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Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces

Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces 2008
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 2,418,960 375,008 210,065 366,305 3,370,338 22,145,364 15.2
Buses 6,131 946 508 907 8,492 62,196 13.7
Motorcycles 475,557 70,302 24,085 53,959 623,903 2,500,819 24.9
Lorries and vans 535,417 116,038 63,260 106,596 821,311 5,192,219 15.8
Industrial tractors 17,264 3,692 4,433 4,326 29,715 213,366 13.9
Others 98,691 17,600 15,042 19,787 151,120 855,260 17.7
Total 3,552,020 583,586 317,393 551,880 5,004,879 30,969,224 16.2
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Others: Includes trailers and semi-trailers.

Last update: July 22, 2009.

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).
Motorcycles
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 "..".