Statistical data set

Purpose of travel

Data about why people travel, produced by Department for Transport.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
30 July 2013
Last updated
31 August 2022 — See all updates

Trips, stages, distance and time spent travelling

NTS0403: Average number of trips, miles and time spent travelling by trip purpose: England (ODS, 54.9 KB)

NTS0407: Long distance trips within Great Britain by purpose and length: England (ODS, 37.2 KB)

NTS0408: Purpose of next trip by gender and previous trip: England (ODS, 58.1 KB)

NTS0409: Average number of trips (trip rates) and distance travelled by purpose and main mode: England (ODS, 126 KB)

Employment status

NTS0411: Trips and distance by commuters by employment status: England (ODS, 10.9 KB)

NTS0412: Commuter trips by employment status and main mode: England (ODS, 48.6 KB)

Travel purpose by start time and day of the week

NTS0502: Trip start time by trip purpose (Monday to Friday only): England (ODS, 103 KB)

NTS0503: Trip purpose by trip start time (Monday to Friday only): England (ODS, 96.9 KB)

NTS0504: Average number of trips (trip rates) by day of the week/month and purpose/main mode: England (ODS, 447 KB)

Travel purpose by age and gender

NTS0611: Average number of trips (trip rates) by age, gender and purpose: England (ODS, 363 KB)

NTS0612: Average distance travelled by age, gender and purpose: England (ODS, 244 KB)

NTS0710: Travel by mobility status and trip purpose: England (ODS, 66.7 KB)

NTS0901: Annual mileage of cars by ownership and trip purpose: England (ODS, 10.8 KB)

NTS9906: Average number of trips (trip rates) by purpose, region and Rural-Urban Classification: England (ODS, 110 KB)

Travel purpose by region

NTS9907: Average distance travelled by purpose, region and Rural-Urban Classification: England (ODS, 119 KB)

NTS9912: Average trip length by purpose, region and Rural-Urban Classification: England (ODS, 110 KB)

NTS9913: Average time spent travelling by purpose, region and Rural-Urban Classification: England (ODS, 109 KB)

NTS9914: Average trip time by purpose, region and Rural-Urban Classification: England (ODS, 106 KB)

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Published 30 July 2013
Last updated 31 August 2022 + show all updates

  1. Data tables updated for the NTS 2021 annual report.

  2. Data tables updated for the NTS 2020 report.

  3. Data tables updated for the NTS 2019 report.

  4. Updated for 31 July 2019 publication.

  5. Tables updated for the year 2017.

  6. Table 0403 to 0406, 0409 and 0410 updated to 2016 data.

  7. Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2015.

  8. Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2014.

  9. Tables NTS0401 to 0410 updated to include data for the year 2013.

  10. NTS04 - Why people travel (trip purpose) 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

  11. First published.

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