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Table 4-9M: 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 |
235,331 |
234,624 |
236,760 |
243,023 |
Vehicle-kilometers
traveled (millions) |
1,156,735 |
1,428,795 |
1,785,928 |
2,136,668 |
2,457,943 |
2,856,306 |
3,451,016 |
3,495,576 |
3,616,439 |
3,695,662 |
3,794,170 |
3,898,951 |
4,000,585 |
4,122,648 |
4,235,024 |
4,330,835 |
4,420,747 |
4,501,797 |
4,595,495 |
(R) 4,651,728 |
4,767,703 |
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 |
588,174 |
611,007 |
615,334 |
618,833 |
638,532 |
(R) 643,781 |
657,715 |
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 |
19.1 |
19.6 |
(R)
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 |
7.2 |
7.1 |
7.2 |
7.3 |
7.2 |
(R) 7.2 |
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 |
2,729 |
2,771 |
2,725 |
2,631 |
2,722 |
(R) 2,718 |
2,718 |
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.
1.609344 kilometers = 1
mile.
3.785412 liter = 1
gallon.
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.
1995-2004:
Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.
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