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HOW MANY JCB 540 ARE LEFT?

There are 6,676 JCB 540 left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 5,651 JCB 540 that are currently SORNED.

There are currently more JCB 540, in total, than ever before. The number taxed topped out in 2024 Q2 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q2.

In the last 10 years the total number of JCB 540 has gained 11,543. Licensed models have increased by 6,031 and the SORNed total has increased by 5,512.

The 5 year trend shows an overall increase of 5,418 JCB 540 models. Taxed models have grown by 2,239 and the SORNed total has increased by 3,179.

54% of the surviving 12,327 JCB 540 in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY JCB 540 ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2013 Q31001010
2013 Q43003020
2014 Q1911410575
2014 Q219926225120
2014 Q334063403178
2014 Q44156748279
2015 Q1516110626144
2015 Q2645139784158
2015 Q3740160900116
2015 Q483913597474
2016 Q18761851,06187
2016 Q21,1181971,315254
2016 Q31,6192161,835520
2016 Q41,7842772,061226
2017 Q12,0063832,389328
2017 Q22,4055282,933544
2017 Q32,9335903,523590
2017 Q43,1616933,854331
2018 Q13,4218034,224370
2018 Q23,8879494,836612
2018 Q34,0891,1115,200364
2018 Q44,1631,2835,446246
2019 Q14,0821,6615,743297
2019 Q24,3661,8046,170427
2019 Q34,6461,9356,581411
2019 Q44,7462,0506,796215
2020 Q14,6782,3887,066270
2020 Q24,4372,4726,909-157
2020 Q34,4532,5547,00798
2020 Q44,5012,5677,06861
2021 Q14,5872,7067,293225
2021 Q24,9372,7447,681388
2021 Q35,1702,8988,068387
2021 Q45,3963,0358,431363
2022 Q15,5873,1848,771340
2022 Q25,7293,2889,017246
2022 Q35,9003,4849,384367
2022 Q46,0123,6919,703319
2023 Q16,1633,91010,073370
2023 Q26,5324,12210,654581
2023 Q36,6624,39511,057403
2023 Q46,6614,65711,318261
2024 Q16,5914,91811,509191
2024 Q26,6785,18211,860351
2024 Q36,5835,34411,92767
2024 Q46,5285,35111,879-48
2025 Q16,5825,36811,95071
2025 Q26,6765,65112,327377

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.