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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2005
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 199,948 25,357 12,066 26,156 263,527 1,676,707 15.7
Buses 463 84 24 58 629 4,175 15.1
Motorcycles (1) 42,540 6,063 1,565 4,249 54,417 220,422 24.7
Trucks and vans 44,377 8,120 3,289 7,650 63,436 391,342 16.2
Industrial tractors 1,679 473 469 353 2,974 21,327 13.9
Others 1,041 172 65 138 1,416 5,617 25.2
Total 290,048 40,269 17,478 38,604 386,399 2,319,590 16.7
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.