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Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces

Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces Catalonia
Cars Buses Motorcycles Lorries and vans Industrial tractors Others Total
2009 3,346,653 8,671 645,479 812,590 28,607 152,108 4,994,108
2008 3,370,338 8,492 623,903 821,311 29,715 151,120 5,004,879
2007 3,332,852 8,217 587,466 817,435 29,568 147,129 4,922,667
2006 3,242,595 7,781 536,171 781,834 27,890 135,404 4,731,675
2005 3,181,101 7,529 486,366 748,412 27,101 122,488 4,572,997
2004 3,089,787 7,275 443,115 714,600 26,048 110,518 4,391,343
2003 2,984,676 7,138 420,333 685,195 24,695 98,169 4,220,206
2002 2,998,798 7,092 425,115 677,746 23,421 87,336 4,219,508
2001 2,931,361 6,792 417,868 660,704 21,895 79,166 4,117,786
2000 2,852,024 6,569 408,298 641,002 20,194 72,118 4,000,205
1999 2,785,299 6,541 397,905 621,566 18,500 65,493 3,895,304
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 "..".