Statistical data set

Driving licence holding and vehicle availability

Data on driving licence holding and vehicle availability, produced by Department for Transport.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 30 July 2013
• Last updated: 28 August 2024 — See all updates

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Driving licence holding

NTS0201: Full car driving licence holders by age and sex, aged 17 and over: England, 1975 onwards (ODS, 34.7 KB)

NTS0203: Reasons for not learning to drive by age, aged 17 and over: England, 2009 onwards (ODS, 57.4 KB)

NTS0204: Likelihood of non-licence holders learning to drive by age, aged 17 and over: England, 2010 onwards (ODS, 17.3 KB)

Vehicle availability

NTS0205: Household car availability: England, 1951 onwards (ODS, 12.2 KB)

NTS0206: Adult personal car access by sex, aged 17 and over: England, 1975 onwards (ODS, 17.4 KB)

NTS0207: Household motorcycle ownership by household car availability: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 13.6 KB)

NTS0703: Household car availability by household income quintile: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 17.4 KB)

NTS0707: Adult personal car access and trip rates, by ethnic group, aged 17 and over: England, 2002 onwards (ODS, 28.2 KB)

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Published 30 July 2013
Last updated 28 August 2024 + show all updates

1. 28 August 2024

   Data tables updated for the latest National Travel Survey report for 2023.

2. 14 December 2023

   Data table for full car driving licence holders by age and sex, aged 17 and over in England, 1975 onwards updated for Transport Statistics Great Britain 2023.

3. 30 August 2023

   Data tables updated for the National Travel Survey report for 2022.

4. 15 December 2022

   Data table for the full car driving licence holders by age and sex, England: 1975 to 1976 onwards (NTS0201) updated for the Transport Statistics Great Britain 2022 report.

5. 31 August 2022

   Data tables updated for the NTS 2021 annual report.

6. 22 September 2021

   Data tables updated for the NTS 2020 report.

7. 5 August 2020

   Data tables updated for the NTS 2019 report.

8. 31 July 2019

   Updated for 31st July 2019 publication.

9. 26 July 2018

   Tables updated for the year 2017.

10. 29 March 2018

    Households with or without a motorcycle by household car availability table (NTS0207) updated.

11. 27 July 2017

    Table 0201, 0203 to 0206, 0208 updated to 2016 data.

12. 8 September 2016

    Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2015.

13. 2 September 2015

    Tables updated to the latest data for the year 2014.

14. 29 July 2014

    Tables NTS0201 to 0208 updated to include data for the year 2013.

15. 30 July 2013

    NTS02 - Driving licence holding and vehicle availability 2012 data added. This replaces previous editions of these tables.

16. 30 July 2013

    First published.