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HOW MANY FORD TRANSIT 280 SWB ARE LEFT?

There are 1,065 FORD TRANSIT 280 SWB left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 3,553 FORD TRANSIT 280 SWB that are currently SORNED.

The total number of FORD TRANSIT 280 SWB was highest during 2006 Q4 (23,128). The number taxed topped out in 2006 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2021 Q1.

Since the total peaked, some 18,510 (80%) FORD TRANSIT 280 SWB have been scrapped or exported.

During 2021 Q4 the number of FORD TRANSIT 280 SWB 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 TRANSIT 280 SWB has fallen by 15,709. Licensed models have fallen by 18,177 and the SORNed total has increased by 2,468.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 4,776 FORD TRANSIT 280 SWB models. Taxed models have declined by 4,540 and the SORNed total has fallen by 236.

77% of the remaining 4,618 FORD TRANSIT 280 SWB in the UK are currently off the road.

HOW MANY FORD TRANSIT 280 SWB ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2001 Q41300130130
2002 Q45550555425
2003 Q41,79601,7961,241
2004 Q48,77708,7776,981
2005 Q417,864017,8649,087
2006 Q423,128023,1285,264
2007 Q422,52637822,904-224
2008 Q322,03038122,411-493
2008 Q422,05443822,49281
2009 Q122,18136222,54351
2009 Q222,25831322,57128
2009 Q322,20828022,488-83
2009 Q422,21527422,4891
2010 Q122,13833622,474-15
2010 Q222,13727022,407-67
2010 Q322,12031622,43629
2010 Q422,00032822,328-108
2011 Q121,89634722,243-85
2011 Q221,77534922,124-119
2011 Q321,74036122,101-23
2011 Q421,70436722,071-30
2012 Q121,61843322,051-20
2012 Q221,54338921,932-119
2012 Q321,45138621,837-95
2012 Q421,27142121,692-145
2013 Q121,15447121,625-67
2013 Q221,01251121,523-102
2013 Q320,85451921,373-150
2013 Q420,67461321,287-86
2014 Q120,50061921,119-168
2014 Q220,41660521,021-98
2014 Q320,81071121,521500
2014 Q420,12984020,969-552
2015 Q119,62096920,589-380
2015 Q219,2421,08520,327-262
2015 Q318,7611,21919,980-347
2015 Q418,1591,43919,598-382
2016 Q117,6731,60819,281-317
2016 Q217,1301,69418,824-457
2016 Q316,4351,90218,337-487
2016 Q415,8342,18118,015-322
2017 Q115,1402,37017,510-505
2017 Q214,3412,54116,882-628
2017 Q313,5622,65216,214-668
2017 Q412,5642,91515,479-735
2018 Q111,5983,06014,658-821
2018 Q210,7513,12313,874-784
2018 Q39,9373,25513,192-682
2018 Q49,1423,46612,608-584
2019 Q18,4783,47611,954-654
2019 Q27,8343,46411,298-656
2019 Q37,1663,56510,731-567
2019 Q46,5993,67710,276-455
2020 Q15,9493,8579,806-470
2020 Q25,6053,7899,394-412
2020 Q35,3273,8119,138-256
2020 Q44,8373,8838,720-418
2021 Q14,4923,9238,415-305
2021 Q24,2243,8548,078-337
2021 Q33,8803,8277,707-371
2021 Q43,4963,9097,405-302
2022 Q13,2143,8857,099-306
2022 Q22,9933,8086,801-298
2022 Q32,7503,8006,550-251
2022 Q42,5143,8716,385-165
2023 Q12,2943,8456,139-246
2023 Q22,1353,8065,941-198
2023 Q31,9773,7885,765-176
2023 Q41,7673,8455,612-153
2024 Q11,6263,8415,467-145
2024 Q21,5043,8215,325-142
2024 Q31,3833,7835,166-159
2024 Q41,2533,6794,932-234
2025 Q11,1593,5824,741-191
2025 Q21,0653,5534,618-123

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.