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 1.15 People who hold a full car driving licence 1 by age

Age group

Sample size
(=100%)

17-20

21-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-69

70+

All 17+

Men

Women

percent of population

number

1985/1986

28

57

62

64

51

37

23

49

68

34

1,854

1989/1991

39

63

72

71

63

50

29

58

73

46

1,895

1992/1994

46


73


77


73


57


49


29


60


77


46


1,627


1995/1997

38

66

76

74

66

61

33

63

77

51

1,729

1998/1999

40

74

77

79

67

63

29

65

76

55

1,120

2000/2001

26

66

79

81

72

69

35

67

79

57

1,212

2002/2003

37

65

79

83

73

68

39

67

77

59

3,041

2004/2005

32

65

80

80

75

65

43

67

78

58

3,236

2006/2007

32

62

76

80

79

69

45

67

76

58

3,189

2008/2009

39

60

81

81

81

70

47

69

79

60

2,923

1. Source: National Travel Survey. Because of the small size of its Scottish sample, the samples for two or three years must be combined to produce results, and even they may be subject to large sampling errors.

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