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HOW MANY OTHER BRITISH ARE LEFT?

There are 266,448 OTHER BRITISH left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 129,018 OTHER BRITISH that are currently SORNED.

The total number of OTHER BRITISH was highest during 2023 Q2 (399,177). The number taxed topped out in 2014 Q3 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q1.

Since the total peaked, some 3,711 (1%) OTHER BRITISH have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of OTHER BRITISH has gained 43,432. Licensed models have fallen by 13,810 and the SORNed total has increased by 57,242.

The 5 year trend shows an overall increase of 33,152 OTHER BRITISH models. Taxed models have grown by 15,396 and the SORNed total has increased by 17,756.

67% of the surviving 395,466 OTHER BRITISH in the UK are still on the road.

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HOW MANY OTHER BRITISH ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q496,022096,02296,022
1995 Q4107,3790107,37911,357
1996 Q4118,2280118,22810,849
1997 Q4120,8030120,8032,575
1998 Q4130,4090130,4099,606
1999 Q4145,9800145,98015,571
2000 Q4166,4660166,46620,486
2001 Q4202,3110202,31135,845
2002 Q4226,7440226,74424,433
2003 Q4247,2910247,29120,547
2004 Q4250,9400250,9403,649
2005 Q4249,0250249,025-1,915
2006 Q4242,5660242,566-6,459
2007 Q4254,47248,548303,02060,454
2008 Q3266,67745,503312,1809,160
2008 Q4261,17453,883315,0572,877
2009 Q1260,80152,549313,350-1,707
2009 Q2270,54648,339318,8855,535
2009 Q3271,85748,643320,5001,615
2009 Q4266,14956,060322,2091,709
2010 Q1264,37954,418318,797-3,412
2010 Q2272,95650,021322,9774,180
2010 Q3273,73350,516324,2491,272
2010 Q4265,88758,951324,838589
2011 Q1265,37457,007322,381-2,457
2011 Q2274,57853,307327,8855,504
2011 Q3274,08454,626328,710825
2011 Q4265,51763,237328,75444
2012 Q1263,34460,254323,598-5,156
2012 Q2271,31256,055327,3673,769
2012 Q3273,55155,604329,1551,788
2012 Q4268,98164,576333,5574,402
2013 Q1268,68161,379330,060-3,497
2013 Q2278,71955,961334,6804,620
2013 Q3281,70252,268333,970-710
2013 Q4274,14170,352344,49310,523
2014 Q1273,44266,899340,341-4,152
2014 Q2282,78763,731346,5186,177
2014 Q3286,61465,743352,3575,839
2014 Q4276,55374,296350,849-1,508
2015 Q1275,61772,565348,182-2,667
2015 Q2280,25871,776352,0343,852
2015 Q3280,42474,502354,9262,892
2015 Q4273,58882,720356,3081,382
2016 Q1272,89683,016355,912-396
2016 Q2278,63379,970358,6032,691
2016 Q3279,69082,453362,1433,540
2016 Q4273,97290,299364,2712,128
2017 Q1274,41188,736363,147-1,124
2017 Q2280,85590,716371,5718,424
2017 Q3281,33893,184374,5222,951
2017 Q4273,227100,608373,835-687
2018 Q1266,31598,711365,026-8,809
2018 Q2269,33995,767365,10680
2018 Q3276,64598,164374,8099,703
2018 Q4272,975105,606378,5813,772
2019 Q1269,585103,253372,838-5,743
2019 Q2275,178101,654376,8323,994
2019 Q3275,374104,365379,7392,907
2019 Q4268,708110,971379,679-60
2020 Q1266,748114,594381,3421,663
2020 Q2251,052111,262362,314-19,028
2020 Q3270,782112,238383,02020,706
2020 Q4266,524118,120384,6441,624
2021 Q1266,406116,819383,225-1,419
2021 Q2272,517113,642386,1592,934
2021 Q3273,538114,747388,2852,126
2021 Q4271,010121,109392,1193,834
2022 Q1270,428119,501389,929-2,190
2022 Q2273,994117,116391,1101,181
2022 Q3277,216119,103396,3195,209
2022 Q4273,613125,509399,1222,803
2023 Q1274,349123,975398,324-798
2023 Q2277,246121,931399,177853
2023 Q3274,675123,891398,566-611
2023 Q4268,509130,130398,63973
2024 Q1267,838128,953396,791-1,848
2024 Q2271,503127,076398,5791,788
2024 Q3270,069127,857397,926-653
2024 Q4263,667131,484395,151-2,775
2025 Q1262,212131,970394,182-969
2025 Q2266,448129,018395,4661,284

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.