Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

Has figures on (e.g.) road vehicles, traffic, accidents, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport, finance, personal travel and international comparisons.


Table 3.3 Goods moved by UKHGVs by destination, and the economy's road freight intensity

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

million tonne-kilometres

a) On journeys originating in Scotland

by destination:

Scotland

8,063

8,088

7,930

7,873

8,052 |

9,059

8,444

8,454

8,632

8,675

7,219

Elsewhere in UK

England

5,619

5,567

5,570

5,168

5,381 |

5,367

4,405

4,955

5,817

4,393

4,457

Wales

317

305

186

194

122 |

*

146

323

214

284

*

Northern Ireland

33

70

48

42

60 |

63

34

88

*

51

31

Total elsewhere in UK

5,969

5,942

5,804

5,404

5,563 |

5,544

4,585

5,366

6,050

4,728

4,610

Outwith UK2

956

787

691

893

817 |

592

477

412

668

533

519

Total

14,988

14,817

14,425

14,170

14,432 |

15,195

13,507

14,233

15,349

13,936

12,348

b) On journeys with Scottish destinations

by origin of journey:

Scotland

8,063

8,088

7,930

7,873

8,052 |

9,059

8,444

8,454

8,632

8,675

7,219

Elsewhere in UK

England

7,081

7,113

7,094

6,787

7,490 |

6,413

6,251

6,944

7,357

6,045

5,696

Wales

178

143

148

168

128 |

*

235

144

340

209

*

Northern Ireland

23

33

31

29

36 |

34

45

16

*

80

33

Total elsewhere in UK

7,282

7,289

7,273

6,984

7,653 |

6,536

6,531

7,105

7,721

6,334

5,766

Outwith UK2

334

334

256

287

288

276

246

181

290

233

176

Total

15,679

15,711

15,459

15,144

15,993

15,870

15,221

15,739

16,642

15,243

13,161

c) The road freight intensity of the Scottish economy - an index of the ratio of the index of road freight tonne-kilometres to the index of Gross Domestic Product

Road freight moved by UKHGVs on journeys originating in Scotland

million tonne-kilometres

volume

14,988

14,817

14,425

14,170

14,432 |

15,195

13,507

14,233

15,349

13,936

12,348

index, 2004 = 100

Index: 2004 = 100

98.6

97.5

94.9

93.3

95.0 |

100.0

88.9

93.7

101.0

91.7

81.3

Scottish Gross Domestic Product (Gross Value Added for all industries) 1

Index: 2004=100

88.6

90.9

93.5

93.9

96.0

100.0

101.3

105.4

108.6

108.3

103.5

Road freight intensity

Index: 2004 = 100

111.3

107.3

101.5

99.3

99.0 |

100.0

87.7

88.8

93.0

84.7

78.5

1. Scottish GDP figures are as published 20 October 2010.
* = Sample too small for a reliable estimate

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