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 5.3 Traffic on major roads, minor roads and all roads by vehicle type ¹

Major roads (M and A)
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
	million vehicle kilometres
Cars	20,700	20,566	20,977	21,760	21,922	22,308	22,060	22,610	22,392	22,221	22,496
Two wheeled motor vehicles	143	149	156	175	204	194	181	176	187	190	196
Buses	322	317	323	340	331	284	285	299	308	320	329
Light goods vehicles	2,915	2,805	2,833	2,928	3,079	3,168	3,261	3,459	3,689	3,690	3,684
Heavy goods vehicles	2,060	2,052	2,010	2,014	2,105	2,218	2,234	2,315	2,378	2,349	2,210
All motor vehicle traffic	26,139	25,889	26,299	27,217	27,641	28,172	28,021	28,859	28,953	28,770	28,916
Pedal cycles	46	47	43	45	41	37	34	39	32	40	45
All traffic on major roads	26,185	25,936	26,342	27,262	27,682	28,209	28,055	28,898	28,986	28,810	28,961
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Cars	10,889	10,877	10,928	11,367	11,307	11,366	11,418	11,857	12,153	12,136	11,895
Two wheeled motor vehicles	99	101	106	117	124	115	132	126	139	125	125
Buses	291	282	280	289	315	309	300	310	342	310	306
Light goods vehicles	1,743	1,786	1,829	1,901	1,997	2,115	2,200	2,303	2,436	2,455	2,343
Heavy goods vehicles	371	385	388	394	406	397	404	406	403	402	347
All motor vehicle traffic	13,393	13,430	13,530	14,067	14,148	14,301	14,453	15,000	15,473	15,427	15,016
Pedal cycles	192	195	192	205	208	195	210	221	207	232	243
All traffic on minor roads	13,585	13,625	13,722	14,272	14,356	14,496	14,663	15,221	15,680	15,659	15,258
All roads
Cars	31,589	31,443	31,904	33,127	33,228	33,674	33,478	34,466	34,545	34,357	34,391
Two wheeled motor vehicles	242	250	261	292	327	309	313	302	326	315	322
Buses	613	599	604	630	646	593	586	609	650	630	635
Light goods vehicles	4,657	4,591	4,662	4,828	5,076	5,283	5,460	5,761	6,125	6,145	6,027
Heavy goods vehicles	2,431	2,436	2,398	2,408	2,511	2,615	2,637	2,721	2,781	2,751	2,557
All motor vehicle traffic	39,532	39,319	39,829	41,285	41,789	42,474	42,475	43,859	44,426	44,197	43,932
Pedal cycles	238	242	236	250	249	232	243	260	240	273	287
All traffic on all roads	39,770	39,561	40,065	41,535	42,038	42,705	42,718	44,119	44,666	44,470	44,219

Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics

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Table 5.3 Traffic on major roads, minor roads and all roads by vehicle type ¹