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Highway Statistics 2018


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Annual Vehicle Distance Traveled in Miles and Related Data - 2018 (1)
   by Highway Category and Vehicle Type

Revised: November 2019
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
ALL
LIGHT DUTY
VEHICLES 2/
SINGLE-UNIT
2-AXLE 6-TIRE
OR MORE AND
COMBINATION
TRUCKS
  Motor-Vehicle Travel: (millions of vehicle-miles)
2018 Interstate Rural 147,065 1,312 1,664 46,092 10,418 50,688 193,158 61,106 257,240
2017 142,445 1,128 1,775 44,928 10,103 52,171 187,373 62,274 252,550
2018 Other Arterial Rural 233,941 2,667 2,271 92,830 17,656 30,166 326,771 47,822 379,531
2017 228,664 2,661 2,109 92,175 16,814 29,970 320,839 46,784 372,393
2018 Other Rural 212,919 2,786 2,081 92,630 17,339 14,277 305,549 31,615 342,031
2017 213,923 2,728 1,986 88,419 16,563 14,644 302,342 31,207 338,262
2018 All Rural 593,925 6,765 6,016 231,553 45,413 95,130 825,478 140,543 978,802
2017 585,032 6,517 5,870 225,522 43,480 96,785 810,554 140,265 963,206
2018 Interstate Urban 398,748 2,606 2,793 100,541 19,427 47,300 499,289 66,727 571,415
2017 400,339 2,596 2,628 99,803 18,617 43,228 500,142 61,844 567,210
2018 Other Urban 1,239,915 10,705 9,494 332,401 55,859 41,735 1,572,316 97,594 1,690,110
2017 1,235,430 11,036 8,730 331,253 54,006 41,478 1,566,682 95,483 1,681,932
2018 All Urban 1,638,663 13,311 12,287 432,942 75,286 89,035 2,071,605 164,321 2,261,525
2017 1,635,769 13,632 11,358 431,056 72,622 84,705 2,066,824 157,328 2,249,142
2018 Total Rural and Urban 5/ 2,232,588 20,076 18,303 664,495 120,699 184,165 2,897,083 304,864 3,240,327
2017 2,220,801 20,149 17,227 656,578 116,102 181,490 2,877,378 297,593 3,212,347
2018 Number of motor vehicles registered 2/ 192,856,211 8,666,185 992,152 57,853,642 10,327,899 2,906,011 250,709,853 13,233,910 273,602,100
2017 193,672,370 8,715,204 983,231 56,880,878 9,336,998 2,892,218 250,553,248 12,229,216 272,480,899
2018 Average miles traveled per vehicle 11,576 2,317 18,448 11,486 11,687 63,374 11,556 23,037 11,843
2017 11,467 2,312 17,521 11,543 12,435 62,751 11,484 24,335 11,789
2018 Person-miles of travel 4/ (millions) 3,729,610 23,297 388,032 1,119,644 120,699 184,165 4,849,254 143,996 5,565,447
2017 3,709,919 23,382 365,220 1,106,303 116,102 181,490 4,816,223 139,484 5,502,417
2018 Fuel consumed (thousand gallons) 91,585,334 456,657 2,493,815 37,189,350 16,080,122 30,325,060 128,774,684 46,405,182 178,130,339
2017 91,712,165 458,429 2,350,323 37,466,749 15,599,855 30,363,561 129,178,914 45,963,416 177,951,081
2018 Average fuel consumption per vehicle (gallons) 475 53 2,514 643 1,557 10,435 514 3,507 651
2017 474 53 2,390 659 1,671 10,498 516 3,758 653
2018 Average miles traveled per gallon of fuel consumed 24.4 44.0 7.3 17.9 7.5 6.1 22.5 6.6 18.2
2017 24.2 44.0 7.3 17.5 7.4 6.0 22.3 6.5 18.1

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/ For 2017 and 2018, vehicle occupancy is estimated by the FHWA from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) and the annual RL Polk Vehicle registration data; For single unit truck and heavy trucks, 1 motor vehicle miles traveled = 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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