Factor record · local-bus-not-london-passenger-km-scope-3-defra-2026last verified 2026-07-31 · DESNZ
0.12552
kgCO2e / passenger.km
Travel by bus — Local bus (not London)
Business travel · Road transport · Bus or coach
Vintage
0.22% higher than 2025
0.12525 kgCO2e/passenger.km in 2025
GHG Breakdown
CO₂
0.1246
kgCO2e/passenger.km
CH₄
0.0000
kgCO2e/passenger.km
N₂O
0.0009
kgCO2e/passenger.km
Record
- Identifier
- 0b0eb3583d7f
- Activity
- Travel by bus — Local bus (not London)
- Activity class
- Business travel · Road transport · Bus or coach
- Category
- transport
- Sub-category
- Bus
- Region
- GBR · United Kingdom
- Value
- 0.12552 kgCO2e/passenger.km
- Scope
- Scope 3*
- Scope 3 category
- Category 6
- Methodology
- activity based
- GWP
- AR5 / GWP100
- Vintage year
- 2026
- Published
- 2026
- Source reference
- Factors by Category sheet, ID 25_314_3143_11_1
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Verified
- 2026-07-31 · DESNZ
Citation
DEFRA 2026, Travel by bus — Local bus (not London), Factors by Category sheet, ID 25_314_3143_11_1
Methodology
Derived from direct physical activity measurements (litres, kilometres, kilograms). The most accurate approach where activity data exists.
Notes
* Scope 3 boundary · Use this factor for Scope 3 Category 6 passenger road journeys undertaken for business in vehicles outside the reporting organisation’s ownership or control. Choose the car, motorbike, bus, coach, or taxi record and unit that match the travel data available. Separate factors apply to employee commuting, owned or controlled vehicles, freight transport, rail travel, and upstream well-to-tank emissions.
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