Registration of vehicles. By type
Value | Variation (%) | |
---|---|---|
Total vehicles | 215,611 | 14.9 |
Lorries and vans | 22,511 | 25.8 |
Buses | 639 | 34.8 |
Cars | 141,331 | 15.7 |
Motorcycles | 46,807 | 8.8 |
Industrial vehicles | 2,511 | 13.4 |
Others | 1,812 | 0.5 |
Units: Number of vehicles. | ||
Source: Directorate General of Traffic. | ||
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19. | ||
(p) Provisional data. |
Value | Variation (%) | |
---|---|---|
Total vehicles | 1,467,592 | 15.0 |
Lorries and vans | 184,849 | 25.2 |
Buses | 4,409 | 54.5 |
Cars | 1,040,429 | 13.7 |
Motorcycles | 206,943 | 13.0 |
Industrial vehicles | 22,035 | 15.8 |
Others | 8,927 | 0.9 |
Units: Number of vehicles. | ||
Source: Directorate General of Traffic. | ||
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19. | ||
(p) Provisional data. |
Last update: January 15, 2024. Revised series on January 26, 2024.
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.
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