Statistical Bulletin - National Travel Survey 2011/2012: Scotland Results

**Table 3: Average distance travelled per person per year by mode of travel**
Scottish residents															Miles
	1985/1986	1989/1991	1992/1994	1995/1997	1998/2000	2002/2003	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008	2008/2009	2009/2010	2010/2011	2011/2012
Walk¹	286	272	205	216	220	223	209	196	191	190	201	196	181	185	184
Driver of car, van or lorry	1,926	2,735	2,772	3,320	3,740	3,295	3,368	3,557	3,601	3,368	3,409	3,587	3,501	3,520	3,603
Passenger in car, van or lorry	1,312	1,960	1,780	2,006	2,005	2,071	2,196	2,102	2,075	1,945	1,871	1,970	1,833	1,745	1,752
Other private transport	191	201	186	184	221	209	208	198	193	193	194	204	257	231	164
Bicycle²	18	19	17	26	31	28	30	26	23	25	30	30	34	34	36
Other private transport (e.g. m/cycle, private hire bus)	173	182	169	158	191	181	178	172	171	168	164	173	222	197	129
Local bus	409	378	425	429	442	378	437	436	407	437	476	484	485	440	403
Other Public transport	527	786	454	743	921	756	797	843	909	863	907	795	754	910	1,055
Surface Rail	266	440	150	249	495	310	341	420	408	429	500	410	362	400	455
Other public transport (e.g. taxi, non-local bus, air, ferry, Glasgow U/ground)	261	346	304	493	426	446	456	423	501	434	407	384	391	510	600
All modes	4,652	6,333	5,823	6,896	7,550	6,933	7,214	7,332	7,376	6,997	7,057	7,235	7,011	7,032	7,161
Sample size (number of people)	2,560	2,480	2,092	2,024	1,926	3,396	3,657	3,766	3,723	3,618	3,472	3,270	3,214	3,061	3,065

1 There is an apparent under recording of short walks in 2002/2003 and short trips in 2007/2008 compared to other years. See notes.
2 Sample size of bicycle trips is small so treat these figures with caution.
Note: The results for average distance in Table 3 differ from those in Table 5. Table 3 is based on stage mode distance while table 5 is based on main mode trip distance.
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Source: National Travel Survey, Department for Transport