Guidance

Department for Transport Statistics contact information

Contact details for statistical queries at DfT.

Use the contact list below if you: 

  • need the latest statistic information 

  • have questions about a specific area  

  • want to understand how to use the Department for Transport’s statistics within briefing and policy documents

General enquiries on transport statistics 

Includes transport statistics online content for Great Britain or other matters that relate to statistical dissemination, contact: transport.statistics@dft.gov.uk.

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Aviation statistics

For questions or more information about UK airports, air passenger experiences and international airports and airlines, contact: aviation.stats@dft.gov.uk

See the aviation statistics page for more information.

Maritime statistics  

Maritime freight, seafarers and shipping fleet statistics  

For questions or more information about UK sea port traffic, UK seafarers information or trading fleets and ships, contact: maritime.stats@dft.gov.uk.

See the maritime freight statistics, seafarers statistics and shipping fleet statistics for more information.

Maritime travel 

For questions or more information on passenger movements, including international long, short and cruise journeys, contact: sea-passenger.stats@dft.gov.uk.

See the sea passenger statistics page for more information.

Search and rescue helicopter statistics  

For questions or more information about civilian search and rescue helicopter (SARH) taskings for the UK, contact: sarh.stats@dft.gov.uk.  

See the search and rescue helicopter statistics page for more information.

Roads and freight statistics

Buses

For questions or more information about the local bus sector in Great Britain, contact: bus.statistics@dft.gov.uk.  

See the bus statistics page for more information.

Vehicles, driving tests and instructors and vehicle excise duty evasion

For questions or more information about vehicles, driving tests and instructors and vehicle excise duty evasion, contact: vehicles.stats@dft.gov.uk

See the vehicles statistics, vehicle excise duty evasion statistics and the driving tests and instructors statistics page for more information.

Taxi and private hire vehicles

For questions or more information about the number of licensed taxis and private hire vehicles in England and Wales, contact: localtransport.statistics@dft.gov.uk.

See the taxi and private hire vehicles statistics page for more information.

Road condition and maintenance

For questions or more information about the condition of local authority roads, motorways and trunk roads in England, contact: roadmaintenance.stats@dft.gov.uk.

See the road condition and maintenance statistics page for more information.  

Road congestion and travel time measures 

For questions or more information about road congestion and travel times on the Strategic Road Network and local ‘A’ roads, contact: congestion.stats@dft.gov.uk.

See the road congestion and travel time measures statistics page for more information.

Road accidents and safety

For questions or more information about reported collisions and casualties on public roads in Great Britain, contact: roadacc.stats@dft.gov.uk

See the road accidents and safety statistics page for more information.

Road freight and roll-on, roll off international freight statistics

For questions or more information about the domestic and international activity of heavy goods vehicles and all the main ferry routes between Great Britain and Europe and the Channel Tunnel, contact: roadfreight.stats@dft.gov.uk.

See the road freight statistics and roll-on, roll-off international freight statistics page for more information.

Road lengths

For questions or more information about the estimates of the length of all roads maintained, contact: road.length@dft.gov.uk.

See the road length statistics page for more information.

Road traffic and vehicle speed compliance

For questions or more information about vehicle speed compliance on roads in Great Britain, contact: roadtraff.stats@dft.gov.uk.

See the road traffic statistics and vehicle speed compliance statistics page for more information.

Rail

For questions or more information about the national rail system in Great Britain, contact: rail.stats@dft.gov.uk

See the rail statistics page for more information.

Light rail and tram

For questions or more information about the light rail and tram systems, passenger journeys, its fleet and infrastructure, contact: localtransport.statistics@dft.gov.uk

See the light rail and tram statistics page for more information.

Electric vehicle and environmental statistics  

Electric vehicle charging infrastructure 

For questions or more information about the number of publicly available electric vehicle charging devices and rapid charging devices in the UK, broken down by local authority, contact: evci.stats@dft.gov.uk

See the electric vehicle charging infrastructure statistics page for more information.  

Renewable fuel and transport energy and environment  

For questions or more information about the impact of transport on energy consumption, the environment and the supply of renewable fuel (commonly referred to as biofuel), contact: environment.stats@dft.gov.uk

See the energy and environment statistics or the renewable fuel statistics page for more information.  

Active travel statistics  

For questions or more information about walking and cycling, based on the National Travel Survey and Active Lives Survey, contact: activetravel.stats@dft.gov.uk

See the walking and cycling statistics page for more information.  

Disability, accessibility and Blue Badges statistics  

For questions or more information about transport related disability, accessibility and disabled parking badges, contact: localtransport.statistics@dft.gov.uk

See the transport disability and accessibility statistics page for more information. 

National Travel Survey (NTS) and National Travel Attitudes Study (NTAS) 

For questions or more information about the household survey to monitor trends in personal travel and attitudes to travel and transport-related topics, contact:  national.travelsurvey@dft.gov.uk

See the National Travel Survey or the National Travel Attitudes Study page for more information.

Updates to this page

Published 20 February 2019

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