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SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS: No 21

PREFACE

Introduction and Years Covered

This is the 2002 edition of "Scottish Transport Statistics", and is the twenty first publication in the series. In most cases, this volume provides figures for the years up to 2001, or up to the 2000-01 financial year. However, in some cases, the latest statistics available at the time of going to press were for an earlier year, or for a later year. In cases where figures for two years have become available since the previous edition was published, they are given for both years.

Where tables cover a run of years, the aim is that they should provide figures for eleven years (eg for each year from 1991 to 2001, inclusive) to enable the reader to see how the latest year’s figure compares with that of ten years earlier. However, this is not always possible.

The Structure of the Publication

First comes a Summary section, containing information about all modes of transport, which provides a compact view of the trends over the past 10-or-so years, and some comparisons with the figures for Great Britain (or the UK) as a whole.

This is followed by 12 chapters, each on a specific topic, and each of which starts with the following sections:

1. Introduction;
2. Main Points;
3. Notes and Definitions;
4. Sources;
5. Further Information.

The "Main Points" aim to summarise the key statistics and bring out the more interesting and significant points. Readers are recommended to look at the "Notes and Definitions", when using the tables, as these provide insight and qualifications on the statistics. The "Sources" sections provide information about the sources of the statistics, and the "Further Information" sections indicate where further information about the statistics can be found.

Finally, the Historical Series section shows the longer-term trends (in some cases, as far back as 1960) in some key statistics.

Main Changes in this Edition

Some new tables have been added, and some existing tables changed, to provide additional information. Details of the changes made in this edition are given at the start of each chapter. A list of the new and revised tables appears overleaf. The main improvements are:

• some of the tables in Chapter 7 have been revised, to provide statistics for a number of years, and to give the figures now used for the road accident casualty reduction targets for 2010;
• Chapter 8 now provides some figures for ScotRail passenger services;
• two new tables in Chapter 9 show passengers on selected domestic routes, and international passengers by country, for a number of years;
• a new table in Chapter 12 shows Scottish residents' visits abroad, by means of leaving the UK, purpose of visit and area visited, for a number of years; and
• the Historical Series now provides figures for freight tonne-kilometres as well as tonnes lifted.

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