Americans continue to love their automobiles.

Only 7.4 percent of households in the United States recentlyreported that they had no vehicle, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety inWashington, D.C.

In order to offer valuable, personalized customerservice, it's important for auto insurance agents tounderstand drivers, their insurance needs and driving habits.

A snapshot of U.S. drivers

Thefoundation's latest American Driving Survey revealed thatAmericans drove a total of 2.45 trillion miles last year, which isa 2.4 percent increase from 2014.

“The amount of time the average driver spends behind the wheeleach year is equivalent to seven 40-hour weeks at the office,” saysJurek Grabowski, the foundation's research director. “It’s clearthat traveling by car remains a central part of American’slives.”

About the survey

The survey data is from a sample of 5,774 drivers who providedinformation about their daily driving trips in calendar years 2014and 2015. Respondents were selected from a random sample oflandline and cellphone numbers nationwide.

Here are 15 key findings from the survey, released on Sept.8:

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1. American drivers travelled nearly10,900 miles on average and spent more than 290 hours on theroad.

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2. More than 87.5 percent of Americans aged 16years and older reported driving in the past year.

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3. On average, men report driving 2,314 moremiles than women per year and spend 18 percent more time behind thewheel.

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4. More than 86 percent of U.S.households have at least one car for every driver in the home, and28 percent report having more cars than drivers.

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5. Seniors over the age of 75 drive fewermiles (5,840 annually) than teenagers (7,551 annually).

Drivers ages 30-49 drive an average of 13,506 miles annually,more than any other age group.

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6. Drivers who report living in ruralareas drive more miles (13,029 annually) compared to drivers wholive in cities or towns (10,571 annually).

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7. Motorists in the Midwest and Southernregions drive more (11,295 miles annually) compared to those in theNortheast (9,328 miles annually).

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8. More than 50 percent of miles drivenby Americans are done in cars, followed by SUVs (20 percent),pickup trucks (17 percent) and vans (7.9 percent).

Men report doing a much greater share of their driving in pickuptrucks compared to women who report doing most of their driving incars and SUVs.

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9. More than 66 percent of total drivingtrips and nearly 62 percent of total miles driven are done bydrivers without a passenger in the vehicle.

Women are 24 percent more likely than men to have a passenger inthe vehicle on any given trip.

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10. On average, Americans drive the mostduring the fall (October through December) at 31.5 miles daily anddrive the least during the winter (January through March) at 26.2miles daily.

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11. Fewer drivers drove on weekends thanon weekdays.

However, drivers who did drive on the weekend drove more miles,on average, than drivers who drove on weekdays.

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12. Among adults aged 18 and older, thosewho are married were significantly more likely to be drivers thanwere those who were never married or widowed.

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13. The average number of drivers perhousehold was 1.8, and the average number of vehicles per householdwas 2.1.

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14. Overall, drivers reported makingapproximately 2.1 driving trips on any given day, driving anaverage of 29.8 miles and spending an average of 48.4 minutesdriving.

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15. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that the driving-agedpopulation increased by approximately 1 percent from 2014 to2015.

As a result, the number of drivers in the United Statesincreased by approximately 3.3 million, or 1.5 percent, from2014 to 2015.

Here's an infographic from the foundation summarizing theresults of its survey:

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(Source: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety)