UK vehicle statistics / Ford

How many Ford Transit Courier cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 33,971 licensed and 1,081 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Ford Transit Courier generic-model group.

Looking at a Transit Courier?

Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

Check its registration free for the official tax, MOT and mileage record. If the car is still worth pursuing, the optional £9.99 full history check adds outstanding-finance, stolen and insurance write-off checks.

Wondering whether one particular Transit Courier is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the Transit Courier disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 35,380 in 2023 Q4 and stand at 33,971 in 2026 Q1, down 4%. That is up 35% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 1,081 are declared SORN — 1 in 32 of the 35,052 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

For how this model fares on test day, see its MOT pass rate and most common failures.

A falling population is worth knowing before you buy: it usually means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply, and it is why a good example of a scarce model can hold its price while a neglected one is hard to sell at any price.

Recent quarterly trend

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q133,9711,081
2025 Q434,1891,039
2025 Q334,266993
2025 Q234,485882
2025 Q134,622870
2024 Q434,722772
2024 Q334,935700
2024 Q235,259589
2024 Q135,369559
2023 Q435,380494
2023 Q334,717389
2023 Q233,608374

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Source and limitations

Source: Department for Transport and DVLA, df_VEH0120_UK. Released 2026-07-15 under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

DVLA make and model fields are administrative data and can contain omissions or inconsistencies. These statistics describe model groups, not an individual registration.

Confidential cells marked [c] represent between 1 and 4 vehicles and are treated as zero in aggregates, so totals can be slightly understated.