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Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Counties and Aran, and areas

Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Counties and areas Catalonia
Cars Industrial tractors Motorcycles Lorries and vans Buses and coaches Others Total Vehicles per 1,000 inh.
2010 3,355,779 27,553 666,714 804,166 8,601 151,318 5,014,131 676
2009 3,346,653 28,607 645,479 812,590 8,671 152,108 4,994,108 671
2008 3,370,338 29,715 623,903 821,311 8,492 151,120 5,004,879 687
2007 3,332,852 29,568 587,466 817,435 8,217 147,129 4,922,667 686
2006 3,192,804 27,159 532,414 772,812 7,652 141,699 4,674,540 652
2005 3,181,101 27,122 486,411 748,346 7,529 122,488 4,572,997 665
Source: Idescat, based on data from the DG de Trafic of the Ministerio del Interior.
Note: El total no inclou els ciclomotors.

Last update: April 10, 2013.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

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.
Lorries and vans
Vehicles whose purpose is transport of goods (motorcycles with three wheels, weighing no less than 400 kg are excluded).
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.
Fleet of motor vehicles
Set of motor vehicles in circulation (except mopeds and special vehicles). It is made up of the registrations for each year, minus any vehicles retired and reported. This group includes: buses, trucks and vans, motorcycles, industrial tractors and estate cars.
Industrial tractors
Vehicles capable of dragging a semi-trailer, without taking farming tractors into account.
Private cars
Four-wheeled vehicle whose purpose is transportation of travellers, with a maximum capacity of nine people, including the driver.

Methodological aspects

On December, 31.

From 2010 on, mopeds are included.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".