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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type. Provinces 2020
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 108,794 12,284 6,742 12,741 140,561 939,096 15.0
Buses 177 35 5 28 245 2,268 10.8
Motorcycles 31,778 3,514 1,113 2,801 39,206 162,260 24.2
Trucks and vans 15,529 2,082 1,625 1,769 21,005 154,188 13.6
Industrial tractors 708 372 812 239 2,131 16,225 13.1
Others 1,655 300 90 222 2,267 9,509 23.8
Total 158,641 18,587 10,387 17,800 205,415 1,283,546 16.0
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.

Last update: January 27, 2022.

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.