Mode of travel
Data about people travelling by mode of transport, produced by Department for Transport.
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聽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 national.travelsurvey@dft.gov.uk.
Revision to table NTS9919
On the 16th April 2025, the figures in table NTS9919 have been revised and recalculated to include only day 1 of the travel diary where short walks of less than a mile are recorded (from 2017 onwards), whereas previous versions included all days. This is to more accurately capture the proportion of trips which include short walks before a surface rail stage. This revision has resulted in fewer available breakdowns than previously published due to the smaller sample sizes.
Trips, stages, distance and time spent travelling
NTS0303:
NTS0308:
NTS0312:
NTS0313:
NTS0412:
NTS0504:
Mode by purpose
NTS0409:
Mode by age and sex
NTS0601:
Trips to and from school by mode
NTS0613:
NTS0614:
NTS0615:
Travel by car access, household income, household type, NS-SEC and mobility status
NTS0702:
NTS0705:
NTS0706:
NTS0708:
NTS0709:
Mode by region
NTS9903:
NTS9904:
NTS9908:
NTS9910:
NTS9916:
NTS9917:
NTS9919:
Long distance trips
NTS0316:
NTS0317:
NTS0407:
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National Travel Survey statistics
Updates to this page
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Updated table nts9919 with the National Travel Survey mid-year estimates, year ending June 2024.
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Data tables updated for the latest National Travel Survey report for 2023.
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Data tables updated for the National Travel Survey report for 2022.
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Data tables updated for the NTS 2021 annual report.
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Data tables updated for the NTS 2020 report.
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Data tables updated for the NTS 2019 report.
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Updated for 31st July 2019 publication.
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Tables updated for the year 2017.
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Bicycle and motorcycle trips per rider per week table updated.
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Table 0303 to 0306, 0308, 0310 to 0313, 0315 to 0317 updated to 2016 data.
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Table 0301 to 0317 updated to the latest data for the year 2015
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Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2014.
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Tables NTS0301 to 0317 updated to include data for the year 2013.
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NTS03 - How people travel (mode) 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.
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First published.