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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2003
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 194,778 22,541 10,182 21,745 249,246 1,492,527 16.7
Buses 322 42 26 34 424 3,290 12.9
Motorcycles (1) 19,015 2,306 531 1,437 23,289 77,496 30.1
Trucks and vans 34,550 6,209 3,065 5,896 49,720 306,699 16.2
Industrial tractors 1,711 443 435 478 3,067 19,781 15.5
Others 756 110 11 79 956 4,008 23.9
Total 251,132 31,651 14,250 29,669 326,702 1,903,801 17.2
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: November 30, 2009.

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.