U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
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Revised: May 2018
Table VM-1
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 |
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ALL LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES 2/ |
SINGLE-UNIT 2-AXLE 6-TIRE OR MORE AND COMBINATION TRUCKS |
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Motor-Vehicle Travel: (millions of vehicle-miles) | ||||||||||
2016 | Interstate Rural | 139,460 | 1,095 | 1,740 | 44,086 | 9,905 | 50,430 | 183,546 | 60,335 | 246,716 |
2015 | 133,747 | 1,185 | 1,643 | 42,100 | 9,623 | 47,468 | 175,847 | 57,091 | 235,766 | |
2016 | Other Arterial Rural | 226,036 | 2,633 | 2,116 | 91,655 | 16,371 | 28,794 | 317,691 | 45,164 | 367,605 |
2015 | 221,643 | 2,710 | 1,966 | 86,304 | 16,171 | 28,636 | 307,948 | 44,807 | 357,431 | |
2016 | Other Rural | 212,457 | 2,856 | 1,946 | 90,026 | 15,563 | 12,375 | 302,483 | 27,939 | 335,224 |
2015 | 212,993 | 2,790 | 2,002 | 88,206 | 16,174 | 13,543 | 301,199 | 29,717 | 335,708 | |
2016 | All Rural | 577,954 | 6,583 | 5,802 | 225,768 | 41,839 | 91,599 | 803,721 | 133,439 | 949,545 |
2015 | 568,383 | 6,685 | 5,611 | 216,610 | 41,967 | 89,648 | 784,993 | 131,615 | 928,905 | |
2016 | Interstate Urban | 392,838 | 2,939 | 2,542 | 99,523 | 18,555 | 41,991 | 492,361 | 60,546 | 558,388 |
2015 | 383,245 | 2,530 | 2,521 | 94,124 | 17,540 | 41,227 | 477,369 | 58,767 | 541,186 | |
2016 | Other Urban | 1,220,973 | 10,923 | 8,006 | 332,663 | 52,944 | 40,966 | 1,553,636 | 93,910 | 1,666,475 |
2015 | 1,196,213 | 10,391 | 8,098 | 321,118 | 50,089 | 39,372 | 1,517,331 | 89,461 | 1,625,282 | |
2016 | All Urban | 1,613,810 | 13,862 | 10,548 | 432,186 | 71,499 | 82,958 | 2,045,997 | 154,456 | 2,224,863 |
2015 | 1,579,458 | 12,921 | 10,619 | 415,242 | 67,630 | 80,599 | 1,994,700 | 148,228 | 2,166,468 | |
2016 | Total Rural and Urban 5/ | 2,191,764 | 20,445 | 16,350 | 657,954 | 113,338 | 174,557 | 2,849,718 | 287,895 | 3,174,408 |
2015 | 2,147,840 | 19,606 | 16,230 | 631,852 | 109,597 | 170,246 | 2,779,693 | 279,844 | 3,095,373 | |
2016 | Number of motor vehicles registered 2/ | 192,774,508 | 8,679,380 | 976,161 | 54,870,473 | 8,746,518 | 2,752,043 | 247,644,981 | 11,498,561 | 268,799,083 |
2015 | 189,618,308 | 8,600,936 | 888,907 | 53,298,884 | 8,456,302 | 2,746,882 | 242,917,192 | 11,203,184 | 263,610,219 | |
2016 | Average miles traveled per vehicle | 11,370 | 2,356 | 16,749 | 11,991 | 12,958 | 63,428 | 11,507 | 25,037 | 11,810 |
2015 | 11,327 | 2,280 | 18,258 | 11,855 | 12,960 | 61,978 | 11,443 | 24,979 | 11,742 | |
2016 | Person-miles of travel 4/ (millions) | 3,699,794 | 23,725 | 346,610 | 1,075,234 | 113,338 | 174,557 | 4,775,028 | 287,895 | 5,433,258 |
2015 | 3,628,379 | 22,752 | 344,073 | 1,028,774 | 109,597 | 170,246 | 4,657,153 | 279,844 | 5,303,821 | |
2016 | Fuel consumed (thousand gallons) | 91,487,810 | 465,802 | 2,225,795 | 37,818,755 | 15,338,479 | 29,554,641 | 129,306,565 | 44,893,120 | 176,891,283 |
2015 | 90,031,266 | 447,879 | 2,228,068 | 36,437,330 | 14,850,510 | 28,885,914 | 126,468,596 | 43,736,423 | 172,880,966 | |
2016 | Average fuel consumption per vehicle (gallons) | 475 | 54 | 2,280 | 689 | 1,754 | 10,739 | 522 | 3,904 | 658 |
2015 | 475 | 52 | 2,507 | 684 | 1,756 | 10,516 | 521 | 3,904 | 656 | |
2016 | Average miles traveled per gallon of fuel consumed | 24.0 | 43.9 | 7.3 | 17.4 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 22.0 | 6.4 | 17.9 |
2015 | 23.9 | 43.8 | 7.3 | 17.3 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 22.0 | 6.4 | 17.9 |
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.