kilmarnock	20	28,408	30,999	29,884	32,273	4	5	1,911	2,287	2,386	2,535
A78 Loans	21	18,790	19,753	20,612	21,565	3	4	1,536	1,947	1,680	1,925
A80 Cumbernauld	36	74,317	82,121	79,994	87,581	17	18	4,786	6,016	5,981	6,535
A82 Ballachulish	22	5,506	8,001	5,349	7,685	14	16	477	452	509	486
A82 Spean Bridge	23	2,591	..	2,746	..	8	8	210	221	251	262
A83 Ardrishaig	24	2,810	3,374	3,029	3,565	16	18	226	254	272	289
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	16,501	15,562	17,597	16,335	3	3	1,277	1,566	1,399	1,517
A87 Broadford	26	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,229	4,272	3,382	4,430	5	8	307	315	298	313
A90 Stonehaven	28	21,062	23,763	23,558	26,116	..	..	1,826	2,178	2,165	2,562
A90 Bridge of Don	29	21,645	21,966	23,193	23,438	3	4	1,612	1,927	1,928	2,062
A96 Forres	30	11,167	12,529	11,667	12,967	5	6	804	854	983	1,047
A702 Fulford	31	10,620	12,012	11,528	12,768	4	5	847	1,047	968	1,106
A720 Dreghorn	35	84,594	93,530	90,209	99,290	3	4	5,655	6,334	6,651	7,053
A737 Lochside	32	20,058	21,721	21,179	23,126	5	6	1,397	1,650	1,716	1,833
A835 Aultguish	33	1,590	2,379	1,619	2,362	9	10	182	195	180	194
A977 Kincardine	34	4,390	4,350	4,745	4,692	7	8	337	380	389	431

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	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
A74(M) J18 to J19	1	31,910	31,047	31,164	30,902	31,410	32,906	33,313	34,718	..	34,694
M8 Bishopton	2	24,838	24,563	24,186	24,059	25,318	25,475	..	16,766	18,954	25,878
M8 Harthill	3	55,589	55,911	53,629	50,170	40,526	..	53,566	51,129	28,292	52,541
M9 Linlithgow	4	26,070	28,706	..	28,190	24,853	..	..	10,877	..
M73 Gartcosh	5	38,597	35,666	36,786	41,685	43,330	45,500	43,588	32,419	..	49,587
M74 J9	37	28,620	34,060	33,020	29,454	33,302	..	35,795	33,385	21,905	40,052
M80 Bankhead	6	..	..	..	33,758	35,386	..	..	37,934	23,401	31,198
M90 Kelty	7	32,832	32,304	29,572	31,286	31,117	32,224	31,787	31,108	21,704	28,376
A1 Grantshouse	8	8,845	8,616	8,446	8,284	8,427	7,063	8,047	..	9,026	10,233
A7 Langholm	9	3,336	3,434	3,434	3,426	3,487	3,576	3,614	3,752	2,808	3,635
A9 Berridale	10	2,089	1,938	1,603	1,806	1,714	..	..	..	..	2,769
A9 Blackford	11	24,690	23,671	24,098	24,672	25,667	24,456	26,338	13,614	1,185	13,453
A9 Dornoch	12	5,743	5,721	5,922	5,863	5,934	6,100	6,211	6,654	6,207	6,710
A9 Tomatin	13	8,987	8,850	8,725	8,453	8,749	10,314	9,307	9,688	7,769	10,779
A68 Jedburgh	14	5,860	5,530	5,668	5,882	5,574	5,493	5,437	5,498		5,909
A68 Pathhead	15	8,919	8,354	9,204	9,362	8,931	..	10,022	9,705	3,244	9,623
A75 Carsluith	16	4,849	4,724	4,658	4,598	4,244	5,302	4,714	4,860	4,365	4,992
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,770	6,792	6,830	6,712	6,752	6,734	6,600	6,715	5,857	6,611
A76 Mennock	18	3,147	3,054	2,947	2,891	2,900	2,871	..	2,833	..	3,148
A77 Lendalfoot	19	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3,852	3,362
A77 Kilmarnock	20	27,069	26,763	26,172	25,876	25,062	26,843	27,340	27,387	21,252	28,408
A78 Loans	21	15,295	15,074	14,542	13,873	13,096	13,619	14,378	18,597	13,203	18,790
A80 Cumbernauld	36	63,830	..	..	67,416	69,314	71,242	71,740	74,319	..	74,317
A82 Ballachulish	22	4,772	4,625	4,504	4,461	4,631	6,426	5,208	5,353	4,776	5,506
A82 Spean Bridge	23	3,629	3,351	3,289	3,084	4,103	1,729	..	5,582	2,413	2,591
A83 Ardrishaig	24	..	..	..	2,638	2,629	..	2,857	2,693	1,977	2,810
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	17,581	16,129	16,992	15,430	15,279	..	..	17,030	13,046	16,501
A87 Broadford	26	3,417	3,227	3,235	3,148	2,083	..	..	5,413	4,714
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,577	3,367	3,088	3,307	3,418	3,581	3,947	3,779	3,326	3,229
A90 Stonehaven	28	26,778	26,907	26,704	25,796	33,486	39,205	26,650	24,856	9,900	21,062
A90 Bridge of Don	29	17,308	17,860	16,875	17,143	17,412	17,773	18,157	22,875	..	21,645
A96 Forres	30	11,309	11,416	11,075	11,097	10,244	10,820	10,651	10,962	4,807	11,167
A702 Fulford	31	11,295	10,334	..	11,146	10,181	13,786	11,963	11,496	9,876	10,620
A720 Dreghorn	35	79,936	77,735	74,858	75,697	76,704	78,110	78,624	79,650	..	84,594
A737 Lochside	32	21,755	21,528	21,199	20,512	20,311	20,787	22,055	22,448	13,824	20,058
A835 Aultguish	33	1,628	1,246	1,788	1,749	1,048	1,767	1,694	1,803	1,014	1,590
A977 Kincardine	34	4,583	4,370	4,436	4,536	4,532	4,405	4,613	4,368	4,340	4,390

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 :  2016-18 (combined) ⁵

	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	1	4	4	1	2	1	13	29,150
by purpose of journey:
Commuting	78	1	6	7	3	4	1	22	7,800
Business	82	-	5	6	2	3	1	18	970
Education	87	1	6	5	1	1	-	13	1,290
Shopping	94	1	3	1	-	1	-	6	6,640
Visit hospital or other health	89	-	6	1	1	2	-	11	710
Other personal business	93	1	2	1	1	1	-	7	1,450
Visit friends or relatives	92	1	3	2	1	1	-	8	3,320
Eating/drinking	93	-	4	3	-	-	-	7	500
Entertainment	89	1	3	2	1	3	-	11	400
Sport	92	1	4	2	-	1	-	8	1,360
Holiday/day trip 4	88	-	3	5	1	1	1	12	380
Other	90	-	3	4	1	1	-	10	660
Escort	91	-	5	3	-	-	-	9	770
Go home	90	1	4	3	1	1	1	10	2,260
Just go for a walk	94	1	3	1	1	-	-	6	510
by day of the week:
Monday	87	1	4	4	2	2	-	13	5,360
Tuesday	85	1	5	5	2	2	1	15	5,040
Wednesday	85	1	5	4	2	3	1	15	5,330
Thursday	85	1	5	4	2	2	1	15	4,080
Friday	85	1	4	5	2	2	1	15	3,540
Saturday	94	-	3	2	1	1	-	6	2,110
Sunday	95	-	2	1	-	-	-	5	3,700
Weekday journeys - by start time:
midnight to 6:59 a.m.	87	-	2	4	2	3	1	13	940
7:00 to 7:59 a.m.	74	1	6	7	4	6	2	26	1,510
8:00 to 8:59 a.m.	77	1	8	8	3	2	-	23	2,040
9:00 to 9:59 a.m.	90	1	4	3	1	1	-	10	1,350
10:00 to 10:59 a.m.	92	1	3	1	1	1	-	8	1,410
11:00 to 11:59 a.m.	94	1	3	2	-	1	-	6	1,560
noon to 12:59 p.m.	92	1	3	2	-	1	-	8	1,430
1:00 to 1:59 p.m.	91	1	4	2	1	1	-	9	1,330
2:00 to 2:59 p.m.	91	-	4	3	1	1	-	9	1,660
3:00 to 3:59 p.m.	87	-	5	4	1	2	-	13	1,890
4:00 to 4:59 p.m.	76	1	8	6	3	4	2	24	2,230
5:00 to 5:59 p.m.	71	1	8	10	3	5	1	29	2,100
6:00 to 6:59 p.m.	87	2	4	3	2	1	-	13	1,380
7:00 to 7:59 p.m.	97	-	2	1	-	-	-	3	950
8:00 to 8:59 p.m.	98	-	2	1	-	-	-	2	620
9:00 to 9:59 p.m.	98	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	510
10:00 to 11:59 p.m.	98	-	1	-	-	1	-	2	440
Weekend journeys - by start time:
Before 9:30am	95	-	2	1	-	1	-	5	610
After 9:30am to before 12noon	95	-	2	1	1	-	-	5	1,190
12noon to 2 pm	95	1	2	2	-	-	-	5	1,420
After 2pm to before 4:30pm	93	-	3	2	1	1	-	7	1,080
4:30pm to before 6:30pm	91	1	4	2	1	1	-	9	820
6:30pm onwards	98	-	1	1	-	1	-	2	700
by type of area in which driver lives:
Large urban areas	84	1	5	5	2	2	1	16	6,630
Other urban areas	87	1	4	4	1	2	1	13	9,950
"Accessible" small towns	89	-	3	4	1	2	-	11	2,790
"Remote" small towns	95	-	2	1	1	1	-	5	1,880
"Accessible" rural areas	89	-	4	3	2	2	-	11	3,930
"Remote" rural areas	95	-	2	1	1	1	-	5	3,980

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

5 Three years' data are combined, whereas in previous year just one year's data was given. There was little change over the years, and combining gives fewer suppressed values.

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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2015-17 1	2016-18 1
Driver congestion	13.1	11.0	10.5	11.2	9.9	9.7	11.7	12.4	11.7	12.8	13.0
Sample size (=100%)	9,320	8,680	7580	8,320	9,830	10,200	9,820	9,690	9,810	9,960	9,390

 

Table 5.9b: Percentage of bus stages where passenger experienced delay

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Service Bus	14.4	9.9	12.3	10.5	11.1	10.2	10.7	9.9	10.0	12.5	10.5
Sample size (=100%)	1,720	1,460	1310	1,440	1,540	1,690	1,630	1,690	1,480	1,480	1,510

1. Three years' data are combined, whereas in previous year just one year's data was given. There was little change over the years, and combining gives fewer suppressed values.

Table 5.10: Petrol and diesel consumption of road vehicles

	2008 2	2009 2	2010 2	2011 2	2012 2	2013 2	2014 2	2015 2	2016 2	2017 2
										thousands of tonnes
by type of vehicle
Buses	173.6	173.6	177.1	164.1	156.6	161.4	161.9	155.1	148.4	154.0
Diesel cars	739.7	756.4	760.5	795.7	833.7	869.4	909.6	933.2	951.5	1,000.2
Petrol cars	1,295.9	1,272.7	1,200.8	1,145.6	097.1	1,036.8	1,012.8	973.2	944.9	924.9
Motorcycles	12.4	12.6	11.3	11.4	11.1	10.9	11.3	11.1	10.7	11.5
Heavy Goods Vehicles	605.2	560.4	560.8	544.8	544.8	550.7	559.0	561.5	572.7	593.5
Diesel Light Goods Vehicles	439.0	435.6	442.1	445.6	447.9	460.8	488.2	509.7	540.3	580.7
Petrol Light Goods Vehicles	34.7	31.8	29.2	26.8	24.6	22.9	21.9	20.5	19.4	18.2
Total	3,300.6	3,243.2	3,181.8	3,134.0	3,115.8	3,112.9	3,164.7	3,164.3	3,187.8	3,283.0
by Council area  1
Aberdeen City	98.1	94.1	92.4	90.4	89.4	89.0	90.4	89.6	89.6	90.5
Aberdeenshire	186.8	181.7	178.2	173.9	172.7	174.6	180.7	181.4	184.5	197.0
Angus	76.5	74.8	74.8	73.1	72.5	73.1	75.0	74.2	74.5	76.8
Argyll & Bute	58.2	57.5	56.7	55.9	55.0	55.4	56.6	57.9	58.9	61.0
Clackmannanshire	20.7	20.6	20.4	20.0	19.5	18.9	19.4	19.3	19.5	20.1
Dumfries & Galloway	173.4	167.3	165.6	164.0	161.0	162.3	165.2	170.4	172.5	182.2
Dundee City	66.6	65.1	63.6	62.3	61.4	60.2	60.4	59.1	59.1	59.5
East Ayrshire	76.0	75.2	73.7	72.5	70.6	70.3	72.0	71.8	70.5	73.5
East Dunbartonshire	42.7	42.6	41.4	40.5	39.3	38.7	39.7	38.8	39.0	39.6
East Lothian	64.6	62.1	61.1	60.2	58.1	57.8	59.4	59.4	60.9	66.2
East Renfrewshire	55.3	54.8	53.9	53.0	50.7	50.8	51.8	51.7	52.4	52.3
Edinburgh, City of	249.2	247.3	239.4	234.4	228.9	228.3	230.6	232.6	235.0	229.9
Eilean Siar	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.0	14.0	14.3	14.5	14.7	13.4
Falkirk	110.0	108.2	105.7	105.2	109.9	109.5	112.9	114.2	116.3	117.5
Fife	198.4	195.6	191.5	188.6	183.3	183.2	186.6	184.6	184.8	191.3
Glasgow, City of	279.0	272.3	266.9	265.0	267.6	267.9	267.3	262.3	264.7	264.2
Highland	171.2	172.0	169.6	168.1	165.9	167.5	169.7	173.5	176.1	181.5
Inverclyde	37.8	36.9	35.8	34.9	33.8	33.5	34.1	33.6	33.7	34.0
Midlothian	45.7	45.0	44.0	43.6	42.2	41.8	43.0	42.5	43.1	45.0
Moray	48.2	47.4	46.4	45.5	45.1	45.3	46.6	46.8	47.6	49.2
North Ayrshire	55.3	54.1	53.0	52.2	50.0	49.3	50.2	50.2	50.2	51.2
North Lanarkshire	235.3	231.3	226.6	220.6	243.1	240.0	244.3	234.6	233.5	247.2
Orkney Islands	8.5	8.5	8.4	8.2	8.0	8.1	8.4	8.5	8.8	8.9
Perth & Kinross	181.6	178.4	175.0	174.7	170.9	171.8	174.2	176.6	177.0	186.9
Renfrewshire	111.9	108.8	106.6	105.4	103.1	103.4	105.1	105.6	105.3	107.2
Scottish Borders	78.9	78.4	77.1	76.3	74.5	74.6	76.5	77.9	78.9	80.5
Shetland Islands	12.7	12.4	12.3	12.1	11.9	12.1	12.4	12.6	12.9	13.1
South Ayrshire	69.3	68.4	67.9	66.7	64.1	63.6	64.8	65.0	65.2	67.1
South Lanarkshire	213.8	212.4	208.3	205.1	206.5	206.3	207.7	207.3	209.8	221.8
Stirling	88.7	86.2	84.4	82.3	80.3	79.3	81.2	82.1	83.7	85.5
West Dunbartonshire	46.2	46.8	45.8	45.4	45.0	44.6	45.4	45.3	44.9	44.6
West Lothian	125.7	123.1	121.1	119.6	117.6	117.6	118.8	120.6	120.4	124.5
Total	3300.6	3243.2	3181.8	3134.0	3115.8	3112.9	3164.7	3164.3	3187.8	3283.0

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/collections/road-transport-consumption-at-regional-and-local-level#methodology