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Bedford KB26 vans: how many are still registered?

7still registered

Bedford KB26 vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 229 (1998 Q4) - 3.0% of that peak survives.

4 of the survivors (57.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

3.0% survives 1998 Q4 peak: 229

Declared off-road (SORN)4 · 57.1%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Bedford KB26 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.

Bedford KB26 lorries1still reg.

By year

All 7 surviving Bedford KB26 vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 6 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars. Across every year, 1 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 85.7% 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 built1949 → 1988
210
19491988
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On the road over time

Total Bedford KB26 vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

229
1994log scale2026: 7
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Bedford KB26 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

1501cc to 1600cc3 vans · 42.8%
1901cc to 2000cc2 vans · 28.5%
2201cc to 2300cc1 vans · 14.2%
2801cc to 2900cc1 vans · 14.2%

Fuel

Petrol5 · 71.4%
Diesel2 · 28.5%

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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.