According to a survey conducted in July 2024 in Japan, 24.2 percent of car owners reported traveling between 3,000 and 5,000 kilometers per year with their private passenger cars, making it the most common travel distance. On average, respondents traveled 6,972 kilometers per year.
Travel distance per year among private car owners in Japan as of July 2024
single-answer question format; respondents received help for estimation**
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
*The survey participants were Net Asia Research Internet Monitoring members who owned a private passenger car and drove once a month or more. The survey arbitrarily picked valid responses for its sample, comprising equal parts of male and female participants in four same-sized age groups.
**Respondents received the following for their travel distance estimation:
- 3,000 km or less: not driving much
- 3,000 to 5,000 km: mainly for nearby shopping
- 5,000 to 7,000 km: one-way commute to work or school of around 30 minutes
- 7,000 to 9,000 km: use on free days, sometimes for travel
- 9,000 to 11,000 km: one-way commute to work or school of around one hour
- 11,000 to 16,000 km: long distances every day 16,000 km or more
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