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Ford Prefect vans: how many are still registered?
12still registered
Ford Prefect vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.
Most recorded on UK roads at once: 14 (2024 Q1) - 85.7% of that peak survives.
7 of the survivors (58.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
85.7% survives 2024 Q1 peak: 14
Every van 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 Ford Prefect nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.
By year
All 12 surviving Ford Prefect 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.
Vans 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 Ford Prefect vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving Ford Prefect 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
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.