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14 © Centre for Economics and Business Research Post-lockdown, van drivers face a fresh challenge as the public is urged to walk or cycle to work and traffic-disrupting work on cycle lanes in urban areas gets underway ’ 12 . The demographics of van usage Even in 2008-10 70% of van drivers were manual workers, a proportion that has probably increased with the growth of the online economy and the consequent rise in delivery services . Figure 2 shows some older data on the socio-economic background of van drivers about a decade ago. Figure 2 Socio economic background of van drivers This is supported by more recent data (2017) from the Admiral Insurance survey. This shows that for men (fewer than 5% of vans are registered to women according to the Guardian 13 ), the top five roles 14 for van drivers are: • Builder • Carpenter • Company director • Electrician • Painter and decorator These other trades are also popular among Admiral Van Insurance customers: • Joiners • Plumbers 12 https://www.sparshattgroup.com/news/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-van-drivers 13 https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/apr/15/white-van-nation-drivers-behind-on-demand-economy 14 https://www.admiral.com/magazine/guides/van/who-drives-britains-vans