Chapter 5: Road Traffic

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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

49 billion vehicle km were driven in 2019
40% of distance travelled is on Trunk roads, which account for only 7% of the road network.
12.6% of driver journeys were delayed by congestion between 2017 and 2019.

2 Main Points

Major and Minor Roads

2.1 The estimated volume of traffic on Scotland's roads in 2019 was around 49 billion (thousand million) vehicle km: 1% more than 2018. There have been slight increases in the last eight 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 2019 was estimated to be 32 billion vehicle-km. Traffic on Motorways accounted for 8.7 billion vehicle km (18% of all traffic). This was less than the estimated 10.8 billion vehicle km on trunk A roads (22% of the total), and the 12.7 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 24 billion vehicle km. (Table 5.1)

2.3 Minor roads (B, C and unclassified roads) accounted for the remaining 34% of traffic in 2019: an estimated 16.5 billion vehicle km (Table 5.1)

2.5 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2019 was 2% higher than in the previous year (Motorways increased by 1.6%). Minor road traffic was about 0.8% lower than in 2018. Traffic levels are around 10 per cent higher than in 2009. (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 9% 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 30% 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 (75%) 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 17% in 2019. However, with pedal cycle traffic volumes increasing by 28% since 2009, pedal cycles still account for less than one percent of estimated traffic volume. (Table 5.2 & 5.3)

2.9 In 2019, the volume of car traffic was 7 per cent higher than in 2009, light goods vehicle traffic 35 per cent higher, but bus vehicle traffic 11% lower. (Table 5.3)

Local Area volumes

2.10 Nearly a fifth of motorway traffic was within the City of Glasgow, whereas Highland had the highest volume (26%) 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 and detailed information can be found here https://ntds.trafficscotland.org/ The average flow (both directions) at the M8 Harthill site was 56,312 vehicles per day. In contrast, the average daily flow at the A83 Ardrishaig site was around 2,165 vehicles. Traffic levels also vary considerably depending on the month: e.g. the A82 Spean Bridge site in March averaged around 651 vehicles per day – compared to 6,542 in August. (Table 5.6 & 5.7)

2.12 Some trunk road traffic flows are given in Table 5.7. The M8 Harthill was the busiest site from this sample, with an annual average of 56,312 vehicles per day in 2019. Its Monday-Friday average was 52,236 vehicles per day. The M8 Harthill had the highest Monday-Friday peak hourly flows at 3,579 vehicles in the morning and 4,180 vehicles in the evening. At the opposite end of the scale, the A83 Ardrishaig averaged 2,165 vehicles per day over the year as a whole and its Monday-Friday peak hourly flows were 258 in the morning and 285 in the afternoon. Both the M74 Junction 9 and the A75 Carsluith had the highest percentage of heavy goods vehicle traffic in 2019 at 23% for the week, followed by the A82 Spean Bridge (20%). (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 2017 and 2019, 12.6% 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 2% 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 (24-26% and 24-27% respectively). Fewer delays (7%) were experienced by people residing in remote small towns than those in accessible small towns (12%). (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 2018. 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.

2.18 Petrol and diesel consumption has been rising since 2013. 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)

Fig 5.1

Fig 5.1: Map

Table 5.1: Traffic (vehicle kilometres) by road class and type
	2009	2010 ¹	2011 ¹	2012 ¹	2013 ¹	2014 ¹	2015 ¹	2016 ¹	2017 ¹	2018 ¹	2019 ¹
											million vehicle kilometres
*Major roads (M and A)*
Motorways	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477	7,829	8,054	8,518	8,654
Trunk A roads
Urban ^*	952	945	951	973	960	965	960	988	1,832	1,764	1,744
Rural ^*	8,960	8,773	8,793	8,678	8,766	8,726	8,905	9,160	8,633	8,856	9,100
Total	9,913	9,719	9,744	9,651	9,725	9,691	9,864	10,147	10,466	10,620	10,844
Non - trunk A roads
Urban ^*	4,530	4,522	4,471	4,395	4,390	4,478	4,501	4,609	5,466	5,325	5,399
Rural ^*	7,885	7,752	7,781	7,666	7,670	7,856	8,029	8,262	7,420	7,079	7,314
Total	12,415	12,273	12,252	12,061	12,061	12,334	12,530	12,871	12,887	12,404	12,713
All A roads
Urban ^*	5,482	5,467	5,422	5,368	5,350	5,443	5,461	5,597	7,298	7,089	7,143
Rural ^*	16,845	16,525	16,574	16,344	16,436	16,582	16,934	17,422	16,053	15,935	16,414
Total	22,327	21,992	21,996	21,712	21,786	22,025	22,395	23,019	23,351	23,024	23,557
All major roads	28,961	28,495	28,566	28,852	29,048	29,446	29,872	30,848	31,405	31,542	32,211
B roads
Urban ^*	1,283	1,274	1,306	1,340	1,350	1,410	1,440	1,463	1,876	2,100	2,100
Rural ^*	2,661	2,634	2,526	2,428	2,420	2,532	2,553	2,561	2,468	2,346	2,361
Total	3,944	3,908	3,833	3,768	3,769	3,943	3,993	4,025	4,344	4,446	4,460
C & Unclassified roads
Urban ^*	6,942	6,611	6,527	6,454	6,256	6,297	6,183	6,134	7,225	7,175	7,066
Rural ^*	4,371	4,481	4,481	4,498	4,836	5,277	5,506	5,690	5,061	5,011	4,976
Total	11,314	11,092	11,008	10,953	11,092	11,574	11,689	11,823	12,286	12,186	12,043
All minor roads
Urban ^*	8,225	7,885	7,833	7,794	7,606	7,707	7,623	7,597	9,100	9,275	9,166
Rural ^*	7,033	7,115	7,008	6,926	7,256	7,810	8,059	8,251	7,529	7,357	7,337
All minor roads	15,258	15,000	14,841	14,720	14,861	15,517	15,683	15,848	16,630	16,632	16,503
*All roads*
Motorways	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421	7,477	7,829	8,054	8,518	8,654
Urban ^*	13,708	13,352	13,255	13,161	12,956	13,150	13,084	13,194	16,399	16,365	16,309
Rural ^*	23,878	23,640	23,581	23,271	23,692	24,392	24,993	25,672	23,583	23,292	23,751
All roads	44,219	43,496	43,406	43,573	43,909	44,963	45,555	46,696	48,036	48,175	48,714

Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

1. Estimates for the period since 2010 have been revised to take into account the minor road benchmarking exercise. Further details available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-traffic-statistics-minor-road-benchmarking

* 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, 2019
	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	6,271	26	46	1,373	938	8,654	0	8,654	17.8
Trunk A roads - urban ²	1,359	8	12	264	99	1,742	1	1,744	3.6
Trunk A roads - rural ²	6,693	74	76	1,491	760	9,094	6	9,100	18.7
Non-trunk A roads - urban ²	4,355	22	88	749	157	5,372	27	5,399	11.1
Non-trunk A roads - rural ²	5,442	57	85	1,300	414	7,298	17	7,314	15.0
All major roads	24,120	187	307	5,177	2,368	32,160	51	32,211	66.1
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Urban roads ²	7,223	57	216	1,419	83	8,997	169	9,166	18.8
Rural roads ²	5,405	81	40	1,529	134	7,190	147	7,337	15.1
All minor roads	12,628	138	256	2,948	218	16,187	316	16,503	33.9
All roads
Motorways	6,271	26	46	1,373	938	8,654	0	8,654	17.8
Urban roads ²	12,937	87	316	2,432	340	16,111	197	16,309	33.5
Rural roads ²	17,540	212	201	4,321	1,308	23,582	170	23,751	48.8
All roads	36,747	324	563	8,126	2,586	48,347	367	48,714	100.0
Percentage of all vehicles	75.4	0.7	1.2	16.7	5.3	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
	2009	2010 ¹	2011 ¹	2012 ¹	2013 ¹	2014 ¹	2015 ¹	2016 ¹	2017 ¹	2018 ¹	2019 ¹
											million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Cars	22,496	21,998	21,986	22,170	22,217	22,418	22,573	23,220	23,453	23,470	24,119
Two wheeled motor vehicles	196	181	181	171	176	184	181	180	181	182	186
Buses	329	353	352	363	365	366	369	351	337	316	308
Light goods vehicles	3,684	3,701	3,816	3,906	4,032	4,242	4,481	4,765	5,032	5,165	5,178
Heavy goods vehicles	2,210	2,217	2,184	2,198	2,210	2,193	2,228	2,290	2,362	2,365	2,368
All motor vehicle traffic	28,917	28,450	28,519	28,807	29,001	29,404	29,831	30,807	31,366	31,499	32,160
Pedal cycles	45	46	47	45	47	42	41	41	40	44	51
All traffic on major roads	28,961	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,446	29,872	30,847	31,406	31,542	32,211
Cars	11,895	11,595	11,597	11,616	11,632	12,073	12,214	12,264	12,721	12,910	12,628
Two wheeled motor vehicles	125	109	115	121	112	115	114	111	128	131	138
Buses	306	297	254	219	238	239	214	204	234	184	256
Light goods vehicles	2,343	2,412	2,316	2,229	2,315	2,477	2,556	2,761	3,055	2,899	2,948
Heavy goods vehicles	347	334	300	271	282	286	284	260	241	239	218
All motor vehicle traffic	15,016	14,748	14,582	14,456	14,579	15,189	15,382	15,601	16,378	16,363	16,187
Pedal cycles	243	253	258	264	282	327	300	247	252	269	316
All traffic on minor roads	15,258	15,000	14,841	14,720	14,861	15,517	15,683	15,848	16,630	16,632	16,503
All roads
Cars	34,392	33,593	33,583	33,786	33,849	34,491	34,786	35,484	36,174	36,381	36,747
Two wheeled motor vehicles	322	290	296	292	288	299	295	292	309	314	324
Buses	635	649	606	582	604	605	583	555	571	500	563
Light goods vehicles	6,027	6,113	6,132	6,135	6,348	6,719	7,036	7,527	8,087	8,064	8,126
Heavy goods vehicles	2,557	2,551	2,484	2,469	2,492	2,479	2,512	2,550	2,602	2,604	2,586
All motor vehicle traffic	43,932	43,197	43,101	43,263	43,580	44,593	45,213	46,407	47,744	47,862	48,347
Pedal cycles	287	298	305	310	329	369	342	288	292	313	367
All traffic on all roads	44,219	43,496	43,406	43,573	43,909	44,963	45,555	46,696	48,036	48,175	48,714

Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

1. Estimates for the period since 2010 have been revised to take into account the minor road benchmarking exercise. Further details available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-traffic-statistics-minor-road-benchmarking

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, 2019 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	-	24	276	410	147	857	711	1,568
Aberdeenshire	-	54	846	121	916	1,937	1,404	3,342
Angus	-	-	366	105	295	766	411	1,177
Argyll & Bute	-	9	450	53	267	778	213	991
Clackmannanshire	-	-	16	52	93	161	178	339
Dumfries & Galloway	793	42	620	79	318	1,853	394	2,247
Dundee City	-	163	8	176	13	360	469	829
East Ayrshire	118	24	241	96	220	700	446	1,146
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	119	100	219	343	562
East Lothian	-	1	418	69	174	662	375	1,036
East Renfrewshire	232	6	47	89	33	407	378	785
Edinburgh, City of	423	184	354	665	251	1,877	1,211	3,088
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	10	151	160	73	233
Falkirk	634	-	23	217	194	1,068	579	1,647
Fife	389	103	578	334	502	1,907	1,216	3,123
Glasgow, City of	1,596	9	-	700	42	2,348	1,211	3,559
Highland	-	134	1,618	64	569	2,384	642	3,026
Inverclyde	-	150	50	57	17	274	261	535
Midlothian	-	-	146	92	170	408	321	730
Moray	-	53	247	40	158	497	324	821
North Ayrshire	-	127	201	88	115	530	283	813
North Lanarkshire	1,142	155	20	435	236	1,989	1,346	3,336
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	12	75	87	68	155
Perth & Kinross	503	53	1,112	114	381	2,162	457	2,619
Renfrewshire	554	77	186	196	94	1,107	517	1,624
Scottish Borders	-	30	375	57	440	902	402	1,305
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	21	133	154	77	231
South Ayrshire	-	42	388	115	113	658	394	1,052
South Lanarkshire	1,220	179	136	268	375	2,178	641	2,820
Stirling	292	9	262	127	355	1,045	312	1,357
West Dunbartonshire	-	116	115	159	47	437	228	665
West Lothian	756	-	-	258	321	1,336	616	1,952
Scotland	8,654	1,744	9,100	5,399	7,314	32,211	16,503	48,714

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
	2009	2010 ⁴	2011 ⁴	2012 ⁴	2013 ⁴	2014 ⁴	2015 ⁴	2016 ⁴	2017 ⁴	2018 ⁴	2019 ⁴
											million vehicle kilometres
*Trunk roads ²*
Aberdeen City	253	255	258	263	260	264	263	273	267	271	300
Aberdeenshire	829	822	824	861	872	902	908	948	1,040	952	901
Angus ³	324	335	334	343	357	370	358	367	372	364	366
Argyll & Bute	359	352	353	351	355	362	376	392	419	456	459
Dumfries & Galloway	1,290	1,274	1,270	1,252	1,272	1,311	1,349	1,387	1,467	1,444	1,455
Dundee City	182	180	178	186	182	169	168	173	171	174	171
East Ayrshire ³	375	366	365	365	359	374	369	352	349	381	383
East Lothian	359	354	355	349	349	359	362	391	414	407	419
East Renfrewshire	181	172	208	205	209	214	230	237	234	288	285
Edinburgh, City of	725	677	712	700	719	715	755	779	777	933	961
Falkirk	550	531	537	577	580	581	608	647	639	649	657
Fife	879	848	839	820	833	842	841	878	895	1,023	1,070
Glasgow, City of ³	1,302	1,288	1,313	1,481	1,522	1,510	1,499	1,548	1,572	1,543	1,605
Highland	1,556	1,530	1,535	1,528	1,546	1,557	1,614	1,675	1,720	1,732	1,752
Inverclyde	75	72	72	71	71	72	73	75	67	68	200
Midlothian	141	135	136	140	138	143	136	141	143	145	146
Moray	269	263	264	265	266	270	274	286	287	299	300
North Ayrshire	326	318	317	309	308	316	320	326	319	316	327
North Lanarkshire	1,154	1,161	1,129	1,414	1,402	1,253	1,191	1,217	1,289	1,323	1,318
Perth & Kinross	1,332	1,299	1,324	1,296	1,322	1,363	1,381	1,467	1,608	1,679	1,667
Renfrewshire ³	711	693	699	689	703	732	758	774	771	806	817
Scottish Borders	390	382	388	386	387	394	406	419	404	410	405
South Ayrshire	381	384	384	379	379	387	395	406	409	422	430
South Lanarkshire ³	1,197	1,162	1,163	1,219	1,236	1,261	1,264	1,328	1,395	1,501	1,535
Stirling	499	481	478	470	468	485	500	544	544	554	564
West Dunbartonshire	209	204	205	206	206	213	220	223	220	228	231
West Lothian	700	682	675	671	688	693	724	724	730	753	756
Total trunk roads	16,546	16,222	16,313	16,791	16,987	17,112	17,342	17,977	18,519	19,138	19,498
Aberdeen City	1,075	1,048	1,029	1,024	1,021	1,043	1,047	1,060	1,069	1,065	1,268
Aberdeenshire	1,933	1,913	1,896	1,878	1,936	2,048	2,113	2,162	2,267	2,242	2,441
Angus	752	742	735	728	734	761	777	792	821	815	811
Argyll & Bute	541	534	530	520	532	551	562	574	581	531	533
Clackmannanshire ³	316	313	315	311	304	315	320	326	331	318	322
Dumfries & Galloway	708	703	699	684	696	724	743	761	801	794	791
Dundee City	703	679	673	663	646	656	651	652	653	656	658
East Ayrshire ³	674	671	669	658	671	699	716	735	784	766	763
East Dunbartonshire	547	532	528	521	514	529	530	535	558	562	562
East Lothian	503	504	503	492	499	524	536	548	605	617	618
East Renfrewshire ³	565	554	543	530	528	543	547	555	554	504	500
Edinburgh, City of	2,253	2,194	2,164	2,140	2,120	2,168	2,181	2,202	2,186	2,142	2,128
Eilean Siar	206	203	204	205	210	218	224	253	238	236	233
Falkirk	955	947	949	939	940	968	977	992	1,011	1,000	990
Fife	2,015	2,004	2,009	1,993	2,012	2,087	2,112	2,150	2,229	2,065	2,053
Glasgow, City of ³	2,089	2,027	1,998	1,968	1,959	1,986	1,955	1,971	1,964	1,964	1,953
Highland	1,067	1,061	1,055	1,039	1,067	1,117	1,143	1,168	1,228	1,259	1,274
Inverclyde	458	446	440	433	430	442	443	447	457	453	334
Midlothian	520	518	520	509	510	532	546	559	584	583	584
Moray	460	454	449	454	462	486	495	506	531	523	522
North Ayrshire	456	453	451	437	436	453	459	467	491	494	486
North Lanarkshire	1,871	1,838	1,825	1,816	1,814	1,862	1,872	1,891	1,971	2,027	2,018
Orkney Islands	137	136	135	134	137	145	149	153	157	155	155
Perth & Kinross	960	951	944	935	956	999	1,029	1,053	1,061	967	952
Renfrewshire ³	766	757	753	748	749	771	779	789	805	813	806
Scottish Borders	808	800	796	786	796	829	852	872	916	903	899
Shetland Islands	203	203	205	203	208	216	223	229	233	232	231
South Ayrshire	602	597	594	577	575	596	605	617	636	627	622
South Lanarkshire	1,294	1,285	1,278	1,266	1,267	1,314	1,333	1,362	1,382	1,289	1,284
Stirling ³	751	749	737	724	728	757	770	785	801	802	794
West Dunbartonshire	438	427	426	427	423	432	431	435	436	437	433
West Lothian	1,046	1,035	1,043	1,040	1,042	1,077	1,093	1,115	1,174	1,195	1,195
Total LA roads	27,673	27,274	27,092	26,781	26,922	27,851	28,213	28,719	29,516	29,036	29,216

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. Estimates for the period since 2010 have been revised to take into account the minor road benchmarking exercise. Further details available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-traffic-statistics-minor-road-benchmarking

Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Table 5.5: (continued) Traffic on all roads, by Council area ¹
	2009	2010 ³	2011 ³	2012 ³	2013 ³	2014 ³	2015 ³	2016 ³	2017 ³	2018 ³	2019 ³
											million vehicle kilometres
All roads
Aberdeen City	1,329	1,302	1,286	1,288	1,281	1,307	1,310	1,333	1,336	1,337	1,568
Aberdeenshire	2,762	2,734	2,719	2,739	2,808	2,950	3,020	3,110	3,307	3,194	3,342
Angus²	1,075	1,077	1,069	1,070	1,091	1,131	1,135	1,159	1,193	1,179	1,177
Argyll & Bute	900	886	883	871	886	913	938	966	1,000	987	991
Clackmannanshire ²	316	313	315	311	304	315	320	326	331	334	339
Dumfries & Galloway	1,998	1,977	1,968	1,935	1,967	2,035	2,092	2,147	2,268	2,238	2,247
Dundee City	885	859	850	848	829	825	819	825	824	829	829
East Ayrshire²	1,050	1,037	1,033	1,022	1,030	1,073	1,085	1,087	1,133	1,147	1,146
East Dunbartonshire	547	532	528	521	514	529	530	535	558	562	562
East Lothian	862	858	858	841	848	884	898	939	1,020	1,024	1,036
East Renfrewshire²	747	726	751	735	737	757	777	792	788	792	785
Edinburgh, City of	2,978	2,872	2,876	2,840	2,838	2,883	2,936	2,981	2,963	3,075	3,088
Eilean Siar	206	203	204	205	210	218	224	253	238	236	233
Falkirk	1,505	1,478	1,485	1,516	1,520	1,549	1,586	1,639	1,649	1,649	1,647
Fife	2,894	2,852	2,847	2,813	2,845	2,930	2,953	3,027	3,124	3,088	3,123
Glasgow, City of ²	3,390	3,315	3,312	3,449	3,481	3,496	3,454	3,519	3,536	3,507	3,559
Highland	2,623	2,591	2,590	2,568	2,613	2,673	2,757	2,844	2,947	2,991	3,026
Inverclyde	533	517	512	504	501	515	516	523	524	521	535
Midlothian	661	653	656	648	648	676	683	700	727	728	730
Moray	729	716	713	719	728	756	770	792	818	822	821
North Ayrshire	782	770	768	746	744	769	779	793	811	811	813
North Lanarkshire	3,025	2,999	2,955	3,229	3,216	3,115	3,062	3,108	3,261	3,349	3,336
Orkney Islands	137	136	135	134	137	145	149	153	157	155	155
Perth & Kinross	2,292	2,250	2,268	2,231	2,278	2,362	2,410	2,520	2,669	2,647	2,619
Renfrewshire ²	1,477	1,450	1,453	1,437	1,452	1,503	1,536	1,564	1,577	1,619	1,624
Scottish Borders	1,198	1,182	1,184	1,171	1,184	1,224	1,257	1,291	1,319	1,313	1,305
Shetland Islands	203	203	205	203	208	216	223	229	233	232	231
South Ayrshire	983	981	978	955	954	983	1,000	1,023	1,045	1,049	1,052
South Lanarkshire ²	2,491	2,447	2,441	2,485	2,502	2,575	2,598	2,690	2,777	2,790	2,820
Stirling ²	1,249	1,230	1,215	1,194	1,196	1,241	1,270	1,329	1,345	1,356	1,357
West Dunbartonshire	646	631	632	632	629	644	652	658	655	666	665
West Lothian	1,747	1,717	1,718	1,711	1,730	1,770	1,816	1,839	1,904	1,948	1,952
Total all roads	44,219	43,496	43,406	43,573	43,909	44,963	45,555	46,696	48,036	48,175	48,714

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. Estimates for the period since 2010 have been revised to take into account the minor road benchmarking exercise. Further details available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-traffic-statistics-minor-road-benchmarking

Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Fig 5.2

Fig 5.2: Map

Table 5.6: Average Daily Traffic Flows¹ at Selected Automated Traffic Classifier Sites ² by Month, 2019
Description	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
M74 J18 to J19	27,662	31,179	31,949	37,139	37,027	37,324	41,207	42,309	37,577	36,473	32,470	31,170
M8 Bishopton	-	-	26,811	26,750	27,499	27,039	27,525	28,624	27,244	27,366	26,489	23,884
M8 Harthill	49,264	54,134	56,756	58,327	59,250	58,762	59,280	61,222	57,124	55,135	54,273	52,095
M9 Linlithgow	-	-	-	34,816	36,119	35,631	24,159	37,021	36,512	31,024	33,599	29,882
M73 Gartcosh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
M74 J9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38,519	38,000	-	34,951
M80 Bankhead	3,982	4,634	38,938	40,376	40,735	39,985	41,091	42,270	40,670	-	-	-
M90 Kelty	14,571	22,705	15,898	30,125	34,366	35,417	35,092	36,308	34,881	33,514	31,714	28,789
A1 Grantshouse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A7 Langholm	3,348	3,573	3,635	3,775	-	3,866	3,930	3,953	3,885	3,789	3,695	3,623
A9 Berridale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A9 Blackford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A9 Dornoch	-	-	-	7,124	7,425	7,707	8,182	8,489	7,603	6,881	5,887	5,795
A9 Tomatin	7,743	8,830	9,232	11,227	11,549	11,867	12,870	13,844	11,940	11,091	9,287	8,461
A68 Jedburgh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A68 Pathhead	8,409	9,247	9,518	10,171	10,576	10,575	10,263	11,004	10,830	10,363	9,728	8,932
A75 Carsluith	-	-	-	5,229	5,402	5,257	5,770	6,093	5,355	4,935	4,562	4,557
A75 Southeast of A751	-	6,774	6,733	7,013	7,276	7,013	7,350	7,467	6,935	6,425	6,690	6,292
A76 Mennock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A77 Lendalfoot	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A77 Kilmarnock	25,147	27,512	27,751	30,282	29,628	29,092	30,268	28,101	28,635	28,659	27,133	24,576
A78 Loans	-	-	-	19,432	19,903	19,282	19,091	21,067	19,580	19,506	18,628	18,309
A80 Cumbernauld	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A82 Ballachulish	-	-	-	6,411	7,226	7,180	7,561	8,275	6,710	5,361	3,838	3,220
A82 Spean Bridge	1,144	1,364	651	3,189	5,522	5,492	5,930	6,542	5,057	4,095	2,923	2,546
A83 Ardrishaig	-	-	-	3,059	3,282	304	-	1,869	3,119	2,856	2,625	2,467
A85 Riverside Dundee	15,744	17,073	17,094	17,701	17,736	17,449	17,369	18,127	17,543	16,188	17,234	15,987
A87 Broadford	3,472	3,921	4,374	6,277	7,415	7,470	7,961	8,498	6,963	5,241	4,376	3,847
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	1,002	3,448	3,889	5,321	6,178	6,133	6,536	7,205	5,881	4,742	3,585	3,146
A90 Stonehaven	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29,167	26,892	27,161	27,145	26,460
A90 Bridge of Don	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A96 Forres	9,665	10,600	11,107	11,967	12,240	12,384	12,973	13,359	12,278	11,798	11,279	10,383
A702 Fulford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,383	-	-	-
A720 Dreghorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A737 Lochside	20,145	21,413	21,581	22,963	22,454	22,388	22,480	23,090	22,530	22,847	21,180	20,145
A835 Aultguish	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A977 Kincardine	3,918	4,242	4,231	4,467	4,544	4,608	4,510	4,573	4,582	4,339	4,654	4,385

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: 2019 ^{1, 2}
Location	Site No. in Fig 5.2	Average Daily Flow				HGV (Year) Percentage		Peak Hourly Flows
		7 Day		5 Day		HGV (Year) Percentage		AM		PM
		Year	August	Year	August	7 Day	5 Day	7 Day	5 Day	7 Day	5 Day
M74 J18 to J19	1	35,156	42,309	37,349	44,242			2,606	2,649
M8 Bishopton	2	26,931	28,624	18,672		14	15	1,373	1,785	1,609	1,808
M8 Harthill	3	56,312	61,222	52,236		8	8	2,956	3,579	3,829	4,180
M9 Linlithgow	4	35,447	37,021	39,287	40,702	8	10	2,622	3,390	3,002	3,418
M73 Gartcosh	5
M74 J9	37	38,237		44,368		23	23
M80 Bankhead	6	34,296	42,270	39,795		16	18	2,453	2,991	3,155	3,404
M90 Kelty	7	29,493	36,308
A1 Grantshouse	8	8,999		9,379		4	5	727	716	732	759
A7 Langholm	9	3,740	3,953	4,039	4,247	16	18	280	301	311	339
A9 Berridale	10
A9 Blackford	11
A9 Dornoch	12	7,297	8,489	7,204	8,848	8	10	531	553	604	628
A9 Tomatin	13	10,708	13,844
A68 Jedburgh	14
A68 Pathhead	15		11,004
A75 Carsluith	16	5,266	6,093	5,329	6,393	23	25	381	400	404	429
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,863	7,467	3,167				245	262	275	295
A76 Mennock	18
A77 Lendalfoot	19
A77 Kilmarnock	20	28,063	28,101	27,683		4	5	1,817	2,233	2,238	2,390
A78 Loans	21	19,453	21,067	21,033	22,043	5	5	1,537	1,937	1,719	1,972
A80 Cumbernauld	36
A82 Ballachulish	22	6,184	8,275	5,490	8,123	9	11	485	462	515	493
A82 Spean Bridge	23	3,902	6,542	4,016	6,556	20	22	353	350	385	378
A83 Ardrishaig	24	2,165	1,869	3,070	3,432	11	13	214	258	251	285
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	17,088	18,127	17,622		3	3	1,355	1,690	1,476	1,609
A87 Broadford	26	5,829	8,498
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	4,771	7,205	2,731		2	2	190	203	236	252
A90 Stonehaven	28	27,448	29,167	29,433	31,048	11	13	1,881	2,227	2,366	2,641
A90 Bridge of Don	29
A96 Forres	30	11,674	13,359
A702 Fulford	31	10,626		12,442		4	4	811	1,056	1,057	1,207
A720 Dreghorn	35
A737 Lochside	32	21,952	23,090
A835 Aultguish	33
A977 Kincardine	34	4,424	4,573	4,804	4,986	6	7	290	344	386	432

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	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
M74 J18 to J19	1	31,047	31,164	30,902	31,410	32,906	33,313	34,718	..	34,694	35,156
M8 Bishopton	2	24,563	24,186	24,059	25,318	25,475	..	16,766	18,954	25,878	26,931
M8 Harthill	3	55,911	53,629	50,170	40,526	..	53,566	51,129	28,292	52,541	56,312
M9 Linlithgow	4	28,706	..	28,190	24,853	..	..	10,877	..	..	35,447
M73 Gartcosh	5	35,666	36,786	41,685	43,330	45,500	43,588	32,419	..	49,587	..
M74 J9	37	34,060	33,020	29,454	33,302	..	35,795	33,385	21,905	40,052	38,237
M80 Bankhead	6	..	..	33,758	35,386	..	..	37,934	23,401	31,198	34,296
M90 Kelty	7	32,304	29,572	31,286	31,117	32,224	31,787	31,108	21,704	28,376	29,493
A1 Grantshouse	8	8,616	8,446	8,284	8,427	7,063	8,047	..	9,026	10,233	8,999
A7 Langholm	9	3,434	3,434	3,426	3,487	3,576	3,614	3,752	2,808	3,635	3,740
A9 Berridale	10	1,938	1,603	1,806	1,714	..	..	..	..	2,769	..
A9 Blackford	11	23,671	24,098	24,672	25,667	24,456	26,338	13,614	1,185	13,453	..
A9 Dornoch	12	5,721	5,922	5,863	5,934	6,100	6,211	6,654	6,207	6,710	7,297
A9 Tomatin	13	8,850	8,725	8,453	8,749	10,314	9,307	9,688	7,769	10,779	10,708
A68 Jedburgh	14	5,530	5,668	5,882	5,574	5,493	5,437	5,498		5,909	..
A68 Pathhead	15	8,354	9,204	9,362	8,931	..	10,022	9,705	3,244	9,623	9,974
A75 Carsluith	16	4,724	4,658	4,598	4,244	5,302	4,714	4,860	4,365	4,992	5,266
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,792	6,830	6,712	6,752	6,734	6,600	6,715	5,857	6,611	6,863
A76 Mennock	18	3,054	2,947	2,891	2,900	2,871	..	2,833	..	3,148	..
A77 Lendalfoot	19	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3,852	3,362	..
A77 Kilmarnock	20	26,763	26,172	25,876	25,062	26,843	27,340	27,387	21,252	28,408	28,063
A78 Loans	21	15,074	14,542	13,873	13,096	13,619	14,378	18,597	13,203	18,790	19,453
A80 Cumbernauld	36	..	..	67,416	69,314	71,242	71,740	74,319	..	74,317	..
A82 Ballachulish	22	4,625	4,504	4,461	4,631	6,426	5,208	5,353	4,776	5,506	6,184
A82 Spean Bridge	23	3,351	3,289	3,084	4,103	1,729	..	5,582	2,413	2,591	3,902
A83 Ardrishaig	24	..	..	2,638	2,629	..	2,857	2,693	1,977	2,810	2,165
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	16,129	16,992	15,430	15,279	..	..	17,030	13,046	16,501	17,088
A87 Broadford	26	3,227	3,235	3,148	2,083	..	..	5,413	4,714	..	5,829
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,367	3,088	3,307	3,418	3,581	3,947	3,779	3,326	3,229	4,771
A90 Stonehaven	28	26,907	26,704	25,796	33,486	39,205	26,650	24,856	9,900	21,062	27,448
A90 Bridge of Don	29	17,860	16,875	17,143	17,412	17,773	18,157	22,875	..	21,645	..
A96 Forres	30	11,416	11,075	11,097	10,244	10,820	10,651	10,962	4,807	11,167	11,674
A702 Fulford	31	10,334	..	11,146	10,181	13,786	11,963	11,496	9,876	10,620	10,626
A720 Dreghorn	35	77,735	74,858	75,697	76,704	78,110	78,624	79,650	..	84,594	..
A737 Lochside	32	21,528	21,199	20,512	20,311	20,787	22,055	22,448	13,824	20,058	21,952
A835 Aultguish	33	1,246	1,788	1,749	1,048	1,767	1,694	1,803	1,014	1,590	..
A977 Kincardine	34	4,370	4,436	4,536	4,532	4,405	4,613	4,368	4,340	4,390	4,424

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 : 2017-19 (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%)
	NOT delayed due to traffic congestion	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	Sample size (=100%)
								row percentages	n =
All car driver journeys	87	1	4	4	2	2	1	0	29,230
by purpose of journey:
Commuting	78	1	7	6	3	4	1	-	7,700
Business	83	-	5	5	2	3	1	-	1,010
Education	87	1	5	5	1	1	-	-	1,180
Shopping	93	1	3	2	-	1	-	-	6,820
Visit hospital or other health	90	1	4	2	1	1	-	-	730
Other personal business	92	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	1,450
Visit friends or relatives	91	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	3,340
Eating/drinking	92	1	4	2	-	1	-	-	520
Entertainment	90	-	2	2	3	2	-	1	430
Sport	92	-	4	2	-	1	-	-	1,390
Holiday/day trip ⁴	90	-	2	3	2	2	1	1	360
Other	92	-	2	4	2	1	-	-	500
Escort	90	1	5	3	1	-	-	-	850
Go home	90	1	3	3	1	1	-	-	2,300
Just go for a walk	96	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	540
by day of the week:
Monday	87	1	4	3	1	2	-	-	5,200
Tuesday	84	1	5	4	2	2	1	-	5,050
Wednesday	85	1	5	4	2	3	1	-	5,160
Thursday	86	1	5	4	2	2	1	-	4,170
Friday	86	1	5	4	1	2	-	-	3,680
Saturday	93	-	3	2	1	-	-	-	2,140
Sunday	95	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	3,840
Weekday journeys - by start time:
midnight to 6:59 a.m.	87	-	3	4	1	2	1	1	940
7:00 to 7:59 a.m.	74	1	7	7	4	6	2	-	1,470
8:00 to 8:59 a.m.	76	1	9	7	3	3	-	-	2,050
9:00 to 9:59 a.m.	91	1	3	3	1	1	-	-	1,300
10:00 to 10:59 a.m.	93	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	1,400
11:00 to 11:59 a.m.	93	1	3	1	-	1	-	-	1,570
noon to 12:59 p.m.	90	1	4	3	1	1	-	-	1,430
1:00 to 1:59 p.m.	92	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	1,360
2:00 to 2:59 p.m.	92	-	3	2	1	1	-	-	1,670
3:00 to 3:59 p.m.	88	-	5	4	1	2	-	-	1,900
4:00 to 4:59 p.m.	76	1	7	6	4	4	1	-	2,210
5:00 to 5:59 p.m.	73	1	8	9	3	6	1	-	2,090
6:00 to 6:59 p.m.	89	1	4	3	2	1	-	-	1,380
7:00 to 7:59 p.m.	97	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	910
8:00 to 8:59 p.m.	97	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	620
9:00 to 9:59 p.m.	98	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	510
10:00 to 11:59 p.m.	98	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	420
Weekend journeys - by start time:
Before 9:30am	94	-	2	2	-	1	-	-	620
After 9:30am to before 12noon	95	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	1,190
12noon to 2 pm	95	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	1,480
After 2pm to before 4:30pm	94	-	2	2	-	1	-	-	1,130
4:30pm to before 6:30pm	89	1	6	3	1	1	-	-	870
6:30pm onwards	98	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	680
by type of area in which driver lives:
Large urban areas	84	-	5	5	2	3	-	-	6,730
Other urban areas	87	1	5	4	1	2	1	-	10,200
"Accessible" small towns	88	-	4	4	1	2	-	-	2,830
"Remote" small towns	93	-	3	1	1	1	-	-	1,820
"Accessible" rural areas	90	-	3	3	2	2	-	-	3,870
"Remote" rural areas	93	-	3	1	1	1	-	-	3,780

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@transport.gov.scot

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
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2015-17 ¹	2016-18 ¹	2017-19 ¹
Driver congestion	11.0	10.5	11.2	9.9	9.7	11.7	12.4	11.7	12.8	13.0	11.9
Sample size (=100%)	8,680	7580	8,320	9,830	10,200	9,820	9,690	9,810	9,960	9,390	9,880

Table 5.9b: Percentage of bus stages where passenger experienced delay
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Service Bus	9.9	12.3	10.5	11.1	10.2	10.7	9.9	10.0	12.5	10.5	12.5
Sample size (=100%)	1,460	1310	1,440	1,540	1,690	1,630	1,690	1,480	1,480	1,510	1,350

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
	2009 ²	2010 ²	2011 ²	2012 ²	2013 ²	2014 ²	2015 ²	2016 ²	2017 ²	2018 ²
										thousands of tonnes
by type of vehicle
Buses	174.7	178.2	165.3	157.8	162.5	162.9	156.2	149.6	155.5	133.4
Diesel cars	755.6	760.0	795.4	833.8	869.6	908.4	930.9	950.8	999.2	1,005.3
Petrol cars	1,276.6	1,204.6	1,150.1	1,101.5	1,041.0	1,018.1	980.0	956.4	942.0	932.4
Motorcycles	12.5	11.3	11.4	11.1	10.9	11.2	11.1	10.7	11.5	11.5
Heavy Goods Vehicles	559.9	560.5	545.1	545.3	551.5	559.3	561.8	573.6	595.9	597.6
Diesel Light Goods Vehicles	440.8	447.2	450.7	452.6	465.4	492.1	512.6	543.9	585.7	585.6
Petrol Light Goods Vehicles	32.4	29.7	27.3	25.0	23.3	22.3	20.8	19.6	18.5	18.2
Total	3,252.4	3,191.6	3,145.3	3,127.1	3,124.2	3,174.4	3,173.3	3,204.6	3,308.2	3,284.0
by Council area ¹
Aberdeen City	94.7	93.0	90.9	89.9	89.5	90.9	90.1	90.2	91.1	91.0
Aberdeenshire	182.5	179.1	174.8	173.5	175.4	181.5	182.1	185.4	200.8	187.7
Angus	75.9	75.9	74.1	73.5	74.1	76.0	75.2	75.5	77.8	76.3
Argyll & Bute	57.9	57.0	56.3	55.4	55.7	56.9	58.1	59.1	61.1	59.8
Clackmannanshire	20.9	20.6	20.2	19.7	19.1	19.5	19.4	19.6	20.3	20.5
Dumfries & Galloway	168.2	166.5	164.9	161.8	163.0	166.0	171.2	173.4	183.1	177.2
Dundee City	65.6	64.1	62.8	61.9	60.7	60.8	59.5	59.7	60.0	60.8
East Ayrshire	75.7	74.1	72.9	70.9	70.5	72.3	72.0	70.8	73.8	74.1
East Dunbartonshire	42.5	41.3	40.5	39.3	38.7	39.6	38.7	39.1	39.6	40.0
East Lothian	62.5	61.5	60.5	58.4	58.1	59.6	59.7	61.3	66.5	66.2
East Renfrewshire	55.8	54.9	54.0	52.0	52.0	52.8	52.6	53.2	53.8	54.1
Edinburgh, City of	245.7	238.1	233.2	227.9	227.1	228.5	229.9	231.6	230.4	228.2
Eilean Siar	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.0	14.0	14.3	14.5	14.8	13.5	13.2
Falkirk	109.6	107.0	106.5	111.2	110.8	114.2	115.6	117.8	118.8	117.3
Fife	190.3	186.4	183.5	178.1	177.9	181.1	179.0	179.4	189.6	189.1
Glasgow, City of	272.5	267.1	265.6	268.3	268.6	267.9	263.8	266.7	266.1	263.1
Highland	174.9	172.6	171.1	168.8	170.3	172.6	176.1	178.7	182.3	183.6
Inverclyde	37.7	36.5	35.6	34.5	34.2	34.8	34.3	34.4	34.7	34.3
Midlothian	44.7	43.8	43.3	41.9	41.6	42.9	43.0	43.5	45.4	44.9
Moray	47.9	46.8	45.9	45.5	45.8	47.0	47.3	48.1	49.7	49.7
North Ayrshire	53.5	52.4	51.6	49.4	48.8	49.7	49.7	49.8	50.9	49.6
North Lanarkshire	229.2	225.5	220.3	243.1	240.3	244.2	233.7	238.2	250.9	262.7
Orkney Islands	8.5	8.4	8.2	8.0	8.1	8.4	8.6	8.8	8.9	8.6
Perth & Kinross	177.9	174.5	174.2	170.4	171.3	173.6	175.7	176.3	187.9	184.0
Renfrewshire	109.5	107.0	105.8	103.4	103.6	105.3	105.7	105.7	106.9	108.0
Scottish Borders	78.9	77.6	76.8	75.0	75.1	77.0	78.4	79.5	81.1	80.4
Shetland Islands	12.4	12.3	12.1	11.9	12.1	12.4	12.6	12.9	13.1	12.7
South Ayrshire	69.1	68.6	67.3	64.8	64.1	65.3	65.6	65.9	67.7	66.9
South Lanarkshire	213.9	209.7	207.4	208.7	208.8	210.1	209.6	212.3	224.0	221.7
Stirling	86.7	84.9	82.8	80.8	79.8	81.7	82.6	84.3	86.2	85.4
West Dunbartonshire	47.3	46.2	45.9	45.5	45.1	45.9	45.8	45.4	45.1	44.9
West Lothian	125.6	123.5	121.9	119.8	120.3	121.5	123.3	123.2	127.0	127.9
Total	3,252.4	3,191.6	3,145.3	3,127.1	3,124.2	3,174.4	3,173.3	3,204.6	3,308.2	3,284.0

Source: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy - 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

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