UK Council Vehicle Fuel Consumption by Year and Fuel Type

Data from the Government Digital Service, last updated on 2020-10-07, shows the fuel consumption of council fleet vehicles. The dataset includes metrics like fuel used in litres, total mileage, and miles per gallon, broken down by year and fuel type. Guidance notes that data is not available for the 2017/18 period due to software issues.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking fuel efficiency across vehicle types based on the reported MPG metric.
• Analyzing trends in diesel versus gas oil usage over time based on the fuel type column.
• Estimating operational costs and carbon footprint based on fuel consumption in litres and total mileage.
• Identifying vehicles with high fuel consumption for potential fleet optimization based on the per-vehicle records.

Strengths

• Includes specific operational metrics like Miles Per Gallon (MPG) and fuel used in litres.
• Provides clear data dictionary explaining column semantics such as 'Type' for fuel classification.
• Published under the Open Government Licence, allowing for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is missing for the 2017/18 period, creating a temporal gap in the time series.
• Last updated 2020-10-07 10:41:15.723000; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely collected from council fleet management and fuel system reporting.

Time Range

Covers multiple years, with a noted gap for 2017/18.

Freshness

Last updated 2020-10 07 10:41:15.723000

Geography

Likely United Kingdom, inferred from the platform (eu_open_data) and organization.