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Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces

Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces 2009
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
AM 188 84 13 46 331 1,452 22.8
A1 1,826 364 112 196 2,498 7,679 32.5
A2 617 69 25 86 797 5,108 15.6
A 12,537 1,641 670 1,484 16,332 109,014 15.0
B 68,568 10,369 6,203 11,527 96,667 653,607 14.8
BTP 7,185 862 195 923 9,165 52,602 17.4
C1 314 65 17 63 459 5,548 8.3
C 5,789 1,462 879 1,381 9,511 78,904 12.1
D1 16 34 2 3 55 303 18.2
D 2,123 382 203 459 3,167 19,486 16.3
E 4,078 999 437 872 6,386 44,784 14.3
Total 103,241 16,331 8,756 17,040 145,368 978,487 14.9
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: See definitions.

Last update: August 4, 2010.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Driving licences

Documents that authorise people to drive a vehicle. They can be of the following types:

  • AM-Authorises driving of two or three wheeled moped and light four-wheeled vehicles.
  • A1-Authorises driving of mopeds of less than 125 cc.
  • A2- Authorises driving of motorbikes below 35 kW.
  • A-Authorises driving of motorcycles and tricycles.
  • B-Authorises driving of automobiles of a mass of no greater than 3,500 kg and in which the number of seats, including the driver's is no greater than nine. These vehicles can tow a trailer that weighs no more than 750 kg.
  • BTP- Only valid in national territory. Authorises driving of public service, for emergency services, school transport, estate cars of a maximum authorised weight of no more than 3,500 kg and in which the number of seats, including the driver's is no greater than nine.
  • C1-Authorises driving of trucks and estate cars of a weight greater than 3,500 kg, and below 7,500 kg. and in which the number of seats, including the driver's is no greater than nine.
  • C-Authorises driving of automobiles different to class D1 or D, of a weight greater than 3,500 kg. but whose number of seats, including the driver's, is no greater than nine.
  • D-Authorises driving of automobiles used for the transport of people, in which the number of seats, including that of the driver, is greater than nine. These automobiles may tow a trailer, the maximum authorised weight of which must be no greater than 750 kg.
  • D1-Authorises driving of automobiles used for the transport of people, the number of seats of which including that of the driver, no greater than seventeen of a length of less than nine metres. These automobiles may tow a trailer, the maximum authorised weight of which may be no greater than 750 kg.
  • E-Authorises driving of vehicles while towing non-light trailers. The trailer will be connected to the vehicles for which the corresponding class of driving licence allows.

Methodological aspects

Provisonal data.

As of 27 June 1997, the new General Regulations for Drivers (Royal Decree 772/97 of 30 May 1997) came into force, incorporating new driving licence categories in order to adapt to European regulations.

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 "..".