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Vehicle Miles Traveled
Also Known As VMT
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A measure of road traffic flow found by multiplying the number of vehicles on a road or network by the average length of their trips. It is used both to size infrastructure demand and, divided into fatality counts, to compare road safety across places and over time independent of population growth.
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Core ConcernTotal distance driven on a road network, used to size demand and normalize safety statistics 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Vehicle Miles Traveled
WikipediaFatalities by VMTQuote, Fatalities by VMT
Fatalities by VMT (vehicle miles traveled) is a unit for assessing road traffic fatalities. This metric is computed by dividing the fatalities by the estimated VMT.
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