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Ford Transit vans: how many are still registered?

611,598still registered

Ford Transit vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 818 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 642,309 (2013 Q4) - 95.2% of that peak survives.

144,032 of the survivors (23.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

95.2% survives 2013 Q4 peak: 642,309

Declared off-road (SORN)144,032 · 23.5%

Derivatives

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

Ford Transit cars2,528still reg.Ford Transit lorries3,037still reg.Ford Transit buses and coaches42,402still reg.

By year

All 611,598 surviving Ford Transit vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 335,889 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 47.9% 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 built1987 → 2025
40,00020,0000
19872025
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On the road over time

Total Ford Transit vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

642,309
1994log scale2026: 588,813
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Ford Transit 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

901cc to 1000cc4,540 vans · 0.7%
1401cc to 1500cc7,610 vans · 1.2%
1901cc to 2000cc263,030 vans · 43.6%
2101cc to 2200cc180,625 vans · 29.9%
2401cc to 2500cc141,127 vans · 23.4%
Other sizes (40)5,743 vans · 0.9%

Fuel

Diesel592,617 · 96.8%
Petrol8,973 · 1.4%
Battery Electric8,842 · 1.4%
Other fuels (5)1,166 · 0.1%

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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.