Publication - Statistics

Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

Published: 20 December 2010
ISBN: 9780755998449

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.

Supporting documents

Table 12.1 International comparisons

				SCOT	AT	BE	BG	CY	CZ	DE	DK	EE	EL	ES	FI	FR	HU	IE	IT	LT	LU	LV	MT	NL	PL	PT	RO	SE	SI	SK	UK	GB	EU-27	EU-15	SCOT	GB	UK
					EU countries from EU Energy and Transport in Figures (2010 edition)																														Scotland/ GB/ UK figures ^{( # )}
	Year of data (most countries)	Other year/issues (some countries)	EU publication table	Scottish figure (same or a similar basis) ( # )	Austria	Belgium	Bulgaria	Cyprus	Czech Republic	Germany	Denmark	Estonia	Greece (+)	Spain	Finland	France	Hungary	Ireland	Italy	Lithuania	Luxembourg	Latvia	Malta (+)	Netherlands	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Sweden	Slovenia	Slovak Republic	UK	GB (where the EU publication's figures relate to GB)	EU-27	EU-15	Scotland	GB (same basis)	UK (same basis)
				SCOT	AT	BE	BG	CY	CZ	DE	DK	EE	EL	ES	FI	FR	HU	IE	IT	LT	LU	LV	MT	NL	PL	PT	RO	SE	SI	SK	UK	GB	EU-27	EU-15	SCOT	GB	UK
General data
Population (at 1 Jan)
million	2009		1.1	5.19	8.34	10.76	7.61	0.80	10.47	82.00	5.51	1.34	11.26	45.83	5.33	62.45	10.03	4.45	60.05	3.35	0.49	2.26	0.41	16.49	38.14	10.63	21.45	9.26	2.03	5.41	61.64		497.83	394.48	5.19	60.003	61.792
Area
'000 sq km			1.1	78.0	83.9	30.5	111.0	9.3	78.9	357.1	43.1	45.2	132.0	506.0	338.4	544.0	93.0	70.3	301.3	65.3	2.6	64.6	0.3	41.5	312.7	92.1	238.4	450.3	20.3	49.0	243.8		4,324.80	3236.9	78.0	228.972	243.122
Population density (at 1 Jan)
people per sq km	2009		calc'd	67	99	353	69	86	133	230	128	30	85	91	16	115	108	63	199	51	190	35	1310	397	122	115	90	21	100	110	253		115	122	67	262	254
Infrastructure and vehicles
Motorways
km	2007		3.5.1	407	1,696	1,763	418	257	657	12,594	1,111	96	1,103	13,014	700	10,958	858	269	6,588	309	147	0	0	2,582	663	2,613	281	1,806	579	365	3,673		65,100	60,617	407	3,518
km per '000 sq km	2007		calc'd	5.2	20.2	57.8	3.8	27.6	8.3	35.3	25.8	2.1	8.4	25.7	2.1	20.1	9.2	3.8	21.9	4.7	56.5	0.0	0.0	62.2	2.1	28.4	1.2	4.0	28.6	7.4	15.1		15.1	18.7	5.2	15.4
All roads ( @ )
'000 km	2007	Excludes 'other roads' data	3.5.2	59.6	106.8	153.6	19.4	7.8	130.5	231.2	73.2	58.0	117.8	667.1	78.2	1027.2	189.9	96.5	182.1	80.7	2.9	69.8	2.2	135.5	258.9	12.9	80.9	425.4	38.7	43.8	416.7		4,708	3,727.0	59.6	394.9
km per '000 sq km	2007	Excludes 'other roads' data	calc'd	764	1,273	5,036	175	843	1,654	647	1,698	1,283	892	1,318	231	1,888	2,042	1,373	605	1,236	1,106	1,080	7,051	3,264	828	140	339	945	1,911	894	1,709		1,089	1,151	764	1,725
Railways
km	2008		3.5.3	2,745	5,664	3,513	4,144	0	9,486	33,855	2,641	919	2,552	15,041	5,919	29,901	7,892	1,919	16,861	1,765	275	2,263	0	2,896	19,627	2,842	10,777	11,022	1,228	3,622	16,218		212,842	151,119	2,745	15,814
km per '000 sq km	2008		calc'd	35.2	67.5	115.2	37.3	0.0	120.2	94.8	61.3	20.3	19.3	29.7	17.5	55.0	84.8	27.3	56.0	27.0	105.8	35.0	0.0	69.8	62.8	30.9	45.2	24.5	60.6	73.9	66.5		49.2	46.7	35.2	69.1
Passenger cars
million	2008		3.6.2	2.26	4.29	5.13	2.08	0.44	4.42	41.32	2.10	0.55	5.02	22.15	2.70	31.11	3.06	1.95	36.11	1.67	0.33	0.93	0.23	7.54	16.08	4.41	4.03	4.28	1.05	1.55	29.28		234.08	197.71	2.26	28.459
per 1,000 pop'n	2008		3.6.1	436	513	477	311	557	423	504	381	412	446	483	507	498	305	439	601	499	667	413	555	458	422	415	187	462	514	285	475		470	501	435.9	474
Powered two wheelers ( $ )
thousands	2008	02 & '04	3.6.5	73	691	388	107	43	893	5,852	205	18	1,989	4,912	422	2,704	142	39	9,189	46	40	51	14	1,480	1,607	550	72	554	82	70	1,322		32,882	29,737	73.2	1,292.2
Goods vehicles
thousands	2008		3.6.4	284	381	712	299	122	607	2,524	531	83	1,290	5,406	425	5,212	471	351	4,535	150	34	130	48	1,026	2,922	1,350	645	510	84	249	3,874		33,970.3	28,159.8	284	3,722
per 1,000 pop'n	2008		calc'd	55	46	66	39	153	58	31	96	62	115	118	80	83	47	79	76	45	70	57	116	62	77	127	30	55	41	46	63		68	71	55	62
New registrations of passenger cars (^)
thousands	2009		3.6.6	216	319	476	25	16	168	3807	112	10	220	953	88	2302	60	58	2159	8	47	5	6	387	320	161	130	213	58	75	1,995		14,178.7	13,298.5	216	2,371
per 1,000 pop'n	2009		calc'd	42	38	44	3	19	16	46	20	7	20	21	17	37	6	13	36	2	96	2	14	23	8	15	6	23	29	14	32		28	34	42	40
Passenger transport
Distance travelled (kilometres per person per year)
Passenger cars	2008		3.3.4 *	9,036	8,771	10,311	5,679	7,215	6,914	10,393	9,592	7,830	8,881	7,399	11,904	11,532	4,187	11,018	11,984	11,343	13,563	7,519	5,193	8,917	7,172	8,187	3,287	10,633	12,244	4,878		11,016	9,491	10,390	9,036	8,771
Powered two-wheelers	2002		prev. **	27	198	100	n-a	0	0	217	144	0	2,013	334	171	201	0	93	1,188	0	130	0	0	55	0	754	n-a	111	0	0		85	n-a	405	27	59
Buses and coaches	2008		3.3.5 *	777	1,146	1,893	1,819	1,669	1,537	775	1,330	1,827	1,963	1,329	1,416	777	1,760	1,685	1,731	1,021	1,842	1,101	1,232	758	702	1,029	647	946	1,550	1,617	844		1,098	1,106	777	797
Tram / metro	2008		3.3.6 *	0	475	88	64	0	873	197	36	60	147	142	100	213	233	31	108	0	0	115	0	94	121	103	326	242	0	68	160		179	164	0	123
Railways (excl. t/m)	2008		3.3.7 *	660	1,301	967	307	0	649	997	1,140	201	147	523	760	1,361	826	445	829	119	709	420	0	971	529	396	321	1,191	408	425	855		822	912	660	777
Cycling	2001		prev. **	49	136	322	n-a	n-a	n-a	291	936	n-a	76	20	251	75	n-a	184	154	n-a	23	n-a	n-a	848	n-a	29	n-a	271	n-a	n-a	75		n-a	186	49	70
Walking	2001		prev. **	315	419	380	n-a	n-a	n-a	372	431	n-a	389	368	386	404	n-a	368	410	n-a	457	n-a	n-a	377	n-a	342	n-a	383	n-a	n-a	355		n-a	382	315	313
Total these modes			calc'd	10,865	12,446	14,061	n-a	n-a	n-a	13,243	13,608	n-a	13,617	10,115	14,988	14,564	n-a	13,824	16,403	n-a	16,724	n-a	n-a	12,020	n-a	10,839	n-a	13,777	n-a	n-a	==>	13,390	n-a	13,448	10,865	10,911
Modal shares (% of total pass-kms for specified modes)
Passenger cars	2008	As distance travelled	3.3.3	86.3	75.1	77.7	72.2	81.2	69.3	84.1	79.3	78.9	79.7	78.8	83.9	83.1	59.8	83.6	81.8	90.9	84.2	82.1	80.8	83.0	84.1	84.3	71.8	81.7	86.2	69.8	85.6		81.9	82.6	86.3	83.8
Bus and coach	2008		3.3.3	7.4	9.8	14.3	23.1	18.8	15.4	6.3	11.0	18.4	17.6	14.1	10.0	5.6	25.1	12.8	11.8	8.2	11.4	12.0	19.2	7.1	8.2	10.6	14.1	7.3	10.9	23.1	6.4		9.5	8.8	7.4	7.6
Railways (excl. t/m)	2008		3.3.3	6.3	11.1	7.3	3.9	0.0	6.5	8.1	9.4	2.1	1.3	5.6	5.4	9.8	11.8	3.4	5.7	1.0	4.3	4.6	0.0	9.0	6.2	4.1	7.2	9.1	2.9	6.1	6.3		7.1	7.3	6.3	7.4
Tram / metro	2008		3.3.3	0.0	4.1	0.7	0.8	0.0	8.8	1.6	0.3	0.6	1.3	1.5	0.7	1.5	3.3	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.9	1.4	1.1	7.1	1.9	0.0	1.0	1.2		1.5	1.3	0.0	1.2
Total these modes	calc'd			100.0	100.1	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.1	100.0	100.0	99.9	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.1	99.9	99.9	100.0	100.0	99.9	100.1	100.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	99.5		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
International air passenger traffic between EU countries (arrivals plus departures)
million	2008		3.4.1***	8.44	16.72	15.31	5.18	5.93	9.90	110.60	18.00	1.47	29.74	141.36	11.88	79.03	6.39	26.76	85.54	2.04	1.38	2.80	2.85	29.37	14.79	20.69	6.91	23.20	1.01	2.21	148.49		819.56	758.1	8.44		123.3
per head of pop'n	2008		calc'd	1.62	2.01	1.42	0.68	7.44	0.95	1.35	3.27	1.09	2.64	3.08	2.23	1.27	0.64	6.01	1.42	0.61	2.80	1.24	6.88	1.78	0.39	1.95	0.32	2.51	0.50	0.41	2.41		1.65	1.92	1.62		2.00
Road fatalities
number	2008		3.7.1	216	679	944	1,061	82	1,076	4,477	406	132	1,555	3,100	344	4,275	996	279	4,731	498	35	316	15	677	5,437	885	3,061	397	214	558	2,645		38,875	25,429	216	2,538
per million pop'n	2008		calc'd	42	81	88	139	103	103	55	74	98	138	68	65	68	99	63	79	149	71	140	36	41	143	83	143	43	105	103	43		78	64	42	42
Freight transport: modal shares (% of total tonne-kms)
Road	2008		3.2.4c *	61.9	51.9	67.1	65.7	100.0	74.1	63.6	76.2	55.3	97.0	92.5	73.3	74.5	70.3	99.4	83.1	57.2	94.2	36.3	100.0	57.3	69.2	93.9	68.7	64.7	82.2	65.1	82.3		72.5	74.2	61.9	83.4
Rail	2008		3.2.5 *	11.3	33.1	15.0	20.1	0.0	22.5	21.5	7.3	44.7	2.7	4.0	26.5	14.7	19.4	0.6	11.3	41.3	2.5	57.6	0.0	5.1	21.8	6.1	18.6	35.3	17.8	20.7	12.5		17.1	14.8	11.3	4.6
Inland waterway	2008		3.2.6 *	1.4	3.6	15.3	12.4	0.0	0.0	11.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	3.2	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	33.2	0.1	0.0	10.6	0.0	0.0	2.4	0.1		5.6	6.6	1.4	5.5
Pipeline	2008		3.2.7 *	25.4	11.4	2.5	1.8	0.0	3.4	3.0	16.5	0.0	0.3	3.5	0.0	7.6	5.8	0.0	5.5	1.5	0.0	6.2	0.0	4.4	8.9	0.0	2.1	0.0	0.0	11.8	5.1		4.8	4.4	25.4	6.6
Total these modes	2008		calc'd	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

( # ) These are the nearest available figures for Scotland, and comparable figures for GB or UK as a whole - information on sources is given in the text. These may be on a different basis from other countries.
( + ) All roads data relates to the end of 2005, except for motorway estimate.
( @ ) The definitions of road types vary from country to country. Some countries' figures may include the lengths of some roads which do not have a hard surface.
( $ ) The notes on the sources of the statistics explain why there appears to be a large inconsistency between the EU publication's figure for the UK and the (DfT) figure for GB.
9^) Scotland and GB figures relate to all vehicles (not just passenger cars) so are not directly comparable.
( * ) Calculated from the figures in that table, which gives the total number of passenger/tonne-kilometres for the country as a whole (in 100/1000 millions).
( ** ) As shown in (or as calculated from figures in) a previous edition - the 2009 edition does not provide any figures for powered two-wheelers, cycling or walking.
( *** ) Data calculated by adding together the total number of journeys across each row in Table 3.4.1
n-a or 0 In general, n-a is used where a figure is not available, and 0 is used where a figure is nil. However, n-a may be treated as if it were 0 for the purpose of some calculations.

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