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Table SGB3 Comparisons of Scotland and Great Britain (or UK) - relative to the population

Relative to the population 1

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Vehicles Licensed (all vehicles)

per 100 population

Scotland

39

40

41

42

43

45

46

47

48

50

51

GB

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

Public Road Lengths (all roads)

kilometres per 1,000 population

Scotland

10.4

10.5

10.5

10.6

10.6

10.7

10.8

10.8

10.7

10.8

10.7

GB

6.9

6.9

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.8

6.7

6.6

6.8

Road Traffic

vehicle kilometres per head

Motorway

Scotland

901

954

999

1,018

1,068

1,099

1,134

1,158

1,200

1,207

1,255

GB

1,386

1,450

1,510

1,542

1,547

1,583

1,610

1,608

1,662

1,659

1,696

A Roads

Scotland

3,977

4,052

4,099

4,145

4,055

4,102

4,260

4,316

4,355

4,299

4,416

GB2

3,619

3,665

3,700

3,733

3,706

3,750

3,800

3,820

3,856

3,815

3,866

All roads (incl. B, C and unclassified)

Scotland

7,419

7,590

7,715

7,841

7,814

7,911

8,217

8,312

8,409

8,385

8,576

GB2

7,810

7,955

8,078

8,200

8,176

8,270

8,456

8,477

8,578

8,539

8,659

Road Accident Casualties Killed or Seriously Injured

per 1,000 population

Scotland

0.86

0.87

0.88

0.80

0.77

0.74

0.70

0.65

0.61

0.58

0.57

GB

0.85

0.82

0.78

0.75

0.73

0.71

0.68

0.64

0.59

0.55

0.54

Local bus passenger journeys $

per head

Scotland

94

88

83

90

90

92

93

94

94

94

..

GB

79

78

77

77

77

78

79

81

81

81

..

Rail passenger journeys $

per head

Scotland

11.3

11.9

12.3

12.8

12.8

12.8

12.1

13.1

14.4

..

..

GB

14.2

14.9

15.7

16.3

16.8

16.7

17.0

17.5

18.0

18.5

19.7

Air terminal passengers

per head

Scotland

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.1

3.3

3.6

3.9

4.2

4.4

4.7

4.8

UK

2.3

2.5

2.7

2.9

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.4

3.6

3.8

3.9

Freight Lifted

tonnes per head

Road

Scotland

31.9

31.0

30.6

30.7

31.3

29.8

30.5

30.3

34.1

32.5

..

GB

28.8

29.0

28.7

27.5

27.9

27.6

28.3

28.4

30.0

29.9

..

Rail $

Scotland

1.1

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.9

1.8

1.6

2.2

2.7

..

GB

1.8

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.7

1.8

1.9

Coastwise traffic

Scotland

7.1

6.8

7.8

7.0

4.9

4.1

3.8

3.9

4.0

5.0

..

UK

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

..

Pipelines

Scotland

5.0

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.4

GB

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

0.9

1.0

0.9

0.9

$. These figures are for financial years (April to March) which start in the relevant financial year (eg "1996" figures are for 1996-97 financial year)
1. As population estimates for Great Britain and UK for 2006 were not available at the time of going to press, the mid-year estimates of the population for 2005 were used to calculate the GB/ UK figures for 2006 in this table.
The mid-year population estimates for Scotland for 2006 were available and have been used.
2. The GB figures relate to motor vehicle traffic only, and therefore exclude a small amount of pedal cycle traffic.

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