POLARIS

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HOW MANY POLARIS ARE LEFT?

There are 11,570 POLARIS left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 3,812 POLARIS that are currently SORNED.

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

In the last 10 years the total number of POLARIS has gained 11,018. Licensed models have increased by 7,840 and the SORNed total has increased by 3,178.

The 5 year trend shows an overall increase of 6,569 POLARIS models. Taxed models have grown by 4,705 and the SORNed total has increased by 1,864.

75% of the surviving 15,382 POLARIS in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY POLARIS ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2003 Q44004040
2004 Q42030203163
2005 Q45320532329
2006 Q47120712180
2007 Q4871106977265
2008 Q31,0431101,153176
2008 Q41,0411301,17118
2009 Q11,0791511,23059
2009 Q21,1451631,30878
2009 Q31,1941691,36355
2009 Q41,1652051,3707
2010 Q11,2182151,43363
2010 Q21,3442001,544111
2010 Q31,4322101,64298
2010 Q41,4872221,70967
2011 Q11,5572671,824115
2011 Q21,6912631,954130
2011 Q31,8002762,076122
2011 Q41,9322802,212136
2012 Q12,0622902,352140
2012 Q22,2052792,484132
2012 Q32,2932792,57288
2012 Q42,4073092,716144
2013 Q12,5403212,861145
2013 Q22,6883363,024163
2013 Q32,7863443,130106
2013 Q42,8864263,312182
2014 Q12,9584563,414102
2014 Q23,1894543,643229
2014 Q33,3914743,865222
2014 Q43,3655423,90742
2015 Q13,5205824,102195
2015 Q23,7306344,364262
2015 Q33,9066884,594230
2015 Q44,0957644,859265
2016 Q14,2478165,063204
2016 Q24,4738635,336273
2016 Q34,6549085,562226
2016 Q44,8109905,800238
2017 Q14,9681,0776,045245
2017 Q25,1641,1856,349304
2017 Q35,2661,2406,506157
2017 Q45,3281,3256,653147
2018 Q15,5111,3596,870217
2018 Q25,6961,3997,095225
2018 Q35,8191,4997,318223
2018 Q45,9411,5877,528210
2019 Q16,0651,6387,703175
2019 Q26,1611,7007,861158
2019 Q36,3341,7728,106245
2019 Q46,4761,8578,333227
2020 Q16,5951,9588,553220
2020 Q26,8651,9488,813260
2020 Q37,2132,0049,217404
2020 Q47,4032,0959,498281
2021 Q17,6862,1729,858360
2021 Q28,0442,27510,319461
2021 Q38,2102,34510,555236
2021 Q48,2962,43510,731176
2022 Q18,4912,52611,017286
2022 Q28,7362,58211,318301
2022 Q38,8742,67811,552234
2022 Q49,0882,81011,898346
2023 Q19,2922,90612,198300
2023 Q29,6262,97912,605407
2023 Q39,7983,10512,903298
2023 Q49,9403,20313,143240
2024 Q110,2663,29113,557414
2024 Q210,5993,36813,967410
2024 Q310,7773,41914,196229
2024 Q410,9423,57614,518322
2025 Q111,2103,73714,947429
2025 Q211,5703,81215,382435

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.