Summary

DfT accessibility statistics provide a local-level measure of the availability of transport to key services (covering food stores, education, health care, town centres and employment centres) for the populations who use them.

This publication presents a summary of the statistics at national and regional level. The full set of results, including figures at local authority and lower super output area level, are available in separate files. Figures have been revised for 2007 to 2009 to ensure the data are based on a consistent methodology for all years.

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Key points

• The average minimum travel time to key services (excluding town centres) was 14 minutes by public transport/walking, nine minutes by cycling and six minutes by car.
• Service users in urban areas could access key services by public transport/walking, on average, in 12 minutes compared with 21 minutes in rural areas.
• The proportion of users able to access given key services by public transport/walking in a ‘reasonable’ time was highest for employment centres (82%), and lowest for hospitals (31%).
• Overall levels of access to key services by public transport / walking within a ‘reasonable’ time was highest in London and lowest in the East of England.

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Technical information

Information on port freight statistics, including the pre-release access list, and related technical documentation, can be found here:

• Accessibility

Contact us

• subnational.stats@dft.gsi.gov.uk
• Phone: 020 7944 3556