Table 1-25:
Median Age of Automobiles and Trucks in Operation in the United States
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1990 |
6.5 |
N |
6.5 |
1991 |
6.7 |
N |
6.8 |
1992 |
7.0 |
N |
7.2 |
1993 |
7.3 |
7.1 |
7.5 |
1994 |
7.5 |
7.2 |
7.5 |
1995 |
7.7 |
7.4 |
7.6 |
1996 |
7.9 |
7.5 |
7.7 |
1997 |
8.1 |
7.3 |
7.8 |
1998 |
8.3 |
7.1 |
7.6 |
1999 |
8.3 |
6.9 |
7.2 |
2000 |
8.3 |
6.7 |
6.9 |
2001 |
(R) 8.3 |
6.1 |
6.8 |
2002 |
8.4 |
6.6 |
6.8 |
2003 |
8.6 |
6.5 |
6.7 |
KEY: N = data do not
exist; R = revised.
a Gross vehicle weight 1-3.
b Gross vehicle weight 1-8.
NOTE
The National Household Travel Survey (formerly the Nationwide
Personal Transportation Survey), conducted by the U.S. Department of
Transportation, estimates the mean age of household vehicles for several
years:
Automobile |
5.1 |
5.5 |
7.2 |
7.6 |
8.2 |
8.5 |
Van |
N |
6.4 |
8.5 |
5.9 |
6.7 |
7.0 |
Sport utility |
N |
N |
N |
N |
6.6 |
6.1 |
Pickup |
N |
7.3 |
8.5 |
8.4 |
9.7 |
9.4 |
Other truck |
N |
11.6 |
12.4 |
14.5 |
14.9 |
16.8 |
RV/motor home |
N |
4.5 |
10.7 |
10.4 |
13.2 |
12.5 |
KEY: N = data do not exist.
The 1969, 1977, 1983, and 1990 surveys do not include a separate category for sports utility vehicles (SUV), while the 1995 and 2001 surveys do. In the 1990, most SUVs were classified as automobiles. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey: Summary of Travel Trends (Washington, DC: 1999); U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) data, available at Internet site http://nhts.ornl.gov/2001/index.shtml as of Aug. 21, 2003.
Data are as of July 1 of each year.
SOURCE
The R.L. Polk
Co., Internet site http://www.polk.com as of Feb. 9, 2004.
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