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ANNUAL VEHICLE DISTANCE TRAVELED IN KILOMETERS AND RELATED DATA - 2005 1/
BY HIGHWAY CATEGORY AND VEHICLE TYPE

NOVEMBER 2006 Table VM-1M
YEAR ITEM PASSENGER
CARS		 MOTOR-
CYCLES		 BUSES OTHER
2-AXLE 4-TIRE
VEHICLES 2/		 SINGLE-UNIT
2-AXLE 6-TIRE
OR MORE
TRUCKS 3/		 COMBINATION
TRUCKS		 SUBTOTALS ALL
MOTOR
VEHICLES
PASSENGER
CARS
AND
OTHER 2-AXLE
4-TIRE VEHICLES		 SINGLE-UNIT
2-AXLE 6-TIRE
OR MORE AND
COMBINATION
TRUCKS
Motor-Vehicle Travel: (millions of vehicle-kilometers)
2005 Interstate Rural 197,097 2,306 1,562 132,302 12,486 70,730 329,398 83,216 416,482
2004 208,274 2,178 1,608 133,867 12,413 70,140 342,140 82,553 428,480
2005 Other Arterial Rural 334,948 2,270 1,547 238,682 22,696 41,876 573,630 64,572 642,019
2004 350,024 2,309 1,596 239,473 22,974 42,510 589,497 65,484 658,886
2005 Other Rural 335,504 2,613 2,668 224,678 23,683 22,750 560,182 46,433 611,897
2004 350,192 2,563 2,736 229,384 24,185 23,039 579,575 47,224 632,099
2005 All Rural 867,548 7,190 5,777 595,662 58,865 135,356 1,463,210 194,221 1,670,398
2004 908,490 7,051 5,940 602,723 59,572 135,689 1,511,213 195,262 1,719,465
2005 Interstate Urban 417,789 3,696 1,551 267,383 16,885 47,591 685,172 64,476 754,895
2004 416,282 3,362 1,588 250,597 15,657 45,632 666,879 61,289 733,117
2005 Other Urban 1,434,397 6,447 3,368 842,200 51,668 48,254 2,276,598 99,922 2,386,335
2004 1,410,936 5,878 3,418 799,740 51,010 47,801 2,210,676 98,810 2,318,781
2005 All Urban 4/ 1,852,187 10,143 4,920 1,109,583 68,553 95,846 2,961,770 164,398 3,141,230
2004 1,827,219 9,240 5,005 1,050,337 66,666 93,433 2,877,555 160,099 3,051,899
2005 Total Rural and Urban 2,719,735 17,332 10,696 1,705,245 127,417 231,202 4,424,980 358,619 4,811,628
2004 2,735,708 16,290 10,945 1,653,060 126,239 229,122 4,388,768 355,360 4,771,364
2005 Number of motor vehicles registered 5/ 136,568,083 6,227,146 807,053 95,336,839 6,395,240 2,086,759 231,904,922 8,481,999 247,421,120
2004 136,430,651 5,767,934 795,274 91,845,327 6,161,028 2,010,335 228,275,978 8,171,364 243,010,550
2005 Average kilometers traveled per vehicle 19,915 2,783 13,253 17,887 19,924 110,795 19,081 42,280 19,447
2004 20,052 2,824 13,763 17,998 20,490 113,972 19,226 43,489 19,634
2005 Person-kilometers of travel 6/ (millions) 4,297,181 22,012 226,773 2,956,346 127,417 231,202 7,253,528 358,619 7,860,932
2004 4,322,419 20,689 232,049 2,865,873 126,239 229,122 7,188,292 355,360 7,796,390
2005 Fuel consumed 279,629,774 815,352 5,031,775 247,638,496 34,228,766 92,403,840 527,268,270 126,632,607 659,748,003
2004 285,427,208 766,344 5,148,835 240,060,020 33,912,074 91,572,531 525,487,227 125,484,606 656,887,012
2005 Average fuel consumption per vehicle (liters) 2,048 131 6,235 2,598 5,352 44,281 2,274 14,930 2,666
2004 2,092 133 6,474 2,614 5,504 45,551 2,302 15,357 2,703
2005 Average kilometers traveled per liter of fuel consumed 9.7 21.3 2.1 6.9 3.7 2.5 8.4 2.8 7.3
2004 9.6 21.3 2.1 6.9 3.7 2.5 8.4 2.8 7.3

Footnotes

1/ The 50 states and the District of Columbia report travel by highway category, number of motor vehicles registered, and total fuel consumed. The travel and fuel data by vehicle type and stratification of trucks are estimated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Entries for 2004 may have been revised based on the availability of more current data. Estimation procedures include use of State-supplied data, the 2002 Census of Transportation Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS), and other sources. Some States may still be using 1990 Census-based urbanized area boundaries which may in turn affect highway data by category.

2/ Other 2-Axle 4-Tire Vehicles which are not passenger cars. These include vans, pickup trucks, and sport/utility vehicles.

3/ Single-Unit 2-Axle 6-Tire or More Trucks on a single frame with at least two axles and six tires.

4/ Truck registration figures are from tables MV-1 and MV-9 with truck distribution estimated by the FHWA using the 2002 VIUS.

5/ Vehicle occupancy is estimated by the FHWA from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) with nominal values for heavy trucks.

6/ Total fuel consumption figures are from tables MF-21 and MF-27. Distribution by vehicle type is estimated by the FHWA based on miles per gallon for both diesel and gasoline powered vehicles using State-supplied data, the 2002 VIUS, and other sources with nominal values for motorcycles and buses (revised).

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