Transport and Travel in Scotland 2010
Summarises a broad range of transport statistics including road vehicles, traffic, casualties, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport and personal travel as well as providing some comparisons with GB figures. Further breakdowns of Scottish Household Survey transport data including households' access to cars and bikes, frequency of driving, modes of travel to work and school, use and opinions of public transport and access to services are also presented.
Table SGB3 Comparisons of Scotland and Great Britain (or UK) - relative to the population
Relative to the population
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles Licensed (all vehicles) | per 100 population | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 43 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 51 |
| GB | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 56 |
| Public Road Lengths (all roads) | kilometres per 1,000 population | ||||||||||
| Scotland 1 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.6 |
| GB | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
| Road Traffic | vehicle kilometres per head | ||||||||||
| Motorway | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 1,068 | 1,099 | 1,134 | 1,158 | 1,200 | 1,207 | 1,257 | 1,279 | 1,293 | 1,277 | 1,245 |
| GB | 1,547 | 1,583 | 1,610 | 1,608 | 1,662 | 1,659 | 1,689 | 1,699 | 1,679 | 1,669 | 1,624 |
| A Roads | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 4,055 | 4,102 | 4,260 | 4,316 | 4,355 | 4,299 | 4,390 | 4,356 | 4,281 | 4,299 | 4,211 |
| GB 2 | 3,706 | 3,750 | 3,800 | 3,820 | 3,856 | 3,815 | 3,842 | 3,798 | 3,738 | 3,731 | 3,630 |
| All roads (incl. B, C and unclassified) | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 7,814 | 7,911 | 8,217 | 8,312 | 8,409 | 8,385 | 8,622 | 8,683 | 8,604 | 8,513 | 8,328 |
| GB 2 | 8,176 | 8,270 | 8,456 | 8,477 | 8,578 | 8,539 | 8,624 | 8,663 | 8,537 | 8,455 | 8,202 |
| Road Accident Casualties Killed or Seriously Injured2 | per 1,000 population | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.48 | 0.42 |
| GB | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.41 |
| Local bus passenger journeys 3,4 | per head | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 90 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 91 | 92 | 94 | 97 | 95 | 90 | .. |
| GB | 77 | 78 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 83 | 87 | 88 | 87 | .. |
| Rail passenger journeys 4,5 | per head | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 16.4 | .. |
| GB | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 17.9 | .. |
| Air terminal passengers | per head | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| UK | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Freight Lifted | tonnes per head | ||||||||||
| Road | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 31.3 | 29.8 | 30.5 | 30.3 | 34.1 | 32.5 | 33.9 | 35.3 | 31.7 | 26.8 | .. |
| GB | 27.9 | 27.6 | 28.3 | 28.4 | 30.0 | 29.9 | 30.8 | 31.6 | 29.1 | 23.9 | .. |
| Rail 4 | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | .. |
| GB | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Coastwise traffic | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 | .. |
| UK | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | .. |
| Pipelines 6 | |||||||||||
| Scotland | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| GB | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1 Data is provisional. Some 2009 figures have been used to calculate 2010 road lengths where this information is not available for certain local authorities.
2 The GB figures relate to motor vehicle traffic only, and therefore exclude a small amount of pedal cycle traffic.
3 Bus patronage figures are provisional and should be treated with caution. See note 1 of Table S1.
4 Financial Year
5 Rail patronage trend presented here does not incorporate Scotrail's revised methodology. See notes to Table S1.
6 Pipeline figures for 2010 are estimated.
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