In 2017, 28% of vehicle miles traveled by households were for traveling to or from work, 25% for social or recreational purposes, 17% for family errands, 15% for shopping, and another 15% for traveling to or from school or church.

(AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 2021)

Among US residents ages 16 and older in 2019–2020, 96% of white residents, 90% of Hispanic residents, and 88% of black residents drove at least occasionally.

Widowed residents drove least of all: an average of 32.0 minutes and 14.1 miles.

Among US residents in 2019–2020, married residents drove an average of 68.3 minutes and 34.9 miles, more than did those of any other marital status.

In 2019–2020, 94% of male US residents ages 16 and older drove at least occasionally, whereas 93% of female residents did.

Men are slightly more likely to drive than women.

97% of college graduates drove at least occasionally, compared with 85% of residents who did not graduate from high school.

In 2019–2020, the percentage of US residents ages 16 and older who reported that they drove at least occasionally varied by education level.

In 2019–2020, a survey of about 5,000 US residents ages 16 and older found that 97% of respondents aged 35–49 drove at least occasionally, a larger percentage than for any other age group.

They drove for an average of about 59 minutes and nearly 30 miles daily.

In 2019–2020, a survey of about 5,000 US residents ages 16 and older found that 88.3% of respondents drove at least occasionally and made an average of 2.5 driving trips daily.

This is up sharply from the 2% of passenger vehicle sales in 2018.

In 2021, EVs accounted for nearly 5% of SUVs and sedans sold and more than 20% of all passenger vehicles sold.

(These figures include both plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in battery electric vehicles.) (Argonne National Laboratory, 2021) Over 2.2 million plug-in EVs have been sold since 2010. Over 492,000 plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) were sold in 2021.These drivers drove a total of 3,261,772,000,000 (over three trillion) miles. In 2019, there were 228,679,719 licensed drivers and 299,267,114 registered vehicles in the United States.

Drunk drivers killed in 2017