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About this release

Transport Statistics Great Britain (TSGB) presents an annual summary of statistics for cross-modal transport topics, mostly relating to the calendar year 2023. This condensed set of highlights is complemented by other Department for Transport (DfT) releases presenting more detailed and recent statistics. See the聽聽to explore what other statistics are published by聽DfT.听

Other cross-modal topics of聽TSGB, can be found in separate articles:聽

• Domestic travel
• International travel
• Freight

TSGB聽is an accredited official statistics publication and was independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation in July 2010. For more information, see the聽About these statistics聽section.听

Overview of cross-modal transport statistics

Infographic 1: Overview of cross-modal transport statistics in 2023 by topic

Infographic 1聽is a summary of the main points from the latest transport trends in Great Britain. This infographic shows that:

贵辞谤听domestic travel聽in 2023:

• people travelled a total of聽799 billion passenger kilometres, 8% higher than 2022 (TSGB0101)

  • 90%聽of all passenger kilometres travelled were by road

• the average person, in England, completed聽915 trips聽across all modes of transport, 6% higher than 2022 levels (TSGB0103), of which:

  • the majority of trips were completed using private modes of transport

  • buses were the聽most commonly used聽public transport mode

• the most common reason for travel was shopping

• the average commuting time in England was 29 minutes, up 2 minutes from 2022 levels (TSGB0111)

  • this ranged from 15 minutes for walking to 64 minutes by National Rail

贵辞谤听international travel聽in 2023:

• 240.9 million聽passengers travelled internationally to or from UK airports, 23% higher than 2022

• 18.1 million聽passengers travelled internationally by sea, 28% more than 2022

  • most international short sea passenger movements were between the UK and France (SPAS0108)

• 18.3 million聽rail passengers used the Channel Tunnel, 15% higher than 2022

贵辞谤听domestic freight聽in 2023:聽

• around 207 billion tonnes聽of freight were moved in the UK, of which:

  • 169 billion tonne-kilometres were moved by road

Related statistics

Use the聽聽to explore, download and view the statistical content published by the department.

Chapter section	Related topics
Domestic travel	Aviation Buses Journey time statistics Light rail and tram National Travel Survey Rail Sea passengers Walking and cycling
International travel	Aviation Rail Sea passengers
Domestic freight	Port freight Rail Road freight Shipping fleet

Background Information

We would welcome any feedback on these statistics by聽email. We will attempt to address any comments in a subsequent release.

Notes and definitions聽for each of the topics covered in聽TSGB聽are available.

About these statistics

The majority of the annual, official statistics in this release were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation in July 2010. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics and should be labelled .听They undergo regular quality assurance reviews to ensure they meet customer needs.

Details of ministers and officials who receive pre-release access to these statistics up to 24 hours before release are available.

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