Table 5-3: California Truck Characteristics and Use: 1997
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-3: California Truck Characteristics and Use: 1997
(Percent unless otherwise specified)
| Vehicular and operational characteristics | All trucks | Trucks, excluding pickups, panels, vans, sport utilities, and station wagons |
|---|---|---|
| Total, number (thousands) | 8,818.8 | 522.5 |
| Major use | 100.00 | 100.0 |
| Agriculture | 2.7 | 8.7 |
| Forestry and lumbering | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Mining and quarrying | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Construction | 8.9 | 20.5 |
| Manufacturing | 0.3 | 5.5 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 5.8 | 20.4 |
| For-hire transportation | 1.2 | 16.5 |
| Utilities and service | 8.2 | 12.6 |
| Personal transportation | 68.6 | 3.4 |
| Other and not reported | 4.0 | 10.2 |
| Body type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Pickup, panel, minivan, and sport utility | 94.1 | NA |
| Platform and cattlerack | 2.1 | 35.4 |
| Van | 1.2 | 20.1 |
| Public utility | 0.1 | 1.8 |
| Multistop or stepvans | 0.8 | 13.5 |
| Dump | 0.5 | 8.7 |
| Tank for liquids or dry bulk | 0.3 | 4.4 |
| Other or not reported | 1.0 | 16.2 |
| Vehicle size | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Light | 95.6 | 28.3 |
| Medium | 1.6 | 23.6 |
| Light-heavy | 0.7 | 11.7 |
| Heavy-heavy | 2.2 | 36.4 |
| Annual miles driven | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Less than 5,000 | 20.0 | 24.8 |
| 5,000 to 9,999 | 17.8 | 13.4 |
| 10,000 to 19,999 | 40.7 | 25.1 |
| 20,000 to 29,999 | 13.3 | 11.6 |
| 30,000 or more | 8.3 | 25.1 |
| Year model | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 1 to 2 years old | 16.8 | 11.3 |
| 3 to 4 years old | 12.3 | 9.8 |
| Over 4 years old | 70.9 | 78.9 |
| Vehicle acquisition | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Purchased new | 46.0 | 38.0 |
| Purchased used | 46.1 | 50.0 |
| Leased from someone or | ||
| not reported | 7.9 | 12.0 |
| Truck type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Single-unit trucks | 97.7 | 68.6 |
| 2-axles | 97.3 | 60.9 |
| 3-axles or more | 0.5 | 7.6 |
| Combination | 2.3 | 31.4 |
| 3 axles | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| 4 axles | 0.6 | 7.4 |
| 5 axles or more | 1.2 | 20.4 |
| Trailer not specified | V | V |
| Range of operation | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Local | 72.0 | 53.0 |
| Short-range | 16.0 | 27.4 |
| Long-range | 5.4 | 7.7 |
| Off-the-road or not | ||
| reported | 6.7 | 11.9 |
| Fuel type | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Gasoline | 94.5 | 35.5 |
| Diesel, liquefied gas, | ||
| and other | 4.9 | 59.6 |
| Not reported | 0.5 | 4.9 |
KEY: NA = not applicable; V = represents less than .05 percent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey, California, EC97TVCA, Washington, DC: 1999, available at http://www.census.gov/econ/www/viusmain.html as of Dec. 27, 2001.