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SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS No 24: 2005 Edition

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ERRORS IN THE PREVIOUS EDITION

This list covers errors which occurred in the preparation of the tables or the commentary in "Scottish Transport Statistics". It does not include cases where the statistics now published differ from those in the previous edition, because they have been revised by whoever supplied the figures. Such revisions could occur following more information becoming available, or an improvement in estimation methodology, or the correction of errors in the supplier's own systems. In such cases, the revisions may be mentioned in the text or a footnote to the relevant table, if they are large enough to warrant this.

We apologise for the following errors, which we have found in the previous edition:

  • Table 4.1: It was implied that because tolls levied on the Erskine Bridge were for financial years then the figures for the number of crossings was on a calendar year basis. It appears now that this was not the case and both sets of figures were collected on a financial year basis.
  • Table 9.2: The total for Edinburgh should have been 4,030.2 thousand instead of 2,553.9 thousand.
  • Table 10.8: footnote 1 should have said "10 thousand tonnes…" rather than "10 million tonnes…".
  • Table 10.12(a): Last year the number of passengers for 'Troon' was shown as 368 thousand. However, more recent data gives a breakdown of the routes involved which were not shown previously. This indicated that passenger numbers for Troon to Larne (100 thousand passengers) had mistakenly been omitted from last years table.
  • Table 10.14: Otternish-Leverburgh entry showed ferry data up to 2003. This service was in fact replaced in 2002 by the Berneray-Leverburgh ferry and the figures shown in 2002 and 2003 were actually for the Berneray service.
  • Table 10.15: Commercial Vehicles and Buses, P & O Scottish Ferries / Northlink Orkney & Shetland Ferries data entries prior to, and including, 2000 were incorrect. These have now been revised where possible.

Where appropriate, the tables in this edition include corrected figures. Any problems or inconveniences resulting from these errors are regretted.

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