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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2014
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 108,741 12,806 5,308 11,448 138,303 890,125 15.5
Buses 255 53 19 20 347 2,115 16.4
Motorcycles (1) 25,864 3,165 764 2,039 31,832 114,600 27.8
Trucks and vans 16,982 1,955 1,028 1,403 21,368 123,111 17.4
Industrial tractors 752 230 419 193 1,594 14,431 11.0
Others 382 40 7 28 457 1,743 26.2
Total 152,976 18,249 7,545 15,131 193,901 1,146,125 16.9
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: January 13, 2015.

Methodological note

This indicator is made using province-wide information on registrations of vehicles published by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT). Vehicles are classified in the following categories:

  • Lorries and vans: Vehicles whose purpose is transport of goods (motorcycles with three wheels, weighing no less than 400 kg are excluded).
  • 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.
  • Private cars: Four-wheeled vehicle whose purpose is transportation of travellers, with a maximum capacity of nine people, including the driver.
  • 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.
  • Industrial tractors: Vehicles capable of dragging a semi-trailer, without taking farming tractors into account.
  • Others: Vehicles not included in the previous categories, excluding farming vehicles. Before 1998, trucks were included in this category.

The annual data are definitive.