Statistical data set

When people travel

Data about when people travel by time of day, daily and monthly patterns, 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 by time of day

NTS0501: Trips in progress by time of day and day of week - index: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 63.5 KB)

NTS0502: Trip start time by trip purpose (Monday to Friday only): England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 139 KB)

Daily and monthly trip patterns

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

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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. 8 September 2016

   Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2015.

8. 2 September 2015

   Tables updated to the latest data for 2014.

9. 29 July 2014

   Tables NTS0501 to 0506 updated to include data for the year 2013.

10. 30 July 2013

    NTS05 - When people travel 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

11. 30 July 2013

    First published.