Statistical data set

Driving licence holding and vehicle availability

Data on driving licence holding and vehicle availability, produced by Department for Transport.

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Driving licence holding

NTS0201: Full car driving licence holders by age and sex, aged 17 and over: England, 1975 onwards (ODS, 33.6 KB)

NTS0203: Reasons for not learning to drive by age, aged 17 and over: England, 2009 onwards (ODS, 53.1 KB)

NTS0204: Likelihood of non-licence holders learning to drive by age, aged 17 and over: England, 2010 onwards (ODS, 15.8 KB)

Vehicle availability

NTS0205: Household car availability: England, 1951 onwards (ODS, 11.5 KB)

NTS0206: Adult personal car access by sex, aged 17 and over: England, 1975 onwards (ODS, 16.7 KB)

NTS0207: Household motorcycle ownership by household car availability: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 13.1 KB)

NTS0703: Household car availability by household income quintile: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 16.1 KB)

NTS0707: Adult personal car access and trip rates, by ethnic group, aged 17 and over: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 26.7 KB)

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Published 30 July 2013
Last updated 14 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. Data table for full car driving licence holders by age and sex, aged 17 and over in England, 1975 onwards updated for Transport Statistics Great Britain 2023.

  2. Data tables updated for the National Travel Survey report for 2022.

  3. Data table for the full car driving licence holders by age and sex, England: 1975 to 1976 onwards (NTS0201) updated for the Transport Statistics Great Britain 2022 report.

  4. Data tables updated for the NTS 2021 annual report.

  5. Data tables updated for the NTS 2020 report.

  6. Data tables updated for the NTS 2019 report.

  7. Updated for 31st July 2019 publication.

  8. Tables updated for the year 2017.

  9. Households with or without a motorcycle by household car availability table (NTS0207) updated.

  10. Table 0201, 0203 to 0206, 0208 updated to 2016 data.

  11. Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2015.

  12. Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2014.

  13. Tables NTS0201 to 0208 updated to include data for the year 2013.

  14. NTS02 - Driving licence holding and vehicle availability 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

  15. First published.