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Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces

Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces Catalonia
Private cars Buses Motorcycles Lorries and vans Industrial tractors Mopeds Others Total
2022 3,513,245 9,337 923,204 723,683 31,629 251,544 174,310 5,626,952
2021 3,524,212 9,102 901,489 734,343 29,828 257,843 167,794 5,624,611
2020 3,554,258 9,046 882,094 749,856 29,195 265,683 162,957 5,653,089
2019 3,560,228 9,636 860,663 754,925 28,496 265,683 159,218 5,638,849
2018 3,527,529 9,361 834,704 761,521 27,994 269,896 154,451 5,585,456
2017 3,481,340 9,074 807,080 747,474 27,475 276,440 150,332 5,499,215
2016 3,436,271 8,821 782,564 770,452 26,632 279,238 146,852 5,450,830
2015 3,360,868 8,606 748,927 764,793 25,354 285,552 143,950 5,338,050
2014 3,309,596 8,524 723,258 760,580 24,325 293,093 147,202 5,266,578
2013 3,326,900 8,444 706,117 771,408 24,314 302,206 146,564 5,285,953
2012 3,359,732 8,543 696,763 786,357 25,211 314,103 148,766 5,339,475
2011 3,368,069 8,689 685,613 796,718 26,702 325,210 151,092 5,362,093
2010 3,355,779 8,601 666,714 804,166 27,553 337,202 151,318 5,351,333
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Others: Includes trailers and semi-trailers.

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).
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.
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 "..".