Statistical data set

Mode of travel

Data about people travelling by mode of transport, produced by Department for Transport.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 30 July 2013
• Last updated: 30 August 2023 — See all updates

Accessible Tables and Improved Quality

As part of the Analysis Function Reproducible Analytical Pipeline Strategy, processes to create all National Travel Survey (NTS) statistics tables have been improved to follow the principles of Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP). This has resulted in improved efficiency and quality of NTS tables and therefore some historical estimates have seen very minor change, at least the fifth decimal place.

All NTS tables have also been redesigned in an accessible format where they can be used by as many people as possible, including people with an impaired vision, motor difficulties, cognitive impairments or learning disabilities and deafness or impaired hearing.

If you wish to provide feedback on these changes then please email us.

Trips, stages, distance and time spent travelling

NTS0303: Average number of trips, stages, miles and time spent travelling by mode: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 51.9 KB)

NTS0308: Average number of trips and distance travelled by trip length and main mode; England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 183 KB)

NTS0312: Walks of 20 minutes or more by age and frequency: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 33.5 KB)

NTS0313: Frequency of use of different transport modes: England, 2003 onwards (ODS, 25.7 KB)

NTS0412: Commuter trips and distance by employment status and main mode: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 51.5 KB)

NTS0504: Average number of trips by day of the week or month and purpose or main mode: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 132 KB)

Mode by purpose

NTS0409: Average number of trips and distance travelled by purpose and main mode: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 100 KB)

Mode by age and gender

NTS0601: Average number of trips, stages and distance travelled by sex, age and mode: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 470 KB)

NTS0613: Trips to and from school by main mode and age: England, 1995 onwards (ODS, 26.7 KB)

NTS0614: Trips to and from school by age, trip length and main mode, aged 5 to 16: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 50.9 KB)

NTS0615: Usual mode of travel to school by age: England, 1995 onwards (ODS, 17.5 KB)

Travel by car access, household income, household type, NS-SEC and mobility status

NTS0702: Travel by personal car access, sex and mode: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 83.7 KB)

NTS0705: Average number of trips and miles by household income quintile and mode: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 74.6 KB)

NTS0706: Average number of trips and miles by household type and mode: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 85.2 KB)

NTS0708: Average number of trips and miles by National Statistics Socio-economic Classification and mode, aged 16 and over: England, 2004 onwards (ODS, 68 KB)

NTS0709: Average number of trips and miles by mobility status and mode, aged 16 and over: England, 2007 onwards (ODS, 34.7 KB)

Mode by region

NTS9903: Average number of trips by main mode, region and rural-urban classification of residence (trips per person per year): England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 97.5 KB)

NTS9904: Average distance travelled by mode, region and rural-urban classification of residence (miles per person per year): England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 103 KB)

NTS9908: Trips to and from school by main mode, region and rural-urban classification of residence, aged 5 to 16: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 70.6 KB)

NTS9910: Average trip length by main mode, region and rural-urban classification of residence: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 101 KB)

NTS9916: Average number of trips and distance travelled by mode, trip length, region and rural-urban classification of residence: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 1.27 MB)

NTS9917: Average number of trips and distance travelled by mode, ethnic group, region and rural-urban classification of residence: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 510 KB)

NTS9919: Proportion of stages preceding a surface rail stage, by stage mode, region and rural-urban classification of residence: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 81.3 KB)

Long distance trips

NTS0316: Number of flights abroad in the last 12 months: England, 2006 onwards (ODS, 9.6 KB)

NTS0317: Long distance trips within Great Britain by main mode and length: English households, 2002 onwards (ODS, 33.3 KB)

NTS0407: Long distance trips within Great Britain by purpose and length: English households, 2002 onwards (ODS, 41.9 KB)

Contact us

National Travel Survey statistics

Email national.travelsurvey@dft.gov.uk

Public enquiries 020 7944 3077

Media enquiries 0300 7777 878

Published 30 July 2013
Last updated 30 August 2023 + show all updates

1. 30 August 2023

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

2. 31 August 2022

   Data tables updated for the NTS 2021 annual report.

3. 22 September 2021

   Data tables updated for the NTS 2020 report.

4. 5 August 2020

   Data tables updated for the NTS 2019 report.

5. 31 July 2019

   Updated for 31st July 2019 publication.

6. 26 July 2018

   Tables updated for the year 2017.

7. 29 March 2018

   Bicycle and motorcycle trips per rider per week table updated.

8. 27 July 2017

   Table 0303 to 0306, 0308, 0310 to 0313, 0315 to 0317 updated to 2016 data.

9. 8 September 2016

   Table 0301 to 0317 updated to the latest data for the year 2015

10. 2 September 2015

    Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2014.

11. 29 July 2014

    Tables NTS0301 to 0317 updated to include data for the year 2013.

12. 30 July 2013

    NTS03 - How people travel (mode) 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

13. 30 July 2013

    First published.