Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
77,530licensed vehicles 2025 census
100.0% of the peak fleet remains licensed
14,690
declared SORN
total surviving
peak 77,530 in 2025 ·
+2,451 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.
LicensedSORNLatest census observationSOURCE DVLA VEH0120 / VEH0220
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.
Fuel · share of licensed fleet
First registrations by year
When surviving examples first joined the British fleet.
New registrations
Vehicles first registered each year. A fleet still being sold shows here; a finished one shows only imports.
MOT reliability
DVSA test results for this family, 2005 to 2025.
Pass rate by year
Failure reason
Failures
Share of all tests
A wiper blade insecure, missing or in such a condition that it does not clear the windscreen effectively to give the driver an adequate view of the road (through the windscreen) to the left and right sides of the vehicle, as well as to the front
8,523
2.6%
The calculated parking brake efficiency is too low
8,234
2.5%
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources
6,384
1.9%
A stop lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating
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.