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Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces

Fleet of motor vehicles. By type. Provinces 2007
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 2,396,656 370,007 206,937 359,252 3,332,852 21,760,174 15.3
Buses 5,928 914 495 880 8,217 61,039 13.5
Motorcycles 448,026 66,373 22,495 50,572 587,466 2,311,346 25.4
Lorries and vans 533,995 115,186 62,502 105,752 817,435 5,140,586 15.9
Industrial tractors 17,106 3,711 4,402 4,349 29,568 212,697 13.9
Others 95,858 17,321 14,498 19,452 147,129 832,615 17.7
Total 3,497,569 573,512 311,329 540,257 4,922,667 30,318,457 16.2
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 "..".