Organisation: Department for Transport (DfT)
Date of Publication: August 2023
Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 12 September 2023
The National Travel Survey provides details of personal travel in Great Britain by residents of England, including: how and why people travel, driving licences and vehicle ownership.
The National Travel Survey 2022 results showed:
- People in England made 862 trips on average in 2022, about 17 trips per week
- This was an increase of 14% on 2021 and a decrease of 10% on 2019
- There were increases in trip rates among all transport modes in 2022 compared to 2021, apart from cycling and London Underground trips which remained at a similar level
- Walking trips increased in 2022 to 267 trips per person, this was 7% higher than in 2019
- Trip rates for buses (in and outside London) saw an increase, but remained below pre-pandemic (2019) levels
- The 5,373 miles people travelled on average in 2022 was 24% higher than in 2021, and a decrease of 17% compared to 2019
- On average people spent 324 hours travelling in 2022, around 53 minutes a day
- On average people spent 24 minutes per cycling trip, 21 minutes per car driver trip and 18 minutes per walking trip.
Access the survey via the gov.uk website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-travel-survey-2022