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Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces

Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces 2012
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
AM 2,391 883 201 529 4,004 23,886 16.8
A1 2,094 450 170 282 2,996 10,983 27.3
A2 8,119 852 415 779 10,165 52,013 19.5
A 2,554 281 173 288 3,296 16,896 19.5
B 53,739 8,833 5,140 8,315 76,027 498,259 15.3
BTP 3,048 286 150 313 3,797 23,689 16.0
C1 281 20 12 51 364 4,971 7.3
C 2,299 566 386 581 3,832 33,713 11.4
D1 28 9 1 4 42 235 17.9
D 1,024 163 78 246 1,511 10,975 13.8
E 1,895 503 327 514 3,239 33,011 9.8
Total 77,472 12,846 7,053 11,902 109,273 708,631 15.4
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 "..".