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Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Counties and Aran, and areas

Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Counties and Aran, and areas Catalonia
Cars Industrial tractors Motorcycles Lorries and vans Buses and coaches Others Total Vehicles per 1,000 inh.
2022 3,513,245 31,629 923,204 723,683 9,337 174,310 5,375,408 692
2021 3,524,212 29,828 901,489 734,343 9,102 167,794 5,366,768 693
2020 3,554,258 29,195 882,094 749,856 9,046 162,957 5,387,406 698
2019 3,560,228 28,496 860,663 754,925 9,636 159,218 5,373,166 700
2018 3,527,529 27,994 834,704 761,521 9,361 154,451 5,315,560 695
2017 3,481,340 27,475 807,080 747,474 9,074 150,332 5,222,775 695
2016 3,436,271 26,632 782,564 770,452 8,821 146,852 5,171,592 693
2015 3,360,868 25,354 748,927 764,793 8,606 143,950 5,052,498 671
Source: Idescat, based on data from the DGT of the Spanish Ministry of Home Affairs.
Note: El total no inclou els ciclomotors.

Last update: September 28, 2023.

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).
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.
Fleet of motor vehicles
Set of motor vehicles in circulation (except mopeds and special vehicles). It is made up of the registrations for each year, minus any vehicles retired and reported. This group includes: buses, trucks and vans, motorcycles, industrial tractors and estate cars.
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

On December, 31.

From 2010 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 "..".