Table 4-9: Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Table 4-9: Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel
| (R) 1960 | (R) 1965 | (R) 1970 | (R) 1975 | (R) 1980 | (R) 1985 | (R) 1990 | (R) 1991 | (R) 1992 | (R) 1993 | (R) 1994 | (R) 1995 | (R) 1996 | (R) 1997 | (R) 1998 | (R) 1999 | (R) 2000 | (R) 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | (R) 2004 | (R) 2005 | (R) 2006 | (R) 2007 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles registered (thousands) | 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 | 220,461 | 225,821 | 235,331 | 234,624 | 236,760 | 243,011 | 247,421 | 250,845 | 254,403 | 255,918 |
| Vehicle-miles traveled (millions) | 718,762 | 887,812 | 1,109,724 | 1,327,664 | 1,527,295 | 1,774,826 | 2,144,362 | 2,172,050 | 2,247,151 | 2,296,378 | 2,357,588 | 2,422,696 | 2,485,848 | 2,561,695 | 2,631,522 | 2,691,056 | 2,746,925 | 2,797,287 | 2,855,508 | 2,890,450 | 2,964,788 | 2,989,430 | 3,014,371 | 3,032,399 | 2,973,509 |
| 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 | 150,386 | 155,379 | 161,411 | 162,554 | (R) 163,478 | 168,682 | 170,069 | 173,531 | 174,787 | 175,023 | 176,190 | 170,765 |
| 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 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.6 |
| 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 | 16.9 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 17.4 |
| Average fuel consumed per vehicle (gallons) | 784 | 787 | 830 | 790 | 712 | 685 | 677 | 669 | 683 | 693 | 698 | 700 | 700 | 711 | 721 | 732 | 720 | 695 | 719 | 718 | 714 | 706 | 698 | 693 | 667 |
KEY: R = revised.
NOTES
See tables 4-11, 4-12, 4-13, 4-14, and 4-15 for individual highway vehicles.
Motor vehicles, fuel consumption and travel data include personal passenger vehicles, buses, trucks and motorcycles.
SOURCES
1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, tables VM-201A and MF-221, available at www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi as of Feb. 16, 2010.
1995-2008: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables MF-21, MF-27, MV-1, and VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of Jan. 21, 2010.