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Transport: disability and accessibility statistics, England: 2020

Disability and accessibility statistics in transport for England in 2020.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 22 September 2021

Applies to England

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Details

The analysis of the National Travel Survey for 2020 shows disabled adults (aged 16 years and over) in England:

• made on average 28% fewer trips
• travelled 44% fewer miles than non-disabled adults

Both disabled and non-disabled adults rely predominantly on car travel. It accounts for around 3 in 5 trips for both groups. However, around a third of the trips made by disabled adults where car was the main mode were as a passenger, whereas for non-disabled adults around a fifth were as a passenger.

The statistics in this release have been impacted by the national restrictions implemented from March 2020 onwards in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Published 22 September 2021