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Sir Timothy Sainsbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the average annual and daily mileage travelled by (a) a car commuter and (b) a car shopper. [12699]
Mr. Norris
The average annual car commuting mileage of a person who normally travels to work in a car was 3,040 miles in 1992–94, consisting of an average of 348 single-way journeys of 8.7 miles mean length. The average annual car shopping mileage of a driver in a car-owning household was 970 miles in 1992–94, consisting of an average of 186 single-way journeys of 5.2 miles mean length.