Table 4-9: Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Table 4-9: Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
| 1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles registered (thousands)a | 73,858 | 90,358 | 111,242 | 137,913 | 161,490 | 177,133 | 193,057 | 205,427 | 210,441 | 211,580 | 215,496 | 220,461 | 225,821 |
| Vehicle-miles traveled (millions) | R718,762 | R887,812 | R1,109,724 | R1,327,664 | R1,527,295 | R1,774,826 | R2,144,362 | R2,422,696 | R2,485,848 | 2,561,695 | R2,631,522 | 2,691,056 | 2,749,803 |
| Fuel consumed (million gallons) | 57,880 | 71,104 | 92,329 | 108,984 | 114,960 | 121,301 | 130,755 | 143,834 | 147,365 | 150,386 | R155,379 | 161,411 | 162,260 |
| Average miles traveled per vehicle (thousands) | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Average miles traveled per gallon | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 17.0 | R16.9 | 16.7 | 16.9 |
| Average fuel consumed per vehicle (gallons) | 784 | 787 | 830 | 790 | 712 | 685 | 677 | 700 | 700 | 711 | R721 | 732 | 719 |
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.
1995-2001: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1.