Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

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Table 11.12 Frequency of Driving 1,2 for people aged 17+

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

column percentages

Every Day

44.2

44.7

45.8

45.5 |

43.3

41.4

41.8

40.9

45.2

44.9

43.4

Per Week:

At least 3 times

7.6

7.9

8.0

8.0 |

10.2

11.2

11.2

11.6

10.0

10.4

11.9

Once or twice

4.5

4.2

3.9

4.2 |

5.5

5.7

5.8

6.7

5.1

5.6

5.6

Per Month:

At least 2 or 3 times

1.0

0.9

1.0

0.9 |

0.7

0.8

0.8

1.0

0.9

1.0

0.9

At least once

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.4 |

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

Less than once

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.1 |

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.7

1.3

1.6

Holds full driving licence, never drives

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.5 |

4.1

4.5

4.1

4.4

3.5

4.0

4.2

Total with a full driving licence

63.5

64.0

64.7

64.6 |

65.8

65.8

65.6

66.4

67.0

67.6

68.0

Doesn't have a full driving licence

36.5

36.0

35.3

35.4 |

34.2

34.2

34.4

33.6

33.0

32.4

32.0

Sample size (=100%)

13,660

14,440

14,527

13,936 |

13,850

14,660

13,968

14,075

12,152

12,263

12,447

1 For holders of full licences.
2 From April 2003, the questionnaire changed such that information on possession of driving licences and frequency of driving was no longer collected from the head of the household, or his / her spouse/partner, about all adults in the household, but instead from one randomly chosen adult member of the household about him or herself.

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