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Table 4-9: Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
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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-miles traveled (millions) |
R718,762 |
R887,812 |
R1,109,724 |
R1,327,664 |
R1,527,295 |
R1,774,826 |
R2,144,362 |
R2,172,050 |
R2,247,151 |
R2,296,378 |
R2,357,588 |
R2,422,696 |
R2,485,848 |
2,561,695 |
R2,631,522 |
2,691,056 |
2,749,803 |
Fuel consumed (million gallons) |
57,880 |
71,104 |
92,329 |
108,984 |
114,960 |
121,301 |
130,755 |
128,563 |
132,888 |
137,262 |
140,839 |
143,834 |
147,365 |
150,386 |
R155,379 |
161,411 |
162,260 |
Average miles traveled per vehicle (thousands) |
9.7 |
9.8 |
10.0 |
9.6 |
9.5 |
10.0 |
11.1 |
11.3 |
11.6 |
11.6 |
11.7 |
11.8 |
11.8 |
12.1 |
12.2 |
12.2 |
12.2 |
Average miles traveled per gallon |
12.4 |
12.5 |
12.0 |
12.2 |
13.3 |
14.6 |
16.4 |
16.9 |
16.9 |
16.7 |
16.7 |
16.8 |
16.9 |
17.0 |
R16.9 |
16.7 |
16.9 |
Average fuel consumed per vehicle (gallons) |
784 |
787 |
830 |
790 |
712 |
685 |
677 |
669 |
683 |
693 |
698 |
700 |
700 |
711 |
R721 |
732 |
719 |
KEY: R = revised.
a Includes personal passenger vehicles, buses, and
trucks.
NOTE: Seetables 4-11, 4-12, 4-13, 4-14, and 4-15
for individual highway vehicles.
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.
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