Table 4-11M: Light Duty Vehicle, Short Wheel Base and Motorcycle Fuel Consumption and Travel
1960 | 1965 | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
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Vehicles registered (thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light duty vehicles, short wheel base | 61,671 | 75,258 | 89,244 | 106,706 | 121,601 | 127,885 | 133,700 | 128,300 | 126,581 | 127,327 | 127,883 | 128,387 | 129,728 | 129,749 | 131,839 | 132,432 | 133,621 | 137,633 | 135,921 | 135,670 | 136,431 | 136,568 | 135,400 | 196,491 | 196,763 | 193,980 | 190,203 | 183,523 | 183,172 | 184,497 | 187,555 |
Motorcycles | 574 | 1,382 | 2,824 | 4,964 | 5,694 | 5,444 | 4,259 | 4,177 | 4,065 | 3,978 | 3,757 | 3,897 | 3,872 | 3,826 | 3,879 | 4,152 | 4,346 | 4,903 | 5,004 | 5,370 | 5,768 | 6,227 | 6,679 | 7,138 | 7,753 | 7,930 | 8,010 | 8,438 | 8,455 | 8,405 | 8,418 |
Vehicle-kilometers traveled (millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light duty vehicles, short wheel basea | 944,685 | 1,163,556 | 1,475,768 | 1,664,062 | 1,789,591 | 2,006,852 | 2,265,956 | 2,185,489 | 2,208,020 | 2,212,848 | 2,262,738 | 2,314,237 | 2,365,501 | 2,418,129 | 2,493,802 | 2,525,222 | 2,575,412 | 2,620,546 | 2,669,055 | 2,690,950 | 2,735,708 | 2,749,437 | 2,720,651 | 3,386,729 | 3,258,531 | 3,243,977 | 3,260,120 | 3,293,172 | 3,319,799 | 3,338,460 | 3,334,676 |
Motorcycles | U | U | 4,828 | 9,012 | 16,415 | 14,645 | 15,450 | 14,806 | 15,450 | 15,933 | 16,415 | 15,772 | 15,965 | 16,224 | 16,549 | 17,033 | 16,848 | 15,512 | 15,372 | 15,413 | 16,290 | 16,824 | 19,392 | 34,434 | 33,492 | 33,510 | 29,794 | 29,841 | 34,416 | 32,776 | 32,138 |
Fuel consumed (million liters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light duty vehicles, short wheel basea | 155,849 | 188,222 | 256,723 | 280,650 | 264,911 | 270,725 | 263,344 | 243,466 | 247,702 | 253,804 | 256,931 | 257,681 | 262,030 | 264,571 | 271,396 | 277,406 | 276,582 | 278,450 | 285,690 | 285,627 | 285,427 | 293,059 | 283,940 | 339,085 | 323,991 | 324,249 | 328,530 | 334,474 | 335,388 | 335,429 | 338,040 |
Motorcycles | U | U | 227 | 428 | 772 | 689 | 723 | 697 | 723 | 750 | 776 | 742 | 751 | 763 | 779 | 801 | 793 | 731 | 723 | 725 | 766 | 715 | 837 | 1,798 | 1,853 | 1,826 | 1,615 | 1,614 | 1,859 | 1,770 | 1,736 |
Average kilometers traveled per vehicle (thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light duty vehicles, short wheel basea | 15.3 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 19.6 | 19.8 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 17.2 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 17.8 |
Motorcycles | U | U | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
Average kilometers traveled per liter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light duty vehicles, short wheel basea | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 9.9 |
Motorcycles | U | U | 21.3 | 21.1 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.4 | 21.3 | 21.4 | 21.3 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 23.5 | 23.2 | 19.2 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 |
Average fuel consumed per vehicle (liters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light duty vehicles, short wheel basea | 2,527 | 2,501 | 2,877 | 2,630 | 2,179 | 2,117 | 1,970 | 1,898 | 1,957 | 1,993 | 2,009 | 2,007 | 2,020 | 2,039 | 2,059 | 2,095 | 2,070 | 2,023 | 2,102 | 2,105 | 2,092 | 2,146 | 2,097 | 1,726 | 1,647 | 1,672 | 1,727 | 1,823 | 1,831 | 1,818 | 1,802 |
Motorcycles | U | U | 80 | 86 | 136 | 127 | 170 | 167 | 178 | 188 | 207 | 190 | 194 | 199 | 201 | 193 | 182 | 149 | 145 | 135 | 133 | 115 | 125 | 252 | 239 | 230 | 202 | 191 | 220 | 211 | 206 |
KEY: R = revised, U = data are not available.
a 1960 and 1965 data include motorcycles.
NOTES
Average kilometers traveled per vehicle, Average kilometers traveled per liter, and Average fuel consumed per vehicle are derived by calculation.
Data for 2007-13 was calculated using a new methodology for light duty vehicles and motorcycles developed by FHWA. Data for these years are based on new categories and are not comparable to previous years. The new category Light duty vehicle, short wheel base includes passenger cars, light trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles with a wheelbase (WB) equal to or less than 121 inches. The new category Light duty vehicle, long wheel base is found in table 4-12 and includes large passenger cars, vans, pickup trucks, and sport/utility vehicles with wheelbases (WB) larger than 121 inches. This edition of 4-11M is not comparable to editions from 2009 or earlier.
1 Gallon = 3.785412 liters and 1 Mile = 1.609344 kilometers.
SOURCES
1960-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, FHWA-PL-97-009 (Washington, DC: July 1997), tables MV-201 and VM-201A, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of Mar. 23, 2009.
1995-2014: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of May 5, 2016.