Cars on UK roads
How many Volvo V40 cars are on UK roads?
90,724 Volvo V40 cars were licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, with another 4,518 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT and DVLA licensing statistics. That is down 2.0% on a year earlier and 11.9% of all licensed Volvo cars, making it number 4 of the 17 Volvo models listed here and number 103 of 408 models nationally.
Data to 2026-06-30 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto
- Licensed in GB
- 90,724
- end of June 2026, DfT VEH0120
- Change in a year
- −2.0%
- all cars: +1.5%
- Typical year of first use
- 2016
- median, UK, 31 Dec 2025 (all cars: 2016)
What the numbers say about the Volvo V40
The number of Volvo V40s on the road is down 2.0% on a year earlier, behind the +1.5% for all cars and behind Volvo as a whole (+5.8%). It peaked at 104,691 at the end of September 2019 and has fallen 13.3% since.
312 Volvo V40s were first registered in the UK from July 2025 to June 2026, 85% of them petrol.
63% of licensed Volvo V40s are diesel, against 27% of all cars. There are almost no electric or plug-in versions on the road.
48% of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2015 or earlier (all cars: 44%), and 4.7% of registered Volvo V40s are SORN against 9.9% of all cars.
Of the 17,142 Volvo V40s first registered in 2015, 87% were still licensed at the end of 2025, against 86% of all cars first registered that year (73 Auto analysis; see the table below).
Volvo V40s licensed, year by year
Official data: cars licensed (taxed, or exempt and on the road) in Great Britain at the end of each June. The peak in this series was 104,691 at the end of September 2019.
| Quarter end | Licensed | Change on a year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 90,724 | −2.0% |
| June 2025 | 92,601 | −2.0% |
| June 2024 | 94,468 | −1.8% |
| June 2023 | 96,157 | −1.2% |
| June 2022 | 97,281 | −3.1% |
| June 2021 | 100,354 | −1.5% |
| June 2020 | 101,906 | −1.0% |
| June 2019 | 102,976 | +8.0% |
| June 2018 | 95,373 | +8.2% |
| June 2017 | 88,117 | +12.5% |
| June 2016 | 78,301 | — |
Volvo V40s by fuel type
| Fuel (DfT category) | Licensed | Share | All cars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diesel | 57,038 | 62.9% | 27.5% |
| Petrol | 33,671 | 37.1% | 54.3% |
| Gas | 13 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
How old Volvo V40s on the road are
Official data from DfT table VEH0124: cars licensed and SORN at 31 December 2025 in the whole UK, by the year the car was first used (for a car imported used, that is its first use abroad). This table is annual and UK-wide, so its total (94,693 licensed) differs from the quarterly Great Britain figure.
| First used | Licensed | Share of licensed | SORN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 |
| 2019 | 7,982 | 8.4% | 54 |
| 2018 | 12,687 | 13.4% | 94 |
| 2017 | 13,266 | 14.0% | 99 |
| 2016 | 15,037 | 15.9% | 141 |
| 2015 | 14,921 | 15.8% | 262 |
| 2014 | 15,388 | 16.3% | 346 |
| 2013 | 10,659 | 11.3% | 278 |
| 2012 | 2,174 | 2.3% | 73 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 |
| 2005 and earlier | 2,576 | 2.7% | 3,191 |
How many Volvo V40s are still on the road
73 Auto analysis of two official tables: cars first registered in the UK each year (VEH0160) and cars of that year of first use still licensed at 31 December 2025 (VEH0124). The ratio is an indication, not a tracked cohort: imported used cars and cars exported, scrapped or declared off the road all move the figure, and years where the ratio exceeded 100% or fewer than 1,000 cars were registered are left out.
| Year | First registered | Licensed end 2025 | Still licensed | All cars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8,371 | 7,982 | 95.3% | 91.3% |
| 2018 | 13,495 | 12,687 | 94.0% | 90.0% |
| 2017 | 14,302 | 13,266 | 92.8% | 88.8% |
| 2016 | 16,535 | 15,037 | 90.9% | 87.6% |
| 2015 | 17,142 | 14,921 | 87.0% | 86.0% |
Other Volvo models on UK roads
| Model | Licensed | Share of Volvo | Change in a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volvo XC40 | 187,737 | 24.6% | +20.9% |
| Volvo XC60 | 151,658 | 19.9% | +7.3% |
| Volvo XC90 | 92,667 | 12.2% | +4.4% |
| Volvo V60 | 42,105 | 5.5% | +1.0% |
| Volvo V70 | 33,146 | 4.3% | −8.3% |
| Volvo EX30 | 23,760 | 3.1% | +73.1% |
| Volvo V50 | 21,628 | 2.8% | −14.1% |
| Volvo C30 | 17,761 | 2.3% | −9.8% |
| Volvo V90 | 17,498 | 2.3% | −0.3% |
| Volvo S60 | 17,263 | 2.3% | −7.5% |
| Volvo XC70 | 14,709 | 1.9% | −4.9% |
| Volvo S40 | 12,197 | 1.6% | −16.6% |
Limitations
Licensed means taxed or tax-exempt and allowed on the road at the quarter end; SORN cars are registered but declared off the road. DfT groups cars by its own “generic model” (VOLVO V40), which 73 Auto maps to the Volvo V40 as named in our list-price catalogue; body styles and derivatives sold under that name are included. The Great Britain quarterly figures and the UK annual age table are separate official tables, so their totals differ slightly.
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Where these figures come from
- Vehicle licensing statistics data files: VEH0120 (GB), VEH0124 and VEH0160 (UK) — Department for Transport and DVLA. Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Shares, changes, rankings and the still-licensed indication (73 Auto analysis of the DfT files) — 73 Auto. Derived figures.
Figures labelled as 73 Auto estimates are our own analysis of these sources, set out in the methodology and data sources. To report a factual error, see corrections.