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Table 4-14: Combination Truck Fuel Consumption and Travela

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  1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number registered (thousands) 787 905 1,131 1,417 1,403 1,709 1,691 1,675 1,680 1,682 1,696 1,747 1,790 1,997 2,029 2,097 2,154 2,277 1,908 2,010 2,087 2,170
Vehicle-miles traveled (millions) 31,700 35,100 46,700 68,700 78,100 94,300 96,600 99,500 103,100 108,900 115,500 118,899 124,584 128,359 132,384 135,020 136,584 138,737 140,160 142,370 (R) 144,028 142,706
Fuel consumed (million gallons) 6,658 7,348 9,177 13,037 14,005 16,133 16,809 17,216 17,748 18,653 19,777 20,193 20,302 25,158 24,537 25,666 25,512 26,480 23,815 24,191 (R) 27,689 28,075
Average miles traveled per vehicle (thousands) 40.3 38.8 41.3 48.5 55.7 55.2 57.1 59.4 61.4 64.8 68.1 68.1 69.6 64.3 65.3 64.4 63.4 60.9 73.4 70.8 (R) 69.0 65.8
Average miles traveled per gallon 4.8 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.9 5.9 (R) 5.2 5.1
Average fuel consumed per vehicle (gallons) 8,465 8,119 8,116 9,201 9,980 9,441 9,938 10,276 10,562 11,093 11,663 11,561 11,342 12,596 12,096 12,241 11,843 11,631 12,479 12,033.3 (R) 13,269 12,940

KEY: R = revised.

a Beginning in 1998, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) used the Census Bureau's 1997 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS) for its baseline estimate of combination trucks. Prior to 1998, the FHWA used the Census Bureau's 1992 Transportation Inventory and Use Survey (TIUS) for its baseline estimates. Therefore, post-1997 data may not be comparable to 1997 and earlier years.

SOURCES

1965-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A.

1995-2006: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.