The Scottish Government

Table 7

People aged 17+ - reasons for driving, reasons for never learning to drive, reasons for not driving, and personal mileage driven per annum: 1999 / 2000

All

by sex

by age

17 +

Male

Female

17 - 19

20 - 29

30 - 39

40 - 49

50 - 59

60 - 69

70-79

80+

column percentages

Reasons for driving ^# -
people aged 17+ who are said to drive nowadays

For a living - eg bus, taxi, lorry driver,

6

9

1

1

4

7

7

7

3

0

0

On business - eg to meetings

16

20

10

3

10

18

23

20

8

2

1

For social and personal reasons

88

86

91

93

87

86

85

87

95

99

99

To and from work

52

54

50

38

62

65

66

56

17

3

2

All who are said to drive nowadays

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Sample size ( = 100% ) n =

33,740

18,977

14,763

749

4,835

8,142

7,443

6,171

4,021

1,980

399

Reasons for not driving ^#
people aged 17+ who have never held a UK driving licence, or who never drive nowadays

Never learnt to drive

19

13

21

19

15

11

13

16

23

24

27

Don't hold a licence

13

13

13

15

15

12

11

15

12

12

11

No car

7

12

5

9

13

8

7

6

5

6

4

Can't afford a car

4

6

4

4

6

6

6

4

4

3

2

Too expensive

10

13

8

22

21

13

9

7

7

6

4

Too nervous

7

2

8

0

6

11

10

8

6

5

2

Lack of confidence

4

2

5

0

5

8

7

4

4

3

1

No interest / never wanted to drive

14

15

13

11

8

12

14

20

16

13

8

Too old

4

4

4

0

0

0

1

2

3

8

23

Health problems

6

10

4

2

3

6

6

8

7

6

6

Eye problems, glaucoma, cateracts

2

3

2

0

1

1

2

2

2

3

3

Congestion on roads / too much traffic

5

4

5

0

3

5

6

7

6

4

1

Can't afford driving lessons

2

2

2

7

5

3

1

1

1

1

1

One or more other reason(s)

1

2

1

1

1

2

1

2

1

1

0

No particular reason

46

45

47

46

42

46

51

41

46

49

47

All for whom a reason is available ¹

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Sample size ( = 100% ) n =

9,913

2,600

7,313

343

941

1,151

1,055

1,404

2,056

1,967

996

July 1999 to December 2000 interviews only

Reasons for never learning to drive ^#
people aged 17+ who have never held a UK driving licence

Could not afford it

22

26

20

42

42

25

19

13

16

18

22

Too young

2

4

1

24

2

0

1

1

0

0

0

Too nervous / lack of confidence

18

7

22

7

13

23

21

23

18

17

14

No interest / never wanted to drive

45

44

45

14

24

36

47

49

53

54

55

No car / could not afford a car

11

12

10

11

13

10

9

7

11

11

15

Health reasons

7

10

6

4

6

9

9

9

6

5

6

Failed test, gave up trying

5

5

6

4

6

7

6

7

5

4

2

Don't need to drive (eg given lifts)

8

9

8

9

5

8

8

8

8

11

9

One or more other reason(s)

3

3

3

6

4

4

3

2

2

2

1

No particular reason

1

1

1

3

1

1

1

0

0

0

1

All for whom a reason is available ¹

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Sample size ( = 100% ) n =

6,803

1,578

5,225

260

628

765

711

922

1,361

1,425

731

Estimated annual personal mileage driven by those who are said to drive nowadays
adults aged 17 + who have a full driving licence

(answered in thousands)

No personal mileage

4

5

3

9

4

4

4

4

3

2

2

Less than 1,000 miles

7

5

10

24

9

6

6

7

8

9

14

1,000 to 3,000 miles

17

15

19

13

13

15

15

18

22

27

38

4,000 to 6,000 miles

22

21

23

11

18

21

23

21

25

30

30

7,000 to 9,000 miles

14

14

14

8

14

14

15

13

15

13

5

10,000 to 12,000 miles

19

21

16

12

22

20

21

19

15

12

6

13,000 to 15,000 miles

6

7

4

6

8

7

6

6

3

2

1

16,000 miles or over

5

7

2

3

5

5

6

6

3

1

0

Don't know / Refused

6

4

9

13

7

7

5

6

5

4

4

All for whom a personal mileage is available

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Sample size ( = 100% ) n =

15,938

8,496

7,442

162

2,007

4,174

3,177

2,844

2,089

1,219

266