All 17 +

by sex

by age

Male

Female

17 - 19

20 - 29

30 - 39

40 - 49

50 - 59

60 - 69

70-79

80+

Reasons for driving^# -

column percentages

people aged 17+ who are said to drive nowadays

For a living - eg bus, taxi, lorry driver,

6

9

1

1

4

7

7

8

3

0

0

On business - eg to meetings

16

20

10

3

10

18

23

20

9

2

2

For social and personal reasons

88

85

91

93

85

86

85

86

94

99

99

To and from work

52

54

50

41

62

65

65

55

17

4

4

All who are said to drive nowadays

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Sample size ( = 100% ) n =

16,500

9,311

7,189

369

2,419

4,065

3,540

2,974

1,988

968

177

Reasons for not driving^#

people aged 17+ who have never held a UK driving licence, or who never drive nowadays

Never learnt to drive

14

10

16

16

10

9

8

13

18

18

21

Don't hold a licence

12

12

12

12

13

10

10

14

11

12

11

No car

6

10

4

7

10

6

7

5

3

5

4

Can't afford a car

3

4

3

3

5

4

5

3

3

2

2

Too expensive

6

8

6

15

15

10

4

3

5

5

3

Too nervous / lack of confidence

8

3

9

0

9

14

10

9

6

6

2

No interest / never wanted to drive

10

11

10

9

6

9

9

16

12

8

6

Too old

3

3

3

0

1

0

1

2

2

6

16

Health / eye problems / blind / disabled

7

12

5

2

2

6

7

9

8

8

10

Congestion on roads / too much traffic

4

3

4

0

2

3

5

5

5

3

1

One or more other reason(s)

4

6

5

9

9

7

7

5

4

3

3

No particular reason

31

28

33

28

26

31

37

27

32

33

32

All for whom a reason is available¹

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Sample size ( = 100% ) n =

4,564

1,138

3,426

138

417

508

460

670

973

935

463

Reasons for never learning to drive^#

July to December interviews only

people aged 17+ who have never held a UK driving licence

Could not afford it

22

26

20

35

46

21

25

11

16

21

17

Too young

2

5

1

26

2

1

1

1

0

0

2

Too nervous / lack of confidence

18

7

21

7

11

28

18

22

15

18

14

No interest / never wanted to drive

44

45

44

13

24

35

44

48

55

51

50

No car / could not afford a car

10

12

10

13

10

8

8

7

11

12

14

Health reasons

7

8

6

6

2

7

13

11

5

5

5

Failed test, gave up trying

6

6

6

7

8

7

7

8

6

3

4

Don't need to drive (eg given lifts)

9

10

8

7

6

9

5

12

6

12

10

One or more other reason(s)

6

8

6

7

11

7

3

6

7

7

6

No particular reason

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

0

1

0

1

All for whom a reason is available¹

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Sample size ( = 100% ) n =

2,291

514

1,777

76

200

239

222

322

471

511

250

Reasons for not using buses more often^#

July to December interviews only

people aged 17+

Nothing

5

5

6

10

5

4

4

3

7

7

5

Takes too long

9

9

9

12

13

11

10

9

5

3

2

Inconvenient

25

27

23

19

26

32

32

28

19

13

10

No direct route

10

11

9

10

10

13

12

13

5

5

2

Use own car

26

30

23

9

24

31

27

27

30

22

10

Need car for / at work

5

7

3

1

4

7

9

7

3

1

0

Cost

11

12

11

18

17

13

13

13

6

5

3

Work unsocial or unusual hours

3

5

2

2

4

6

4

3

1

0

0

Public transport unreliable

5

6

5

6

7

6

5

8

4

3

2

Lack of service

13

13

13

12

13

15

16

16

11

8

6

Too infrequent

8

9

8

8

9

9

10

8

8

4

4

Health reasons

7

5

8

2

2

2

4

6

9

14

34

Difficult access, on-off steps

4

2

5

2

2

2

2

2

4

9

18

Too much to carry, awkward

3

2

4

2

4

5

3

3

3

3

3

Uncomfortable

3

3

3

2

4

3

2

3

2

4

3

No need

17

16

17

19

13

14

13

17

20

23

23

Prefer to walk

8

8

8

8

7

7

8

8

10

9

7

Dislike waiting about

4

4

4

3

6

4

3

4

3

4

1

Live centrally, within walking distance

4

3

4

6

4

4

3

3

4

5

3

One or more other reason(s)

9

7

10

9

8

8

7

9

10

10

10

All for whom a reason is available

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Sample size ( = 100% ) n =

7,529

3,256

4,273

195

888

1,504

1,168

1,179

1,165

988

442