Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

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Table 1.8 Heavy goods vehicles licensed at 31 December, by gross weight

Gross weight (tonnes)

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

percentage of year total

3.5 to 7.5

33.8

32.3

30.9

30.4

30.4

30.4

30.5

30.2

29.4

29.1

28.4

7.51 to 12

3.2

3.5

3.2

3.1

2.9

2.8

3.1

3.0

2.3

2.3

2.3

12.1 to 16

4.5

4.7

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.0

16.1 to 20

16.7

16.8

16.9

16.1

15.1

14.6

14.3

14.1

14.2

14.1

14.0

20.1 to 24

2.4

2.8

3.1

3.6

4.4

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.4

24.1 to 28

10.0

10.2

10.4

10.9

11.0

11.6

12.0

12.4

12.7

12.6

12.8

28.1 to 32

5.4

5.5

5.7

6.2

6.4

6.7

7.1

7.7

8.6

9.0

9.0

32.1 to 38

15.5

11.8

8.6

6.6

5.5

4.7

4.0

3.5

3.2

3.0

3.1

over 38

8.3

12.5

16.6

18.8

20.0

20.9

20.8

21.1

21.8

22.1

23.0

Total

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

thousand

Total 1

29.8

30.7

29.9

30.5

31.0

31.9

33.0

34.7

33.6

33.6

32.7

1. Includes heavy goods vehicles that are exempt from tax and therefore not licensed as HGVs, and also some vehicles which are licensed as HGVs but do not have a goods body type.

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