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1050. Motor Vehicle Travel, by Type of Vehicle, and by Speed
[Travel in billions of vehicle-miles, except as indicated (1,110 represents 1,110,000,000,000).
Travel estimates based on automatic traffic recorder data.
Speed trend data for 1970-1975 were collected by several State
highway agencies, normally during summer months; beginning Oct. 1975
all States have monitored speeds at locations on several highway systems
Monitoring Program]
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Citations |
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Percent of vehicles exceeding- |
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Cars |
Buses |
Trucks |
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Buses |
Trucks |
(1,000) 2 |
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55 mph |
60 mph |
65 mph |
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| 1970 |
1,110 |
917 |
4.5 |
186 |
10.3 |
12.0 |
9.9 |
200 |
63.8 |
87 |
69 |
44 |
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| 1980 |
1,527 |
1,122 |
6.1 |
291 |
8.8 |
11.5 |
10.4 |
667 |
57.5 |
66 |
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7 |
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| 1981 |
1,555 |
1,144 |
6.2 |
296 |
8.9 |
11.5 |
10.2 |
3,048 |
57.9 |
68 |
30 |
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| 1982 |
1,595 |
1,172 |
5.8 |
306 |
9.1 |
10.4 |
10.3 |
4,895 |
59.0 |
73 |
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| 1983 |
1,653 |
1,204 |
5.2 |
328 |
9.1 |
8.9 |
10.5 |
7,856 |
59.1 |
74 |
41 |
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| 1984 |
1,720 |
1,236 |
4.6 |
358 |
9.2 |
7.9 |
11.2 |
8,067 |
59.3 |
75 |
43 |
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| 1985 |
1,775 |
1,256 |
4.5 |
391 |
9.4 |
7.5 |
10.5 |
8,449 |
59.5 |
75 |
44 |
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| 1986 |
1,835 |
1,280 |
4.7 |
424 |
9.5 |
7.9 |
10.8 |
8,549 |
59.7 |
76 |
46 |
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| 1987 |
1,921 |
1,325 |
5.3 |
457 |
9.7 |
8.9 |
11.1 |
7,992 |
59.7 |
74 |
46 |
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| 1988 |
2,026 |
1,380 |
5.5 |
502 |
10.0 |
8.9 |
11.5 |
7,566 |
59.5 |
74 |
46 |
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| 1989 |
2,096 |
1,412 |
5.7 |
536 |
10.2 |
9.1 |
11.7 |
7,488 |
60.1 |
77 |
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| 1990 |
2,144 |
1,418 |
5.7 |
575 |
10.3 |
9.1 |
11.9 |
7,511 |
60.4 |
78 |
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| 1991 |
2,172 |
1,367 |
5.8 |
649 |
10.3 |
9.1 |
12.2 |
7,594 |
59.9 |
76 |
48 |
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| 1992 |
2,247 |
1,381 |
5.8 |
707 |
10.6 |
9.0 |
12.4 |
7,004 |
61.2 |
81 |
56 |
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| 1993 |
2,296 |
1,385 |
6.1 |
746 |
10.5 |
9.4 |
12.4 |
6,433 |
60.8 |
78 |
51 |
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2,358 |
1,416 |
6.4 |
765 |
10.8 |
9.6 |
12.2 |
(NA) |
(NA) |
(NA) |
(NA) |
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2,423 |
1,448 |
6.4 |
790 |
11.0 |
9.3 |
12.0 |
(NA) |
(NA) |
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(NA) |
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2,486 |
1,480 |
6.6 |
817 |
11.3 |
9.4 |
11.8 |
(NA) |
(NA) |
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(NA) |
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2,560 |
1,512 |
6.8 |
850 |
11.6 |
9.8 |
12.1 |
(NA) |
(NA) |
(NA) |
(NA) |
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2,625 |
1,545 |
6.9 |
866 |
11.7 |
9.7 |
12.1 |
(NA) |
(NA) |
(NA) |
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NA Not available. 1 Includes motorcycles.
2 Citations issued for 55 mph violations.
Source: U.S. Federal Highway Administration,
Highway Statistics Summary, annual.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm
http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/1050_motor_vehicle_travel_by_type_of.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
Copyright © 2006 Photius Coutsoukis and Information Technology Associates, all rights reserved.
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