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Data for Figure 3-9 Share of Highway Vehicle-Miles Traveled by Vehicle Type: 2013

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

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Total VMT = 2,988,322

Vehicle Type 2013
VMT Percent
Light-duty Vehicles1 2,677,771 89.6
Other2 35,533 1.2
Truck, single-unit 2-axle 6 or more tires 106,582 3.6
Truck, combination 168,436 5.6

1 Includes passenger cars, light trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles with a wheelbase equal to or less than 121 inches and large passenger cars, vans, pickup trucks, and sport utility vehicles with a wheelbase larger than 121 inches.

2 Includes buses and motorcycles.

NOTES: Based on a new methodology, FHWA revised its annual vehicle miles traveled, number of vehicles, and fuel economy data beginning with 2007. Information on the new methodology is available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm. Data in this figure should not be compared to those in pre-2011 editions of Freight Facts and Figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: annual issues), table VM-1, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2013/ as of July 2015.