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Mitsubishi Canter lorries: how many are still registered?

542still registered

Mitsubishi Canter lorries still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 13 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,787 (2007 Q4) - 30.3% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 5.4% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 408 in 2030.

417 of the survivors (76.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

30.3% survives 2007 Q4 peak: 1,787

Declared off-road (SORN)417 · 76.9%
Disappearing per year5.4%
Projected 2030~408

Derivatives

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

Mitsubishi Canter cars2still reg.Mitsubishi Canter vans1,027still reg.Mitsubishi Canter buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 542 surviving Mitsubishi Canter lorries, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 504 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 51.8% 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 built1987 → 2009
150750
19872009
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On the road over time

Total Mitsubishi Canter lorries registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,787
1994log scale2026: 516
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mitsubishi Canter 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

2901cc to 3000cc13 lorries · 2.4%
3901cc to 4000cc519 lorries · 96.4%
Other sizes (6)6 lorries · 1.1%

Fuel

Diesel542 · 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.