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AAA Report Nearly 47 Million Americans Will Set New Independence Day Holiday Travel Record

July 3, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

A record-breaking 46.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Independence Day holiday, an increase of more than 5 percent compared with last year and the highest number since AAA started tracking 18 years ago.

For the 39.7 million Americans planning a Fourth of July road trip, a 5.1 percent increase from last year, travel times in the most congested cities in the U.S. could be twice as long than the normal trip, with today being the busiest day.

 “This Independence Day will be one for the record books, as more Americans take to the

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