Main Transport Trends 2007

Table H4 Other vehicle related statistics

Year	Vehicles licensed	New registrations of vehicles	Road accident casualties	Toll Bridges	Vehicles licensed	New registrations of vehicles	Road accident casualties	Toll Bridges
	Vehicles licensed	New registrations of vehicles	all severities	Vehicle crossings ¹	Vehicles licensed	New registrations of vehicles	Road accident casualties	Toll Bridges
	thousand	thousand	number	thousand	index 1985=100
1962	775	86	26,703	..	51	48	98	..
1963	836	100	27,728	..	55	56	102	..
1964	900	117	30,527	..	59	65	112	..
1965	951	113	31,827	..	63	63	117	..
1966	991	113	32,280	..	65	62	118	..
1967	1,035	116	31,760	..	68	64	116	..
1968	1,065	119	30,649	..	70	66	112	..
1969	1,106	110	31,056	..	73	61	114	..
1970	1,124	117	31,240	..	74	65	114	..
1971	1,135	128	31,194	11,297	75	71	114	51
1972	1,181	161	31,762	13,150	78	89	116	60
1973	1,252	173	31,404	14,822	83	96	115	67
1974	1,274	143	28,783	14,869	84	79	105	68
1975 ²	1,304	154	28,621	15,602	86	85	105	71
1976	1,314	159	29,933	16,611	87	88	110	75
1977	..	155	29,783	17,401	..	86	109	79
1978	1,308	179	30,506	18,745	86	99	112	85
1979	1,353	185	31,387	18,287	89	102	115	83
1980	1,398	176	29,286	19,965	92	97	107	91
1981	1,397	166	28,766	19,870	92	92	105	90
1982	1,416	171	28,273	20,073	94	95	104	91
1983	1,448	193	25,224	20,823	96	107	92	95
1984	1,489	183	26,158	21,539	98	101	96	98
1985	1,514	181	27,287	22,025	100	100	100	100
1986	1,546	181	26,117	22,891	102	100	96	104
1987	1,575	187	24,748	24,651	104	103	91	112
1988	1,657	200	25,425	26,389	109	111	93	120
1989	1,729	213	27,532	28,476	114	118	101	129
1990	1,788	194	27,228	30,027	118	107	100	136
1991	1,830	154	25,346	30,719	121	85	93	139
1992 ³	1,884	154	24,173	31,512	124	85	89	143
1993	1,874	170	22,414	31,930	124	94	82	145
1994 ⁴	1,900	170	22,573	33,057	125	94	83	150
1995	1,910	173	22,194	34,433	126	96	81	156
1996	1,966	183	21,716	35,056	130	101	80	159
1997	2,023	206	22,629	36,781	134	114	83	167
1998	2,073	210	22,467	37,182	137	116	82	169
1999	2,131	216	21,002	38,775	141	120	77	176
2000	2,188	220	20,515	39,684	145	122	75	180
2001	2,262	241	19,913	40,339	149	134	73	183
2002	2,330	259	19,277	41,986	154	144	71	191
2003	2,383	262	18,755	43,127	157	145	69	196
2004	2,448	263	18,500	43,338	162	145	68	197
2005	2,531	251	17,876	42,759	167	139	66	194
2006	2,587	243	17,165	32,550	171	134	63	148

1. One-way tolls were introduced for Tay bridge (1 June 1991) and Forth bridge (1 September 1997) so total crossings after these dates have been estimated by the Scottish Executive. The Skye bridge opened during October 1995; tolls were removed on 21 December 2004, so there are no figures for the number of crossings thereafter. Similarly, tolls on the Erskine bridge were no longer collected after 31 March 2006.
2. The figures for vehicles licensed for 1974 to 1978 are on different bases, due to the effect on the annual "census" of the transfer of licensing records from local offices to the then DVLC
3. For years up to 1992 estimates are taken from the DVLA annual vehicle census, from 1993 onwardsestimates are taken from the Vehicle Information Database and are not consistent with previous years. The VID figure for 1992 was 1,840,000 compared with the DVLA figure of 1,884,000.
4. New registration results to 1994 are taken from geographical analysis provided by DVLA. Results for 1995 onwards are estimated using post town area data. The vehicle taxation system was subject to major revisions from July 1995.

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