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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2015
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 136,451 16,351 7,086 14,419 174,307 1,094,117 15.9
Buses 305 72 23 39 439 2,954 14.9
Motorcycles (1) 30,623 3,624 874 2,377 37,498 137,228 27.3
Trucks and vans 22,956 2,729 1,417 1,799 28,901 159,973 18.1
Industrial tractors 1,052 321 533 260 2,166 19,990 10.8
Others 588 43 11 37 679 2,911 23.3
Total 191,975 23,140 9,944 18,931 243,990 1,417,173 17.2
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes: are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled.

Last update: February 6, 2017.

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.