Table SGB3 Comparisons of Scotland and Great Britain (or UK) - relative to the population
Relative to the population 3
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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Vehicles Licensed (all vehicles) | per 100 population |
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Scotland | 41 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 52 |
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GB | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 58 |
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Public Road Lengths (all roads) | kilometres per 1,000 population |
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Scotland | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
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GB | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
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Road Traffic | vehicle kilometres per head |
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Motorway |
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Scotland | 999 | 1,018 | 1,068 | 1,099 | 1,134 | 1,158 | 1,200 | 1,207 | 1,257 | 1,279 | 1,293 |
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GB | 1,510 | 1,542 | 1,547 | 1,583 | 1,610 | 1,608 | 1,662 | 1,659 | 1,689 | 1,699 | 1,690 |
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A Roads |
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Scotland | 4,099 | 4,145 | 4,055 | 4,102 | 4,260 | 4,316 | 4,355 | 4,299 | 4,390 | 4,356 | 4,281 |
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GB1 | 3,700 | 3,733 | 3,706 | 3,750 | 3,800 | 3,820 | 3,856 | 3,815 | 3,842 | 3,798 | 3,762 |
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All roads (incl. B, C and unclassified) |
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Scotland | 7,715 | 7,841 | 7,814 | 7,911 | 8,217 | 8,312 | 8,409 | 8,385 | 8,622 | 8,683 | 8,604 |
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GB1 | 8,078 | 8,200 | 8,176 | 8,270 | 8,456 | 8,477 | 8,578 | 8,539 | 8,624 | 8,663 | 8,594 |
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Road Accident Casualties Killed or Seriously Injured | per 1,000 population |
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Scotland | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.52 | 0.55 |
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GB | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.48 |
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Local bus passenger journeys (provisional) 2, 4 | per head |
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Scotland | 83 | 90 | 90 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 99 | 100 | 98 |
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GB | 77 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 87 | 87 | 88 |
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Rail passenger journeys 4,5 | per head |
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Scotland | 12.3 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 17.0 | .. |
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GB | 15.7| | 16.3 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 19.6 | 20.8 | 21.5 |
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Air terminal passengers | per head |
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Scotland | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
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UK | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
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Freight Lifted | tonnes per head |
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Road |
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Scotland | 30.6 | 30.7 | 31.3 | 29.8 | 30.5 | 30.3 | 34.1 | 32.5 | 33.9 | 35.3 | .. |
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GB | 28.7 | 27.5 | 27.9 | 27.6 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 30.0 | 29.9 | 30.8 | 31.6 | .. |
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Rail 4 |
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Scotland | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | .. |
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GB | 1.8| | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
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Coastwise traffic |
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Scotland | 7.8 | 7.0| | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | .. |
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UK | 1.3 | 1.2| | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | .. |
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Pipelines |
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Scotland | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
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GB | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
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1. The GB figures relate to motor vehicle traffic only, and therefore exclude a small amount of pedal cycle traffic.
2. Bus patronage figures are provisional and should be treated with caution. See notes 1 & 2 of Table S1.
3. As population estimates for Great Britain and UK for 2008 were not available at the time of going to press, the mid-year estimates of the population for 2007 were used to calculate the GB/ UK figures for 2008 in this table. The mid-year population estimates for Scotland for 2008 were available and have been used
4. Financial Year
5. Rail patronage trend presented here does not incorporate Scotrail's revised methodology. See notes to Table S1.