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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2009
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 106,880 13,702 6,833 13,459 140,874 971,177 14.5
Buses 394 49 25 16 484 2,967 16.3
Motorcycles (1) 28,646 3,589 1,131 2,514 35,880 139,908 25.6
Trucks and vans 16,756 2,451 1,251 1,981 22,439 136,433 16.4
Industrial tractors 359 111 153 105 728 5,774 12.6
Others 551 85 42 59 737 2,522 29.2
Total 153,586 19,987 9,435 18,134 201,142 1,258,781 16.0
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: November 5, 2010.

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.