Rarity / Optare / Metrodecker / Buses and coaches
Optare Metrodecker buses and coaches: how many are still registered?
113still registered
Optare Metrodecker buses and coaches still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 3 recorded variants.
Most recorded on UK roads at once: 115 (2021 Q3) - 98.2% of that peak survives.
5 of the survivors (4.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
98.2% survives 2021 Q3 peak: 115
Every bus or coach drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.
By year
All 113 surviving Optare Metrodecker buses and coaches, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.
Buses and coaches joining a UK register each year, and how many of that year's arrivals are still registered now (the darker part of each bar). For an import this is the year it arrived, not the year it was built.
On the road over time
Total Optare Metrodecker buses and coaches registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving Optare Metrodecker buses and coaches 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
Fuel
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Check a reg freeSource: 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.