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Austin A40 vans: how many are still registered?

159still registered

Austin A40 vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 4 recorded variants.

40 of the survivors (25.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

Every van drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Declared off-road (SORN)40 · 25.1%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Austin A40 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.

Austin A40 cars2,112still reg.Austin A40 lorries1still reg.

By year

All 159 surviving Austin A40 vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 44 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1949 → 1957
1570
194919501951195219531954195519561957
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On the road over time

Total Austin A40 vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

156
1994log scale2026: 156
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Austin A40 vans split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

801cc to 900cc2 vans · 1.4%
901cc to 1000cc8 vans · 5.8%
1001cc to 1100cc8 vans · 5.8%
1101cc to 1200cc4 vans · 2.9%
1201cc to 1300cc86 vans · 62.7%
1301cc to 1400cc1 vans · 0.7%
1401cc to 1500cc5 vans · 3.6%
1501cc to 1600cc5 vans · 3.6%
1601cc to 1700cc3 vans · 2.1%
1701cc to 1800cc2 vans · 1.4%
1801cc to 1900cc2 vans · 1.4%
1901cc to 2000cc3 vans · 2.1%
2001cc to 2100cc2 vans · 1.4%
2201cc to 2300cc1 vans · 0.7%
2301cc to 2400cc1 vans · 0.7%
3901cc to 4000cc1 vans · 0.7%
5701cc to 5800cc2 vans · 1.4%
6501cc to 6600cc1 vans · 0.7%

Fuel

Petrol156 · 98.1%
Diesel3 · 1.8%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.