Notes
National Travel Survey (NTS)
Main uses
NTS is a longstanding and wide-ranging survey of personal travel information for Great Britain and is the only obvious source for such information.
Source
In summary:
- Available from: the Department for Transport website as a series of table.
- Registration required: no.
- First survey available: 1999, although data from earlier surveys back into the 70s may be available on request.
- Frequency: annual.
- Updated: August, although the timing varies from year to year.
- Scope: UK-wide.
- Format: Excel spreadsheets.
- Files: 1 file per year containing all the tables.
- Documentation: no, but the individual spreadsheets have notes and are reasonably self-explanatory.
- Weighted or unweighted: weighted.
- Household income data: yes, equivalised.
The actual NTS dataset is not publicly available. Rather, what is available is a series of tables published by the Department for Transport from the dataset. As well as the spreadsheet itself, there is an annual report which contains all the tables together with some commentary.
Relevant graphs on this website
UK graphs
Because the tables are for Great Britain only, the graphs below are also for Great Britain only.
| Indicator | Graphs | Table | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ability to travel | first | Tables 5.2 and 5.4 |
The table numbers change from year to year. 'Non-drivers' are people without a full driving license. |
| third | Table 4.1 | ||
| fourth | No fixed table number as the table is only published in some years | ||
| fifth | Table 2.4 |