Traffic on roads in Great Britain increased by 1% in the second quarter of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. Cars and goods vehicle traffic were also up by 1%. The greatest growth was light van traffic which increased 9%. (Source Department for Transport)

Traffic on motorways, urban A-class roads and minor rural roads showed virtually no increase between 2006 and 2007. Traffic on Rural A-class roads and minor urban roads showed an increase of 2%. (Source Department for Transport)

Cars constitute 79% of road traffic. (Source Department for Transport)

Road traffic in Scotland is forecast to grow by 12% between 2005 and 2010. However, the figures show that in reality there has been little growth in road traffic from 2004 to 2005. (Source: National Transport Strategy 2007)

Per head of population, there is less traffic on Motorways, more traffic on A roads, and less traffic on all roads taken together (including B, C and unclassified roads) in Scotland than in Great Britain. (Source: Main Transport Trends 2007)