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7-2<br />

I<br />

The Federal Highway Administration released revised historical data back to 1985 in their “Highway Statistics<br />

Summary to 1995” report. As a result, the data in this table have been revised. The data in this table from<br />

19&Lon DO NOT include minivans, pickups, or sport utility vehicles.<br />

Year<br />

Table 7.1<br />

Summary Statistics <strong>for</strong> Passenger Cars, 1970-98<br />

Registrations” Vehicle travel<br />

(thousands) (million miles)<br />

Fuel use<br />

(million gallons)<br />

Fuel economy”<br />

(miles per gallon)<br />

1970<br />

89,244<br />

916,700 67,8<strong>20</strong> 13.5<br />

1971<br />

92,718<br />

966,330 71,346 13.5<br />

1972<br />

97,082<br />

,021,365 75,937 13.5<br />

1973<br />

101,985<br />

,045,981 78,233 13.4<br />

1974<br />

104,856<br />

,007,25 1 74,229 13.6<br />

1975<br />

106,706<br />

,033,950 74,140 13.9<br />

1976<br />

110,189<br />

,078,215 78,297 13.8<br />

1977<br />

112,288<br />

,109,243 79,060 14.0<br />

1978<br />

116,573<br />

,146,508 80,652 14.2<br />

1979<br />

118,429<br />

,113,640 76,588 14.5<br />

1980<br />

121,601<br />

,111,596 69,98 1 15.9<br />

1981 123,098<br />

1,133,332<br />

69,112 16.4<br />

1982<br />

123,702<br />

1,161,713<br />

69,116 16.8<br />

1983<br />

126,444<br />

1,195,054<br />

70,322 17.0<br />

1984<br />

128,158<br />

1,227,043<br />

70,663 17.4<br />

1985”<br />

127,885<br />

1,246,798<br />

71,518 17.4<br />

1986<br />

130,004<br />

1,270,167<br />

73,174 17.4<br />

1987<br />

131,482<br />

1,315,982<br />

73,308 18.0<br />

1988<br />

133,836<br />

1,370,271<br />

73,345 18.7<br />

1989 134,559<br />

1,401,221<br />

73,913 19.0<br />

1990 133,700<br />

1,408,266<br />

69,568 <strong>20</strong>.2<br />

1991 128,300<br />

1,358,185<br />

64,3 18 21.1<br />

1992 126,581<br />

,371,569 65,436<br />

21.0<br />

1993 127,327<br />

,374,709 67,047<br />

<strong>20</strong>.5<br />

1994 127,883<br />

,406,089 67,874<br />

<strong>20</strong>.7<br />

1995 128,387<br />

,438,294 68,072<br />

21.1<br />

1996 129,728<br />

,469,854 69,22 1<br />

21.2<br />

1997 129,749<br />

,502,556 69,892<br />

21.5<br />

1998 131,839 1,545,830 72,<strong>20</strong>9 21.4<br />

Average annual percentage change<br />

1970-98 1.4% 1.9% 0.2% 1.7%<br />

1988-98<br />

Source:<br />

-0.2% 1.2% -0.2% 1.4%<br />

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 1998, Washington,<br />

DC, 1999, Table VM-1, p. V-74, and annual.<br />

(Additional resources: www.fhwa.dot.gov)<br />

a This number differs from R.L. Polk’s estimates of “number of automobiles in use.” See Table 6.3.<br />

’ Fuel economy <strong>for</strong> automobile population.<br />

c Beginning in this year the data were revised to exclude minivans, pickups and sport utility vehicles which<br />

may have been previously included.<br />

<strong>TRANSPORTATION</strong> <strong>ENERGY</strong> <strong>DATA</strong> <strong>BOOK</strong>: <strong>EDITION</strong> <strong>20</strong>-<strong>20</strong>00

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