SMART

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HOW MANY SMART ARE LEFT?

There are 87,771 SMART left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 10,347 SMART that are currently SORNED.

The total number of SMART was highest during 2019 Q3 (103,984). The number taxed topped out in 2019 Q3 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q2.

Since the total peaked, some 5,866 (6%) SMART have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of SMART has gained 23,333. Licensed models have increased by 15,255 and the SORNed total has increased by 8,078.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 4,286 SMART models. Taxed models have declined by 7,543 and the SORNed total has increased by 3,257.

89% of the surviving 98,118 SMART in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY SMART ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2003 Q44,79504,7954,795
2004 Q415,208015,20810,413
2005 Q424,422024,4229,214
2006 Q431,324031,3246,902
2007 Q436,00637836,3845,060
2008 Q341,99934542,3445,960
2008 Q443,22441143,6351,291
2009 Q144,85646545,3211,686
2009 Q246,79642047,2161,895
2009 Q348,80247749,2792,063
2009 Q450,63554551,1801,901
2010 Q152,55562753,1822,002
2010 Q254,27261454,8861,704
2010 Q356,20768556,8922,006
2010 Q456,94377157,714822
2011 Q158,36783659,2031,489
2011 Q259,33682860,164961
2011 Q360,19690361,099935
2011 Q460,7061,01161,717618
2012 Q161,96599762,9621,245
2012 Q262,78296763,749787
2012 Q363,8751,02064,8951,146
2012 Q464,9361,13766,0731,178
2013 Q166,0521,21167,2631,190
2013 Q267,1761,18368,3591,096
2013 Q368,2291,24469,4731,114
2013 Q468,8211,49070,311838
2014 Q169,9001,48771,3871,076
2014 Q270,7141,45372,167780
2014 Q372,2121,54773,7591,592
2014 Q470,4501,91472,364-1,395
2015 Q171,0652,14473,209845
2015 Q272,5162,26974,7851,576
2015 Q374,8422,45777,2992,514
2015 Q476,2132,87479,0871,788
2016 Q178,1903,15681,3462,259
2016 Q280,4363,21683,6522,306
2016 Q383,0273,43286,4592,807
2016 Q484,9593,88988,8482,389
2017 Q187,7474,10191,8483,000
2017 Q290,1684,22994,3972,549
2017 Q391,6084,41896,0261,629
2017 Q491,8794,82896,707681
2018 Q193,4674,93398,4001,693
2018 Q294,5735,02599,5981,198
2018 Q395,7755,301101,0761,478
2018 Q496,0275,755101,782706
2019 Q196,5355,852102,387605
2019 Q297,4735,899103,372985
2019 Q397,7936,191103,984612
2019 Q497,2126,576103,788-196
2020 Q196,1477,039103,186-602
2020 Q295,3147,090102,404-782
2020 Q395,1887,139102,327-77
2020 Q494,5957,599102,194-133
2021 Q193,9967,846101,842-352
2021 Q294,1587,725101,88341
2021 Q393,7057,749101,454-429
2021 Q493,4528,128101,580126
2022 Q193,1628,102101,264-316
2022 Q293,4827,848101,33066
2022 Q393,0167,970100,986-344
2022 Q492,5108,289100,799-187
2023 Q191,5768,40199,977-822
2023 Q291,1468,41299,558-419
2023 Q390,7118,58499,295-263
2023 Q490,3119,04899,35964
2024 Q189,7799,27999,058-301
2024 Q289,7259,34599,07012
2024 Q389,6229,44199,063-7
2024 Q488,7179,96398,680-383
2025 Q188,08410,33698,420-260
2025 Q287,77110,34798,118-302

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.