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DAF 230 buses and coaches: how many are still registered?

20still registered

DAF 230 buses and coaches still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 83 (2001 Q4) - 24.0% of that peak survives.

18 of the survivors (90.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

24.0% survives 2001 Q4 peak: 83

Declared off-road (SORN)18 · 90.0%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the DAF 230 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is buses and coaches only.

DAF 230 lorries1still reg.

By year

All 20 surviving DAF 230 buses and coaches, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 18 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 52.6% 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 built1989 → 1991
1570
198919901991
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On the road over time

Total DAF 230 buses and coaches registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

83
19942026: 18
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving DAF 230 buses and coaches 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

1101cc to 1200cc3 buses and coaches · 21.4%
11601cc to 11700cc11 buses and coaches · 78.5%

Fuel

Diesel20 · 100%

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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.