|
|
 |
|
Table 4-9M: Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Excel | CSV
| 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: Seetables 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.
|
|
