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

Table 5-9 (metric 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-kilometers traveled (millions)	110,527	151,827	217,294	219,811	223,276	(R) 225,566	233,995
Fuel consumed (million liters)	49,350	61,070	97,155	96,573	100,236	(R) 90,151	93,520
Average kilometers traveled per vehicle	78,008	88,845	103,640	102,039	98,071	(R) 118,198	116,396
Average kilometers traveled per liter	2.2	2.5	2.2	2.3	2.2	(R) 2.5	2.5
Average fuel consumed per vehicle (liters)	34,831	35,737	46,339	44,831	44,028	(R) 47,240	46,520

Key: R = revised

Note: 1 mile = 1.61 kilometers; 1 gallon = 3.8 liters.

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