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Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26 - 2007 Edition

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Table 6.3 Traffic on major roads, minor roads and all roads by vehicle type 1

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

million vehicle kilometres

Major roads (M and A)

Cars

19,888

20,266

20,456

20,700

20,566

20,977

21,760

21,922

22,308

22,060

22,736

Two wheeled motor vehicles

118

124

128

143

149

156

175

204

194

181

178

Buses

316

321

320

322

317

323

340

331

284

285

292

Light goods vehicles

2,520

2,695

2,879

2,915

2,805

2,833

2,928

3,079

3,168

3,261

3,462

Heavy goods vehicles

1,950

2,001

2,057

2,060

2,052

2,010

2,014

2,105

2,218

2,234

2,330

All motor vehicle traffic

24,792

25,407

25,839

26,139

25,889

26,299

27,217

27,641

28,172

28,021

28,999

Pedal cycles

47

44

45

46

47

43

45

41

37

34

39

All traffic on major roads

24,839

25,452

25,885

26,185

25,936

26,342

27,262

27,682

28,209

28,055

29,038

Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)

Cars

10,541

10,634

10,699

10,889

10,877

10,928

11,367

11,307

11,366

11,418

11,566

Two wheeled motor vehicles

84

86

89

99

101

106

117

124

115

132

122

Buses

265

276

281

291

282

280

289

315

309

300

304

Light goods vehicles

1,502

1,589

1,678

1,743

1,786

1,829

1,901

1,997

2,115

2,200

2,243

Heavy goods vehicles

358

355

355

371

385

388

394

406

397

404

395

All motor vehicle traffic

12,750

12,940

13,102

13,393

13,430

13,530

14,067

14,148

14,301

14,453

14,631

Pedal cycles

188

191

182

192

195

192

205

208

195

210

211

All traffic on minor roads

12,938

13,130

13,284

13,585

13,625

13,722

14,272

14,356

14,496

14,663

14,842

All roads

Cars

30,429

30,900

31,154

31,589

31,443

31,904

33,127

33,228

33,674

33,478

34,302

Two wheeled motor vehicles

202

210

217

242

250

261

292

327

309

313

300

Buses

581

597

601

613

599

604

630

646

593

586

596

Light goods vehicles

4,022

4,284

4,557

4,657

4,591

4,662

4,828

5,076

5,283

5,460

5,705

Heavy goods vehicles

2,308

2,357

2,412

2,431

2,436

2,398

2,408

2,511

2,615

2,637

2,726

All motor vehicle traffic

37,542

38,347

38,941

39,532

39,319

39,829

41,285

41,789

42,474

42,475

43,629

Pedal cycles

235

235

228

238

242

236

250

249

232

243

251

All traffic on all roads

37,777

38,582

39,169

39,770

39,561

40,065

41,535

42,038

42,705

42,718

43,880

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