The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

2. LAND

Table 2.30 Traffic on major roads by road class and vehicle type, 1995 Two Total wheeled Light Heavy All Pedal vehicle Cars motor Buses goods goods motor cycles Ownership traffic vehicles Vehicles vehicles vehicles Million vehicle kilometres Total: all major roads 25,247 20,131 130 336 2,315 2,278 25,189 58 All motorways1 3,929 3,050 11 34 357 477 3,929 - Trunk A roads- non built up 8,083 6,253 45 80 727 972 8,076 7 Trunk A roads - built up 877 700 4 11 82 78 875 2 Principal A roads- non built up 6,641 5,370 43 86 656 465 6,621 21 Principal A roads - built up 5,717 4,757 26 125 493 287 5,689 28 Percentage of all vehicles Total - all major roads 100 80 1 1 9 9 100 0 All motorways1 100 78 0 1 9 12 100 - Trunk A roads - non-built up 100 77 1 1 9 12 100 0 Trunk A roads - built up 100 80 0 1 9 9 100 0 Principal A roads - non built up 100 81 1 1 10 7 100 0 Principal A roads - built up 100 83 0 2 9 5 100 0 Percentage of all major roads Total: all major roads 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 All motorways1 16 15 8 10 15 21 16 - Trunk A roads - non built up 32 31 35 24 31 43 32 12 Trunk A roads - built up 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 Principal A roads - non built up 26 27 33 26 28 20 26 36 Principal A roads - built up 23 24 20 37 21 13 23 49 Source: Planning Division, SODD 1All motorways include trunk motorways and the Glasgow urban motorway.