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LDV 400 Series lorries: how many are still registered?

402still registered

LDV 400 Series lorries still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 8 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,509 (1999 Q4) - 26.6% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 6.3% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 288 in 2030.

281 of the survivors (69.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

26.6% survives 1999 Q4 peak: 1,509

Declared off-road (SORN)281 · 69.9%
Disappearing per year6.3%
Projected 2030~288

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the LDV 400 Series nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is lorries only.

LDV 400 Series cars12still reg.LDV 400 Series vans8,237still reg.LDV 400 Series buses and coaches3,252still reg.

By year

All 402 surviving LDV 400 Series lorries, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 197 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 67.1% 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 built1994 → 2006
50250
1994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006
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On the road over time

Total LDV 400 Series lorries registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,509
1994log scale2026: 392
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving LDV 400 Series lorries 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

2401cc to 2500cc168 lorries · 44.5%
2501cc to 2600cc185 lorries · 49.0%
3001cc to 3100cc2 lorries · 0.5%
3501cc to 3600cc16 lorries · 4.2%
Other sizes (6)6 lorries · 1.5%

Fuel

Diesel391 · 97.2%
Petrol7 · 1.7%
Gas4 · 0.9%

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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.