Rarity / Peugeot / 405

Peugeot 405: how many are still registered?

3,009still registered

Peugeot 405 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 57 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 292,970 (1996 Q4) - 1.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 3.7% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 2,489 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2054.

2,431 of the survivors (80.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

1.0% survives 1996 Q4 peak: 292,970

Declared off-road (SORN)2,431 · 80.7%
Disappearing per year3.7%
Projected 2030~2,489

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Peugeot 405 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Peugeot 405 vans5still reg.Peugeot 405 motorcycles3still reg.Peugeot 405 lorries2still reg.Peugeot 405 buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 3,009 surviving Peugeot 405 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 3,226 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 48.1% 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 → 2014
8004000
19882014
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On the road over time

Total Peugeot 405 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

292,970
1994log scale2026: 2,622
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Peugeot 405 cars 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

1501cc to 1600cc248 cars · 8.2%
1701cc to 1800cc270 cars · 8.9%
1901cc to 2000cc2,480 cars · 82.4%
Other sizes (4)11 cars · 0.3%

Fuel

Diesel2,261 · 75.1%
Petrol743 · 24.6%
Gas5 · 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.