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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 |
235,331 |
234,624 |
236,760 |
237,243 |
247,421 |
(R)
250,845 |
254,403 |
| Vehicle-miles
traveled (millions) |
718,762 |
887,812 |
1,109,724 |
1,327,664 |
1,527,295 |
1,774,826 |
2,144,362 |
2,172,050 |
2,247,151 |
2,296,378 |
2,357,588 |
2,422,696 |
2,485,848 |
2,561,695 |
2,631,522 |
2,691,056 |
2,746,925 |
2,797,287 |
2,855,508 |
2,890,450 |
2,964,788 |
2,989,430 |
(R)
3,014,371 |
3,029,822 |
| 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 |
155,379 |
161,411 |
162,554 |
163,478 |
168,682 |
170,069 |
178,536 |
174,787 |
174,930 |
176,106 |
| 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 |
11.9 |
12.2 |
12.2 |
12.5 |
12 |
12.0 |
11.9 |
| 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 |
16.9 |
16.7 |
16.9 |
17.1 |
16.9 |
17.0 |
16.6 |
17 |
17.2 |
17.2 |
| Average
fuel consumed per vehicle (gallons) |
784 |
787 |
830 |
790 |
712 |
685 |
677 |
669 |
683 |
693 |
698 |
700 |
700 |
711 |
721 |
732 |
720 |
695 |
719 |
718 |
753 |
706 |
697 |
692 |
KEY: R = revised.
a Includes personal passenger vehicles,
buses, trucks and motorcycles.
NOTE
See tables
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, table VM-201A, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi as of Mar. 23, 2009.
1995-2007: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables MF-21, MV-1, and
VM-1, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi as of Mar. 23, 2009.
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