| 2009 NHTS |
| Avg. Vehicle Occupancy (Persons) |
| Average Vehicle Occupancy by Mode and Purpose |
| Transportation mode used on trip | TD Vehicle Occupancy (Mean) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trip purpose summary | All | |||||||||||||
| Refused |
Don't know |
Not ascertained |
Home |
Work |
School/Daycare/Religious activity |
Medical/Dental services |
Shopping/Errands |
Social/Recreational |
Family personal business/Obligations | Transport someone |
Meals |
Other reason |
||
| Car | 2.24 | 1.42 | 1.97 | 1.46 | 1.13 | 1.43 | 1.56 | 1.64 | 2.02 | 1.63 | 2.06 | 1.95 | 1.62 | 1.55 |
| Van | 1.08 | 1.60 | . | 2.33 | 1.30 | 3.25 | 1.81 | 2.40 | 3.18 | 2.48 | 2.38 | 3.16 | 2.42 | 2.35 |
| SUV | 1.74 | 1.62 | 1.09 | 1.88 | 1.14 | 1.88 | 1.73 | 1.83 | 2.51 | 1.95 | 2.15 | 2.38 | 2.95 | 1.90 |
| Pickup truck | 1.09 | 1.08 | 2.00 | 1.38 | 1.19 | 2.41 | 1.40 | 1.55 | 1.82 | 1.52 | 1.95 | 1.99 | 1.63 | 1.49 |
| Other truck | . | . | . | 1.17 | 1.07 | 1.26 | 1.27 | 1.35 | 1.42 | 1.17 | 2.25 | 1.37 | 1.00 | 1.11 |
| RV | . | . | . | 1.96 | 6.74 | 1.02 | 2.79 | 4.01 | 2.77 | 1.77 | 4.68 | 3.84 | . | 3.39 |
| Motorcycle | 1.00 | . | . | 1.13 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.42 | 1.16 | 1.07 | 1.72 | 1.36 | 1.00 | 1.16 |
| All | 1.81 | 1.29 | 1.98 | 1.61 | 1.15 | 1.83 | 1.61 | 1.75 | 2.21 | 1.77 | 2.12 | 2.17 | 1.84 | 1.67 |
| 2009 NHTS |
| Avg. Vehicle Occupancy (Persons) |
| Average Vehicle Occupancy by Mode and Purpose |
| Transportation mode used on trip | TD Vehicle Occupancy (Sample Size) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trip purpose summary | All | |||||||||||||
| Refused |
Don't know |
Not ascertained |
Home |
Work |
School/Daycare/Religious activity |
Medical/Dental services |
Shopping/Errands |
Social/Recreational |
Family personal business/Obligations | Transport someone |
Meals |
Other reason |
||
| Car | 60 | 74 | 9 | 136,918 | 50,186 | 11,729 | 9,123 | 88,999 | 34,935 | 13,274 | 25,329 | 26,894 | 803 | 398,333 |
| Van | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24,649 | 7,673 | 2,165 | 1,589 | 15,938 | 6,129 | 2,277 | 8,480 | 4,752 | 130 | 73,793 |
| SUV | 19 | 22 | 2 | 51,814 | 20,535 | 3,562 | 3,048 | 32,717 | 13,226 | 4,944 | 12,426 | 10,808 | 311 | 153,434 |
| Pickup truck | 15 | 30 | 4 | 38,349 | 20,576 | 1,896 | 1,670 | 22,921 | 8,724 | 3,792 | 4,759 | 6,800 | 177 | 109,713 |
| Other truck | . | . | . | 571 | 1,307 | 20 | 13 | 293 | 105 | 77 | 51 | 127 | 7 | 2,571 |
| RV | . | . | . | 83 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 96 | 56 | 8 | 12 | 19 | . | 303 |
| Motorcycle | 2 | . | . | 1,149 | 597 | 31 | 34 | 474 | 444 | 76 | 21 | 196 | 2 | 3,026 |
| All | 102 | 131 | 15 | 253,533 | 100,896 | 19,406 | 15,481 | 161,438 | 63,619 | 24,448 | 51,078 | 49,596 | 1,430 | 741,173 |