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Retired vehicles. By type. Provinces

Retired vehicles. By type. Provinces 2008
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 91,798 12,502 6,793 11,758 122,851 734,638 16.7
Buses 241 60 16 43 360 2,528 14.2
Motorcycles 7,533 810 193 541 9,077 27,075 33.5
Trucks and vans 16,385 3,021 1,976 2,763 24,145 140,245 17.2
Industrial tractors 1,125 281 329 339 2,074 13,920 14.9
Trailers and semi-trailers 1,761 308 299 574 2,942 14,986 19.6
Mopeds 10,152 2,369 556 2,020 15,097 93,264 16.2
Total 128,995 19,351 10,162 18,038 176,546 1,026,656 17.2
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: July 14, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

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.
Lorries and vans
Vehicles whose purpose is transport of goods (motorcycles with three wheels, weighing no less than 400 kg are excluded).
Motorcycles
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.
Private cars
Four-wheeled vehicle whose purpose is transportation of travellers, with a maximum capacity of nine people, including the driver.

Methodological aspects

From 2009 on, mopeds are included.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".