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See Scottish Transport Statistics for the definitions of all figures apart from the spending plans. Find it via: www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/latest

Scotland

GB

Households: 1 + cars (%)

69

75

Vehicles (per 100 population)

51

57

Roads (km per 1,000 population)

10.7

6.8

Road traffic (veh-km per head per year)

Motorways

1,259

1,686

A roads

4,416

3,842

All roads (M, A and minor)

8,576

8,606

Road casualties killed or seriously injured (per 1,000 population per year)

0.57

0.54

Passenger journeys (per head per year)

Local bus

94

84

Rail

15.3

18.5

Air

4.8

3.9

2006 Scottish Household Survey

Full driving licence

(%)

Households

(%)

All (17+)

66

1 car

44

Men

77

2 cars

20

Women

58

3+ cars

4

% shares (main modes)

Travel to work

Travel to school

Car (driver/passenger)

67

22

Bus

12

24

Rail

4

1

Bicycle

2

1

Walk

14

51

Scottish Government Transport Spending Plans 2008-09 to 2010-11

£ million

2008-09 plans

2009-10 plans

2010-11 plans

Rail Services in Scotland

689.2

672.9

667.1

Ferry Services in Scotland

92.4

105.1

111.0

Bus Services in Scotland

57.2

57.2

57.2

Concessionary Fares

187.5

189.5

191.5

Air Services in Scotland

38.2

38.1

38.0

Major Public Transport Projects

157.7

262.9

230.7

British Waterways Scotland

11.6

11.8

12.0

Freight Facilities Private Sector

14.9

14.9

14.9

Other Transport Agency Programmes

23.2

24.2

26.2

Other Transport Directorate Programmes

53.1

43.2

31.8

Motorways and Trunk Roads 1

932.6

1,063.7

1,181.4

Total

2,257.6

2,483.5

2,561.8

1 The Motorways and trunk roads line comprises:

£ million

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

Construction, repairs and maintenance, etc.

335.1

417.2

481.3

Depreciation

51.0

51.0

51.0

Cost of capital charge

546.5

595.5

649.1

Total Motorways and Trunk Roads

932.6

1,063.7

1,181.4

Source: Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007

Road network and road traffic - 2006 (provisional)

All roads

Trunk roads

Trunk % of All

Total length of road network ( kilometres)

54,858

3,405

6.2%

of which:

Motorways (including slip roads)

559

559

100%

A roads

10,271

2,847

28%

Total volume of road traffic ( vehicle-kilometres)

43,880

16,543

38%

of which:

Cars

34,302

12,671

37%

Heavy Goods Vehicles

2,726

1,704

63%

Average distance travelled per person per year ( miles)

Scottish residents travel within GB: from National Travel Survey

1995/19972002/20032005/2006

Walk

183

199

191

Bicycle

26

28

23

Driver of car, van or lorry

3,316

3,275

3,595

Passenger in car, van or lorry

1,999

2,058

2,080

Other private transport ( e.g. motorcycle, private hire bus)

160

183

171

Local bus

435

380

407

Surface rail

268

339

408

Taxi/minicab

39

55

68

Other public transport ( e.g. air, ferry, non-local bus)

471

416

433

All modes

6,896

6,933

7,376

NB: some results may be subject to large percentage sampling errors, being based on small numbers of cases - hence the apparent fluctuations in the "Local bus" and "Surface rail" figures, for example.

Main trends in Scottish Transport as at December 2007

see Scottish Transport Statistics for definitions of figures

Latest available figures

10 years ago ( e.g. 96)

Previous year ( e.g. 05)

Latest year ( e.g. 06)

% change over:

one yearten years

Vehicles licensed (millions)

2006

1.97

2.53

2.59

2%

32%

New vehicle registrations (thousands)

2006

183

251

243

-3%

33%

Households with car (%: NTS etc.)

2005

64

69

69

..

..

Road traffic (million vehicle-kilometres)

Motorways

2006

4,586

6,151

6,442

5%

40%

A roads

2006

20,253

21,904

22,596

3%

12%

Minor roads (B, C, unclassified)

2006

12,938

14,663

14,842

1%

15%

All roads

2006

37,777

42,718

43,880

3%

16%

Road accident casualties

Killed

2006

357

286

314

10%

-12%

Killed or seriously injured

2006

4,398

2,949

2,939

0%

-33%

All casualties (including "slight" injuries)

2006

21,716

17,878

17,267

-3%

-20%

Children killed or seriously injured

2006

790

368

373

1%

-53%

Passenger numbers (millions)

Local bus (boardings)

2006-07

478

477

482

1%

1%

Rail (ScotRail services)

2006-07

52.84

75.13

77.29

3%

46%

Air (terminal passengers)

2006

13.2

23.8

24.4

3%

85%

Freight lifted (million tonnes)

Road

2006

162

166

172

4%

..

Rail

2005-06

..

11.3

14.0

24%

..

Coastwise traffic

2006

36.2

25.5

20.1

-21%

..

Pipelines

2006

25.6

27.6

27.8

1%

9%

Travel to work (%: Autumn Labour Force Survey)

Car (or van/minibus/works van)

2006

68

68

69

..

..

Public transport (bus, rail, u/g)

2006

15

16

17

..

..

Walk

2006

14

13

12

..

..

Transport Statistics publications are available on the SG Web site:

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or purchase from Blackwell's Bookshop
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Scottish Transport Statistics - has summary and 12 chapters on specific topics.

Main Transport Trends: summary bulletin.

Household Transport:some Scottish Household Survey ( SHS) results.

Transport across Scotland (biennial) - gives main SHS results for local authority areas.

SHS Travel Diary Results (biennial) .

Travel by Scottish Residents: some National Travel Survey Results (biennial) - gives some Scottish results of GBNTS.

Bus and Coach Statistics (biennial) .

Road Accidents Scotland - over 200 pages, detailed tables of "final" figures.

Key Road Accident Statistics - summary.

Transport Statistics Web Sitewww.scotland.gov.uk/transtat

Excel spreadsheet versions of tables www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/sheets

Updated versions of some " STS" tables www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/stsupdate

Extra road accident statistics tables www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/extras

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