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Leyland DAF 400 vans: how many are still registered?

552still registered

Leyland DAF 400 vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 11 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 24,754 (1994 Q4) - 2.2% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 476 in 2030.

514 of the survivors (93.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

2.2% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 24,754

Declared off-road (SORN)514 · 93.1%
Disappearing per year2.8%
Projected 2030~476

Derivatives

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

Leyland DAF 400 cars2still reg.Leyland DAF 400 lorries28still reg.Leyland DAF 400 buses and coaches80still reg.

By year

All 552 surviving Leyland DAF 400 vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 240 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 69.5% 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 → 2005
150750
19892005
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On the road over time

Total Leyland DAF 400 vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

24,754
1994log scale2026: 539
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Leyland DAF 400 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

2001cc to 2100cc37 vans · 6.7%
2401cc to 2500cc8 vans · 1.4%
2501cc to 2600cc487 vans · 88.2%
3501cc to 3600cc14 vans · 2.5%
Other sizes (5)6 vans · 1.0%

Fuel

Diesel507 · 91.8%
Petrol44 · 7.9%
Gas1 · 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.