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HOW MANY FORD ARE LEFT?

There are 5,261,438 FORD left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 667,631 FORD that are currently SORNED.

The total number of FORD was highest during 1994 Q4 (6,425,367). The number taxed topped out in 1994 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q1.

Since the total peaked, some 496,298 (8%) FORD have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of FORD has gained 230,825. Licensed models have fallen by 151,469 and the SORNed total has increased by 382,294.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 51,229 FORD models. Taxed models have declined by 163,931 and the SORNed total has increased by 112,702.

89% of the surviving 5,929,069 FORD in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY FORD ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q46,425,36706,425,3676,425,367
1995 Q46,338,42606,338,426-86,941
1996 Q46,419,71006,419,71081,284
1997 Q46,388,37506,388,375-31,335
1998 Q46,265,48406,265,484-122,891
1999 Q46,178,11706,178,117-87,367
2000 Q46,028,92606,028,926-149,191
2001 Q45,973,33205,973,332-55,594
2002 Q45,867,06605,867,066-106,266
2003 Q45,721,82205,721,822-145,244
2004 Q45,665,45005,665,450-56,372
2005 Q45,558,20805,558,208-107,242
2006 Q45,425,84705,425,847-132,361
2007 Q45,396,839268,0335,664,872239,025
2008 Q35,392,986245,3275,638,313-26,559
2008 Q45,361,022261,4485,622,470-15,843
2009 Q15,372,433256,7865,629,2196,749
2009 Q25,366,535244,6105,611,145-18,074
2009 Q35,345,306240,0385,585,344-25,801
2009 Q45,316,131249,2365,565,367-19,977
2010 Q15,321,079244,2435,565,322-45
2010 Q25,326,507235,5485,562,055-3,267
2010 Q35,327,830235,0445,562,874819
2010 Q45,287,175246,2935,533,468-29,406
2011 Q15,299,369242,8415,542,2108,742
2011 Q25,294,003235,0085,529,011-13,199
2011 Q35,288,124230,5235,518,647-10,364
2011 Q45,254,302242,2575,496,559-22,088
2012 Q15,263,820235,3805,499,2002,641
2012 Q25,271,287222,5705,493,857-5,343
2012 Q35,277,123216,0525,493,175-682
2012 Q45,258,068229,6265,487,694-5,481
2013 Q15,268,638226,2145,494,8527,158
2013 Q25,293,438218,7675,512,20517,353
2013 Q35,297,131214,3285,511,459-746
2013 Q45,277,859258,1645,536,02324,564
2014 Q15,302,863255,4715,558,33422,311
2014 Q25,337,509242,5785,580,08721,753
2014 Q35,456,111252,4975,708,608128,521
2014 Q45,392,721275,4955,668,216-40,392
2015 Q15,412,907285,3375,698,24430,028
2015 Q25,430,539297,0535,727,59229,348
2015 Q35,442,033312,9325,754,96527,373
2015 Q45,436,651345,3885,782,03927,074
2016 Q15,473,964362,5685,836,53254,493
2016 Q25,480,987365,5855,846,57210,040
2016 Q35,484,704380,2175,864,92118,349
2016 Q45,508,475408,2615,916,73651,815
2017 Q15,534,500410,6235,945,12328,387
2017 Q25,534,223421,1015,955,32410,201
2017 Q35,531,354427,0515,958,4053,081
2017 Q45,501,653448,8745,950,527-7,878
2018 Q15,505,741450,0775,955,8185,291
2018 Q25,505,179448,1855,953,364-2,454
2018 Q35,507,300457,8435,965,14311,779
2018 Q45,490,029480,7245,970,7535,610
2019 Q15,496,503479,9605,976,4635,710
2019 Q25,502,587482,0695,984,6568,193
2019 Q35,505,889496,0026,001,89117,235
2019 Q45,481,998518,7706,000,768-1,123
2020 Q15,425,369554,9295,980,298-20,470
2020 Q25,408,391547,7895,956,180-24,118
2020 Q35,441,994540,3715,982,36526,185
2020 Q45,406,876562,2295,969,105-13,260
2021 Q15,404,737566,5745,971,3112,206
2021 Q25,433,511551,1895,984,70013,389
2021 Q35,406,571552,5625,959,133-25,567
2021 Q45,376,802570,9115,947,713-11,420
2022 Q15,362,289570,4335,932,722-14,991
2022 Q25,372,850562,9685,935,8183,096
2022 Q35,367,290569,4865,936,776958
2022 Q45,360,534590,9465,951,48014,704
2023 Q15,351,133590,4865,941,619-9,861
2023 Q25,361,287590,4875,951,77410,155
2023 Q35,357,145601,5245,958,6696,895
2023 Q45,334,689628,9415,963,6304,961
2024 Q15,318,972638,9375,957,909-5,721
2024 Q25,314,819639,4445,954,263-3,646
2024 Q35,297,809647,2865,945,095-9,168
2024 Q45,264,814660,1975,925,011-20,084
2025 Q15,261,438667,6315,929,0694,058

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

Vehicle licensing statistics last updated 18/10/2025.