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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2010
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 113,083 14,137 6,610 13,696 147,526 1,000,010 14.8
Buses 255 70 19 33 377 2,593 14.5
Motorcycles (1) 31,210 3,562 1,006 2,730 38,508 141,030 27.3
Trucks and vans 16,937 2,295 1,246 2,038 22,516 145,093 15.5
Industrial tractors 522 125 202 127 976 7,196 13.6
Others 536 108 36 55 735 2,887 25.5
Total 162,543 20,297 9,119 18,679 210,638 1,298,809 16.2
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: January 25, 2012.

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.