Bristol 403: how many are still registered?
21still registered
Bristol 403 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.
Most recorded on UK roads at once: 22 (2018 Q4) - 95.4% of that peak survives.
3 of the survivors (14.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
95.4% survives 2018 Q4 peak: 22
Every car drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.
Derivatives
DVLA also registers other body types under the Bristol 403 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.
By year
All 21 surviving Bristol 403 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.
Cars joining a UK register each year, and how many of that year's arrivals are still registered now (the darker part of each bar). For an import this is the year it arrived, not the year it was built.
On the road over time
Total Bristol 403 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving Bristol 403 cars 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
Fuel
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Check a reg freeSource: 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.