UK vehicle statistics / Terberg

How many Terberg Dt183 trucks are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 531 licensed and 97 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Terberg Dt183 generic-model group.

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Is the Dt183 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 534 in 2025 Q4 and stand at 531 in 2026 Q1, down 1%. That is up 264% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 97 are declared SORN — 1 in 6 of the 628 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 Q153197
2025 Q453487
2025 Q352177
2025 Q249680
2025 Q148287
2024 Q449176
2024 Q345388
2024 Q244584
2024 Q142980
2023 Q442671
2023 Q342352
2023 Q238750

Other Terberg models

  • Yt182 — 472 licensed
  • Yt193 — 472 licensed
  • YT — 85 licensed

See how many of every Terberg 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.