Section XIV-Vehicle Analysis ANNUAL VEHICLE MILEAGE AVERAGE MILEAGE PER VEHICLE ANNUAL MILEAGE PER LIGHT VEHICLE The average car and light truck in the U.S. traveled 10.68 thousand miles during 2006. Annual mileage by the average light vehicle increased approximately 260 miles over the next two years with the typical light vehicle in the U.S. driven 10.94 thousand miles during 2008. 2006....................................................10.68 2011....................................................10.53 Annual mileage per light vehicle receded to 10.53 thousand miles during 2011, slipping to 10.38 thousand miles by 2012, and falling to 10.34 thousand miles during 2013. 2012....................................................10.38 2013....................................................10.34 FEWER ANNUAL MILES PER VEHICLE 2014....................................................10.32 Annual average miles per car and light truck on U.S. roads declined during 2014, falling to 10.32 before rebounding over the next two years. 2015....................................................10.43 2016....................................................10.46 Miles in Thousands Cars and light trucks in the U.S. averaged 10.43 thousand miles during 2015, with that figure climbing to 10.46 thousand miles by 2016. This two-year mileage increase totaled 140 miles for the average car and light truck, but 2016 average annual light vehicle mileage was still 220 miles below the 2006 level. AVERAGE ANNUAL MILEAGE CHANGE The fewer miles traveled per vehicle during 2016 compared to 2015 represented a 0.29% annual mileage reduction. Mileage Change Per Light Vehicle ANNUAL MILEAGE DROP 2006-2015........................................... -0.24% Annual mileage per car and light truck declined at a 0.21% average annual pace between 2006 and 2016, as annual use per light vehicle slipped from 10.68 thousand to 10.46 thousand miles. 2006-2016........................................... -0.21% 2014-2015.............................................1.07% 2015-2016.............................................0.29% The mileage decline stopped in 2009 and 2010, with an average annual 1.7% mileage gain per vehicle during these two years as annual miles per vehicle climbed from 10.39 to 10.65 thousand. Mileage per vehicle declined annually for the next four years, before rebounding modestly during 2015 and 2016. Average Annual Compound Change © 2017 by Lang Marketing Resources, Inc. 182 www.langmarketing.comhttp://www.langmarketing.com