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Makes / Nissan / D22

D22

Nissan · on record 1998 to 2025

DECLINING

Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.

780 licensed vehicles
2025 census

14.0% of the peak fleet remains licensed

1,159
declared SORN
 
total surviving

peak 5,590 in 2005  ·  −135 vehicles a year, five year trend

Population history

Licensed and SORN vehicles at each census. Filters apply to the population, MOT and registration figures together.

Licensed SORN Latest census observation SOURCE DVLA VEH0120 / VEH0220

At the average decline recorded over the latest five years, the licensed fleet would reach zero around 2030.

Illustrative projection only; vehicle populations rarely decline linearly. Late fleets typically flatten as surviving examples enter preservation.

Inside the surviving fleet

AutoCensus parses every DVLA variant description, so the fleet can be read by fuel and specification rather than as one number.

First registrations by year

When surviving examples first joined the British fleet.

Recent UK first registrations

This family is no longer sold new. These figures are imports and historic vehicles joining the British register for the first time.

MOT reliability

DVSA test results for this family, 2005 to 2025.

 
Pass rate by year
Failure reason Failures Share of all tests
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources 754 4.3%
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded 654 3.8%
A rigid brake pipe excessively chafed, corroded or damaged 610 3.5%
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake 602 3.5%
Headlamp reflector or lens slightly defective 588 3.4%
A suspension joint dust cover severely deteriorated 542 3.1%
The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired 536 3.1%
A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn 517 3.0%

Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.

Where the D22 remains

Based on MOT test locations, 2025. Test location is a proxy: a vehicle is counted where it was last tested, not where it is kept.

Postcode area Vehicles tested Pass rate
EX 26 50%
GL 24 62%
B 22 82%
PE 22 64%
TN 22 82%
SO 19 58%
TQ 19 68%
TA 17 71%
BA 16 62%
PO 16 69%
BH 16 69%
SA 15 53%
IP 15 73%
NR 15 73%
LE 15 73%
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How this record was calculated

LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 quarterly
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025
FAMILY DEFINITIONNISSAN D22
PROCESSED20 Jul 2026
Full methodology

Population figures count vehicles recorded as licensed or SORN in the DVLA quarterly extract. Figures before 2014 cover Great Britain only. Vehicles are grouped into this family by the DVLA GenModel key shown above, with routing rules for known inconsistencies.

Variant figures are parsed from raw DVLA model descriptions and the original string is always retained. Blank transmission fields are shown as manual because DVLA records the field for automatic vehicles.

MOT figures count tests, not vehicles, and geographic figures count each vehicle at its most recent test location. The decline projection is a straight line fitted to the latest five years and is illustrative only.