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Optare Alero lorries: how many are still registered?

10still registered

Optare Alero lorries still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 12 (2024 Q1) - 83.3% of that peak survives.

8 of the survivors (80.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

83.3% survives 2024 Q1 peak: 12

Declared off-road (SORN)8 · 80.0%

Derivatives

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

Optare Alero vans1still reg.Optare Alero buses and coaches108still reg.

By year

All 10 surviving Optare Alero lorries, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 2 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 66.6% 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 built2002 → 2006
420
20022003200420052006
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On the road over time

Total Optare Alero lorries registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

12
20022026: 9
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Optare Alero 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

2801cc to 2900cc10 lorries · 100%

Fuel

Diesel10 · 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.