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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2007
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 172,005 22,929 11,445 24,031 230,410 1,633,806 14.1
Buses 520 98 31 53 702 4,216 16.7
Motorcycles (1) 48,472 7,065 2,081 5,127 62,745 285,633 22.0
Trucks and vans 43,787 7,674 3,350 7,115 61,926 396,370 15.6
Industrial tractors 1,726 563 612 466 3,367 23,180 14.5
Others 1,383 173 106 131 1,793 6,896 26.0
Total 267,893 38,502 17,625 36,923 360,943 2,350,101 15.4
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.