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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 |
237,243 |
(R) 247,421 |
241,194 |
| 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 |
4,651,728 |
4,771,364 |
(R) 4,811,021 |
4,850,749 |
| 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 |
643,781 |
675,834 |
(R) 661,640 |
662,182 |
| Average kilometers traveled per vehicle (thousands) |
15.7 |
15.8 |
16.1 |
15.5 |
15.2 |
16.1 |
17.9 |
18.2 |
18.6 |
18.7 |
18.8 |
19.0 |
19.0 |
19.5 |
19.7 |
19.6 |
19.6 |
19.1 |
19.6 |
19.6 |
20.1 |
(R) 19 |
20 |
| Average kilometers traveled per gallon |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5.6 |
6.2 |
7.0 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
7.1 |
7.2 |
7.3 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
7.1 |
(R) 7.3 |
7.3 |
| Average fuel consumed per vehicle (liters) |
2,966 |
2,979 |
3,142 |
2,991 |
2,695 |
2,592 |
2,564 |
2,531 |
2,587 |
2,624 |
2,642 |
2,650 |
2,651 |
2,691 |
2,729 |
2,771 |
2,725 |
2,630 |
2,722 |
2,719 |
2,849 |
(R) 2,674 |
2,745 |
KEY: R = revised.
a Includes personal passenger vehicles, buses, and trucks.
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, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A.
1995-2006: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables MF-21, MV-1, and VM-1.
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