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Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces

Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces 2011
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
AM 2,306 672 157 462 3,597 20,814 17.3
A1 2,282 437 126 269 3,114 9,807 31.8
A2 8,391 888 435 942 10,656 55,231 19.3
A 1,561 179 72 196 2,008 7,920 25.4
B 57,029 8,887 5,185 9,207 80,308 525,277 15.3
BTP 3,449 384 160 380 4,373 28,670 15.3
C1 235 23 11 60 329 3,588 9.2
C 2,320 600 478 756 4,154 38,512 10.8
D1 21 13 3 1 38 222 17.1
D 1,295 189 159 253 1,896 13,196 14.4
E 1,805 592 351 608 3,356 29,409 11.4
Total 80,694 12,864 7,137 13,134 113,829 732,646 15.5
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: See definitions.

Last update: July 25, 2013.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Driving licences

Documents that authorise people to drive a vehicle. They can be of the following types:

  • AM-Authorises driving of two or three wheeled moped and light four-wheeled vehicles.
  • A1-Authorises driving of mopeds of less than 125 cc.
  • A2- Authorises driving of motorbikes below 35 kW.
  • A-Authorises driving of motorcycles and tricycles.
  • B-Authorises driving of automobiles of a mass of no greater than 3,500 kg and in which the number of seats, including the driver's is no greater than nine. These vehicles can tow a trailer that weighs no more than 750 kg.
  • BTP- Only valid in national territory. Authorises driving of public service, for emergency services, school transport, estate cars of a maximum authorised weight of no more than 3,500 kg and in which the number of seats, including the driver's is no greater than nine.
  • C1-Authorises driving of trucks and estate cars of a weight greater than 3,500 kg, and below 7,500 kg. and in which the number of seats, including the driver's is no greater than nine.
  • C-Authorises driving of automobiles different to class D1 or D, of a weight greater than 3,500 kg. but whose number of seats, including the driver's, is no greater than nine.
  • D-Authorises driving of automobiles used for the transport of people, in which the number of seats, including that of the driver, is greater than nine. These automobiles may tow a trailer, the maximum authorised weight of which must be no greater than 750 kg.
  • D1-Authorises driving of automobiles used for the transport of people, the number of seats of which including that of the driver, no greater than seventeen of a length of less than nine metres. These automobiles may tow a trailer, the maximum authorised weight of which may be no greater than 750 kg.
  • E-Authorises driving of vehicles while towing non-light trailers. The trailer will be connected to the vehicles for which the corresponding class of driving licence allows.

Methodological aspects

Provisonal data.

As of 27 June 1997, the new General Regulations for Drivers (Royal Decree 772/97 of 30 May 1997) came into force, incorporating new driving licence categories in order to adapt to European regulations.

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 "..".