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Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces

Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces 2009
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 2,393,478 373,931 211,098 368,146 3,346,653 21,984,709 15.2
Buses 6,206 988 521 956 8,671 62,668 13.8
Motorcycles 492,163 72,600 24,982 55,734 645,479 2,606,970 24.8
Lorries and vans 527,238 115,850 63,523 105,979 812,590 5,136,420 15.8
Industrial tractors 16,615 3,534 4,275 4,183 28,607 206,731 13.8
Others 99,379 17,766 15,345 19,618 152,108 860,221 17.7
Total 3,535,079 584,669 319,744 554,616 4,994,108 30,857,719 16.2
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Others: Includes trailers and semi-trailers.

Last update: November 2, 2010.

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 "..".