Factor record · upper-medium-unknown-miles-scope-3-defra-2026last verified 2026-07-31 · DESNZ
0.27112
kgCO2e / miles
Travel by car — Upper medium
Business travel · Road transport · Passenger car
Fuel / powertrain
Use this average value when the car’s fuel or powertrain is not known.
Vintage
Select unit
0.57% higher than 2025
0.26959 kgCO2e/miles in 2025
GHG Breakdown
CO₂
0.2688
kgCO2e/miles
CH₄
0.0001
kgCO2e/miles
N₂O
0.0022
kgCO2e/miles
Record
- Identifier
- 7741071bded9
- Activity
- Travel by car — Upper medium
- Activity class
- Business travel · Road transport · Passenger car
- Category
- transport
- Sub-category
- Cars (by market segment)
- Market segment
- Upper medium
- Fuel / powertrain
- Average / unknown
- Region
- GBR · United Kingdom
- Value
- 0.27112 kgCO2e/miles
- 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_300_3017_9_1
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Verified
- 2026-07-31 · DESNZ
Citation
DEFRA 2026, Travel by car — Upper medium, Factors by Category sheet, ID 25_300_3017_9_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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