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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2012
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 82,162 9,826 3,865 9,031 104,884 703,808 14.9
Buses 162 50 4 19 235 1,774 13.2
Motorcycles (1) 22,270 2,639 755 2,102 27,766 102,289 27.1
Trucks and vans 12,290 1,719 847 1,176 16,032 97,121 16.5
Industrial tractors 531 271 347 122 1,271 9,600 13.2
Others 301 52 12 34 399 1,746 22.9
Total 117,716 14,557 5,830 12,484 150,587 916,338 16.4
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: January 3, 2013.

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.