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Publication - Statistics

Transport and Travel in Scotland 2010

Published
31 August 2011
ISBN
9781780453668

Summarises a broad range of transport statistics including road vehicles, traffic, casualties, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport and personal travel as well as providing some comparisons with GB figures. Further breakdowns of Scottish Household Survey transport data including households' access to cars and bikes, frequency of driving, modes of travel to work and school, use and opinions of public transport and access to services are also presented.

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Table H2 Summary of freight traffic1

(a) freight lifted - millions of tonnes

Year 2 Road Rail Coastal Coast- Inland Pipeline 3 Road Rail Coastal Coast- Inland Pipeline 3
ship- wise water- ship- wise water-
ping ship- way ping ship- way
ping
lifted in lifted in see lifted in lifted in see lifted in lifted in see lifted in lifted in see
Scotland Scotland notes Scotland Scotland notes Scotland Scotland notes Scotland Scotland notes
millions of tonnes lifted Index, 1985 = 100
1960 .. 29.8 .. .. .. .. .. 248 .. .. .. ..
1961 .. 28.1 .. .. .. .. .. 234 .. .. .. ..
1962 .. 24.7 .. .. .. .. .. 206 .. .. .. ..
1963 .. 24.6 .. .. .. .. .. 205 .. .. .. ..
1964 .. 25.4 .. .. .. .. .. 212 .. .. .. ..
1965 .. 24.3 .. .. .. .. .. 203 .. .. .. ..
1966 .. 21.4 .. .. .. .. .. 178 .. .. .. ..
1967 .. 20.0 .. .. .. .. .. 167 .. .. .. ..
1968 .. 20.9 .. .. .. .. .. 174 .. .. .. ..
1969 .. 21.1 .. .. .. .. .. 176 .. .. .. ..
1970 .. 20.8 .. .. .. .. .. 173 .. .. .. ..
1971 .. 20.0 .. .. .. .. .. 167 .. .. .. ..
1972 .. 18.1 .. .. .. .. .. 151 .. .. .. ..
1973 .. 19.3 5.7 .. .. 8.0 .. 161 17 .. .. 27
1974 160.7 17.9 5.7 .. .. 7.5 123 149 17 .. .. 25
1975 164.6 16.1 4.9 .. .. 6.3 126 134 14 .. .. 21
1976 172.0 16.2 7.0 .. .. 11.9 132 135 20 .. .. 40
1977 144.7 14.0 13.6 .. .. 23.2 111 117 40 .. .. 78
1978 149.5 13.8 18.6 .. .. 26.4 115 115 54 .. .. 89
1979 156.9 12.0 23.8 .. .. 27.9 120 100 69 .. .. 94
1980 134.7 11.7 33.5 .. 8.1 26.7 103 98 98 .. 76 90
1981 144.1 12.2 33.2 .. 7.3 24.1 110 102 97 .. 69 81
1982 135.4 10.4 34.5 .. 10.4 22.4 104 87 101 .. 98 75
1983 129.1 10.3 37.3 .. 12.1 26.5 99 86 109 .. 114 89
1984 128.3 6.4 35.6 .. 10.0 26.9 98 53 104 .. 94 90
1985 130.5 12.0 34.3 .. 10.7 29.8 100 100 100 .. 100 100
1986 128.0 9.7 32.3 .. 11.0 28.2 98 81 94 .. 103 95
1987 134.9 10.5 28.6 24.1 10.3 28.5 103 88 83 .. 97 96
1988 155.7 9.7 31.9 28.3 10.2 25.2 119 81 93 .. 96 85
1989 154.8 9.4 32.5 28.3 10.4 21.3 119 78 95 .. 97 71
1990 160.6 9.8 29.9 25.2 11.9 26.9 123 82 87 .. 112 90
1991 148.8 9.0 31.6 26.7 11.3 21.4 114 75 92 .. 106 72
1992 157.1 7.0 30.1 25.7 10.7 24.0 120 58 88 .. 100 81
1993 158.9 5.0 29.0 24.5 11.4 26.9 122 42 85 .. 107 90
1994 155.8 5.4 32.0 27.5 11.2 24.1 119 45 93 .. 105 81
1995 157.7 .. 35.9 31.9 11.2 25.6 121 .. 105 .. 105 86
1996 162.4 5.4 40.3 36.2 11.1 25.6 124 45 117 .. 104 86
1997 157.4 7.0 39.4 34.5 11.6 25.7 121 59 115 .. 109 86
1998 155.6 7.7 45.7 39.7 10.4 28.1 119 64 133 .. 97 94
19994 155.8 8.2 41.3 35.3 9.5 28.0 119 69 120 .. 89 94
2000 158.5 8.3 30.9 24.7 12.2 28.1 121 69 90 .. 115 94
2001 150.8 9.6 27.4 20.6 11.4 28.1 116 80 80 .. 107 94
2002 154.4 9.1 24.5 19.2 10.0 28.0 118 76 71 .. 94 94
20035 153.4 8.3 24.4 19.5 10.1 27.7 118 69 71 .. 94 93
2004 173.1 11.3 25.8 20.5 10.0 27.6 133 94 75 .. 94 93
2005 165.6 14.3 31.4 25.5 10.2 27.6 127 119 92 .. 96 93
2006 173.6 13.0 25.7 20.6 10.2 27.8 133 108 75 .. 95 93
2007 181.9 11.4 27.5 22.8 10.5 27.5 139 95 80 .. 99 92
2008 163.6 10.4 28.3 23.3 12.2 27.6 125 87 83 .. 114 93
2009 139.3 9.7 24.7 19.8 10.1 27.6 107 81 72 .. 95 93
2010 .. .. .. .. .. 27.6 .. .. .. .. .. 93

1. The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' are the total amounts lifted in Scotland.
The category of 'coastal shipping' is shown for historical reasons. It is defined in a different way:
the 'coastal shipping' figure is the total lifted in Scotland plus
the total lifted elsewhere in the UK which is delivered in Scotland.
The 'pipeline' figure is the estimated amount of crude oil carried by on-shore pipelines which are
over 50km in length.
This table does not show one port traffic to / from oil rigs and the sea bed.

2. The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for "rail" from 1985,
which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years
( e.g. the rail figures for 1997 are for 1997-98).

3. The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines over 50km in length. 2010 figure has been estimated.

4. A new system for collecting port statistics was introduced in 2000. Data prior to that are on a different basis.

5. Changes to the methodology for collecting road freight data mean that previous figures are not comparable.

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