Car share of passenger transport in United Kingdom
Cars accounted for 86.9% of inland passenger transport in United Kingdom in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest since 2009.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2024.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimated”.
United Kingdom, 2019
86.9%e (Estimated)
Change from 2018
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2019
82.7%e (Estimated)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
82.8%
Car share of passenger transport in United Kingdom over time
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% of inland passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 86.7% in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 87.1%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 82.7%.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Car ownership
474 per 1,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
71,823 million passenger-km
2019 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
2.8 per 100,000 people
2018 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
90.8%
2019 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
19.2%
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
3.2 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank