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Retired vehicles. By type. Provinces

Retired vehicles. By type. Provinces 2024
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Cars 65,963 9,744 8,298 10,980 94,985 1,168,326 16.7
Buses 404 31 36 66 537 3,821 17.3
Motorcycles 14,804 2,220 796 3,289 21,109 257,694 29.6
Trucks and vans 11,091 2,646 2,146 2,834 18,717 110,444 18.7
Industrial tractors 1,003 356 519 162 2,040 17,882 12.0
Others 893 214 345 407 1,859 10,266 17.8
Total 94,158 15,211 12,140 17,738 139,247 1,568,433 17.8
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Motorbikes:are included three-wheelers and cars for the disabled and mopeds.

Last update: November 10, 2025.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

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.
Lorries and vans
Vehicles whose purpose is transport of goods (motorcycles with three wheels, weighing no less than 400 kg are excluded).
Motorcycles
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.
Private cars
Four-wheeled vehicle whose purpose is transportation of travellers, with a maximum capacity of nine people, including the driver.

Methodological aspects

From 2009 on, mopeds are included.

When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".