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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2006
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 186,624 24,357 11,667 25,963 248,611 1,660,627 15.0
Buses 471 75 25 60 631 3,847 16.4
Motorcycles (1) 49,354 7,171 1,970 5,392 63,887 274,918 23.2
Trucks and vans 44,886 8,244 3,582 7,685 64,397 397,561 16.2
Industrial tractors 1,713 342 536 374 2,965 21,088 14.1
Others 1,498 182 87 146 1,913 6,615 28.9
Total 284,546 40,371 17,867 39,620 382,404 2,364,656 16.2
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.