Note: * Provisional data.
| Change since | |
 |
1970 |
|
1990 |
|
1996-8 |
Coverage: Great Britain
Source: DfT
- Between 1985-6 and 2002, the percentage of children aged 5-16 travelling to school by car doubled from 16 to 32 per cent. The percentage walking or cycling fell commensurately.
- Walking is still the main way for children to get to school even though the percentage walking fell from 56 per cent in 1985-6 to 44 per cent in 2002.
- Between 1996-8 and 2002, the percentage of children walking to school decreased by 10 per cent while the percentage taken by car increased by 13 per cent.