UK vehicle statistics / Vauxhall

How many Vauxhall Astravan cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 2,293 licensed and 3,262 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Vauxhall Astravan generic-model group.

Looking at a Astravan?

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

Is the Astravan disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 20,806 in 2014 Q3 and stand at 2,293 in 2026 Q1, down 89%. That is down 69% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 3,262 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 5,555 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 Q12,2933,262
2025 Q42,4693,264
2025 Q32,6483,239
2025 Q22,8523,207
2025 Q13,0393,190
2024 Q43,2183,218
2024 Q33,4273,295
2024 Q23,6543,345
2024 Q13,8573,326
2023 Q44,0953,298
2023 Q34,3633,251
2023 Q24,6353,240

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.