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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces Catalonia
Cars Buses Motorcycles (1) Trucks and vans Industrial tractors Others Total
2016 191,460 464 44,882 30,601 2,421 925 270,753
2015 174,307 439 37,498 28,901 2,166 679 243,990
2014 138,303 347 31,832 21,368 1,594 457 193,901
2013 115,769 231 27,507 16,656 1,316 405 161,884
2012 104,884 235 27,766 16,032 1,271 399 150,587
2011 119,622 368 32,797 19,932 1,313 591 174,623
2010 147,526 377 38,508 22,516 976 735 210,638
2009 140,874 484 35,880 22,439 728 737 201,142
2008 162,983 643 49,884 32,124 2,515 821 248,970
2007 230,410 702 62,745 61,926 3,367 1,793 360,943
2006 248,611 631 63,887 64,397 2,965 1,913 382,404
2005 263,527 629 54,417 63,436 2,974 1,416 386,399
2004 263,014 447 33,633 55,153 2,903 1,110 356,260
2003 249,246 424 23,289 49,720 3,067 956 326,702
2002 226,558 488 18,244 44,862 2,686 775 293,613
2001 248,462 533 19,790 46,451 2,727 623 318,586
2000 251,222 335 21,637 51,972 2,698 592 328,456
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: January 16, 2018.

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.