Table VM-1 – Highway Statistics 2011 – Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI) – FHWA

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Highway Statistics 2012

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Revised: May 2018
Table VM-1

ANNUAL VEHICLE DISTANCE TRAVELED IN MILES AND RELATED DATA – 2012 (1) BY HIGHWAY CATEGORY AND VEHICLE TYPE
YEAR	ITEM	LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES SHORT WB (2)	MOTOR– CYCLES	BUSES	LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES LONG WB (2)	SINGLE–UNIT TRUCKS (3)	COMBINATION TRUCKS	SUBTOTALS		ALL MOTOR VEHICLES
YEAR	ITEM	LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES SHORT WB (2)	MOTOR– CYCLES	BUSES	LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES LONG WB (2)	SINGLE–UNIT TRUCKS (3)	COMBINATION TRUCKS	ALL LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES (2)	SINGLE–UNIT 2–AXLE 6–TIRE OR MORE AND COMBINATION TRUCKS	ALL MOTOR VEHICLES
	Motor–Vehicle Travel: (millions of vehicle–miles)
2012	Interstate Rural	141,163	1,281	1,673	43,906	9,249	48,599	185,069	57,849	245,872
2011	Interstate Rural	140,603	1,243	1,670	42,961	9,495	47,616	183,564	57,111	243,587
2012	Other Arterial Rural	231,338	2,877	2,030	88,887	17,182	29,639	320,225	46,821	371,953
2011	Other Arterial Rural	232,433	2,815	1,982	89,667	16,951	29,328	322,100	46,279	373,176
2012	Other Rural	227,071	3,360	2,033	94,471	17,980	14,337	321,542	32,317	359,253
2011	Other Rural	227,027	3,033	2,069	93,914	18,224	14,762	320,941	32,986	359,028
2012	All Rural	599,572	7,518	5,736	227,265	44,412	92,575	826,837	136,987	977,078
2011	All Rural	600,063	7,090	5,721	226,541	44,671	91,706	826,604	136,377	975,792
2012	Interstate Urban	344,913	2,811	2,365	84,083	14,536	35,841	428,996	50,377	484,548
2011	Interstate Urban	341,865	2,134	2,112	82,652	14,126	33,815	424,517	47,942	476,704
2012	Other Urban	1,118,342	11,057	6,680	289,884	46,657	35,186	1,408,227	81,843	1,507,807
2011	Other Urban	1,104,354	9,318	5,975	294,983	45,006	38,270	1,399,337	83,276	1,497,906
2012	All Urban	1,463,256	13,868	9,045	373,967	61,194	71,026	1,837,223	132,220	1,992,355
2011	All Urban	1,446,220	11,452	8,087	377,634	59,132	72,085	1,823,854	131,218	1,974,610
2012	Total Rural and Urban (5)	2,062,828	21,385	14,781	601,232	105,605	163,602	2,664,060	269,207	2,969,433
2011	Total Rural and Urban (5)	2,046,282	18,542	13,807	604,175	103,803	163,791	2,650,458	267,594	2,950,402
2012	Number of motor vehicles registered (2)	183,171,882	8,454,939	764,509	50,588,676	8,190,286	2,469,094	233,760,558	10,659,380	253,639,386
2011	Number of motor vehicles registered (2)	183,522,635	8,437,502	666,064	50,318,787	7,819,055	2,451,638	233,841,422	10,270,693	253,215,681
2012	Average miles traveled per vehicle	11,265	2,519	19,299	11,882	12,815	66,161	11,398	25,172	11,705
2011	Average miles traveled per vehicle	11,150	2,198	20,730	12,007	13,276	66,809	11,334	26,054	11,652
2012	Person–miles of travel (4) (millions)	3,490,438	24,816	313,357	970,669	105,605	163,602	4,461,108	269,207	5,068,488
2011	Person–miles of travel (4) (millions)	3,464,405	21,517	292,716	972,382	103,803	163,791	4,436,788	267,594	5,018,614
2012	Fuel consumed (thousand gallons)	88,541,453	489,115	2,059,305	35,093,224	14,286,505	27,925,585	123,634,677	42,212,090	168,395,187
2011	Fuel consumed (thousand gallons)	88,358,664	426,378	1,936,151	35,334,618	14,215,431	28,181,039	123,693,282	42,396,470	168,452,281
2012	Average fuel consumption per vehicle (gallons)	483	58	2,694	694	1,744	11,310	529	3,960	664
2011	Average fuel consumption per vehicle (gallons)	481	51	2,907	702	1,818	11,495	529	4,128	665
2012	Average miles traveled per gallon of fuel consumed	23.3	43.5	7.2	17.1	7.3	5.8	21.6	6.4	17.6
2011	Average miles traveled per gallon of fuel consumed	23.2	43.5	7.1	17.1	7.3	5.8	21.4	6.3	17.5

1/ The FHWA estimates national trends by using State reported Highway Performance and Monitoring System (HPMS) data, fuel consumption data (MF-21 and MF-27), vehicle registration data (MV-1, MV-9, and MV-10), other data such as the R. L. Polk vehicle data, and a host of modeling techniques.

2/ Light Duty Vehicles Short WB - passenger cars, light trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles with a wheelbase (WB) equal to or less than 121 inches. Light Duty Vehicles Long WB - large passenger cars, vans, pickup trucks, and sport/utility vehicles with wheelbases (WB) larger than 121 inches. All Light Duty Vehicles - passenger cars, light trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles regardless of wheelbase.

3/ Single-Unit - single frame trucks that have 2-Axles and at least 6 tires or a gross vehicle weight rating exceeding 10,000 lbs.

4/ Starting with 2009 VM-1, vehicle occupancy is estimated by the FHWA from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) and the annual RL Polk Vehicle registration data; For single unit truck and heavy trucks, 1 motor vehicle miles travelled = 1 person-miles traveled.

5/ VMT data are based on the latest HPMS data available; it may not match previous published results.

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