Organisations: DfT
Date of Publication: August 2025
Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 26 August 2025
The National Travel Survey (NTS) is a household survey of personal travel by residents of England travelling within Great Britain. Data is collected via interviews and a seven-day travel diary, which enables analysis of patterns and trends in travel behaviours. This report covers the main findings from the survey conducted during 2024.
The report shows that average trips made by people living in England remained similar in 2024 compared to 2023, however, trip rates were slightly lower than in 2019, with 922 trips made on average in 2024.
- In 2024, people made 922 trips person, travelled 6,082 miles per person and spent on average 362 hours per person travelling.
- This includes 24 minutes per cycling trip, 22 minutes per car driver trip and 18 minutes per walking trip, on average in 2024.
Trip rates using active transport modes (such as walking and cycling) and cars (as drivers and passengers) remained similar to the previous year, in 2024.
Click the link below to read the full report:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-travel-survey-2024