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Highway Statistics 2023


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Annual Vehicle Distance Traveled in Miles and Related Data - 2023 (1)
  by Highway Category and Vehicle Type

Updated: March, 2025

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)
2023 Interstate Rural
141,502 1,014 1,576 53,228 11,957 59,441 194,729 71,398 268,717
2022 148,757 1,164 1,601 50,143 11,677 61,652 198,900 73,328 274,993
2023 Other Arterial Rural
232,915 2,258 2,327 104,131 19,890 33,536 337,046 53,426 395,057
2022 229,877 2,233 2,231 99,865 19,332 33,364 329,742 52,696 386,901
2023 Other Rural
209,061 2,757 2,144 98,503 18,432 13,888 307,564 32,321 344,786
2022 221,526 3,294 2,293 103,707 19,890 13,106 325,232 32,997 363,816
2023 All Rural
583,478 6,029 6,047 255,862 50,279 106,865 839,340 157,144 1,008,560
2022 600,160 6,691 6,125 253,714 50,899 108,122 853,874 159,021 1,025,711
2023 Interstate Urban
383,568 2,189 2,348 113,349 21,451 50,897 496,917 72,348 573,802
2022 378,935 2,842 2,624 104,686 20,397 49,710 483,621 70,108 559,194
2023 Other Urban
1,206,510 11,963 9,306 336,310 62,370 37,996 1,542,820 100,366 1,664,454
2022 1,158,710 14,232 9,741 326,459 64,928 37,216 1,485,169 102,144 1,611,287
2023 All Urban
1,590,077 14,152 11,654 449,659 83,822 88,892 2,039,737 172,714 2,238,257
2022 1,537,646 17,074 12,365 431,144 85,325 86,927 1,968,790 172,252 2,170,481
2023 Total Rural and Urban 5/
2,173,555 20,181 17,701 705,521 134,101 195,758 2,879,076 329,858 3,246,817
2022 2,137,805 23,765 18,490 684,859 136,224 195,049 2,822,664 331,272 3,196,191
2023 Number of motor vehicles
registered 2/
197,134,299 9,516,910 967,525 62,103,995 11,567,428 3,324,112 259,238,294 14,891,540 284,614,269
2022 196,467,427 9,186,256 958,055 61,273,790 11,049,522 3,239,716 257,741,217 14,289,238 282,174,766
2023 Average miles traveled
per vehicle
11,026 2,121 18,295 11,360 11,593 58,890 11,106 22,151 11,408
2022 10,881 2,587 19,300 11,177 12,328 60,205 10,952 23,183 11,327
2023 Person-miles of travel
(millions) 4/
3,337,839 20,695 375,257 1,040,166 134,101 195,758 4,378,005 329,858 5,103,815
2022 3,284,669 24,369 391,991 1,007,240 136,224 195,049 4,291,909 331,272 5,039,542
2023 Fuel consumed
(thousand gallons)
88,145,179 459,065 2,396,495 39,334,720 17,162,839 29,296,989 127,479,899 46,459,828 176,795,288
2022 86,040,199 540,572 2,497,605 37,939,063 17,180,850 28,218,175 123,979,262 45,399,024 172,416,463
2023 Average fuel consumption
per vehicle (gallons)
447 48 2,477 633 1,484 8,813 492 3,120 621
2022 438 59 2,607 619 1,555 8,710 481 3,177 611
2023 Average miles traveled per
gallon of fuel consumed
24.7 44.0 7.4 17.9 7.8 6.7 22.6 7.1 18.4
2022 24.8 44.0 7.4 18.1 7.9 6.9 22.8 7.3 18.5

1/ The FHWA estimates national trends by using State reported Highway Performance and Monitoring System (HPMS) data, fuel consumption data (MF-21), vehicle registration data (MV-1), 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) less than or equal to 121 inches. Light Duty Vehicles Long WB - large passenger cars, vans, pickup trucks, and sport utility vehicles with wheelbases (WB) greater 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 2023 and 2022, vehicle occupancy is estimated by the FHWA from the 2022 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) and the annual R.L. Polk Vehicle registration data. For single unit trucks and combination 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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