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Leyland Roadrunner lorries: how many are still registered?

1,136still registered

Leyland Roadrunner lorries still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 8 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 8,504 (1994 Q4) - 13.3% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 3.1% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 968 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2029.

1,023 of the survivors (90.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

13.3% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 8,504

Declared off-road (SORN)1,023 · 90.0%
Disappearing per year3.1%
Projected 2030~968

Derivatives

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

Leyland Roadrunner vans5still reg.Leyland Roadrunner buses and coaches5still reg.

By year

All 1,136 surviving Leyland Roadrunner lorries, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 406 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 73.6% 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 built1988 → 1994
5002500
1988198919901991199219931994
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On the road over time

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

8,504
1994log scale2026: 1,109
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Leyland Roadrunner 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

Up to 100cc6 lorries · 1.4%
301cc to 400cc4 lorries · 0.9%
501cc to 600cc12 lorries · 2.9%
1901cc to 2000cc7 lorries · 1.7%
2001cc to 2100cc8 lorries · 1.9%
2201cc to 2300cc3 lorries · 0.7%
2501cc to 2600cc5 lorries · 1.2%
3001cc to 3100cc4 lorries · 0.9%
3501cc to 3600cc3 lorries · 0.7%
5601cc to 5700cc6 lorries · 1.4%
5801cc to 5900cc303 lorries · 75.0%
5901cc to 6000cc4 lorries · 0.9%
9901cc to 10000cc4 lorries · 0.9%
Over 15000cc9 lorries · 2.2%
Other sizes (20)26 lorries · 6.4%

Fuel

Diesel1,136 · 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.