Table 4-9M: Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Table 4-9M: 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-kilometers traveled (millions) | 1,156,735 | 1,428,795 | 1,785,928 | 2,136,668 | 2,457,943 | 2,856,306 | 3,451,016 | 3,898,951 | 4,000,585 | 4,122,648 | 4,235,024 | 4,330,835 | 4,425,379 |
| Fuel consumed (million liters) | 219,100 | 269,158 | 349,503 | 412,549 | 435,171 | 459,174 | 494,962 | 544,471 | 557,837 | 569,273 | 588,174 | 611,007 | 614,221 |
| Average kilometers traveled per vehicle (thousands) | 15.6 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 19.6 | 31.6 | 31.5 |
| Average kilometers traveled per liter | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Average fuel consumed per vehicle (liters) | 2,968 | 2,979 | 3,142 | 2,990 | 2,695 | 2,593 | 2,563 | 2,650 | 2,650 | 2,691 | 2,691 | 2,771 | 2,720 |
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.
1.609344 kilometers = 1 mile.
3.785412 liters = 1 gallon.
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.