UK vehicle statistics / Vauxhall

How many Vauxhall Astra cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 554,029 licensed and 111,899 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Vauxhall Astra generic-model group.

Looking at a Astra?

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

Is the Astra disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 1,182,006 in 2014 Q3 and stand at 554,029 in 2026 Q1, down 53%. That is down 34% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 111,899 are declared SORN — 1 in 6 of the 665,928 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 Q1554,029111,899
2025 Q4570,290110,955
2025 Q3584,545108,770
2025 Q2599,617107,507
2025 Q1615,094107,182
2024 Q4629,169106,922
2024 Q3643,794106,241
2024 Q2658,095105,858
2024 Q1671,286105,073
2023 Q4684,396103,310
2023 Q3696,993100,584
2023 Q2709,87498,938

Other Vauxhall models

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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.