This bar chart illustrates the total distance travelled annually by all types of road transportation (buses, coaches, cars, vans, taxis, motorcycles and pedal cycles) in Great Britain (UK) from 1960 to 2017, in billion passenger kilometers. An overall increase in travel by road was observed during the time period shown. In 2017, all types of road transportation travel amounted to 718 billion passenger-kilometers in Great Britain, which made up 89 percent of the total distance travelled by all modes of transport that year.
Distance travelled annually by all types of road transportation in Great Britain (UK) from 1960 to 2017
(in billion passenger-kilometers)
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GOV.UK. (November 30, 2018). Distance travelled annually by all types of road transportation in Great Britain (UK) from 1960 to 2017 (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/467981/total-distance-travelled-by-all-types-of-road-transportation-mode-great-britain/
GOV.UK. "Distance travelled annually by all types of road transportation in Great Britain (UK) from 1960 to 2017 (in billion passenger-kilometers)." Chart. November 30, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/467981/total-distance-travelled-by-all-types-of-road-transportation-mode-great-britain/
GOV.UK. (2018). Distance travelled annually by all types of road transportation in Great Britain (UK) from 1960 to 2017 (in billion passenger-kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/467981/total-distance-travelled-by-all-types-of-road-transportation-mode-great-britain/
GOV.UK. "Distance Travelled Annually by All Types of Road Transportation in Great Britain (Uk) from 1960 to 2017 (in Billion Passenger-kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/467981/total-distance-travelled-by-all-types-of-road-transportation-mode-great-britain/
GOV.UK, Distance travelled annually by all types of road transportation in Great Britain (UK) from 1960 to 2017 (in billion passenger-kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/467981/total-distance-travelled-by-all-types-of-road-transportation-mode-great-britain/ (last visited November 24, 2024)
Distance travelled annually by all types of road transportation in Great Britain (UK) from 1960 to 2017 (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph], GOV.UK, November 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/467981/total-distance-travelled-by-all-types-of-road-transportation-mode-great-britain/
