| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| Table 11B4 Traffic on major roads by vehicle type and type of road, 1987, 1993-1997 |
(million vehicle kilometres) |
1987 |
1993 |
1994 |
19951 |
1996 |
1997 |
|
| All vehicle traffic | 18,767 |
22,770 |
23,942 |
25,247 |
24,487 |
24,676 |
| of which: | ||||||
| Motorway | 2,541 |
3,360 |
3,640 |
3,929 |
3,982 |
4,273 |
| A road: limit up to 40 mph | 5,271 |
6,302 |
6,387 |
6,593 |
6,754 |
6,613 |
| A road: limit over 40 mph | 10,955 |
13,109 |
13,915 |
14,725 |
13,752 |
13,790 |
| by type of vehicle: | ||||||
| Cars | 14,881 |
18,315 |
19,161 |
20,131 |
19,416 |
19,564 |
| Two wheeled motor vehicles | 132 |
107 |
113 |
130 |
130 |
131 |
| Buses | 300 |
334 |
329 |
336 |
345 |
331 |
| Light goods vehicles | 1,616 |
1,967 |
2,158 |
2,315 |
2,362 |
2,402 |
| Heavy goods vehicles | 1,776 |
1,998 |
2,127 |
2,278 |
2,185 |
2,199 |
| All motor vehicles | 18,704 |
22,721 |
23,892 |
25,189 |
24,437 |
24,627 |
| Pedal cycles | 63 |
49 |
50 |
58 |
50 |
48 |
Source:EAST:SODD |
| 1 The figures for 1995 (and earlier years) are not directly comparable to the figures for 1996 (and later years): see text. |