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Key Transport Statistics: August 2005

DescriptionHas figures on (e.g.) road vehicles, traffic, casualties, air, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, Scottish Executive transport spending plans and personal travel.
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AUGUST 2005

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See Scottish Transport Statistics for more details of all figures apart from the spending plans.
Find it via:www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/latest

Scotland

GB

Households: 1 + cars (%)

69

74

Vehicles (per 100 population)

48

56

Roads (km per 1,000 population)

10.7

6.7

Road traffic (veh-km per head per year)

Motorways

1,200

1,670

A roads

4,355

3,874

All roads (M, A and minor)

8,406

8,619

Road casualties killed or seriously

injured (per 1,000 population per year)

0.60

0.59

Passenger journeys (per head per year)

Local bus

89

78

Rail

13.1

17.5

Air

4.4

3.6

2004 Scottish Household Survey

Full driving licence

(%)

Households

(%)

All (17+)

65

1 car

43

Men

76

2 cars

19

Women

57

3+ cars

3

% shares (main modes)

Travel to work

Travel to school

Car (driver/passenger)

67

22

Bus

13

24

Rail

3

1

Bicycle

2

1

Walk

13

51

Main trends in Scottish Transport as at August 2005

see Scottish Transport Statistics for more details

Latest available figures

10 years ago

(e.g. 94)

Previous year

(e.g. 03)

Latest year

(e.g. 04)

% change over:

1 year

10 years

Vehicles licensed (millions)

2004

1.90

2.38

2.45

3%

29%

New vehicle registrations (thousands)

2004

170

262

263

0%

55%

Households with car (%: NTS etc.)

2003

59

66

69

..

..

Road traffic (million vehicle-kilometres)

Motorways

2004

4,147

5,856

6,094

4%

47%

A roads

2004

19,153

21,826

22,115

1%

15%

Minor roads (B, C, unclassified)

2004

12,700

14,356

14,482

1%

14%

All roads

2004

36,000

42,038

42,691

2%

19%

Road accident casualties

Killed

2004

363

331

307

-7%

-15%

Killed or seriously injured

2004

5,571

3,279

3,048

-7%

-45%

All casualties (including "slight" injuries)

2004

22,573

18,729

18,404

-2%

-18%

Children killed or seriously injured

2004

1,029

431

382

-11%

-63%

Passenger numbers (millions)

Local bus (boardings)

2003-04

525

445

449

1%

-14%

Rail (ScotRail services)

2004-05

49.2

62.3

68.7

10%

40%

Air (terminal passengers)

2004

11.8

21.1

22.6

7%

91%

Freight lifted (million tonnes)

Road

2004

156

153

173

..

..

Rail

2003-04

5.0

9.1

8.3

-9%

66%

Coastwise traffic

2003

24.5

19.2

19.5

2%

..

Pipelines

2004

24.1

27.7

27.6

0%

15%

Travel to work (%: Autumn Labour Force Survey)

Car (or van/minibus/works van)

2004

66

70

69

..

..

Public transport (bus, rail, u/g)

2004

17

15

15

..

..

Walk

2004

14

12

12

..

..

Scottish Executive Transport Spending Plans 2005-06 to 2007-08

£ million

2005-06 plans

2006-07 plans

2007-08 plans

Rail Services in Scotland

259.36

263.90

269.50

Ferry Services in Scotland

59.70

59.70

61.60

Bus Services in Scotland

61.60

62.60

63.80

Concessionary Fares

13.00

109.00

113.00

Air Services in Scotland

40.40

41.00

41.50

Integrated Transport Fund

223.90

270.49

321.29

British Waterways Scotland

8.90

10.90

11.40

Freight Facilities Private Sector

15.40

12.90

12.90

Other Public Transport

32.85

39.54

39.01

Other Grants to Local Authorities

26.30

64.20

64.20

Motorways and Trunk Roads 1

746.29

859.10

891.76

Total

1,487.70

1,793.33

1,889.96

1 The Motorways and trunk roads line comprises:

£ million

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Construction, repairs and maintenance, etc.

264.96

339.10

329.60

Depreciation

51.60

51.60

51.60

Cost of capital charge

429.73

468.41

510.56

Total Motorways and Trunk Roads

746.29

859.10

891.76

Source: The Scottish Executive Draft Budget 2005-06 published October 2004

Road network and road traffic - 2004

All roads

Trunk roads

Trunk % of All

Total length of road network ( kilometres)

54,543

3,432

6.3%

of which:

Motorways (including slip roads)

539

539

100%

A roads

10,311

2,893

28%

Total volume of road traffic ( vehicle-kilometres)

42,691

15,976

37%

of which:

Cars

33,674

12,388

37%

Heavy Goods Vehicles

2,615

1,620

62%

Average distance travelled per person per year ( miles)

1985/1986

1998/2000

2002/2003

Scottish residents travel within GB: from National Travel Survey

Walk

251

175

191

Bicycle

17

31

26

Driver of car, van or lorry

1,921

3,530

3,136

Passenger in car, van or lorry

1,306

1,947

1,999

Other private transport (e.g. motorcycle, private hire bus)

177

185

177

Local bus

427

429

356

Surface rail

285

479

313

Taxi/minicab

62

75

52

Other public transport (e.g. air, ferry, non-local bus)

206

358

415

All modes

4,652

7,210

6,667

NB: some results may be subject to large percentage sampling errors, being based on small numbers of cases - hence the apparent fluctuations in the "Surface rail" figures, for example. The "All modes" estimate of 7,210 for 1998/2000 has a "95% confidence interval" of +/- 583 miles, so the apparent fall in 2002/2003 may just reflect sampling variability.

Transport Statistics Publications

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Scottish Transport Statistics
has summary and 12 chapters on road vehicles,
road traffic, rail, air, water, personal travel,etc.

Household Transport:
some Scottish Household Survey ( SHS) results.

Transport across Scotland (biennial) -
gives main SHS results for local authority areas.

SHS Travel Diary Results

Travel by Scottish Residents:
some National Travel Survey Results (triennial) -
gives some Scottish results of GBNTS.

Bus and Coach Statistics

Road Accidents Scotland -
over 200 pages, detailed tables of "final" figures.

Key Road Accident Statistics -
24 pages, gives "provisional" figures for latest year.

Transport Statistics Web Site
www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat

Excel spreadsheet versions of tables
www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/sheets

Updated versions of some " STS" tables
www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/stsupdate

Extra road accident statistics tables
www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/extras

Page updated: Wednesday, August 24, 2005