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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type Catalonia. 2023 (p)
Value Variation (%)
Total vehicles 215,611 14.9
Lorries and vans 22,511 25.8
Buses 639 34.8
Cars 141,331 15.7
Motorcycles 46,807 8.8
Industrial vehicles 2,511 13.4
Others 1,812 0.5
Units: Number of vehicles.
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
(p) Provisional data.
Registration of vehicles. By type Spain. 2023 (p)
Value Variation (%)
Total vehicles 1,467,592 15.0
Lorries and vans 184,849 25.2
Buses 4,409 54.5
Cars 1,040,429 13.7
Motorcycles 206,943 13.0
Industrial vehicles 22,035 15.8
Others 8,927 0.9
Units: Number of vehicles.
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: January 15, 2024. Revised series on January 26, 2024.

Monthly data

Methodological note

This indicator is made using province-wide information on registrations of vehicles published by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT). Vehicles are classified in the following categories:

  • Lorries and vans: Vehicles whose purpose is transport of goods (motorcycles with three wheels, weighing no less than 400 kg are excluded).
  • Buses: Vehicles whose purpose is transport of travellers with a capacity for more than nine persons, including the driver. Trolleybuses (vehicles connected to an electrical line that do not move around on rails) are excluded from this category.
  • Private cars: Four-wheeled vehicle whose purpose is transportation of travellers, with a maximum capacity of nine people, including the driver.
  • Motorcycle: Two-wheeled vehicles, with or without a sidecar the passenger compartment laterally attached to the motorcycle. Cars for disabled people are also included in this category.
  • Industrial tractors: Vehicles capable of dragging a semi-trailer, without taking farming tractors into account.
  • Others: Vehicles not included in the previous categories, excluding farming vehicles. Before 1998, trucks were included in this category.

The annual data are definitive.

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