"Figure 3: Petrol use by cars fell from 24.2 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) in 1990 to 12.3 Mtoe in 2017","" "Petrol and diesel use for road transport by type of vehicle, UK (residency basis), 1990 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. Diesel for diesel engine road vehicles (DERV) is referred to as diesel for simplicity. This does not include red diesel. 2. LGV = light goods vehicle. HGV = heavy goods vehicle. 3. Environmental accounts estimates are produced on a residency basis in line with the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting and may differ from other estimates in the public domain. Differences are explained in the Quality and Methodology Information reports." "Unit","Million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe)" "","" "","Car - Petrol","Car - Diesel","LGV - Petrol","LGV - Diesel","HGV - Diesel","Motorcycles and Mopeds - Petrol","Buses and Coaches - Diesel" "1990","24.17","1.09","2.56","1.49","7.09","0.26","1.79" "1991","23.93","1.23","2.48","1.7","6.75","0.26","1.83" "1992","24.15","1.55","2.32","1.9","6.75","0.22","1.81" "1993","24","1.98","2.18","2.1","6.84","0.18","1.8" "1994","23.13","2.59","2.02","2.45","7.09","0.18","1.83" "1995","22.36","3.03","1.79","2.67","6.98","0.18","1.85" "1996","22.97","3.48","1.7","2.98","7.22","0.18","1.88" "1997","22.91","3.81","1.58","3.31","7.38","0.2","1.89" "1998","22.6","3.96","1.48","3.51","7.37","0.2","1.85" "1999","22.76","4.35","1.26","3.73","7.26","0.22","1.81" "2000","22.47","4.55","1.09","3.89","7.13","0.22","1.69" "2001","22.11","4.88","0.93","4.03","7.06","0.23","1.65" "2002","22.09","5.46","0.8","4.22","7.2","0.24","1.66" "2003","21.21","5.95","0.69","4.48","7.25","0.26","1.69" "2004","20.78","6.5","0.61","4.7","7.34","0.24","1.62" "2005","20.09","7.17","0.53","4.94","7.42","0.25","1.62" "2006","19.25","7.83","0.53","5.08","7.42","0.23","1.65" "2007","18.74","8.43","0.49","5.31","7.46","0.25","1.66" "2008","17.55","8.79","0.44","5.06","6.94","0.23","1.48" "2009","16.58","8.96","0.38","5.03","6.38","0.22","1.47" "2010","15.45","9.26","0.34","5.18","6.58","0.19","1.5" "2011","14.7","9.76","0.32","5.25","6.41","0.19","1.38" "2012","14.05","10.35","0.29","5.33","6.4","0.19","1.32" "2013","13.33","10.63","0.27","5.42","6.41","0.18","1.34" "2014","13.04","10.99","0.26","5.68","6.57","0.18","1.33" "2015","12.76","11.45","0.24","5.99","6.9","0.19","1.28" "2016","12.59","11.92","0.23","6.38","7.13","0.19","1.22" "2017","12.35","12.1","0.22","6.45","7.21","0.19","1.16"