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Indicator: Personal travel (cars) j(i)
Disposable income, car passenger costs and car passenger kilometres: 1974 to 2002
Indicator Chart

Coverage: United Kingdom, except car passenger kilometres (Great Britain)

Source: ONS, DfT

  • Since 1974, car passenger travel has almost doubled, while the cost of travelling by car has changed relatively little.
  • There has been little change in either car passenger travel or its cost since 1998, but disposable incomes have risen by 19 per cent.


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