Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey

CONTENT

Data on physical characteristics for medium and heavy trucks include weight, number of axles, overall length, and body type. Operational characteristics data include lease characteristics, operator classification, gas mileage, annual and lifetime miles driven, months operated, commodities hauled by type, and hazardous materials carried.

Less detailed physical characteristics data are collected for pickups, minivans, other light vans, and sport utilities because they are relatively homogenous in design and use.

DATA COLLECTION

A questionnaire was mailed to the registered owner of each selected truck registration. This registrant was requested to provide data about the truck identified by the vehicle registration information imprinted on the questionnaire. The information provided by each respondent was subjected to extensive computer edits. Questionable responses were reviewed and corrected when necessary.

QUESTIONNAIRES

The 2002 and 1997 VIUS questionnaires are in PDF format. The letters PDF indicate a document is in the Portable Document Format (PDF). To view these files you will need the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader which is available for free from the Adobe web site.

 

2002 VIUS	Description
TC-9501	Pickups, Minivans, Other Light Vans, and Sport Utilities
TC-9502	All Other Trucks