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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2013
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 90,129 11,115 4,243 10,282 115,769 742,305 15.6
Buses 154 41 11 25 231 1,742 13.3
Motorcycles (1) 22,302 2,654 686 1,865 27,507 95,845 28.7
Trucks and vans 12,824 1,623 929 1,280 16,656 97,067 17.2
Industrial tractors 640 249 306 121 1,316 10,524 12.5
Others 322 42 9 32 405 1,532 26.4
Total 126,371 15,724 6,184 13,605 161,884 949,015 17.1
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: January 13, 2015.

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.