Transport Statistics Great Britain 2006 Edition - University Of Manchester

TRANSPORT STATISTICS GREAT BRITAIN: 2006 EditionTransport Statistics ContactsLogistics, Aviation, MaritimeRoads & TrafficTravelAntonia RobertsChief Statistician(Head of Profession)020-7944 4280Barbara NobleChief Statistician020-7944 4270Tony BoucherChief Statistician020-7944 3079StatisticiansStatisticiansJune BowmanRoad Traffic StatisticsRoads Information FrameworkKerrick MacafeeBus & Coach Statistics: supply & demand, income& subsidies, fares, operating costs; bus stock; taxistatistics; assaults on public road transport users &staff; channel tunnel statistics.StatisticiansPaul SwallowNational Statistics; GIS020-7944 4411Alan BrownMaritime Statistics; Flag analysis of UK seabornetrade, merchant fleet statistics; sea passengerstatistics; port traffic, finance and manpowerstatistics; coastwise & inland waterways freightstatistics.020-7944 4441E-mail: maritime.stats@dft.gov.ukLyndsey AveryAviation & Airport Statistics; internationalpassenger survey; transport indicators;environment statistics.020-7944 4276E-mail: aviation.stats@dft.gov.ukDorothy SalathielTransport Statistics for EU & other internationalbodies; international comparisons; survey control.020-7944 4442E-mail: inter.transport.comparisons@dft.gov.ukChris OversonRoad Freight Statistics; continuing survey of roadgoods transport; ad hoc surveys of vehicletransport data collection and processing unit;Survey of international road haulage.020-7944 3093E-mail: roadfreight.stats@dft.gov.ukColin BrailsfordTransport statistics publications and websitemanagement; Local ICT management;National Statistics.020-7944 6573Andy LeesRoad Traffic Statistics; national core census. Liaison withHighways Agency. Review of core census. Computingdevelopment. London core traffic census; weigh-inmotion.020-7944 4589E-mail: bus.statistics@dft.gov.uk020-7944 6397E-mail: roadtraff.manual@dft.gov.uk020-7944 6594E-mail: national.travelsurvey@dft.gov.ukJohn GarnsworthyRoad Traffic Statistics - Annual and quarterlytraffic estimates; manual traffic countsand road lengths surveys.Richard CampbellRegional and Local Transport Statistics;employment; census data.020-7944 6396E-mail: roadtraff.stats@dft.gov.ukEric CraneUrban congestion monitoring and speed surveys.020-7944 5383E-mail: roadtraff.stats@dft.gov.ukStephen ReynoldsInter urban congestion monitoring and speed surveys.020-7944 6399E-mail: roadtraff.stats@dft.gov.ukPat KilbeyRoad accidents; vehicle speeds; car safety;Inter-modal passenger safety.020-7944 6387E-mail: roadacc.stats@dft.gov.ukOlivia ChristophersenNational Travel Survey.020-7944 4746E-mail: subnational.stats@dft.gov.ukTracey BuddStatistical Advisor & Research Co-ordinator;Public attitudes towards transport.020-7944 4892E-mail: attitudes.stats@dft.gov.ukDrew HirdHighway Maintenance Statistics; national roadmaintenance condition survey; investment;highway expenditure.Vehicle statistics statistical advice to DVLA; VEDevasion studies; road track costs.020-7944 6398E-mail: roadmaintenance.stats@dft.gov.ukE-mail: vehicles.stats@dft.gov.uk020-7944 4748E-mail: publicationgeneral.enq@dft.gov.ukFax: 020-7944-2165Fax: 020-7944-2164Internet address:http://www.dft.gov.uk/transtat2Fax: 020-7944-2166

IntroductionWelcome to the 32nd edition of Transport Statistics Great Britain.Transport Statistics Great Britain (TSGB) is a major publication within the scope of NationalStatistics and provides an accurate, comprehensive and meaningful picture of transportpatronage in Great Britain.All individual tables that make up TSGB are on the web-site in both PDF and EXCELformat, enabling users to manipulate the information to produce further tables or charts. Thewhole document is available as a PDF file (chapter by chapter) in a separate theme dedicatedto TSGB (http://www.dft.gov.uk/transtat/tsgb).The web-site also contains a great deal of other published statistical material, including (inPDF format) all of the recent bulletins produced by Transport Statistics. It also includes a listof forthcoming publications, their publication dates and a number of links to other useful(transport related) web-sites. In many cases, the bulletins produced during the course of theyear provide the first release of data and these are subsequently consolidated into the TSGBtables.I hope you find this publication useful and interesting. Any comments you may have on thecontents and presentation would be welcome. Please send these to the address below or Email to publicationgeneral.enq@dft.gov.ukColin BrailsfordTransport Statistics, 2/17Great Minster House76 Marsham StreetLondon, SW1P 4DR3

Symbols and conventionsUnless otherwise stated, all tables refer to Great Britain.Metric units are generally used.Conversion factors:1 kilometre1 tonne1 tonne-km1 billion1 Gallon1 litre 0.6214 mile 0.9842 ton 0.6116 ton-mile 1,000 million 4.546 litres 0.220 gallonsRounding of figures. In tables where figures have beenrounded to the nearest final digit, there may be an apparentslight discrepancy between the sum of the constituent itemsand the total as shown.Symbols. The symbols to the right have been usedthroughout.0*ow{} PFen.e.s.R not available not applicable Negligible (less than half the finaldigit shown) Nil Sample size too small for reliable estimates. of which subsequent data is disaggregated subsequent data is aggregated break in the series provisional data forecast expenditure estimated outturn not elsewhere specified Revised data4

All statistics in this publication are National Statistics unless indicated otherwiseon each table.List of tables and chartsNote:Section 1 - Modal comparisons2.8Passenger transport1.1 14 Passenger transport: by mode1.2 15 Passenger journeys on public transport vehicles1.3 16 Average distance travelled per person per year bymode of travel1.4 16 Trips per person per year by main mode andpurpose1.5 17 Trip distance per person per year by mainmode and purpose1.6 17 People entering central London during themorning peak1.7 18 Passenger casualty rates by mode1.8 19 Main mode of transport to work by GovernmentOffice Region of workplace and mean time taken1.9 20 Time taken to travel to work by GovernmentOffice Region of workplaceOverseas passenger travel1.10 21 Overseas travel: visits to and from the UnitedKingdom1.11 21 Overseas travel by air: visits to and from theUnited Kingdom: by area and purpose1.12 22 Overseas travel by sea: visits to and from theUnited Kingdom by area, purpose and type ofvehicle on boardExpenditure on transport1.13 23 Household expenditure on transport: UnitedKingdom1.14 24 Investment in transport1.15 25 Central and local government expenditure ontransportEmployment in transport1.16 27 People in employment in transport relatedoccupations1.17 27 Employee jobs in transport and related industries1.18 28 Employee jobs in transport and related industriesby sex and employment statusFinancial information1.19 28 Retail Price Index: transport components:1.20 29 Gross domestic product and Retail Prices IndexdeflatorsSection 2 - y at civil aerodromes: United Kingdom:Traffic at United Kingdom airports: by type ofservice and operatorPunctuality at United Kingdom airports:percentage of flights on time (within 15 minutes)Main outputs of United Kingdom airlines: bytype of serviceForecasts of Air traffic demandUnited Kingdom airline fleetActivity at major airports422.9 432.10 442.11 452.12 452.13 46Page numbers are given in italics after the tablenumber.United Kingdom international passengermovements by air: arrivals plus departures:by country of embarkation or landingCasualties caused by aviation accidents:Aircraft proximity (Airprox): number ofincidentsEmployment by United Kingdom airlinesworldwidePassenger traffic via major international airlinesMajor Airports in Great Britain (map)Section 3 - Energy and the environmentConsumption and prices3.1 52 Petroleum consumption: by transport mode andfuel type: United Kingdom3.2 52 Energy consumption: by transport mode andsource of energy: United Kingdom3.3 53 Petrol and diesel prices and duties per litre3.4 53 Average fuel consumption of cars: by age of carand type of fuel3.5 54 Average new car fuel consumption: (chart)Emissions3.6 54 Emissions for road vehicles in urban conditions3.7 55 Forecast of United Kingdom Carbon Dioxideemissions3.8 55 Carbon dioxide emissions in the United Kingdom3.9 56 Pollutant emissions from transport and other endusers in the United KingdomAircraft noise3.10 58 Aircraft noise: population affected by noisearound airportsSection 4 - Freight4.1 62 Domestic freight transport: by mode4.2 63 Domestic freight moved by commodity4.3 64 Domestic freight transport by modeFreight transported by road4.4 65 Freight transport by road: goods moved by goodsvehicles over 3.5 tonnes4.5 66 Freight transport by road: goods lifted by goodsvehicles over 3.5 tonnes4.6 67 Freight transport by road: length of haul by goodsvehicles over 3.5 tonnesInternational road haulage4.7 68 International road haulage by United Kingdomregistered powered vehicles over 3.5 tonnes grossvehicle weight: goods carried: by country ofloading or unloading4.8 69 International road haulage by United Kingdomregistered powered vehicles over 3.5 tonnes grossweight: by type of transport and commodity4.9 70 Bilateral traffic between the United Kingdom and5

European Union countries in vehicles registeredin the United Kingdom and the correspondingEuropean Union country4.10 70 National railways: freightRoll-on/Roll-off ferry traffic4.11 71 Roll-on/roll-off ferry and Channel Tunnel traffic:road goods vehicles outward to mainland Europe:by country of registration4.12 72 Roll-on/roll-off ferry and Channel Tunnel traffic:road goods vehicles outward to mainland EuropeSection 5 - MaritimePorts5.1 76All ports of Great Britain, foreign, coastwise andone-port traffic5.2 77 UK ports: foreign, coastwise and oneport traffic5.3 79 UK ports: foreign and domestic trafficby port group5.4 81 UK ports: foreign and domestic unitisedtraffic5.5. 82 UK ports: foreign and domestic main freight unitsby port groupAccompanied passenger vehicles5.6 84 UK ports: accompanied passenger vehiclesForeign and coastwise routes5.7 85 UK ports: accompanied passenger vehicles byport - Foreign and coastwise routesDomestic waterborne freight transport5.8 86 Waterborne transport within the UnitedKingdom5.9 87 United Kingdom principal ports and port groups,rivers and other inland waterway routes used forfreight (map)5.10 88 Traffic on major rivers and other inland waterwayroutesSea passengers5.11 89 United Kingdom international sea passengermovements: by country of embarkation orlanding5.12 90 United Kingdom international sea passengermovements: by seaport groupShipping5.13 91 United Kingdom and Crown Dependencyregistered trading vessels of 500 gross tons andover: summary of tonnage by type5.14 92 Shipping: United Kingdom and CrownDependency registered trading vessels of 500gross tons and over: summary of tonnage by typeof vessel5.15 93 Shipping: United Kingdom owned trading vesselsof 500 gross tons and over: summary of tonnage:by type of vessel5.16 94 United Kingdom shipping industry: internationalrevenue and expenditureSafety at sea5.17 95 Marine accident casualties65.18 96HM coastguard statistics: search and rescueoperationsSection 6 - Public TransportNational rail6.1 102 Rail: length of national rail route, and passengertravel by national rail and LondonUnderground6.2 104 Railway systems summary6.3 106 National railways: receipts6.4 106 Passenger kilometres on national railways6.5 106 National railways: route & stations open fortraffic at end of year6.6 106 National railways: passenger charter punctualityand reliability6.7 107 London Underground6.8 107 Channel Tunnel: traffic to and from Europe6.9 108 Bus and coach services: vehicle kilometres6.10 108 Bus and coach services: vehicle stock6.11 109 Bus and coach services: passenger receipts(Including concessionary fare reimbursement)6.12 109 Bus and coach services: staff employed6.13 109 Local bus services: passenger journeys by area6.14 110 Local bus services: Local authority support byarea6.15 110 Local bus services: fare indices by area6.16 111 Local bus services: operating costs per vehiclekilometre6.17 111 Taxis: vehicles, drivers and fares: England andWalesSection 7 - Roads and trafficRoad traffic7.1 118 Road traffic by type of vehicle7.2 119 Road traffic: by type of vehicle7.3 119 Motor vehicle traffic: by road class7.4 120 Road traffic: by type of vehicle and class of road7.5 120 Forecasts of road traffic in England & vehicles inGB (illustrating the impact of The Ten YearPlan): 2010Road lengths7.6 121 Road lengths: Great BritainMotorway network7.7 122 Motorway and Trunk road network of England,Scotland and Wales (map)Road network7.8 123 Public road length: by road type7.9 124 Public road length: by class of road and countryTraffic speeds7.10 125 Vehicle speeds on non-urban roads by road typeand vehicle type7.11 126 Vehicle speeds on urban roads by speed limit andvehicle type7.12 127 Average traffic speeds in LondonExpenditure on roads7.13 128 Regional expenditure on roads7.14 128 Road construction tender price index7.15 129 Road taxation revenue classified by

vehicle taxation group7.16 129 New road construction & improvement:motorway and trunk roads: England7.17 130 Defects index of road condition: England andWales (chart)7.18 131 Percentage contribution of defects to defectindex: England and Wales (chart)7.19 132 Footways condition: England and Wales (chart)7.20 133 Percentage of verge area and kerb lengthsaffected by deterioration: England and Wales(chart)Section 8 - Transport accidents and casualtiesRoad Accidents8.1 138 Road accidents and casualties8.2 139 Road accident casualties by road user type andseverity8.3 140 Road accidents and accident rates: by road classand severity8.4 141 Casualties by hour of day (chart)weekdays and weekends8.5 141 Road accidents: breath tests performed on cardrivers and motorcycle riders involved in injuryaccidents: Great BritainMotor vehicle offences8.6 142 Motor vehicle offences: drinking and driving:summary of breath tests and blood or urine tests:England and Wales8.7 142 Motor vehicle offences: findings of guilt at allcourts, fixed penalty notices and writtenwarnings: by type of offence: England andWales8.8 143 Collation of motor insurance figuresRailway accidents8.9 144 Railway accidents: casualties: by type ofaccident8.10 145 Railway movement accidents: passengercasualties and casualty rates8.11 146 Railway accidents: train accidentsSection 9 - Vehicles9.19.29.39.49.5152 Motor vehicles currently licensed153 Motor vehicles registered for the first time154 Motor vehicles currently licensed at end of year:by type of vehicle154 Motor vehicles currently licensed by method ofpropulsion155 Body type cars currently licensed: byGovernment Office RegionGoods vehicles9.6 155 Goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes currentlylicensed9.7 156 Goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes currently licensedat end of year9.8 156 Goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes gross weight:by axle configuration9.9 157 Trailer tests by axle typeVehicle safety9.10 157 Road vehicle testing scheme (MOT): test results9.11 158 Road passenger service vehicle testing scheme(MOT)9.12 158 Goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes testing scheme(MOT)9.13 159 Road vehicle testing scheme (MOT): percentageof vehicles failing: by type of defect:Private motoring9.14 160 Households with regular use of car(s)9.15 161 Private motoring: households with regular use ofcars9.16 162 Private motoring: full car driving licence holders9.17 163 Annual mileage of cars by type of car and trippurpose9.18 163 Private motoring: driving testsSection 10 - International 17210.7 17310.8 17410.9 17610.10 17710.11 178General statisticsRoad and rail infrastructureRoad vehicles by type: at end of year:Road traffic on national territoryFreight moved by mode on national territoryPassenger transport by national vehicles onnational territoryRoad deaths: OECD 30 day standardPetrol and diesel in the European Community:current retail pricesPrincipal trading fleets by type of vessel and flagat mid-yearSelected outputs of airlinesCarbon dioxide emissions from transport bysourcesTransport Statistics Great Britain has been compliedby staff at DfT with contributions from the ScottishExecutive, the Welsh Assembly and otherGovernment Departments. Thanks go to thoseindividuals and businesses who provided data foranalysis in the tables.Transport Statistics are able to provide considerablymore statistics than those included in this annualcompendium. Many of these are published separatelyin more specialised publications – these are listed onthe inside front cover, (as well as being available viathe DfT Internet site at: www.dft.gov.uk/transtat. Agreat number of unpublished material is available onrequest, as is a service (subject to availability ofresources) providing customised analyses for clients.Potential customers should note that we do charge forthese services and there are strict guidelines formaintaining confidentiality. Information can besupplied in paper, CD-ROM, diskette or via e-mail.Contact points for further details are shown at thebottom of each table.7

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Modal Comparisons1 Modal Comparisons:Notes and DefinitionsPassenger transport: 1.1Personal travel: 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5Buses and coaches: Passenger kilometres arederived from other survey data such as receipts,vehicle kilometres and patronage. Changes areestimated by deflating passenger receipts by themost appropriate price indices available. Becausethis proxy method has to be used, the series givesonly a broad guide to trends.These tables present some basic information fromthe National Travel Survey (NTS). The NTS recordspersonal travel by residents of Great Britain alongthe public highway in Great Britain. It records thenumber of trips (a one-way course of travel for asingle main purpose) and the distance travelled. Allmodes of transport are covered, including walkingmore than 50 yards. Excluded from the sample areforeign visitors and people living in communalestablishments (eg students in halls of residence).Both of these groups are likely to make a largenumber of public transport trips.Cars, vans, taxis, motor cycles and pedal cycles:Estimates for cars (which include taxis), motorcycles(which include mopeds and scooters), and pedalcycles are derived from the traffic series (vehiclekilometres) shown in Table 7.2 and averageoccupancy rates (persons per vehicle) from theNational Travel Survey (NTS).In Tables 1.4 and 1.5, escort trips are those wherethe traveller has no purpose of his/her own, otherthan to escort or accompany another person, e.g. takea child to school.From the 2005 survey, NTS data has been weightedfor the first time, and weights have now been appliedto data from 1996 in this table. Results publishedhere for 1996 onwards may differ slightly frompreviously published figures which were based onunweighted occupancy rates. As data prior to 1996has not been weighted, this produces a discontinuityin the data. This does not affect the underlying rateof growth. Because of changes in methodologyfigures for the road traffic estimates, figures for 1993have been shown calculated on the new and the oldbasis.From the 2005 survey, NTS data has been weightedfor the first time, and weights have now been appliedto data from 1995. Results published here for 1995onwards may differ from previously publishedfigures which were based on unweighted data. Asdata prior to 1995 has not been weighted, thisproduces a discontinuity in the data.In 2002, the drawn sample size for the NTS wasnearly trebled compared with previous years,enabling key results to be presented on a single yearbasis for the first time since the survey becamecontinuous. Changes to the methodology in 2002mean that there are some inconsistencies with datafor earlier years.In 2004, the occupancy rates were 1.64 for cars andtaxis and 1.08 for motorcycles. Estimates forpersonal use of light vans are derived from the NTS.Rail: Rail figures include National Rail, LondonUnderground, Glasgow Underground, public metroand light rail systems (see Table 6.2 for furtherdetails).People entering Central London during themorning peak: 1.6The area defined as Central London approximates tothat defined as the Greater London ConurbationCentre in the Population Censuses. It is bounded bySouth Kensington and Paddington in the West,Marylebone Road/Euston Road in the North,Shoreditch and Aldgate in the East, Elephant andCastle and Vauxhall in the South, and includes allthe main railway termini.Air: The figures are revenue passenger kilometres onscheduled and non-scheduled services. They excludeair taxi services, private flying and passengerspaying less than 25 per cent of the full fare onscheduled and non-scheduled services.All modes: Figures exclude travel by water withinthe United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands).The survey is a count of the number of vehicleoc

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