Table 4-9M: Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,1960 ,1965 ,1970 ,1975 ,1980 ,1985 ,1990 ,1991 ,1992 ,1993 ,1994 ,1995 ,1996 ,1997 ,1998 ,1999 ,2000 Vehicles registered (thousands)a,"73,858","90,358","111,242","137,913","161,490","177,133","193,057","192,314","194,427","198,041","201,802","205,427","210,441","211,580","215,496","220,461","225,821" Vehicle-kilometers traveled (millions),"R1,156,735","R1,428,795","R1,785,928","R2,136,668","R2,457,943","R2,856,306","R3,451,016","R3,495,576","R3,616,439","R3,695,662","R3,794,170","R3,898,951","R4,000,585","4,122,648","R4,235,024","4,330,835","4,425,379" Fuel consumed (million liters),"219,100","269,158","349,503","412,549","435,171","459,174","494,962","486,664","503,036","519,593","533,134","544,471","557,837","569,273","R588,174","611,007","614,221" Average kilometers traveled per vehicle,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (thousands) ,15.6,15.8,16.1,15.4,15.3,16.1,17.9,18.2,18.7,18.7,18.8,19.0,19.0,19.5,19.6,19.6,19.6 Average kilometers traveled per liter,5.3,5.3,5.1,5.2,5.7,6.2,7.0,7.2,7.2,7.1,7.1,7.1,7.2,7.2,R7.2,7.1,7.2 Average fuel consumed per vehicle,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (liters),"2,968","2,979","3,142","2,990","2,695","2,593","2,563","2,532","2,585","2,623","2,642","2,650","2,650","2,691","R2,729","2,771","2,720" KEY: R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "a Includes personal passenger vehicles, buses, and trucks.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "NOTES: See tables 4-11, 4-12, 4-13, 4-14, and 4-15 for individual highway vehicles.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Numbers may differ slightly from previous year's metric tables because a higher precision conversion factor was used. 1.609344 kilometers = 1 mile, 3.785412 gallons = 1 liter.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "SOURCES: 1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "1995-2000: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,