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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2004
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 201,622 25,103 11,210 25,079 263,014 1,653,798 15.9
Buses 287 88 27 45 447 3,659 12.2
Motorcycles (1) 26,760 3,570 924 2,379 33,633 123,195 27.3
Trucks and vans 38,223 7,172 3,222 6,536 55,153 343,978 16.0
Industrial tractors 1,637 355 475 436 2,903 20,618 14.1
Others 857 124 39 90 1,110 4,458 24.9
Total 269,386 36,412 15,897 34,565 356,260 2,149,706 16.6
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: November 30, 2009.

Methodological note

This indicator is made using province-wide information on registrations of vehicles published by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT). Vehicles are classified in the following categories:

  • Lorries and vans: Vehicles whose purpose is transport of goods (motorcycles with three wheels, weighing no less than 400 kg are excluded).
  • 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.
  • Private cars: Four-wheeled vehicle whose purpose is transportation of travellers, with a maximum capacity of nine people, including the driver.
  • 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.
  • Industrial tractors: Vehicles capable of dragging a semi-trailer, without taking farming tractors into account.
  • Others: Vehicles not included in the previous categories, excluding farming vehicles. Before 1998, trucks were included in this category.

The annual data are definitive.