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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2017
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 163,728 17,788 8,308 17,358 207,182 1,342,011 15.4
Buses 377 68 32 50 527 4,038 13.1
Motorcycles 31,550 3,097 913 2,418 37,978 144,955 26.2
Trucks and vans 25,154 2,904 1,722 2,145 31,925 186,837 17.1
Industrial tractors 1,033 360 581 212 2,186 19,734 11.1
Others 1,328 97 22 73 1,520 6,570 23.1
Total 223,170 24,314 11,578 22,256 281,318 1,704,145 16.5
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.

Last update: January 15, 2019.

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.