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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 |
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Households: 1 + cars (%) | 69 | 75 |
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Vehicles (per 100 population) | 51 | 57 |
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Roads (km per 1,000 population) | 10.7 | 6.8 |
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Road traffic (veh-km per head per year) |
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Motorways | 1,259 | 1,686 |
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A roads | 4,416 | 3,842 |
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All roads (M, A and minor) | 8,576 | 8,606 |
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Road casualties killed or seriously injured (per 1,000 population per year) | 0.57 | 0.54 |
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Passenger journeys (per head per year) |
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Local bus | 94 | 84 |
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Rail | 15.3 | 18.5 |
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Air | 4.8 | 3.9 |
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2006 Scottish Household Survey
Full driving licence | (%) | Households | (%) |
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All (17+) | 66 | 1 car | 44 |
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Men | 77 | 2 cars | 20 |
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Women | 58 | 3+ cars | 4 |
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% shares (main modes) | Travel to work | Travel to school |
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Car (driver/passenger) | 67 | 22 |
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Bus | 12 | 24 |
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Rail | 4 | 1 |
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Bicycle | 2 | 1 |
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Walk | 14 | 51 |
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Scottish Government Transport Spending Plans 2008-09 to 2010-11
£ million | 2008-09 plans | 2009-10 plans | 2010-11 plans |
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Rail Services in Scotland | 689.2 | 672.9 | 667.1 |
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Ferry Services in Scotland | 92.4 | 105.1 | 111.0 |
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Bus Services in Scotland | 57.2 | 57.2 | 57.2 |
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Concessionary Fares | 187.5 | 189.5 | 191.5 |
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Air Services in Scotland | 38.2 | 38.1 | 38.0 |
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Major Public Transport Projects | 157.7 | 262.9 | 230.7 |
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British Waterways Scotland | 11.6 | 11.8 | 12.0 |
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Freight Facilities Private Sector | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.9 |
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Other Transport Agency Programmes | 23.2 | 24.2 | 26.2 |
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Other Transport Directorate Programmes | 53.1 | 43.2 | 31.8 |
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Motorways and Trunk Roads 1 | 932.6 | 1,063.7 | 1,181.4 |
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Total | 2,257.6 | 2,483.5 | 2,561.8 |
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1 The Motorways and trunk roads line comprises: |
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£ million | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
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Construction, repairs and maintenance, etc. | 335.1 | 417.2 | 481.3 |
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Depreciation | 51.0 | 51.0 | 51.0 |
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Cost of capital charge | 546.5 | 595.5 | 649.1 |
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Total Motorways and Trunk Roads | 932.6 | 1,063.7 | 1,181.4 |
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Source: Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007
Road network and road traffic - 2006 (provisional)
| All roads | Trunk roads | Trunk % of All |
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Total length of road network ( kilometres) | 54,858 | 3,405 | 6.2% |
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of which: |
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Motorways (including slip roads) | 559 | 559 | 100% |
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A roads | 10,271 | 2,847 | 28% |
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Total volume of road traffic ( vehicle-kilometres) | 43,880 | 16,543 | 38% |
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of which: |
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Cars | 34,302 | 12,671 | 37% |
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Heavy Goods Vehicles | 2,726 | 1,704 | 63% |
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Average distance travelled per person per year ( miles)
Scottish residents travel within GB: from National Travel Survey
| 1995/1997 | 2002/2003 | 2005/2006 |
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Walk | 183 | 199 | 191 |
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Bicycle | 26 | 28 | 23 |
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Driver of car, van or lorry | 3,316 | 3,275 | 3,595 |
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Passenger in car, van or lorry | 1,999 | 2,058 | 2,080 |
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Other private transport ( e.g. motorcycle, private hire bus) | 160 | 183 | 171 |
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Local bus | 435 | 380 | 407 |
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Surface rail | 268 | 339 | 408 |
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Taxi/minicab | 39 | 55 | 68 |
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Other public transport ( e.g. air, ferry, non-local bus) | 471 | 416 | 433 |
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All modes | 6,896 | 6,933 | 7,376 |
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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: |
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| one year | ten years |
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Vehicles licensed (millions) | 2006 | 1.97 | 2.53 | 2.59 | 2% | 32% |
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New vehicle registrations (thousands) | 2006 | 183 | 251 | 243 | -3% | 33% |
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Households with car (%: NTS etc.) | 2005 | 64 | 69 | 69 | .. | .. |
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Road traffic (million vehicle-kilometres) |
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Motorways | 2006 | 4,586 | 6,151 | 6,442 | 5% | 40% |
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A roads | 2006 | 20,253 | 21,904 | 22,596 | 3% | 12% |
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Minor roads (B, C, unclassified) | 2006 | 12,938 | 14,663 | 14,842 | 1% | 15% |
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All roads | 2006 | 37,777 | 42,718 | 43,880 | 3% | 16% |
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Road accident casualties |
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Killed | 2006 | 357 | 286 | 314 | 10% | -12% |
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Killed or seriously injured | 2006 | 4,398 | 2,949 | 2,939 | 0% | -33% |
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All casualties (including "slight" injuries) | 2006 | 21,716 | 17,878 | 17,267 | -3% | -20% |
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Children killed or seriously injured | 2006 | 790 | 368 | 373 | 1% | -53% |
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Passenger numbers (millions) |
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Local bus (boardings) | 2006-07 | 478 | 477 | 482 | 1% | 1% |
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Rail (ScotRail services) | 2006-07 | 52.84 | 75.13 | 77.29 | 3% | 46% |
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Air (terminal passengers) | 2006 | 13.2 | 23.8 | 24.4 | 3% | 85% |
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Freight lifted (million tonnes) |
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Road | 2006 | 162 | 166 | 172 | 4% | .. |
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Rail | 2005-06 | .. | 11.3 | 14.0 | 24% | .. |
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Coastwise traffic | 2006 | 36.2 | 25.5 | 20.1 | -21% | .. |
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Pipelines | 2006 | 25.6 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 1% | 9% |
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Travel to work (%: Autumn Labour Force Survey) |
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Car (or van/minibus/works van) | 2006 | 68 | 68 | 69 | .. | .. |
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Public transport (bus, rail, u/g) | 2006 | 15 | 16 | 17 | .. | .. |
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Walk | 2006 | 14 | 13 | 12 | .. | .. |
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Transport Statistics publications are available on the SG Web site:
www.scotland.gov.uk/transtat/latest
or purchase from Blackwell's Bookshop
Tel: 0131 622 8283 Fax: 0131 557 8149
e-mail: business.edinburgh@blackwell.co.uk
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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