UK vehicle statistics / Honda

How many Honda SH 125 motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 6,868 licensed and 1,579 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Honda SH 125 generic-model group.

Looking at a SH 125?

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 SH 125 is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the SH 125 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 7,737 in 2024 Q2 and stand at 6,868 in 2026 Q1, down 11%. That is up 21% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 1,579 are declared SORN — 1 in 5 of the 8,447 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

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 Q16,8681,579
2025 Q47,0031,515
2025 Q37,1941,410
2025 Q27,2641,370
2025 Q17,2721,401
2024 Q47,3631,318
2024 Q37,6701,129
2024 Q27,7371,058
2024 Q17,6921,026
2023 Q47,470943
2023 Q37,508885
2023 Q27,420838

Other Honda models

  • Jazz — 349,385 licensed
  • Civic — 246,926 licensed
  • CR-V — 196,120 licensed
  • CBR — 29,970 licensed
  • HR-V — 60,559 licensed
  • CB — 31,388 licensed

See how many of every Honda model are left

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.