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Table 4-9. Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
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CSV
| Vehicles registered (thousands)a
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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-miles traveled (millions) |
719,000 |
888,000 |
1,110,000 |
1,328,000 |
1,527,000 |
1,775,000 |
2,144,000 |
2,172,000 |
2,247,000 |
2,296,000 |
2,358,000 |
2,423,000 |
2,486,000 |
R2,561,695 |
2,625,367 |
| 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 |
R150,386 |
154,884 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
17.0 |
| Average fuel consumed per vehicle (gallons) |
784 |
787 |
830 |
790 |
712 |
685 |
677 |
669 |
683 |
693 |
698 |
700 |
700 |
711 |
719 |
a Includes personal passenger vehicles,
buses, and trucks.
KEY: R = revised.
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.
1995-98: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington,
DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.
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