Cycling UK Bike Week 2016

Poll of British adults on their participation in cycling.

One in five British adults (21%) report having cycled in the last week.

Cycling for leisure (36%) or cycling for exercise (36%) are the reasons for cycling most likely to be reported by British adults.

14% of British adults report ever cycling to work: just 3% report cycling to work daily, and 4% report doing so at least once a week.

Feeling safer / more confident on the road (35%) and clear cycle lanes on the road (34%) are the factors most likely to be reported by British adults who work within their top 3 things that would make cycling to work more appealing to them.

Of the options tested, British adults who work are most likely to report improving their fitness as a benefit they would get from cycling to work (57%).

Date Published: 10th June 2016

Categories: GB | Public and communities | Social

Client: Cycling UK

Methodology

ComRes interviewed 2,054 British adults online between 1^st and 2^nd June 2016. Data were weighted by age, gender, region and socio-economic grade to be representative of all British adults.