Transport and Travel in Scotland 2010

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Table SGB1 Comparisons of Scotland and Great Britain (or the UK) - numbers

Numbers

20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
Vehicles Licensed 1 (all vehicles)thousand
Scotland2,1882,2622,3302,3832,4482,5312,5642,6272,6652,6842,685
GB28,89829,74730,55731,20732,25932,89733,07033,65133,88333,95834,120
Households with a Car 2 (National Travel Survey)percent
Scotland......69..69..70..70..
GB......74..75..75..75..
Public Road Lengths (all roads)thousand kilometres
Scotland353.954.154.654.554.554.854.955.155.255.455.5
GB 4390.2391.0391.6392.3387.7388.0398.4398.9394.5394.4394.3
Road Trafficbillion vehicle kilometres
Motorway
Scotland5.415.575.735.866.096.156.436.586.686.636.50
GB88.490.892.693.096.697.099.4100.6100.199.598.2
A roads
Scotland20.520.821.521.822.121.922.522.422.122.322.0
GB 5211.7215.1218.6221.0224.1223.1226.1224.9222.8222.4219.5
All roads (incl. B, C, unclassified)
Scotland39.640.141.542.042.742.744.144.744.544.243.5
GB 5467.1474.4486.5490.4498.6499.4507.5513.0508.9504.0495.9
Reported Road Accident Casualties: Killed or Seriously Injuredthousand
Scotland33.893.763.533.293.072.952.952.672.842.502.17
GB41.640.639.437.234.432.231.830.728.626.924.5
Local bus passenger journeys 4,6million
Scotland458466471478461468482498493467..
GB4,4204,4554,5504,6814,5874,6644,8905,1375,2445,188..
Rail passenger journeys 6,7million
Scotland64.864.661.466.172.978.179.587.784.385.2..
GB7557597757918088279841,0181,0751,068..
Air terminal passengers
Scotland16.818.119.821.122.623.824.425.124.322.520.9
UK179.9181.2188.8200.0215.7228.2235.2240.7235.4218.1210.6
Freight Liftedmillion tonnes
Road8
Scotland159151154153173166174182164139..
GB1,5931,5811,6271,6431,7441,7461,8131,8691,7341,422..
Rail 6,8
Scotland8.259.579.128.3211.2514.3212.9611.3510.369.68..
GB959487891001051081021038790
Coastwise traffic
Scotland24.720.619.219.520.525.520.622.823.319.8..
UK63.158.559.558.559.865.156.757.658.154.6..
Pipelines 9
Scotland28.128.128.027.727.627.627.827.527.627.627.6
GB63.663.058.454.956.155.454.553.153.353.653.5
Travel to Work (Autumn: Labour Force Survey)percent
Car (or van, minibus, works van)
Scotland 67 69 70 70 69 68 69 69 69 70 71
GB 70 70 71 71 71 71 70 69 70 70 70
Public transport (bus, rail, underground)
Scotland1616151515161716161414
GB1415141414141516151515

1 These figures are for freight lifted by Heavy Goods Vehicles. The GB figures are for freight transported within GB; the Scottish
figures include small amounts of freight destined for Northern Ireland and outside the UK.

2 Figures are are for combined years e.g. 2008 covers 2008/09.

3 Data is provisional. Some 2009 figures have been used to calculate 2010 road lengths where this information is not available for certain local authorities.

4 DfT revised its methodlogy from 2004, causing a break in the series.

5 The GB figures relate to motor vehicle traffic only, and therefore exclude a small amount of pedal cycle traffic.

6 Financial years

7 Total passenger figures are produced by the ORR and have not been adjusted to reflect ScotRail's revised zonecard methdology.

8 Figures are based on the origin and destination of trips and do not count stages of these trips separately.

9 The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines of length 50+ km. Pipeline figures for 2010 are estimated.

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