Scottish Transport Statistics No18: 1999 Edition: Page 23

Scottish Transport Statistics No18: 1999 Edition

Figure 4.1 Vehicle crosings on toll bridges, 1988 to 1998

Fig 4.1

Figure 4.2 Tolls levied on toll bridges, 1994 to 1998

Fig 4.2

Table 4.1 Traffic and tolls levied

	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
recorded crossings (thousands)
Forth Road Bridge¹
Private Cars and Commercial vehicles	13,099	14,123	14,817	15,130	15,910	16,267	17,027	17,477	18,156 l	15,982 l	10,391
Heavy Goods Vehicles	1,242	1,333	1,378	1,393	1,481	1,489	1,529	1,600	1,735 l	1,163 l	675
Buses	150	156	158	156	153	154	162	174	177 l	133 l	81
Motor Cycles	87	90	90	92	92	95	90	98	101 l	97 l	59
Exempted Vehicles	127	137	142	151	166	172	186	193	205 l	185 l	117

All recorded crossings	14,705	15,839	16,585	16,922	17,802	18,177	18,994	19,540	20,374 l	17,560 l	11,323

Tolls levied	£ thousand
- current prices	6,348	6,834	7,149	7,284	7,660	7,810	8,143	8,390	8,782 l	8,824 l	8,659
- at 1998 prices	9,673	9,664	9,235	8,888	9,009	9,042	9,205	9,167	9,369 l	9,127 l	8,659

Average toll	pence
- current prices	43.2	43.2	43.1	43.0	43.0	43.0	43.0	42.9	43.0 l	50.3 l	76.4
- at 1998 prices	65.8	61.1	55.7	52.5	50.6	49.8	48.6	46.9	45.9 l	52.0 l	76.4
recorded crossings (thousands)
Tay Road Bridge²
Private Cars and Commercial vehicles	5,424	5,732	6,152 l	4,347 l	3,174	3,186	3,323	3,420	3,485	3,537	3,558
Heavy Goods Vehicles	333	352	347 l	230 l	159	147	139	131	121	120	127
Buses	48	49	60 l	48 l	50	50	43	44	48	52	52
Motor Cycles	54	57	52 l	35 l	29	26	27	24	23	23	24
Exempted Vehicles	74	79	83 l	65 l	61	63	67	87	90	96	128

All recorded crossings	5,933	6,269	6,694 l	4,725 l	3,473	3,472	3,599	3,707	3,767	3,828	3,889

Tolls levied	£ thousand
- current prices	1,898	2,007	2,128 l	2,182 l	2,904	2,896	2,921	3,052	3,279	3,142	3,174
- at 1998 prices	2,892	2,838	2,749 l	2,663 l	3,416	3,353	3,302	3,334	3,498	3,250	3,174

Average toll	pence
- current prices	32.0	32.0	32.0 l	46.2 l	83.6	83.4	81.2	82.3	87.0	82.1	81.6
- at 1998 prices	48.8	45.3	41.3 l	56.4 l	98.3	96.6	91.8	89.9	92.8	84.9	81.6

1. From 1 September 1997, one-way tolls were introduced for Forth Road Bridge northbound crossings. Southbound crossings were no longer counted.

2. From 1 June 1991, one-way tolls were introduced for Tay Bridge southbound crossings. Northbound crossings were no longer counted.

Table 4.1 (continued)

	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997³	1998³
recorded crossings (thousands)
Erskine Bridge
Private Cars and Commercial vehicles	5,297	5,938)
Heavy Goods Vehicles¹Buses	312	278)	6,582	6,876	6,568	6,580	6,609	7,083	6,363	7,134	7,661
Motor Cycles	30	29	26	26	26	16	27	39	34	45	46
Exempted Vehicles	112	123	140	175	170	212	229	279	225	241	259

All recorded crossings	5,751	6,368	6,748	7,077	6,764	6,809	6,865	7,401	6,622	7,420	7,966

Tolls levied²	£ thousand
- current prices	1,786	2,314	2,646	2,814	3,624	4,034	4,070	4,248	3,729	4,374	4,516
- at 1998 prices	2,722	3,272	3,418	3,434	4,262	4,670	4,601	4,641	3,978	4,524	4,516

Average toll	pence
- current prices	31.0	36.3	39.2	39.8	53.6	59.2	59.3	57.4	56.3	58.9	56.6
- at 1998 prices	47.2	51.3	50.6	48.6	63.0	68.5	67.0	62.7	60.1	60.9	56.6
recorded crossings (thousands)
Skye Bridge⁴
Private Cars and Commercial vehicles	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. l	71 l	563	575	601
Heavy Goods Vehicles	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. l	5 l	26	29	33
Buses	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. l	1 l	12	12	12
Motor Cycles	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. l	- l	10	11	10
Exempted Vehicles	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. l	- l	1	-	-

All recorded crossings	78	612	627	656

Tolls levied	£ thousand
- current prices	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. l	398 l	3,178	3,254	3,580
- at 1998 prices	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. l	435 l	3,390	3,366	3,580

Average toll	pence
- current prices	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. l	512.4 l	519.3	519.0	545.7
- at 1998 prices	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. l	559.8 l	554.0	536.8	545.7

(thousands)
Total recorded crossings on all 4 bridges	26,389	28,476	30,027 l	28,724 l	28,039	28,458	29,458 l	30,736 l	31,436 l	29,435 l	23,834

1. Includes all buses.

2. Figures for tolls levied on Erskine Bridge are for financial years which begin on 1 April of the year given.

3. Figures for 1997 onwards have been collected directly from the bridge and do not include any adjustments (see note 3.4).

4. The Skye Bridge was opened in October 1995; the 1995 figures are for 2.5 months only