Table 4-9M,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,1960,1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998 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" Vehicle-kilometers traveled (millions)R,"1,157,120","1,429,100","1,786,375","2,137,213","2,457,473","2,856,591","3,450,440","3,495,502","3,616,203","3,695,061","3,794,840","3,899,448","4,000,837","R4,122,656","4,225,127" 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","R569,273","586,300" Average kilometers traveled per vehicle,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (thousands) ,15.7,15.8,16.1,15.5,15.2,16.1,17.9,18.2,18.6,18.7,18.8,19.0,19.0,19.5,19.6 Average kilometers traveled per liter,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 Average fuel consumed per vehicle,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (liters),"R2,968","2,979","3,142","R2,990","2,695","R2,593","R2,563","2,532","2,585","2,623","10,001","2,650","R2,650","R2,691","2,722" "a Includes personal passenger vehicles, buses, and trucks.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, KEY: R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "NOTE: See tables 4-11M, 4-12M, 4-13M, 4-14M, and 4-15M 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.",,,,,,,,,,,,,, "1995-98: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,