Scottish Transport Statistics No 22

Scottish Transport Statistics No 22 - 2003 Edition

SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS No 22 - 2003 Edition

ROAD TRAFFIC

Table 6.1 Traffic by road class and type ¹

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Motorways	3,516\|	3,955	4,101	4,270	4,535	4,798	5,052	5,100	5,310	5,457	5,613
Trunk A roads ²
Urban ³	827\|	853	867	881	893	887	882	859	872	879	900
Rural ³	6,931\|	7,263	7,474	7,669	7,973	8,197	8,278	8,401	8,015	8,227	8,688
Total	7,758\|	8,117	8,340	8,550	8,866	9,084	9,160	9,260	8,887	9,106	9,589
Non-trunk A roads ²
Urban ³	5,662\|	4,020	4,080	4,206	4,309	4,331	4,363	4,368	4,361	4,310	4,366
Rural ³	5,640\|	6,451	6,656	6,833	6,995	7,102	7,232	7,278	7,127	7,211	7,440
Total	11,302\|	10,471	10,736	11,040	11,304	11,433	11,595	11,646	11,489	11,521	11,806
All A roads
Urban ³	6,489\|	4,873	4,947	5,087	5,202	5,218	5,245	5,227	5,233	5,189	5,266
Rural ³	12,571\|	13,714	14,130	14,502	14,968	15,299	15,510	15,679	15,142	15,438	16,128
Total	19,060\|	18,587	19,077	19,589	20,170	20,517	20,755	20,906	20,375	20,627	21,394
All major roads	22,575\|	22,543	23,177	23,859	24,705	25,315	25,807	26,006	25,686	26,083	27,007
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
B roads
Urban ³	..	1,358	1,363	1,365	1,373	1,378	1,390	1,387	1,347	1,320	1,321
Rural ³	..	2,274	2,333	2,334	2,373	2,412	2,414	2,438	2,430	2,410	2,489
Total	..	3,632	3,696	3,699	3,746	3,790	3,804	3,825	3,777	3,730	3,810
C roads
Urban ³	..	712	716	718	726	732	743	759	756	761	783
Rural ³	..	1,313	1,350	1,354	1,382	1,412	1,421	1,448	1,458	1,462	1,534
Total	..	2,025	2,066	2,073	2,107	2,144	2,164	2,207	2,214	2,223	2,317
Unclassified roads
Urban ³	..	5,004	5,038	5,069	5,135	5,201	5,302	5,491	5,550	5,672	5,931
Rural ³	..	1,849	1,900	1,909	1,950	1,996	2,014	2,062	2,083	2,097	2,215
Total	..	6,853	6,939	6,978	7,084	7,197	7,316	7,553	7,634	7,769	8,146
All minor roads
Urban roads ³		7,073	7,117	7,152	7,233	7,311	7,435	7,637	7,653	7,753	8,034
Rural roads ³		5,437	5,583	5,597	5,705	5,819	5,850	5,948	5,971	5,969	6,238
All minor roads	..	12,510	12,700	12,750	12,938	13,131	13,284	13,585	13,625	13,722	14,272
All roads
Motorways	3,516\|	3,955	4,101	4,270	4,535	4,798	5,052	5,100	5,310	5,457	5,613
Urban ³	..	11,946	12,064	12,239	12,435	12,529	12,680	12,864	12,886	12,942	13,300
Rural ³	..	19,151	19,713	20,099	20,673	21,118	21,360	21,627	21,113	21,407	22,366
All roads	..	35,053	35,877	36,609	37,643	38,446	39,091	39,591	39,311	39,805	41,279

1. The figures for 1993 to 2001 (inclusive) differ from those which were available previously, as DfT has revised its method of estimating traffic volumes for 1993 onwards.
The figures for minor roads have been revised greatly from those published previously following DfT's introduction of a new and improved method of estimating the volume of traffic on minor roads - see section 4.3 of the text.
2. Major roads are classified on the basis of their trunk road status at a recent date, so there is no break in the figures between 1995 and 1996.
3. These figures are based on DfT's new classification of "urban" and "rural" roads, which differs from the "built up" / "non-built up" classification used previously.

Table 6.2 Traffic on major roads (by class / type) and minor roads by vehicle type, 2002

	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								Percent of all roads
Major roads (M and A)
Motorways	4,299	15	43	563	693	5,613	0	5,613	13.6
Trunk A roads - urban ¹	734	6	9	97	53	899	1	900	2.2
Trunk A roads - rural ¹	6,895	63	80	931	712	8,681	7	8,688	21.0
Non-trunk A roads - urban ¹	3,635	27	106	429	150	4,347	19	4,366	10.6
Non-trunk A roads - rural ¹	5,973	68	92	891	398	7,423	17	7,440	18.0
All major roads	21,536	178	331	2,913	2,006	26,964	43	27,007	*65.4*
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Urban roads ¹	6,675	56	188	833	165	7,917	116	8,033	19.5
Rural roads ¹	4,692	61	101	1,067	229	6,150	89	6,238	15.1
All minor roads	11,367	117	289	1,900	394	14,067	205	14,272	*34.6*
All roads
Motorways	4,299	15	43	563	693	5,613	0	5,613	13.6
Urban roads ¹	11,044	89	303	1,359	368	13,163	136	13,299	32.2
Rural roads ¹	17,560	192	273	2,889	1,339	22,254	113	22,366	54.2
All roads	32,903	296	619	4,811	2,400	41,030	249	41,278	*100*
Percentage of all vehicles	79.7	0.7	1.5	11.7	5.8	99.4	0.6	100

1. These figures are based on DfT's new classification of "urban" and "rural" roads, which differs from the "built up" / "non-built up" classification used previously.

Table 6.3 Traffic on major roads, minor roads and all roads by vehicle type ¹

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Cars	18,068\|	18,105	18,576	19,114	19,770	20,145	20,384	20,544	20,359	20,766	21,536
Two wheeled motor vehicles	115\|	121	121	122	121	127	131	146	152	159	178
Buses	348\|	291	291	303	313	318	317	318	312	318	331
Light goods vehicles	1,986\|	2,200	2,308	2,383	2,519	2,695	2,885	2,910	2,785	2,812	2,913
Heavy goods vehicles	2,007\|	1,778	1,834	1,889	1,935	1,986	2,045	2,042	2,031	1,987	2,006
All motor vehicle traffic	22,523\|	22,494	23,130	23,811	24,659	25,271	25,762	25,961	25,640	26,042	26,964
Pedal cycles	51\|	49	47	48	47	44	45	45	46	42	43
All traffic on major roads	22,575\|	22,543	23,177	23,859	24,705	25,315	25,807	26,006	25,686	26,083	27,007
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Cars	..	10,238	10,399	10,420	10,541	10,634	10,699	10,889	10,877	10,928	11,367
Two wheeled motor vehicles	..	86	86	85	84	86	89	99	101	106	117
Buses	..	244	242	259	265	276	281	291	282	280	289
Light goods vehicles	..	1,390	1,437	1,448	1,502	1,589	1,678	1,742	1,786	1,829	1,900
Heavy goods vehicles	..	364	349	347	358	356	355	371	385	388	394
All motor vehicle traffic	..	12,323	12,514	12,559	12,750	12,940	13,102	13,393	13,430	13,530	14,067
Pedal cycles	..	187	187	191	188	190	182	192	195	192	205
All traffic on minor roads	..	12,510	12,700	12,750	12,938	13,131	13,284	13,585	13,625	13,722	14,272
All roads
Cars	..	28,343	28,975	29,534	30,311	30,779	31,083	31,433	31,236	31,694	32,903
Two wheeled motor vehicles	..	207	207	207	205	213	220	245	253	265	295
Buses	..	535	533	562	578	594	598	609	594	598	620
Light goods vehicles	..	3,590	3,745	3,831	4,021	4,284	4,563	4,652	4,571	4,641	4,813
Heavy goods vehicles	..	2,142	2,183	2,236	2,293	2,342	2,400	2,413	2,416	2,375	2,400
All motor vehicle traffic	..	34,817	35,644	36,370	37,409	38,211	38,864	39,354	39,070	39,572	41,031
Pedal cycles	..	236	234	239	235	234	227	237	241	234	248
All traffic on all roads	..	35,053	35,877	36,609	37,643	38,446	39,091	39,591	39,311	39,805	41,279

1. The figures for 1993 to 2001 (inclusive) differ from those which were available previously, as DfT has revised its method of estimating traffic volumes.
The figures for minor roads have been revised greatly from those published previously following DfT's introduction of a new and improved method of estimating the volume of traffic on minor roads - see section 4.3 of the text.

Table 6.4(a) Traffic on major roads (by class / type) and on minor roads, by Council, 2001 ¹

Council	All motorways	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	151	105	277	92	625	686	1,311
Aberdeenshire	0	4	751	22	696	1,473	1,012	2,485
Angus	0	0	269	66	269	604	314	918
Argyll & Bute	0	0	322	14	286	622	171	793
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	30	122	151	137	288
Dumfries & Galloway	589	6	541	50	298	1,484	291	1,775
Dundee City	0	165	4	138	8	316	496	812
East Ayrshire	0	0	324	32	253	609	326	935
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	110	99	209	317	526
East Lothian	0	0	321	28	188	537	241	778
East Renfrewshire	42	0	71	96	27	237	346	583
Edinburgh, City of	253	0	371	703	348	1,675	1,165	2,840
Eilean Siar*	0	0	0	0	124	124	53	177
Falkirk	445	0	53	185	148	832	495	1,327
Fife	228	40	483	236	633	1,621	958	2,579
Glasgow, City of	1,182	0	0	748	26	1,956	1,233	3,189
Highland	0	51	1,335	8	476	1,870	463	2,333
Inverclyde	0	20	52	129	69	270	244	514
Midlothian	0	11	143	40	180	374	225	599
Moray	0	21	229	13	147	411	239	650
North Ayrshire	0	47	227	83	110	467	206	673
North Lanarkshire	462	254	353	382	245	1,695	1,133	2,828
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0	77	77	47	124
Perth & Kinross	367	0	941	77	443	1,829	323	2,152
Renfrewshire	319	0	175	146	87	726	457	1,183
Scottish Borders	0	14	338	24	401	777	299	1,076
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0	121	121	56	177
South Ayrshire	0	0	351	97	112	560	320	880
South Lanarkshire	738	85	92	226	421	1,562	531	2,093
Stirling	209	0	202	89	328	828	241	1,069
West Dunbartonshire	0	11	172	118	44	345	229	574
West Lothian	623	0	0	143	331	1,097	467	1,564
Total: all Scotland	5,457	879	8,227	4,310	7,211	26,083	13,722	39,805

Table 6.4(b) Traffic on major roads (by class / type) and on minor roads, by Council, 2002 ¹

Council	All motorways	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) ²	Total: all roads ²
million vehicle kilometres
Aberdeen City	0	161	108	282	95	645	..	..
Aberdeenshire	0	4	822	23	724	1,573	..	..
Angus	0	0	275	70	280	625	..	..
Argyll & Bute	0	0	339	14	315	669	..	..
Clackmannanshire	0	0	0	30	122	151	..	..
Dumfries & Galloway	595	6	600	52	308	1,561	..	..
Dundee City	0	165	4	141	8	318	..	..
East Ayrshire	0	0	339	34	249	622	..	..
East Dunbartonshire	0	0	0	112	101	212	..	..
East Lothian	0	0	329	29	194	553	..	..
East Renfrewshire	43	0	73	95	28	239	..	..
Edinburgh, City of	268	0	384	696	352	1,700	..	..
Eilean Siar*	0	0	0	0	124	124	..	..
Falkirk	443	0	54	209	150	857	..	..
Fife	235	40	562	238	649	1,725	..	..
Glasgow, City of	1,211	0	0	749	26	1,986	..	..
Highland	0	54	1,407	9	490	1,959	..	..
Inverclyde	0	20	53	129	71	273	..	..
Midlothian	0	12	130	41	185	368	..	..
Moray	0	22	237	14	151	424	..	..
North Ayrshire	0	53	236	82	113	484	..	..
North Lanarkshire	471	253	340	382	249	1,695	..	..
Orkney Islands	0	0	0	0	79	79	..	..
Perth & Kinross	391	0	998	78	480	1,946	..	..
Renfrewshire	325	0	181	147	90	743	..	..
Scottish Borders	0	14	363	25	415	818	..	..
Shetland Islands	0	0	0	0	128	128	..	..
South Ayrshire	0	0	376	99	117	593	..	..
South Lanarkshire	784	85	95	230	428	1,622	..	..
Stirling	215	0	207	91	335	847	..	..
West Dunbartonshire	0	11	176	120	45	351	..	..
West Lothian	632	0	0	144	341	1,117	..	..

Total: all Scotland	5,613	900	8,688	4,366	7,440	27,007	..	..

*formerly Western Isles
1. These figures are not directly comparable with those published previously because DfT has revised its method of estimating the volume of road traffic.
The figures for "urban" and "rural" roads are based on DfT's new classification, which is described in the text.
They differ from the figures published previously for "built up" and "non-built up" roads, which were produced using DfT's previous method,
2. The minor road figures for individual Council areas for 2002 were not available within the timetable for finalising the material in this chapter. For this reason, the Council's "all roads" totals could not be calculated.

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