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Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Counties and Aran, and areas

Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Counties and areas Catalonia
Cars Industrial tractors Motorcycles Lorries and vans Buses and coaches Others Total Vehicles per 1,000 inh.
2014 3,309,596 24,325 723,258 760,580 8,524 147,202 4,973,485 671
2013 3,326,900 24,314 706,117 771,408 8,444 146,557 4,983,747 668
2012 3,359,732 25,211 696,763 786,357 8,543 148,766 5,025,372 670
2011 3,368,069 26,702 685,613 796,718 8,689 151,092 5,036,883 678
Source:
2011-2013: Idescat, based on data from the DG de Trafic of the Ministerio del Interior.
2014: Idescat, based on data from the DGT of the Spanish Ministry of Home Affairs.
Notes:
El total no inclou els ciclomotors.
Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

Last update: August 12, 2015.

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).
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.
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 "..".