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Nissan Cabstar vans: how many are still registered?

7,366still registered

Nissan Cabstar vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 38 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 20,006 (1997 Q4) - 36.8% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 4.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 5,758 in 2030.

3,262 of the survivors (44.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

36.8% survives 1997 Q4 peak: 20,006

Declared off-road (SORN)3,262 · 44.2%
Disappearing per year4.8%
Projected 2030~5,758

Derivatives

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

Nissan Cabstar cars7still reg.Nissan Cabstar lorries36still reg.

By year

All 7,366 surviving Nissan Cabstar vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 4,798 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 60.4% 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 built1986 → 2016
6003000
19862016
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On the road over time

Total Nissan Cabstar vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

20,006
1994log scale2026: 7,077
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Nissan Cabstar 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

1901cc to 2000cc51 vans · 0.6%
2401cc to 2500cc4,140 vans · 56.2%
2601cc to 2700cc1,167 vans · 15.8%
2901cc to 3000cc1,921 vans · 26.0%
Other sizes (10)83 vans · 1.1%

Fuel

Diesel7,309 · 99.2%
Petrol54 · 0.7%
Battery Electric3 · under 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.