Revised Vehicle Miles of Travel for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, 1975 to 1993

Shelton, Terry S.T.

doi:10.21949/1403844

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Revised Vehicle Miles of Travel for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, 1975 to 1993

1995-09-21
By Shelton, Terry S.T.

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Shelton, Terry S.T.
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ; United States. Energy Information Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Fatality Rates Injury Rates Light Trucks Minivans Passenger Cars Sport Utility Vehicles Vehicle Classification Vehicle Factors In Crashes Vehicle Miles Of Travel
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21949/1403844
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Research Paper
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abstract:

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) historically has supplied registered vehicle and vehicle miles of travel (VMT) data for use with the National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) motor vehicle injury and fatality data. However, the boom in light truck sales (especially minivans and sport utility vehicles) did not appear to be reflected in the FHWA registered light truck numbers. When FHWA's figures for registered cars and light trucks were compared with R.L. Polk data for these vehicles, large variations were found. The explanation for the majority of the differences in the two data sources was different definitions for cars and light trucks. FHWA classifies minivans and utility vehicles as passenger cars, whereas Polk and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) classify these vehicles as light trucks. Starting with the 1993 Traffic Safety Facts Report, NCSA began using Polk registered vehicle data for calculating fatality and injury rates per registered vehicle. Based on the methodology described in this note, total VMT and fatality rates for cars and trucks as reported by FHWA has been revised.
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