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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2011
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 93,389 11,638 4,591 10,004 119,622 817,688 14.6
Buses 247 47 37 37 368 2,859 12.9
Motorcycles (1) 26,641 3,006 780 2,370 32,797 125,059 26.2
Trucks and vans 15,054 2,074 1,084 1,720 19,932 132,682 15.0
Industrial tractors 603 273 290 147 1,313 10,702 12.3
Others 455 66 13 57 591 2,521 23.4
Total 136,389 17,104 6,795 14,335 174,623 1,091,511 16.0
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: January 3, 2013.

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.