Summary of Scottish transport statistics
Commentary and statistical tables:
1. Road transport
vehicles
2. Bus and coach travel
3. Road freight
4. Toll bridges
5. Road network
6. Road traffic
7. Injury road accidents
8. Rail services
9. Air transport
10. Water transport
11. Finance
12. Personal and cross-modal
travel
Errors in the previous edition
Scottish Executive Transport Statistics publications
NB: Most tables provide figures for a number
of years (e.g. 1988 to 1998), which are identified in the relevant table headings
rather than in the title of the table. Where a table relates to a single
year, the relevant year is included in the title.
Road transport vehicles
1.1 New registrations
by type of vehicle (taxation group)
1.2 Vehicles licensed
at 31 December, by taxation group
1.3 Vehicles licensed
at 31 December 1998, by Council and taxation group
1.4 Vehicles licensed
at 31 December 1998, by taxation group, and by year of first registration
1.5 Average age
of vehicles licensed at 31 December, by taxation group
1.6 Private and light
goods vehicles licensed at 31 December, by cylinder size
1.7 Heavy goods
vehicles licensed at 31 December, by gross weight
1.8 Public transport
vehicles licensed at 31 December: by seating capacity
1.9 Driving
licence tests, DVLA receipts
1.10 People
who hold a full car driving licence by age
1.11 Households
with the regular use of a car.
Bus and coach travel
2.1 Vehicle stock
by type of vehicle
2.2 Passenger journeys
by type of service
2.3 Vehicle kilometres
by type of service
2.4 Staff employed
2.5 Passenger
receipts by type of service
2.6 Local bus
fare indices, at current prices
Road freight
3.1 Goods lifted by
UK HGVs, by origin and destination of journey
3.2 Goods lifted
by UK HGVs, in Scotland, with destinations within the UK, by length of haul,
1998
3.3 Goods
lifted by UK HGVs, entering or leaving Scotland to or from rest of UK, by origins
and destinations of journeys, 1998
3.4 Goods
lifted by UK HGVs, for journeys within the UK with a Scottish origin or destination,
by commodity, 1998
3.5 Goods lifted
by UK HGVs, entering or leaving Scotland, to or from outwith UK, by origins
and destinations of journeys, 1997
3.6 Goods lifted
by UK HGVs, for journeys entering or leaving the UK, by commodity, 1997
3.7 Average
freight lifted by UK HGVs per year (1994-98): Journeys with UK origins and destinations
which either started or ended in Scotland
Toll bridges
4.1
Traffic and tolls
levied
Road network
5.1
Public road lengths
(as at 1 April) by class, type and speed limit
5.2 Public
road lengths (as at 1 April) by Council and class, 1998
5.3 Trunk
road area constructed/re-surfaced etc
5.4
Trunk road area
constructed/re-surfaced etc, by unit, 1997-98
5.5 Trunk
road network: residual life (years)
Road traffic
6.1 Traffic
on major roads by vehicle type and type of road
6.2
Traffic on major
roads by road class, speed limit and vehicle type, 1998
6.3 Traffic
on major roads by road class and Council, 1998
6.4
Average daily traffic
flows at selected Automated Traffic Classifier Sites by month, 1998
Injury road accidents
7.1 Accidents
by severity
7.2
Accidents by severity
by police force area, 1998
7.3
Vehicles involved
by type and severity, 1998
7.4 Casualties
by severity
7.5
Casualties by mode
of transport and age group, 1998
7.6
Costs of injury
accidents by type of road, and of "damage only" accidents
Rail services
8.1
Passenger traffic
originating in Scotland by type of ticket
8.2
Passenger services
supported by Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive
8.3 Freight
traffic lifted in Scotland by destination and by commodity
8.4
Freight traffic
with a destination in Scotland by origin (where lifted) and by commodity
8.5 Lines
open for traffic
8.6
Numbers of stations
8.7
Strathclyde Passenger
Transport Executive - Glasgow Underground
8.8 Railway
accidents
Air transport
9.1 Summary
of air transport
9.2
Terminal passenger
traffic, by origin/destination, 1998
9.3
Terminal air passengers
by airport, international/domestic, and type of service, 1998
9.4 Passengers
on selected domestic routes, to/from certain Scottish airports, 1998
9.5
Freight carried
by airport
9.6 Aircraft
movements, by airport and type of movement, 1998
9.7
Air transport movements
by airport, type of service and operator, 1998
9.8 Air
transport movements
9.9
Total aircraft
movements, by airport
9.10 Highlands
and Islands Airports Ltd income and expenditure, 1997-98
9.11 BAA
Revenue and Operating Profit
Water transport
10.1 Waterborne
freight lifted in Scotland, and moved, by type of traffic
10.2
Foreign and domestic
freight traffic at Scottish ports
10.3
Foreign and domestic
freight traffic by port
10.4 Foreign
and domestic freight traffic by port (major ports only)
10.5 Foreign
and domestic freight traffic at the eight major ports, 1997
10.6
All traffic at
the eight major ports by mode of appearance and bulk commodity, 1997
10.7 Foreign
and coastwise container and roll-on traffic by type
10.8
Inland waterway
freight traffic lifted and moved
10.9
Inland waterway
freight traffic lifted and moved by mode of appearance
10.10
Vehicle and passenger
traffic between Scotland and Northern Ireland
10.11 Shipping
services
10.12 Traffic
on Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services
10.13
Traffic on some
other major ferry routes
Finance
11.1 Expenditure
on transport within the First Minister’s responsibility and expenditure
on transport controlled by Local Authorities
11.2 Net
expenditure on management and maintenance of motorways and trunk roads, by Premium
and All Purpose units, 1997-98
11.3
Net revenue expenditure
on roads and transport (excluding loan charges) by Councils, by type, 1997-98
11.4 Net
capital account expenditure on local authority roads and transport in Scotland
by type of expenditure
11.5 Net
capital account expenditure on local authority roads and transport by Councils
and Boards, by type, 1997-98
11.6 Local
government trading services revenue income and expenditure on roads and transport,
1997-98 (excluding loan charges)
11.7
Local government
trading services capital account income and expenditure on roads and transport,
1997-98
11.8 Harbour
facilities, government grants for construction and improvement
11.9 Petrol
and diesel prices and duties per litre, GB
11.10
Fuel cost indices,
UK
11.11
Average weekly
household expenditure in Scotland on transport and vehicles
Personal and cross-modal travel
12.1 Journeys
per person per year by main mode
12.2
Average distance
travelled per person per year by main mode
12.3
Average length
of journey by main mode
12.4 Journeys
per person per year by purpose
12.5
Average distance
travelled per person per year by purpose
12.6
Average length
of journey by purpose
12.7 Percentages
of adults who walk for various purposes, 1998
12.8 Frequency
of walking per week, 1998
12.9
Cyclists: reasons
for using a bicycle, 1997
12.10
Cyclists: frequency
of cycling, 1997
12.11 Main
means of travelling to school, and distance to school, 1998
12.12 Usual
means of travel to usual place of work (in Autumn)
12.13
Average time taken
to travel to usual place of work (in Autumn)
12.14
Usual means of
travel to work (in Spring)
12.15 Trips
made on an average weekday: circa 1997
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