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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2016
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 150,003 17,876 7,772 15,809 191,460 1,230,104 15.6
Buses 329 55 30 50 464 3,760 12.3
Motorcycles (1) 37,093 4,067 973 2,749 44,882 160,978 27.9
Trucks and vans 24,388 2,814 1,533 1,866 30,601 170,041 18.0
Industrial tractors 1,115 393 643 270 2,421 20,858 11.6
Others 794 51 22 58 925 4,135 22.4
Total 213,722 25,256 10,973 20,802 270,753 1,589,876 17.0
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: January 16, 2018.

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.