National Transportation Statistics, February 2026 Update

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its monthly update to National Transportation Statistics (NTS), a guide to historical national-level transportation trends.

Each month, BTS updates NTS with transportation statistics from across the following areas:

• The extent, condition, use, and performance of the physical transportation network and infrastructure;
• Safety information including accidents, crashes, fatalities, and injuries for each transportation mode and for hazardous materials movement;
• Transportation's impact on the economy, including gross domestic product, employment by industry and occupation, and transportation-related consumer and Government expenditures; and
• Transportation's impact on energy use.

This month, the following tables received new data:

• Number of U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances (1-11)
• U.S. Vehicle-Miles (1-35, 1-35M)
• U.S. Passenger-Miles (1-40, 1-40M)
• U.S. Air Carrier Safety Data (2-9)
• U.S. Commuter Air Carrier Safety Data (2-10)
• U.S. On-Demand Air Taxi Safety Data (2-13)
• U.S. General Aviation Safety Data (2-14)
• Hazardous Liquid and Natural Gas Pipeline Safety and Property Damage Data (2-50)
• Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel (4-8, 4-8M)
• Air Carrier Profile
• General Aviation Profile
• Natural Gas Pipeline Profile

NTS is a collection of transportation data first published by BTS in November 1971. NTS has grown to over 200 regularly updated datasets and tables after incorporating materials from other Department of Transportation programs.