3.25T mi
2023 (latest)
VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED
million vehicle miles · 1980–2023 · neither direction is "better" · Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2023
1.53T mi
1980
3.26T mi
high · 2019
1.53T mi
low · 1980
+113%
since 1980
┊ dashed lines mark 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. VM-202 all-motor-vehicles total, million vehicle miles; years 1980–2023 from one workbook edition. Grand-total column identified uniquely by the 2023 sample of 3,246,817 (±1) and held fixed across years. 2007–09 HPMS resubmission is a break. Highway Statistics 2023 is the latest edition FHWA has published (the 2024 workbook does not exist yet), so the series ends at 2023 and extends with the next edition. Breaks: 2007–09 HPMS resubmission is a break. Highway Statistics 2023 is the latest edition FHWA has published (the 2024 workbook does not exist yet), so the series ends at 2023 and extends with the next edition.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2023/xls/vm202.xls
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Vehicle miles traveled | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.25T mi | +2% |
| 2022 | 3.20T mi | +2% |
| 2021 | 3.13T mi | +8% |
| 2020 | 2.90T mi | −11% |
| 2019 | 3.26T mi | +1% |
| 2018 | 3.24T mi | +1% |
| 2017 | 3.21T mi | +1% |
| 2016 | 3.17T mi | +3% |
| 2015 | 3.10T mi | +2% |
| 2014 | 3.03T mi | +1% |
| 2013 | 2.99T mi | +1% |
| 2012 | 2.97T mi | +1% |
| 2011 | 2.95T mi | −1% |
| 2010 | 2.97T mi | +0% |
| 2009 | 2.96T mi | −1% |
| 2008 | 2.98T mi | −2% |
| 2007 | 3.03T mi | +1% |
| 2006 | 3.01T mi | +1% |
| 2005 | 2.99T mi | +1% |
| 2004 | 2.96T mi | +3% |
| 2003 | 2.89T mi | +1% |
| 2002 | 2.86T mi | +2% |
| 2001 | 2.80T mi | +2% |
| 2000 | 2.75T mi | +2% |
| 1999 | 2.69T mi | +2% |
| 1998 | 2.63T mi | +3% |
| 1997 | 2.55T mi | +3% |
| 1996 | 2.48T mi | +3% |
| 1995 | 2.42T mi | +3% |
| 1994 | 2.36T mi | +3% |
| 1993 | 2.30T mi | +2% |
| 1992 | 2.25T mi | +3% |
| 1991 | 2.17T mi | +1% |
| 1990 | 2.14T mi | +2% |
| 1989 | 2.10T mi | +3% |
| 1988 | 2.03T mi | +5% |
| 1987 | 1.92T mi | +5% |
| 1986 | 1.83T mi | +3% |
| 1985 | 1.77T mi | +3% |
| 1984 | 1.72T mi | +4% |
| 1983 | 1.65T mi | +4% |
| 1982 | 1.60T mi | +3% |
| 1981 | 1.56T mi | +2% |
| 1980 | 1.53T mi | — |
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