Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26

Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26 - 2007 Edition

Table 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December, by taxation group, body type and method of propulsion

by type of vehicle (taxation group)
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
	thousand
Private and light goods	1,734	1,779	1,825	1,878	1,927	1,997	2,058	2,104	2,158	2,231	2,278
Motorcycles	25	27	31	36	39	42	46	50	54	56	60
Public transport ¹	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12
Goods	32	31	30	29	30	30	30	30	31	32	34
Crown and exempt ²	126	136	138	139	143	144	144\|	178	183	189	191
Other vehicles ²	40	40	40	40	40	40	42\|	10	10	11	11
All vehicles	1,966	2,023	2,073	2,131	2,188	2,262	2,330	2,383	2,448	2,531	2,587
by body type
Cars	1,674	1,726	1,773	1,824	1,876	1,939	1,993	2,031	2,076	2,139	2,173
Taxis	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4
Motorcycles	31	33	36	41	45	47	52	56	60	62	66
Three wheelers	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Light goods	153	153	156	158	162	167	174	183	194	209	223
Goods	31	27	30	28	30	30	30	31	31	32	33
Buses and coaches	11	16	11	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Agricultural vehicles etc	34	35	35	36	37	36	38	39	41	42	42
Other vehicles	27	27	28	24	19	22	22	22	24	25	27
All vehicles	1,966	2,023	2,073	2,131	2,188	2,262	2,330	2,383	2,448	2,531	2,587
by method of propulsion
Petrol	1,566	1,592	1,616	1,647	1,677	1,719	1,742	1,746	1,756	1,771	1,762
Diesel	400	430	456	482	510	541	585	634	689	756	820
Electric	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gas or petrol/gas	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Gas Bi-Fuel	..	..	..	..	..	0	0	1	1	1	2
Steam	0	0	0	0	0	..	0	0	0	0	0
Others	..	..	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	1,966	2,023	2,073	2,131	2,188	2,262	2,330	2,383	2,448	2,531	2,587

1. Estimates include only those vehicles with more than 8 seats.
2. Vehicles in the "Special Concessionary Group" (part of "other vehicles" in 2002 and earlier years) are part of "Crown and Exempt" from 2003 onwards

Figure 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December 2006 by Council

* formerly "Western Isles"

Figure 1.3 Private cars1 licensed at 31 December 2006 per head of population

Figure 1.3 Private cars1 licensed at 31 December 2006 per head of population

1. i.e. "body type cars" excluding "company cars".
* formerly "Western Isles"

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Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26 - 2007 Edition

Table 1.2 Vehicles licensed at 31 December, by taxation group, body type and method of propulsion