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Table 4-14M: Combination Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel^a

	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	(R) 2007	2008	2009	2010
Number registered (thousands)	787	905	1,131	1,417	1,403	1,709	1,691	1,675	1,680	1,682	1,696	1,747	1,790	1,997	2,029	2,097	2,154	2,277	1,908	2,010	2,087	2,170	2,635	2,585	2,617	2,553
Vehicle-kilometers traveled (millions)	51,016	56,488	75,156	110,562	125,690	151,761	155,463	160,130	165,923	175,258	185,879	191,349	200,499	206,574	213,051	217,294	219,811	223,276	225,566	229,122	231,791	228,799	296,440	295,839	270,530	283,102
Fuel consumed (million liters)	25,203	27,815	34,739	49,350	53,015	61,070	63,629	65,170	67,183	70,609	74,864	76,437	76,850	95,233	92,884	97,155	96,573	100,236	90,151	91,573	104,814	106,395	116,986	115,686	106,181	113,127
Average kilometers traveled per vehicle (thousands)	64.9	62.4	66.5	78.0	89.6	88.8	91.9	95.6	98.7	104.2	109.6	109.6	112.0	103.4	105.0	103.6	102.0	98.1	118.2	114.0	111.1	105.5	112.5	114.4	103.4	110.9
Average kilometers traveled per liter	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.2	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.5
Average fuel consumed per vehicle (liters)	32,044	30,732	30,722	34,831	37,780	35,737	37,621	38,899	39,983	41,992	44,148	43,764	42,934	47,680	45,788	46,339	44,831	44,028	47,240	45,551	50,228	49,037	44,391	44,749	40,572	44,314

KEY: R = revised.

NOTES

Data for 2007-10 were calculated using new sources and a new methodology developed by FHWA. Data for these years are not comparable to previous years. The FHWA estimates national trends by using State reported Highway Performance and Monitoring System (HPMS) data, fuel consumption data (MF-21 and MF-27), vehicle registration data (MV-1, MV-9, and MV-10), other data such as the R. L. Polk vehicle data, and a host of modeling techniques. Starting with the 2007 VM-1, an enhanced methodology is used to provide timely indictors on both travel and travel behavior changes.

From 1998-2006, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) used the Census Bureau's Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS) for its baseline estimate of combination trucks. Prior to 1998, the FHWA used the Census Bureau's 1992 Transportation Inventory and Use Survey (TIUS) for its baseline estimates. Therefore, post-1997 data may not be comparable to 1997 and earlier years.

In 1995, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration revised its vehicle categories beginning with 1993 data to include passenger cars, other 2-axle 4-tire vehicles, single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more trucks, and combination trucks. Pre-1993 data have been reassigned to the most appropriate category.

1 mile = 1.609344 kilometers and 1 gallon = 3.785412 liters.

SOURCES

1965-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), table VM-201A, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of Mar. 23, 2009.

1995-2010: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of Mar. 14, 2012.

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Table 4-14M: Combination Truck Fuel Consumption and Travela

Table 4-14M: Combination Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel^a