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<p>To monitor the use of the transport system during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,
the Department publishes ‘Transport use by mode: Great Britain’ on a weekly basis.
This includes an estimate of the change in traffic on Great Britain’s roads. The table
below provides (1) the daily estimates for the first two weeks of October 2020. The
figures are presented as a percentage of the road traffic on the same day of the week
in the first week of February 2020. (2) Equivalent figures are not available for 2019.</p><p>
</p><p>The Office for National Statistics publishes ‘Coronavirus and the social impacts
on Great Britain’ on a weekly basis. The second table below presents the statistics
on the percentage of working adults by location of work for the first weeks of October
2020.</p><p> </p><p>Table A: Road traffic use as a percentage of the equivalent day
in the first week of February 2020: Great Britain<sup>1</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Cars</p></td><td><p>Light
Commercial Vehicles</p></td><td><p>Heavy Goods Vehicles</p></td><td><p>All motor vehicles</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/10/2020</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td><td><p>105%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/10/2020</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td><td><p>102%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03/10/2020</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>111%</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04/10/2020</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>102%</p></td><td><p>116%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>05/10/2020</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>103%</p></td><td><p>106%</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/10/2020</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>105%</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07/10/2020</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>101%</p></td><td><p>106%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/10/2020</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td><td><p>104%</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/10/2020</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>104%</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/10/2020</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>107%</p></td><td><p>114%</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/10/2020</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>113%</p></td><td><p>122%</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/10/2020</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td><td><p>102%</p></td><td><p>106%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/10/2020</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>105%</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/10/2020</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td><td><p>106%</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/10/2020</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td><td><p>104%</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/10/2020</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>101%</p></td><td><p>104%</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
DfT Transport use by mode, Great Britain</p><p>1. Although daily data is being reported,
direct comparisons of change should not be made between weekdays and weekends/bank
holidays. For road traffic there is a different profile on weekend days compared to
weekdays.</p><p> </p><p>Table B: Proportion of working adults<sup>1</sup> in Great
Britain by location of work</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30 Sept to
4 Oct</p></td><td><p>7 Oct to 11 Oct</p></td><td><p>14 Oct to 18 Oct</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Both
worked from home and travelled to work</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travelled
to work only</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worked
from home only</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neither
worked from home nor travelled to work – furloughed <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neither
worked from home nor travelled to work – other <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Great Britain</p><p>1. Base population for percentage:
working adults. The working adult population is those that said they had a paid job,
either as an employee or self-employed; or they did any casual work for payment; or
they did any unpaid or voluntary work in the previous week.</p><p>2. Caution should
be used when interpreting the furlough response categories as this is not a labour
force survey. Official estimates on the levels of furloughing are available in 'Coronavirus
and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society'.</p><p>3. The main reasons
for respondents neither working from home nor travelling to work (other) in the past
7 days include temporary closure of business or workplace, on annual leave or sick
leave, variable hours, being on maternity or paternity leave or being unable to work
because of caring responsibilities.</p><p>4. Percentages may not sum to 100 because
of rounding.</p>
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