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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.

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Table 4.2 Public road lengths (as at 1 April) by council area and class, 2009

Council

Trunk

Local Authority 2

Total

Motorway 1

Motorway
slips

A Roads

Total

A Roads

B Roads

C Roads

Unclassified

Total

kilometres

Aberdeen City

-

-

29

29

58

42

93

701

894

923

Aberdeenshire

-

-

177

177

687

800

1,536

2,396

5,419

5,596

Angus

-

-

40

40

192

255

488

858

1,794

1,835

Argyll & Bute

-

-

276

276

557

614

434

717

2,322

2,598

Clackmannanshire

-

-

-

-

49

35

28

173

285

285

Dumfries & Galloway

61

16

283

361

494

733

1,176

1,733

4,136

4,497

Dundee City

-

-

20

20

36

18

96

405

554

574

East Ayrshire

12

4

47

62

124

193

211

608

1,136

1,199

East Dunbartonshire

-

-

-

-

54

47

34

367

501

501

East Lothian

-

-

49

49

95

169

223

444

931

980

East Renfrewshire

8

2

9

19

31

50

83

305

468

487

Edinburgh, City of

16

12

15

43

145

56

120

1,088

1,409

1,451

Eilean Siar

-

-

-

-

333

182

174

502

1,190

1,190

Falkirk

35

11

1

47

109

91

115

619

933

980

Fife

18

6

87

110

327

336

354

1,382

2,398

2,508

Glasgow, City of

38

44

2

84

122

64

209

1,357

1,752

1,837

Highland

-

-

932

932

1,388

979

1,438

2,934

6,740

7,671

Inverclyde

-

-

25

25

24

23

54

262

362

387

Midlothian

-

-

36

36

86

98

101

364

649

685

Moray

-

-

95

95

158

292

369

721

1,539

1,634

North Ayrshire

-

-

64

64

101

155

207

562

1,025

1,088

North Lanarkshire

24

5

29

58

112

128

228

1,095

1,563

1,621

Orkney Islands

-

-

-

-

161

205

160

454

979

979

Perth & Kinross

40

14

190

244

433

367

638

1,011

2,449

2,693

Renfrewshire

18

12

19

50

65

62

140

545

811

861

Scottish Borders

-

-

160

160

458

599

768

1,126

2,952

3,112

Shetland Islands

-

-

-

-

226

162

199

464

1,051

1,051

South Ayrshire

-

-

91

91

107

206

232

609

1,155

1,246

South Lanarkshire

65

24

47

136

280

248

440

1,296

2,263

2,400

Stirling

22

7

108

137

212

161

170

465

1,009

1,146

West Dunbartonshire

-

-

15

15

46

9

27

265

347

362

West Lothian

34

11

-

44

152

117

116

614

999

1,044

Total

391

168

2,847

3,405

7,421

7,493

10,658

26,442

52,015

55,420

percentages

Aberdeen City

-

-

1.0

0.9

0.8

0.6

0.9

2.7

1.7

1.7

Aberdeenshire

-

-

6.2

5.2

9.3

10.7

14.4

9.1

10.4

10.1

Angus

-

-

1.4

1.2

2.6

3.4

4.6

3.2

3.4

3.3

Argyll & Bute

-

-

9.7

8.1

7.5

8.2

4.1

2.7

4.5

4.7

Clackmannanshire

-

-

-

0.0

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.7

0.5

0.5

Dumfries & Galloway

15.7

9.6

10.0

10.6

6.7

9.8

11.0

6.6

8.0

8.1

Dundee City

-

-

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.2

0.9

1.5

1.1

1.0

East Ayrshire

3.1

2.2

1.6

1.8

1.7

2.6

2.0

2.3

2.2

2.2

East Dunbartonshire

-

-

-

0.0

0.7

0.6

0.3

1.4

1.0

0.9

East Lothian

-

-

1.7

1.4

1.3

2.3

2.1

1.7

1.8

1.8

East Renfrewshire

2.1

1.3

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.7

0.8

1.2

0.9

0.9

Edinburgh, City of

4.0

7.1

0.5

1.3

2.0

0.7

1.1

4.1

2.7

2.6

Eilean Siar

-

-

-

0.0

4.5

2.4

1.6

1.9

2.3

2.1

Falkirk

8.9

6.8

0.0

1.4

1.5

1.2

1.1

2.3

1.8

1.8

Fife

4.5

3.5

3.1

3.2

4.4

4.5

3.3

5.2

4.6

4.5

Glasgow, City of

9.8

26.2

0.1

2.5

1.6

0.9

2.0

5.1

3.4

3.3

Highland

-

-

32.7

27.4

18.7

13.1

13.5

11.1

13.0

13.8

Inverclyde

-

-

0.9

0.7

0.3

0.3

0.5

1.0

0.7

0.7

Midlothian

-

-

1.3

1.1

1.2

1.3

0.9

1.4

1.2

1.2

Moray

-

-

3.3

2.8

2.1

3.9

3.5

2.7

3.0

2.9

North Ayrshire

-

-

2.2

1.9

1.4

2.1

1.9

2.1

2.0

2.0

North Lanarkshire

6.2

3.0

1.0

1.7

1.5

1.7

2.1

4.1

3.0

2.9

Orkney Islands

-

-

-

0.0

2.2

2.7

1.5

1.7

1.9

1.8

Perth & Kinross

10.1

8.6

6.7

7.2

5.8

4.9

6.0

3.8

4.7

4.9

Renfrewshire

4.7

7.4

0.7

1.5

0.9

0.8

1.3

2.1

1.6

1.6

Scottish Borders

-

-

5.6

4.7

6.2

8.0

7.2

4.3

5.7

5.6

Shetland Islands

-

-

-

0.0

3.0

2.2

1.9

1.8

2.0

1.9

South Ayrshire

-

-

3.2

2.7

1.4

2.7

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.2

South Lanarkshire

16.7

14.1

1.7

4.0

3.8

3.3

4.1

4.9

4.4

4.3

Stirling

5.7

4.0

3.8

4.0

2.9

2.1

1.6

1.8

1.9

2.1

West Dunbartonshire

-

-

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.1

0.3

1.0

0.7

0.7

West Lothian

8.6

6.4

-

1.3

2.0

1.6

1.1

2.3

1.9

1.9

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
1. Motorway road lengths have been consolidated using a GIS system which means that there will be some changes to previously published figures.
2. Triangulation with other sources of road length data has occurred to improve the quality of the information. Figures may not be comparable with previous editions.

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