Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption and Travel (Metric)
Dataset Table:
| Year | Vehicles registered (thousands) | Vehicle-kilometers traveled (millions) | Fuel consumed (million liters) | Average kilometers traveled per vehicle (thousands) | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 73,858 | 1,156,735 | 219,099 | 15.7 | 2 |
| 1965 | 90,358 | 1,428,795 | 269,160 | 15.8 | 3 |
| 1970 | 111,242 | 1,785,928 | 349,504 | 16.1 | 4 |
| 1975 | 137,913 | 2,136,668 | 412,551 | 15.5 | 5 |
Embedded Dataset Excel:
Dataset Excel:
table_04_09M_042320.xlsxNotes:
Motor vehicles, fuel consumption and travel data include light duty vehicles, buses, trucks and motorcycles.
Data from 2007 was calculated using a new methodology and data categories of the Highway Statistics series were updated, so the data from 1960-2006 are not comparable. In addition, this edition of table 4-9M is not comparable to editions from 2009 or earlier.
See tables 4-11M, 4-12M, 4-13M, 4-14M, and 4-15M for individual highway vehicles.
1 gallon = 3.785412 liters and 1 mile = 1.609344 kilometers.
Description:
KEY: R = revised.
Source:
1960-93: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995, tables VM-201A, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of Mar. 17, 2020.
1994-2018: Ibid., Highway Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table VM-1, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm as of Mar. 17, 2020.