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National Travel Survey 2024: Technical report

The technical report provides information on the design and operation of data collection and preparation for the National Travel Survey (NTS) in 2024.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
27 August 2025

Applies to England

Documents

Chapter 1 Introduction and background

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Chapter 2 Sample selection

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Chapter 3 Fieldwork procedures and response rate

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Chapter 4 Data processing

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Chapter 5 Weighting

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Chapter 6 Glossary and definitions

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Appendix_A1__Questionnaire_documentation_2024

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Appendix_A2__Questionnaire_changes_made_in_2024

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Appendix_A3_-_Questionnaire_specification_2024

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Appendix_A4__All_questionnaire_changes_since_2002

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Appendix_B_-_Advance_Letter

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Appendix_C_-_Non-contact_Letter

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Appendix_D_-_NTS_Leaflet

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Appendix_E1_-_Adult_Travel_Record

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Appendix_E2_-_Young_Person_Travel_Record

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Appendix_F_-_Memory_Jogger

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Appendix_G_-_Mileage_Chart

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Appendix_H_-_Show_Cards

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Appendix_I_-_F2F_Thank_You_Letter

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Appendix_I_-_PB_Thank_You_Letter

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Appendix_J__Where_do_you_work_lookup_table

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Appendix K_Allocation of PSUs to quota months across major strata

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Appendix_L__Logistic_regression_model_for_household_participation

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Appendix_M__Calibration_weighting_control_totals__interview_sample

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Appendix_N__Calibration_weighting_control_totals__fully_responding_sample

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Appendix_O__Calibration_weighting_control_totals__interview_sample

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Appendix_P__Calibration_weighting_control_totals__CASI_sample

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Details

Technical report for the 2024 National Travel Survey (NTS). The document contains:

  • information about the survey design
  • information on the sample selection and fieldwork, including how we responded to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
  • details of the data processing conducted by the survey contractor National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)
  • explanations of the weighting methodology used within the survey
  • an extensive glossary of terms related to the survey
  • appendices containing the original letters, questionnaire, show-cards used in the interview, and tables of weighting model parameters

An accessible version of the technical report is in development and is due to be released in autumn 2025.

Previous technical reports

The below technical reports reflect the status of the NTS in previous years:

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