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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 5.9a Car drivers' journeys 1 - whether delayed by traffic congestion 2 and, if so, how much time was lost 3 : 2009

NOT
delayed
due to
traffic
congestion

Delayed due to traffic congestion:
driver's estimate of the time lost due to traffic congestion

Sample
size
(=100%)

none, or
just 1-2
minutes

about
5 mins
(3-7)

about
10 mins
(8-12)

about
15 mins
(13-17)

about
20 mins
(18-22)

25 to
30 mins
(23-32)

over half
an hour
(33+)

D-K
time
lost

All
delayed
journeys

row percentages

n =

All car driver journeys

89

0.7

3.5

3.3

1.5

0.9

0.5

0.5

0.1

11.0

8,679

by purpose of journey:

Commuting

82

1

5

6

3

2

1

1

0

17.6

2,691

Business

81

.

2

3

3

6

2

3

-

19.0

189

Education

87

3

4

2

1

0

1

1

-

12.8

149

Shopping

94

1

2

2

1

0

0

0

-

6.4

1,796

Visit hospital or other health

91

1

6

2

0

.

.

.

-

9.2

216

Other personal business

93

1

2

2

1

1

-

0

0

6.5

661

Visit friends or relatives

93

0

2

3

1

0

1

0

-

7.4

937

Eating / drinking

98

1

0

0

.

.

.

.

1

1.9

175

Sport / entertainment

94

0

3

2

0

0

0

0

-

5.7

543

Holiday / day trip

85

.

3

2

4

2

2

3

-

15.2

184

Go home

90

0

1

3

1

2

1

1

-

9.6

229

Escort

90

1

5

2

1

0

1

0

-

10.2

830

by day of the week:

Monday

88

1

4

4

1

1

1

0

-

12.0

1,578

Tuesday

89

1

4

3

2

1

0

0

-

11.6

1,663

Wednesday

86

1

4

5

2

1

1

1

0

14.6

1,646

Thursday

87

1

4

4

2

1

1

1

1

13.1

1,091

Friday

88

0

4

4

2

2

0

0

0

11.9

1,032

Saturday

94

1

2

1

2

0

0

1

-

6.5

587

Sunday

93

1

3

2

1

0

0

0

-

6.7

1,082

Weekday journeys - by start time:

midnight to 6:59 a.m.

91

0

2

3

1

0

1

2

-

8.7

293

7:00 to 7:59 a.m.

82

1

6

7

2

2

0

1

-

18.3

471

8:00 to 8:59 a.m.

79

2

7

6

3

1

1

1

0

21.1

741

9:00 to 9:59 a.m.

88

0

7

2

1

-

1

1

-

11.9

476

10:00 to 10:59 a.m.

94

0

4

1

-

1

0

-

-

6.3

395

11:00 to 11:59 a.m.

92

1

4

3

1

-

-

0

-

8.0

432

noon to 12:59 p.m.

93

1

1

3

1

2

1

-

0

7.3

420

1:00 to 1:59 p.m.

92

1

1

4

0

1

-

0

0

7.8

368

2:00 to 2:59 p.m.

91

0

4

2

1

0

1

-

0

9.1

452

3:00 to 3:59 p.m.

87

0

4

4

2

2

0

-

-

12.7

463

4:00 to 4:59 p.m.

80

1

6

6

2

2

2

1

1

20.2

569

5:00 to 5:59 p.m.

75

1

6

8

5

4

2

0

-

25.5

620

6:00 to 6:59 p.m.

90

1

2

5

1

1

0

-

-

9.8

426

7:00 to 7:59 p.m.

95

0

1

2

0

-

1

1

-

4.7

303

8:00 to 8:59 p.m.

96

-

-

1

1

1

-

1

-

3.8

242

9:00 to 9:59 p.m.

99

-

0

-

1

-

-

-

-

1.0

173

10:00 to 11:59 p.m.

99

-

-

-

1

0

-

-

-

1.0

166

Weekend journeys - by start time:

midnight to 9.30 a.m.

90

1

3

2

3

1

-

1

-

9.9

193

9:31 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.

96

0

1

1

1

1

0

0

-

3.8

339

noon to 2:00 p.m.

90

2

5

2

1

1

0

1

-

9.7

392

2:01 to 4:29 p.m.

92

1

3

3

2

-

1

0

-

8.3

299

4:30 to 6:29 p.m.

94

0

2

2

1

-

-

-

-

5.8

249

6:30 p.m. onwards

99

-

1

0

-

-

-

-

-

0.8

197

by type of area in which driver lives:

Large urban areas

85

1

6

4

2

1

1

0

0

15.3

2,582

Other urban areas

91

1

3

3

1

1

0

0

0

9.5

2,496

"Accessible" small towns

90

0

3

3

2

1

1

1

-

10.5

807

"Remote" small towns

94

0

2

3

0

1

0

0

-

5.9

477

"Accessible" rural areas

91

0

3

2

2

1

1

1

-

9.0

1,173

"Remote" rural areas

95

1

1

2

1

0

0

0

-

5.3

1,144

1 This information is obtained from the Scottish Household Survey Travel Diary questions about the (stages of) journeys which the respondent had said that he or she made as the driver of a car or van
The table does not include those (stages of) journeys for which the questions about traffic congestion were not asked
2 Car drivers were asked "was this part of your trip delayed due to traffic congestion?". No definition of "traffic congestion" is given, so respondents can interpret the term as they wish.
3 Those drivers who said that they had been delayed by traffic congestion were asked "how much time do you think was lost due to traffic congestion?".

Table 5.9b: Congestion delays experienced by drivers and delays experienced by bus passengers 1999-2009 1

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Driver congestion

10.8

11.9

11.6

12.7 |

14.3

13.1

11.0

Sample size (=100%)

10,817

14,463

13,780

14,011 |

9,264

9,324

8,679

Service Bus

7.6

8.9

9.5

8.9 |

12.5

14.4

9.9

Sample size (=100%)

1,965

2,752

2,548

2,726 |

1,674

1,724

1,456
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