SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS No 20: 2001 Edition: page 42


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Table 4.1 Traffic and tolls levied

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
recorded crossings (thousands)
Forth Road Bridge¹
Private Cars and	14,817	15,130	15,910	16,267	17,027	17,477	18,156	15,982\|	9,460	9,983	10,121
Commercial vehicles
Heavy Goods Vehicles	1,378	1,393	1,481	1,489	1,529	1,600	1,735	\|1,163\|	675	677	675
Buses	158	156	153	154	162	174	177	\|133\|	81	78	82
Motor Cycles	90	92	92	95	90	98	101	\|97\|	59	68	76
Exempted Vehicles	142	151	166	172	186	193	205	\|185\|	117	128	130
Total recorded crossings	16,585	16,922	17,802	18,177	18,994	19,540	20,374	\|17,560\|	10,391	10,934	11,084
Northbound Crossings only²	8,293	8,461	8,901	9,089	9,497	9,770	10,187	10,539	10,391	10,934	11,084
Both directions²	16,585	16,922	17,802	18,177	18,994	19,540	20,374	21,078	20,782	21,868	22,168
Tolls levied
£ thousand
- current prices	7,149	7,284	7,660	7,810	8,143	8,390	8,782	\|8,824\|	8,659	9,055	9,151
- at 2000 prices	9,655	9,292	9,419	9,453	9,624	9,583	9,794	\|9,541\|	9,052	9,323	9,151
Average toll
pence
- current prices	43.1	43.0	43.0	43.0	43.0	42.9	43.0	\|50.3\|	83.3	82.8	82.6
- at 2000 prices	58.2	54.9	52.9	52.0	50.8	49.0	48.0	\|54.4\|	87.1	85.3	82.6
recorded crossings (thousands)
Tay Road Bridge³
Private Cars and	6,152	\|4,347\|	3,174	3,186	3,323	3,420	3,485	3,537	3,558	3,649	3,729
Commercial vehicles
Heavy Goods Vehicles	347	\|230\|	159	147	139	131	121	120	127	125	125
Buses	60	\|48\|	50	50	43	44	48	52	52	49	44
Motor Cycles	52	\|35\|	29	26	27	24	23	23	24	27	31
Exempted Vehicles	83	\|65\|	61	63	67	87	90	96	128	110	108
Total recorded crossings	6,694	\|4,725\|	3,473	3,472	3,599	3,707	3,767	3,828	3,889	3,960	4,037
Southbound Crossings only⁴	3,347	3.360	3,473	3,472	3,599	3,707	3,767	3,828	3,889	3,960	4,037
Both directions⁴	6,694	6,720	6,946	6,944	7,198	7,414	7,534	7,656	7,778	7,920	8,074
Tolls levied
£ thousand
- current prices	2,128	\|2,182\|	2,904	2,896	2,921	3,052	3,279	3,142	3,174	3,238	3,295
- at 2000 prices	2,874	\|2,783\|	3,571	3,505	3,452	3,486	3,657	3,397	3,318	3,334	3,295
Average toll
pence
- current prices	31.8	\|46.2\|	83.6	83.4	81.2	82.3	87.0	82.1	81.6	81.8	81.6
- at 2000 prices	42.9	\|58.9\|	102.8	100.9	96.0	94.0	97.0	88.8	85.3	84.2	81.6
recorded crossings (thousands)
Erskine Bridge
Cars, commercial vehicles,( HGVs and buses)	6,582	6,876	6,568	6,580	6,609	7,083	6,363	7,134	7,661	7,906	8,374
Motor Cycles	26	26	26	16	27	39	34	45	46	48	49
Exempted Vehicles	140	175	170	212	229	279	225	241	259	276	272
All recorded crossings	6,748	7,077	6,764	6,809	6,865	7,401	6,622	7,420	7,966	8,230	8,695
Tolls levied⁵
£ thousand
- current prices	2,646	2,814	3,624	4,034	4,070	4,248	3,729	4,374	4,516	4,853	5,001
- at 2000 prices	3,573	3,590	4,456	4,883	4,810	4,852	4,159	4,729	4,721	4,997	5,001
Average toll
pence
- current prices	39.2	39.8	53.6	59.2	59.3	57.4	56.3	58.9	56.6	59.0	57.5
- at 2000 prices	52.9	50.8	65.9	71.7	70.1	65.6	62.8	63.7	59.2	60.7	57.5
recorded crossings (thousands)
Skye Bridge⁶
Private Cars and	..	..	..	..	..	\|71\|	563	575	601	613	618
Commercial vehicles
Heavy Goods Vehicles	..	..	..	..	..	\|5\|	26	29	33	29	34
Buses	..	..	..	..	..	\|1\|	12	12	12	11	11
Motor Cycles	..	..	..	..	..	\| -\|	10	11	10	11	12
Exempted Vehicles	..	..	..	..	..	\| - \|	1	-	-	-	-
All recorded crossings						\|78\|	612	627	656	665	675
Tolls levied
£ thousand
- current prices	..	..	..	..	..	398	3,178	3,254	3,580	3,666	3,755
- at 2000 prices	..	..	..	..	..	455	3,544	3,518	3,743	3,775	3,755
Average toll
pence
- current prices	..	..	..	..	..	\|512.4\|	519.3	519.0	545.7	551.3	556.3
- at 2000 prices	..	..	..	..	..	\|585.3\|	579.2	561.2	570.5	567.6	556.3
on all 4 bridges:
(thousands)
total recorded crossings	30,027	\|28,724\|	28,039	28,458	29,458	\|30,726\|	\|31,375\|	\|29,435\|	22,902	23,789	24,491
total estimated crossings for both directions	30,027	30,719	31,512	31,930	33,057	34,433	35,142	36,781	37,182	38,683	39,612

1. From 1 September 1997, one-way tolls were introduced for Forth Road Bridge northbound crossings. Southbound crossings were no longer counted.
2. Figures in italics have been estimated. 'Northbound crossings' prior to 1997 and 'Both directions' from 1998 have been estimated by either halving the 'Total recorded crossings' figures pre-1997 to obtain the 'Northbound' figures or doubling the 'Total recorded crossings ' figure to obtain the 'Both directions' figures for 1998 onwards.
3. From 1 June 1991, one-way tolls were introduced for Tay Bridge southbound crossings. Northbound crossings were no longer counted.
4. Figures in italics have been estimated. 'Southbound crossings' prior to 1991 and 'Both directions' from 1992 have been estimated by either halving the 'Total recorded crossings' figures pre-1991 to obtain the 'Southbound' figures, or doubling the 'Total recorded crossings' figure to obtain the 'Both directions' figures for 1991 onwards.
5. Figures for tolls levied on Erskine Bridge are for financial years which begin on 1 April of the year given.
6. The Skye Bridge was opened in October 1995; the 1995 figures are for 2.5 months only.

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