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Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces

Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces Catalonia
A1 A B BTP C1 C D1 D E Total
2008 3,537 21,161 117,636 8,332 482 11,590 75 4,266 7,939 175,018
2007 3,984 19,906 107,885 5,870 487 12,848 121 3,492 7,970 162,563
2006 3,343 16,145 109,774 6,228 529 8,986 75 2,037 6,152 153,269
2005 3,053 18,606 106,189 4,211 700 8,824 121 1,969 7,207 150,880
2004 4,812 43,480 118,982 3,882 1,277 12,168 170 1,887 9,521 196,179
2003 5,441 14,010 91,287 3,084 1,132 7,797 58 1,612 6,364 130,785
2002 5,449 11,128 86,653 1,614 1,092 5,194 51 1,356 4,568 117,105
2001 5,400 7,180 79,544 1,598 1,040 4,075 30 1,002 3,565 103,434
2000 5,799 7,440 83,596 1,774 823 4,118 43 953 2,786 107,332
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Notes:
See definitions.
Driving licence A: The 1999-2008 series includes light quadricycles.

Last update: July 22, 2009.

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 "..".