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Automobile Profile

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Financial	1960	1970	1980	1990	1994	1995	^R1996	1997	^R1998
Personal auto expenditures ($ millions)
New and used cars^a	^g16,571	^g26,754	^g57,243	^g,R119,000	^g,R129,500	^g,R132,200	^g,R133,300	^g,R135,600	^g143,100
Tires, tubes, accessories, and parts	2,487	6,087	17,926	^R29,900	^R35,200	^R36,900	^R38,700	^R39,600	41,700
Gasoline and oil	12,004	21,921	86,689	^R107,300	^R109,000	^R113,300	^R124,200	^R128,100	115,200
Tolls	310	652	1,104	^R2,300	^R3,300	^R3,400	^R3,700	^R4,000	4,200
Insurance premiums less claims paid	2,029	3,752	9,443	^R18,100	^R27,800	^R29,700	^R31,800	^R36,300	38,000
Repair, greasing, washing, parking, storage, rental, and leasing	5,519	12,329	34,022	^R84,900	^R110,000	^R122,200	^R134,200	^R146,300	153,100
Auto registration fees	^h867	^h1,668	^h2,893	^h6,054	^h7,423	^h7,043	ⁱ7,698	ⁱ8,163	^l8,630
Driver's license fees	119	222	370	638	823	823	893	865	917
Total^a	39,906	^R73,385	209,690	^R368,192	^R423,046	^R445,567	^R474,491	^R498,928	504,847
Taxi expenditures ($ millions)	^g609	^g1,180	^g1,866	^g,R2,600	^g3,000	^g3,200	^g3,500	^g,R3,700	^g4,100
Inventory
Number of vehicle registrations
Passenger car and motorcycle	^j62,245,422	^j92,067,655	^j127,294,783	^j137,959,958	^k,R137,686,214	^k132,283,966	^k,R133,599,940	^kR133,575,077	135,717,988
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle	^e	14,210,591	27,875,934	48,274,555	^R57,141,967	65,738,322	^R69,133,913	70,224,082	^R71,330,205
Motorcycle	574,032	2,824,098	5,693,940	4,259,462	^R3,756,553	3,897,191	^R3,871,599	3,826,373	3,879,450
Motor vehicle licensed drivers	^l87,252,563	^l111,542,787	^l145,295,036	^l167,015,250	^l175,403,465	^l176,628,482	^l179,539,340	^l182,709,204	184,980,177
Number of employees
Taxicabs^m	120,700	106,400	52,500	32,400	30,800	30,700	30,500	30,600	31,200
Automotive dealers and service stations	1,267,200	1,617,400	1,688,500	2,063,100	2,116,200	2,189,600	2,266,700	^R2,310,800	2,332,300
Motor vehicles, parts, and supplies	N	N	434,300	456,000	471,400	492,100	502,800	^R513,000	516,600
Auto repair, services, and parking	N	N	570,900	913,700	968,300	1,020,100	1,080,000	^R1,119,600	1,145,200
Performance
Vehicle-miles (millions)
Passenger car and motorcycle
Rural highway
Rural interstate	N	ⁿ62,342	ⁿ89,488	ⁿ117,519	^k,R114,002	^k115,991	^k,R120,323	^k,R121,095	^R128,447
Rural other arterial	ⁿ233,452	182,213	180,857	211,066	^R207,540	212,063	^R217,559	^R221,732	^R230,435
Other rural roads	80,171	179,533	180,314	219,325	^R196,879	199,878	^R203,147	^R212,400	^R220,376
All rural	313,623	361,746	361,171	430,391	^R524,353	527,932	^R541,029	^R555,227	^R579,258
Urban highway^b
Urban interstate	N	69,369	124,480	184,783	^R199,588	205,489	^R211,817	^R215,525	^R222,066
Other urban	N	426,222	546,671	685,129	^R698,321	714,670	726,928	^R741,885	^R758,536
All urban	273,389	495,591	671,151	869,912	^R897,909	920,159	^R938,745	^R957,410	^R980,602
Total rural and urban highway	587,012	857,337	1,032,322	1,300,303	^R1,422,262	1,448,091	^R1,479,744	^R1,512,637	^R1,559,860
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle
Rural highway
Rural interstate	^e	6,766	19,952	46,298	^R50,849	63,329	65,779	^R69,030	72,345
Rural other arterial	^e	29,808	56,137	87,474	^R73,595	118,305	^R122,212	^R129,890	132,043
Other rural roads	^e	37,017	73,471	94,059	^R110,881	113,838	^R119504	^R128,396	130,420
All rural	^e	73,591	149,560	227,831	^R235,325	295,472	^R307495	^R327,316	334,806
Urban highway^c
Urban interstate	^e	6,252	23,067	71,500	^R86,311	109,807	112,908	^R116,680	121,700
Other urban	^e	43,443	118,308	275,239	^R310,429	384,750	^R396,137	^R406,743	411,769
All urban	^e	49,695	141,375	346,739	^R396,741	494,557	^R509,045	^R523,423	533,469
Total rural and urban highway	^e	123,286	290,935	574,570	^R632,066	790,029	^R816540	^R850,739	868,275
Vehicle-miles (millions)
Passenger car and motorcycle	^j587,012	^j919,679	^j1,121,810	^j1,417,823	^R1,416,329	1,448,091	^R1,479,774	^R1,512,637	1,559,860
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle	^e	123,286	290,935	574,571	^R764,634	790,029	^R816,540	^R850,739	868,275
Motorcycle	^f	2,979	10,214	9,574	10,240	9,797	^R9,920	^R10,081	10,283
Total	587,012	1,042,965	^R1,412,745	1,992,394	^R2,180,963	^R3,280,932	^R2,296,314	^R2,363,376	2,428,135
Passenger-miles^c (millions)
Passenger car and motorcycle	^a1,145,000	^a1,754,174	^a2,024,246	2,293,815	2,262,132	^R2,282,870	^R2,348,774	^R2,400,960	2,475,960
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle	^e	225,613	520,774	999,754	1,269,292	1,295,648	^R1,339,126	^R1,395,212	1,423,971
Motorcycle	^f	3,277	12,257	12,424	12,390	11,560	^R11,706	^R11,896	12,134
Total	1,145,000	1,979,787	2,545,020	3,293,569	3,531,424	^R3,578,518	^R3,687,900	^R3,796,172	3,899,932
Average miles traveled per vehicle
Passenger car and motorcycle	^R9,431	9,989	8,813	10,277	^R10,979	10,947	^R13,892	^R14,216	14,404
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle	^e	8,676	10,437	11,902	^R11,713	12,018	^R11,811	^R12,115	12,173
Motorcycle	^f	1,055	1,794	2,244	2,726	2,514	^R2,562	^R2,635	2,651
Fuel consumed (million gallons)
Passenger car and motorcycle	41,171	67,879	70,186	69,759	^R67,721	68,268	^R69419	^R70,094	71,904
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle	^e	12,313	23,796	35,611	^R44,423	45,605	^R47,354	^R49,387	50,462
Motorcycle	^f	60	204	191	205	196	198	202	205
Average fuel consumption per vehicle (gallons)
Passenger car and motorcycle	668	737	551	506	^R492	516	^R585	^R591	597
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle	^e	866	854	738	^R777	694	^R685	703	707
Motorcycle	^f	21	36	45	55	50	^R51	53	53
Average miles traveled per gallon of fuel consumed
Passenger car and motorcycle	14.3	13.5	16.0	20.3	^R22.2	21.2	^R21.4	21.6	21.5
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle	^e	10.0	12.2	16.1	^R15.1	17.3	^R17.3	17.2	17.1
Motorcycle	^f	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0
Safety
Number of occupants andnonoccupant fatalities
Passenger car	N	N	^o27,449	^o24,092	^o21,997	^o22,423	^o22,505	^o22,199	21,194
Motorcycle	790	2,280	5,144	3,244	2,320	2,227	2,161	2,116	2,294
Bicycle^d	490	760	965	859	802	833	765	814	760
Pedestrian^d	7,210	8,950	8,070	6,482	5,489	5,584	5,449	5,321	5,228
Occupant fatality rates
Per 100 million vehicle-miles
Passenger car	4.7	3.8	2.5	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.5	^R1.5	1.4
Motorcycle	N	76.5	50.4	33.9	22.7	22.7	21.8	^R21.0	22.3
Per 10,000 registered vehicles
Passenger car	5.1	3.9	2.6	^R1.8	^R1.6	^R1.7	^R1.7	^R1.8	1.7
Motorcycle	^R13.8	8.1	9.0	7.6	^R6.2	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.9
Vehicle involvement rate (fatal crashes)
Per 100 million vehicle-miles
Passenger car	N	5.6	3.5	2.4	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9
Motorcycle	N	22.9	50.9	34.3	22.8	23.1	21.9	21.4	22.7
Per 10,000 registered vehicles
Passenger car	N	5.6	3.7	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.3
Motorcycle	N	8.2	9.1	7.7	6.2	5.8	5.6	5.6	6.0

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

NOTES
^aFigures obtained by addition/subtraction and may not appear directly in data source.
^bUrban consists of travel on all roads and streets in urban places of 5,000 or greater population.
^cIn July 1997, the USDOT, Federal Highway Administration published revised passenger-miles data for the highway modes for many years. The major change reflected the reassignment of some vehicles from the passenger car category to the other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle category.
^dInvolvement only with motor vehicle.
^eIncluded in single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more truck category.
^fIncluded in passenger car and motorcycle.
^gU.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, "Annual Only" NIPA Table 2.4 available at http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn1.htm as of Aug 17, 2000
^hU.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Highway Statistics, Summary to 1995,FHWA-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table MV-202.
ⁱIbid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table MV-2.
^jIbid., Highway Statistics, Summary to 1995, FHWA-97-009 Washigton, DC: July 1997), table VM–201A.
^kIbid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.
^lIbid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table DL-22.
^mIbid., internet site http://stats.bls.gov/sahome.html, as of Aug. 17, 2000, codes “414120 Taxicabs”, “605500 Automotive Dealers and Service Stations”, “525010 Motor Vehicle Parts, and Supplies” and “807500 Auto Repair, Services and Parking."
ⁿU.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009(Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201.
^oU.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Traffic Safety Facts 1998 (Washington, DC: October 1998), tables 3, 4, 7, and 10.

SOURCES: Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.