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Bedford Astra vans: how many are still registered?

95still registered

Bedford Astra vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 7 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 18,019 (1994 Q4) - 0.5% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.5% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 90 in 2030.

80 of the survivors (84.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

0.5% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 18,019

Declared off-road (SORN)80 · 84.2%
Disappearing per year0.5%
Projected 2030~90

Derivatives

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

Bedford Astra cars1still reg.Bedford Astra lorries2still reg.

By year

All 95 surviving Bedford Astra vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 21 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 81.7% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built1984 → 1990
50250
1984198519861987198819891990
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On the road over time

Total Bedford Astra vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

18,019
1994log scale2026: 94
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Bedford Astra 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

1201cc to 1300cc27 vans · 28.4%
1301cc to 1400cc9 vans · 9.4%
1501cc to 1600cc12 vans · 12.6%
1601cc to 1700cc40 vans · 42.1%
1901cc to 2000cc4 vans · 4.2%
2001cc to 2100cc1 vans · 1.0%
2201cc to 2300cc1 vans · 1.0%
Over 15000cc1 vans · 1.0%

Fuel

Diesel49 · 51.5%
Petrol46 · 48.4%

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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.