Transport, health and wellbeing: Research into the relationships between transport and health and wellbeing (29 October 2019)

Summary

Research by NatCen for the Department for Transport, into the 3 factors linking transport, health and wellbeing:

• access to health services, particularly for vulnerable groups including older people
• how modes of transport affect physical and mental health
• transport as a facilitator for social interactions and social inclusion

Transport can have both positive and negative impacts on health, and these impacts are experienced differently by different groups in society.