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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2008
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 123,839 15,664 7,792 15,688 162,983 1,185,434 13.7
Buses 476 74 35 58 643 3,869 16.6
Motorcycles (1) 39,022 5,200 1,667 3,995 49,884 221,769 22.5
Trucks and vans 23,698 3,434 1,834 3,158 32,124 220,575 14.6
Industrial tractors 1,480 366 394 275 2,515 16,343 15.4
Others 655 62 46 58 821 3,023 27.2
Total 189,170 24,800 11,768 23,232 248,970 1,651,013 15.1
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.