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Leyland DAF FAT lorries: how many are still registered?

137still registered

Leyland DAF FAT lorries still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 6 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 2,386 (1999 Q4) - 5.7% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 3.1% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 115 in 2030.

124 of the survivors (90.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

5.7% survives 1999 Q4 peak: 2,386

Declared off-road (SORN)124 · 90.5%
Disappearing per year3.1%
Projected 2030~115

By year

All 137 surviving Leyland DAF FAT lorries, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 127 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 51.7% 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 → 2000
50250
19931994199519961997199819992000
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On the road over time

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

2,386
1994log scale2026: 127
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Engine size and fuel

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

901cc to 1000cc1 lorries · 1.6%
2601cc to 2700cc1 lorries · 1.6%
8501cc to 8600cc1 lorries · 1.6%
8601cc to 8700cc31 lorries · 50.8%
9201cc to 9300cc21 lorries · 34.4%
9301cc to 9400cc1 lorries · 1.6%
9901cc to 10000cc2 lorries · 3.2%
11201cc to 11300cc1 lorries · 1.6%
Over 15000cc2 lorries · 3.2%

Fuel

Diesel137 · 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.