The report contains the latest results and trends on how and why people travel with breakdowns by age, gender and income. It also contains trends in driving licence holding, school travel and concessionary travel. These statistics cover personal travel within Great Britain during 2015 by residents of England.

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In 2015, on average, each person:

• made 914 trips per year
• travelled over 6,600 miles per year
• spent around an hour a day travelling (368 hours per year)

Trip rates have been falling steadily since the mid-1990s, with the 2015 figure being the lowest recorded. This shows:

• car and walking, which together account for 86% of trips, have decreased
• trips by rail and bus in London have increased
• trips for shopping, commuting and visiting friends have fallen consistently since the mid-1990s

The NTS also shows:

• women make more trips than men, but men travel 20% further
• people in the highest household income group travel more than twice as far as those in the lowest group
• residents of rural areas travel around 44% further than urban residents and almost twice as much as people living in London

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The National Travel Survey (NTS) contains the latest results and trends on how and why people travel with breakdowns by age, gender and income. It also contains trends in driving licence holding, school travel and concessionary travel. The personal travel statistics are for travel within Great Britain during 2013 by residents of England.

Main results

In 2013, on average, each person:

• made 923 trips per year, the lowest trip rate recorded
• travelled 6,584 miles per year, 6% lower than in 1995
• spent around an hour a day travelling (364 hours)

The largest downward contributions to the decrease in trips rates have come from two transport modes: walking and car (as a driver or passenger). However, these two transport modes still accounted for 86% of all trips in 2013.

The largest falls by trip purpose were for shopping, visiting friends and commuting trips. In 2013, shopping accounted for 20% of all trips.

81% of men had a full car driving licence in 2013 compared with 68% of women. For people aged between 17 and 20, 31% had a full car driving licence compared with 85% of those aged between 40 and 49.

People in the highest income quintile group travelled nearly over two times further than those in the lowest income quintile group.

Further information including the technical report, standard error estimates for 2009 and the UKSA assessment can be found at the National Travel Survey page.

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The NTS contains the latest results and trends on how and why people travel with breakdowns by age, gender and income. It also contains trends in driving licence holding, school travel and concessionary travel. These statistics cover personal travel within Great Britain during 2014 by residents of England.

2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the first NTS. Alongside this release, we have published a new factsheet showing trends in travel since 1965 and we will be holding a seminar on 23 September 2015.

In 2014, on average, each person:

• made 921 trips per year
• travelled nearly 6,500 miles per year
• spent around an hour a day travelling (361 hours per year)

Trip rates have been falling steadily since the mid-1990s, with the 2014 figure being the lowest recorded:

• car and walking, which together account for 86% of trips, have decreased while trips by rail and bus in London have increased
• trips for shopping, commuting and visiting friends have fallen consistently since the mid-1990s

The NTS also shows:

• women make more trips than men, but men travel 25% further
• people in the highest household income group travel more than twice as far as those in the lowest group
• residents of rural areas travel around 50% further than urban residents and 90% further than people living in London

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