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Land Rover 109 vans: how many are still registered?

3,705still registered

Land Rover 109 vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 9 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 9,324 (1994 Q4) - 39.7% of that peak survives.

The decline has levelled off - survivor numbers have held steady over the last five years.

2,167 of the survivors (58.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

39.7% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 9,324

Declared off-road (SORN)2,167 · 58.4%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Land Rover 109 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.

Land Rover 109 cars862still reg.Land Rover 109 lorries18still reg.Land Rover 109 buses and coaches5still reg.

By year

All 3,705 surviving Land Rover 109 vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 2,686 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1967 → 1986
4002000
19671986
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On the road over time

Total Land Rover 109 vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

9,324
1994log scale2026: 3,691
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Land Rover 109 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

1901cc to 2000cc37 vans · 1.1%
2001cc to 2100cc32 vans · 0.9%
2201cc to 2300cc2,172 vans · 66.0%
2401cc to 2500cc156 vans · 4.7%
2501cc to 2600cc129 vans · 3.9%
2601cc to 2700cc324 vans · 9.8%
2901cc to 3000cc20 vans · 0.6%
3001cc to 3100cc20 vans · 0.6%
3301cc to 3400cc44 vans · 1.3%
3501cc to 3600cc243 vans · 7.3%
9901cc to 10000cc23 vans · 0.6%
Other sizes (25)89 vans · 2.7%

Fuel

Petrol1,966 · 53.0%
Diesel1,695 · 45.7%
Gas42 · 1.1%
Battery Electric2 · under 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.