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HOW MANY FORD ESCORT ARE LEFT?

There are 15,551 FORD ESCORT left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 42,735 FORD ESCORT that are currently SORNED.

The total number of FORD ESCORT was highest during 1994 Q4 (1,937,019). The number taxed topped out in 1994 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2007 Q4.

Since the total peaked, some 1,878,733 (97%) FORD ESCORT have been scrapped or exported.

During 2015 Q4 the number of FORD ESCORT that were off the road (SORN) exceeded the number that were licensed for the first time. This could indicate the owners are reluctant to sell or scrap their car as they view them as a potential future classic.

In the last 10 years the total number of FORD ESCORT has fallen by 24,858. Licensed models have fallen by 28,754 and the SORNed total has increased by 3,896.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 2,095 FORD ESCORT models. Taxed models have declined by 456 and the SORNed total has fallen by 1,639.

73% of the remaining 58,286 FORD ESCORT in the UK are currently off the road.

HOW MANY FORD ESCORT ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q41,937,01901,937,0191,937,019
1995 Q41,905,20601,905,206-31,813
1996 Q41,922,90601,922,90617,700
1997 Q41,900,33001,900,330-22,576
1998 Q41,851,70201,851,702-48,628
1999 Q41,757,34501,757,345-94,357
2000 Q41,640,14701,640,147-117,198
2001 Q41,508,99301,508,993-131,154
2002 Q41,351,64501,351,645-157,348
2003 Q41,175,98301,175,983-175,662
2004 Q41,017,27501,017,275-158,708
2005 Q4851,3180851,318-165,957
2006 Q4682,3440682,344-168,974
2007 Q4544,43765,450609,887-72,457
2008 Q3446,69956,190502,889-106,998
2008 Q4415,58659,763475,349-27,540
2009 Q1386,75559,800446,555-28,794
2009 Q2360,13055,974416,104-30,451
2009 Q3330,57853,405383,983-32,121
2009 Q4304,00355,173359,176-24,807
2010 Q1278,07753,194331,271-27,905
2010 Q2261,04949,217310,266-21,005
2010 Q3241,10146,898287,999-22,267
2010 Q4216,99948,625265,624-22,375
2011 Q1197,98447,215245,199-20,425
2011 Q2182,56443,612226,176-19,023
2011 Q3165,73640,970206,706-19,470
2011 Q4148,93142,870191,801-14,905
2012 Q1134,42640,879175,305-16,496
2012 Q2124,88937,157162,046-13,259
2012 Q3113,95934,249148,208-13,838
2012 Q4102,25137,095139,346-8,862
2013 Q192,16936,451128,620-10,726
2013 Q287,10234,024121,126-7,494
2013 Q379,47230,772110,244-10,882
2013 Q469,57339,746109,319-925
2014 Q163,17237,924101,096-8,223
2014 Q261,21836,08097,298-3,798
2014 Q357,01037,27194,281-3,017
2014 Q449,30440,39889,702-4,579
2015 Q145,23439,40584,639-5,063
2015 Q244,30538,83983,144-1,495
2015 Q341,28739,59480,881-2,263
2015 Q436,26842,65878,926-1,955
2016 Q133,90442,69376,597-2,329
2016 Q233,49141,18974,680-1,917
2016 Q331,19841,83573,033-1,647
2016 Q427,31844,39171,709-1,324
2017 Q125,47943,22868,707-3,002
2017 Q226,03343,21369,246539
2017 Q324,42043,57167,991-1,255
2017 Q421,03345,78666,819-1,172
2018 Q119,81044,49164,301-2,518
2018 Q221,16143,04264,203-98
2018 Q320,33243,46063,792-411
2018 Q417,65045,61863,268-524
2019 Q117,14644,25361,399-1,869
2019 Q218,50343,20261,705306
2019 Q318,12143,78461,905200
2019 Q415,92045,54161,461-444
2020 Q115,18845,68260,870-591
2020 Q216,00744,37460,381-489
2020 Q316,28044,56260,842461
2020 Q414,86045,83660,696-146
2021 Q114,60244,97859,580-1,116
2021 Q216,31943,82060,139559
2021 Q316,25843,91960,17738
2021 Q414,87045,29660,166-11
2022 Q114,95644,45859,414-752
2022 Q216,26243,38459,646232
2022 Q316,05043,71559,765119
2022 Q414,68545,17459,85994
2023 Q114,65644,37159,027-832
2023 Q216,08743,46859,555528
2023 Q315,76043,82859,58833
2023 Q414,13445,28559,419-169
2024 Q114,37344,40958,782-637
2024 Q215,77243,60559,377595
2024 Q315,65543,58859,243-134
2024 Q414,26544,16058,425-818
2025 Q114,20543,94458,149-276
2025 Q215,55142,73558,286137

How Rare Is My Car analyses 'road tax' data from the DVLA, this dataset is only available from 1994 onwards.

DVLA vehicle licensing statistics last updated 23/10/2025.