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Table 8: Trips per person per year by distance
Scottish residents Trips
1985/1986 1989/1991 1992/1994 1995/1997 1998/2000 2002/2003 2004/2005 2006/2007 2008/2009 2009/2010
Under 1 mile 385 376 338 283 287 260 226 204 192 191
1 to under 2 miles 184 203 180 178 203 192 197 189 189 171
2 to under 5 miles 193 261 240 272 260 265 252 245 255 263
5 to under 10 miles 99 130 144 148 162 146 158 157 155 153
10 to under 25 miles 80 97 102 122 128 121 125 121 138 131
25 to under 50 miles 21 30 24 34 45 34 37 36 32 32
50 miles and over 10 15 12 17 17 16 18 16 17 16
All lengths 972 1,112 1,040 1,054 1,102 1,035 1,014 969 978 957

Source: National Travel Survey
1 There is an apparent under recording of short walks in 2002-03 and short trips in 2007-08 compared to other years. See notes.

Scottish residents Percentage of Trips
1985/1986 1989/1991 1992/1994 1995/1997 1998/2000 2002/2003 2004/2005 2006/2007 2008/2009 2009/2010
Under 1 mile 40% 34% 32% 27% 26% 25% 22% 21% 20% 20%
1 to under 2 miles 19% 18% 17% 17% 18% 19% 19% 20% 19% 18%
2 to under 5 miles 20% 24% 23% 26% 24% 26% 25% 25% 26% 27%
5 to under 10 miles 10% 12% 14% 14% 15% 14% 16% 16% 16% 16%
10 to under 25 miles 8% 9% 10% 12% 12% 12% 12% 12% 14% 14%
25 to under 50 miles 2% 3% 2% 3% 4% 3% 4% 4% 3% 3%
50 miles and over 1% 1% 1% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2%
All lengths 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: National Travel Survey

Percentage of Trips by distance 2009/2010
Under 1 mile 34%
1 to under 2 miles 16%
2 to under 5 miles 22%
5 to under 10 miles 13%
10 to under 25 miles 10%
25 to under 50 miles 3%
50 miles and over 2%

Source: Scottish Household Survey, Table 14 (converted to Miles and categories regrouped)