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Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces

Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces 2004
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 2,257,575 333,156 185,518 313,538 3,089,787 19,541,918 15.8
Buses 5,252 772 484 767 7,275 56,957 12.8
Motorcycles 340,121 48,878 16,935 37,181 443,115 1,612,082 27.5
Lorries and vans 471,184 97,804 54,997 90,615 714,600 4,418,039 16.2
Industrial tractors 14,971 3,395 3,788 3,894 26,048 185,379 14.1
Others 72,604 13,303 10,467 14,144 110,518 618,266 17.9
Total 3,161,707 497,308 272,189 460,139 4,391,343 26,432,641 16.6
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Others: Includes trailers and semi-trailers.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

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 "..".