Regional transport statistics: 2007 edition

This National Statistics publication brings together a wide range of transport statistics for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at Government Office Region and former Metropolitan County level.

A range of tables are presented in the report covering the following areas:

  • Personal Travel, including a selection of regional information from the National Travel Survey;
  • Public Transport, including tables using information collected from public transport operators;
  • Road Vehicles, including stock and first registrations, and vehicle crime;
  • Road Traffic including average daily motor flows by region;
  • Roads, including road lengths and road condition by region;
  • Road Safety, including regional casualty figures for different types of road users;
  • Freight, including road goods moved and lifted by origin and destination, and freight traffic at ports;
  • Air, including passenger and freight movements by region;

Other relevant data, including regional population and household numbers. Regional variations are complex, particularly because of the widely varying local circumstances. In particular, these include differences in economy, population structure and density, and transport systems. London, in particular, is very distinctive in transport terms.

Notes

1. Regional Transport Statistics 2007 is the seventh annual edition of this publication. It has been compiled by DfT, Transport Statistics staff, with contributions from other Government Departments.

2. Regional Transport Statistics 2007 generally provides updated information relating to 2006, and is intended to complement the information that was published in Transport Statistics Great Britain 2007 on 01 November 2007. These and other statistics publications can be found at http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics 

3. Regional Transport Statistics 2007 is an internet only publication.

4. In using the information provided, readers unfamilar with the data series presented are strongly advised to refer back to the sources provided at the bottom of each table as usually far more detail is available to aid interpretation. 

Publication Details

Published on 13 December 2007 by Transport Statistics.

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