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Figure 6-2 Licensed Drivers, Resident Population, Highway Fatalities, Highway Vehicle-miles Travelled (VMT): 2000-2014

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Graphic Version | Excel

Index: 2000 = 1

Year Population (millions) Population Drivers (millions) Drivers Highway Fatalities Highway Fatalities Highway VMT (millions) Highway VMT
2000 282 1.00 191 1.00 41,945 1.00 2,746,925 1.00
2001 285 1.01 191 1.00 42,196 1.01 2,795,610 1.02
2002 288 1.02 195 1.02 43,005 1.03 2,855,508 1.04
2003 291 1.03 196 1.03 42,884 1.02 2,890,221 1.05
2004 293 1.04 199 1.04 42,836 1.02 2,964,788 1.08
2005 296 1.05 201 1.05 43,510 1.04 2,989,430 1.09
2006 298 1.06 203 1.06 42,708 1.02 3,014,371 1.10
2007 301 1.07 205 1.07 41,259 0.98 3,031,124 1.10
2008 304 1.08 208 1.09 37,423 0.89 2,976,528 1.08
2009 307 1.09 210 1.10 33,883 0.81 2,956,764 1.08
2010 309 1.10 210 1.10 32,999 0.79 2,967,266 1.08
2011 312 1.11 212 1.11 32,479 0.77 2,950,402 1.07
2012 314 1.11 212 1.11 33,782 0.81 2,969,433 1.08
2013 316 1.12 212 1.11 32,893 0.78 2,988,280 1.09
2014 319 1.13 214 1.12 32,744 0.78 3,025,656 1.10
2015 321 1.14 NA NA 35,092 0.84 3,130,509 1.14

KEY: NA = not available.

SOURCE: Drivers and Resident Population: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2014, tables DV-1C, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2014 as of April 2016. Highway Fatalities and Highway VMT: USDOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, tables 1-35 and 2-1, available at www.bts.gov as of April 2016.