Table 5-9. Combination Truck Fuel Consumption and Travel (Historical)

Table 5-9 (standard units)
Table in Excel format

	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Number registered (thousands)	1,417	1,709	2,097	2,154	2,277	(R) 1,908	2,010
Vehicle-miles traveled (millions)	68,678	94,341	135,020	136,584	138,737	(R) 140,160	145,398
Fuel consumed (million gallons)	13,037	16,133	25,666	25,512	26,480	(R) 23,815	24,705
Average miles traveled per vehicle	48,472	55,206	64,399	63,404	60,939	(R) 73,445	72,325
Average miles traveled per gallon	5.3	5.8	5.3	5.4	5.2	(R) 5.9	5.9
Average fuel consumed per vehicle (gallons)	9,201	9,441	12,241	11,843	11,631	(R) 12,479	12,289

Key: R = revised

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2004 (Washington, DC: 2005), table VM-1 and similar tables in earlier editions.