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Leyland DAF FAD lorries: how many are still registered?

111still registered

Leyland DAF FAD lorries still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 5 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 2,046 (1999 Q4) - 5.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 94 in 2030.

100 of the survivors (90.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

5.4% survives 1999 Q4 peak: 2,046

Declared off-road (SORN)100 · 90.0%
Disappearing per year2.9%
Projected 2030~94

By year

All 111 surviving Leyland DAF FAD lorries, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 75 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 59.6% 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 built1993 → 2007
40200
199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007
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On the road over time

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

2,046
1994log scale2026: 103
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Engine size and fuel

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

1101cc to 1200cc1 lorries · 2.3%
1201cc to 1300cc1 lorries · 2.3%
2501cc to 2600cc1 lorries · 2.3%
3301cc to 3400cc1 lorries · 2.3%
7501cc to 7600cc2 lorries · 4.7%
11601cc to 11700cc20 lorries · 47.6%
12501cc to 12600cc1 lorries · 2.3%
12601cc to 12700cc15 lorries · 35.7%

Fuel

Diesel111 · 100%

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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.