Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

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Table 1.6 Average age of vehicles licensed at 31 December, by taxation group 1

Type of vehicle

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

(a) Scotland

years

Private and light goods

5.9

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.7

5.8

5.9

6.0

Motorcycles 2

6.0

5.8

5.8

6.0

6.2

6.5

6.8

7.0

7.2

7.4

7.9

Public transport 3

8.4

8.2

8.2

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.0

8.1

8.1

8.2

8.2

Goods

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.7

5.7

6.0

Crown and exempt 4

10.2

10.2

10.2

10.2 |

10.2

10.3

10.2

10.3

10.4

10.3

10.4

Other vehicles 4

8.3

8.3

8.7

8.8 |

7.0

6.9

6.9

7.0

6.9

7.2

7.6

All vehicles

6.3

6.2

6.2

6.1

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

(b) Great Britain

Private and light goods

6.8

6.7

6.6

6.5

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.5

6.6

6.7

6.9

Motorcycles 2

6.5

6.0

5.9

5.9

6.0

6.3

6.5

6.8

7.0

7.3

7.7

Public transport 3

8.8

8.6

8.5

8.3

8.1

7.9

7.9

8.1

8.1

8.2

8.3

Goods

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.8

5.9

5.9

6.2

Crown and exempt 4

15.5

15.4

15.3

15.3 |

14.7

14.7

14.6

14.6

14.4

14.3

14.4

Other vehicles 4

9.4

9.6

9.9

10.1 |

8.7

8.7

8.7

8.6

8.5

8.6

9.0

All vehicles

7.3

7.2

7.1

7.0

6.9

6.9

6.9

7.0

7.1

7.2

7.4

1. Details of the DfT estimation methodology can be found in the Notes & Definitions.
2. Includes all two wheeled motor vehicles.
3. Estimates include only those vehicles with more than 8 seats.
4. Vehicles in the Special Concessionary Group (part of other vehicles in 2002 and earlier years) are part of Crown and Exempt from 2003 onwards.

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