Objectives:

To provide an overview of the literature relating to transport.

Methodology:

Broad review of literature relating to transportation and disabled people.

Key Findings:

• The car is most popular mode of transport for disabled people in the UK – 90 per cent of disabled people travel by car, although only 40 per cent have a car in their household.

• Whilst one third of the general public do not drive, 79 per cent of disabled people do not drive. Hence there is a level of reliance on others: 67 per cent of disabled people regularly travel in a car driven by others.

• Schemes such as Motability rationalise government allowances and vehicle schemes for the disabled – Motability has almost 400,000 customers.

• Reiterates findings of other studies that disabled drivers have similar RTI rates to non-disabled drivers.

Themes:

Disabled drivers, transport use, car use.

Comments:

Report contains only a small amount on disabled drivers and still less on road safety. However, it does demonstrate the importance of car use in transporting disabled people.

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