Car statistics
Ford Escort Calypso statistics
How many Ford Escort Calypsos are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the Calypso compares with other versions of the Ford Escort. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 103 −10.4% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 284 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 17.3% Other Ford Escort versions 1.5%
- Peak year 2000 2,228 licensed
- Share of Ford Escorts 0.8% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 73.4% of those still registered are SORN
How many Ford Escort Calypsos are left in Great Britain?
There were 103 Ford Escort Calypsos licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, and a further 284 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 95.4% lower than its peak of 2,228 in 2000. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 73.4% of those still registered are off the road.
Ford Escort Calypsos licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 185 | – |
| 1996 | 1,197 | – |
| 1997 | 2,069 | – |
| 1998 | 2,208 | – |
| 1999 | 2,216 | – |
| 2000 | 2,228 | – |
| 2001 | 2,205 | – |
| 2002 | 2,166 | – |
| 2003 | 2,103 | – |
| 2004 | 2,051 | – |
| 2005 | 1,981 | – |
| 2006 | 1,887 | – |
| 2007 | 1,749 | 212 |
| 2008 | 1,551 | 278 |
| 2009 | 1,362 | 268 |
| 2010 | 1,135 | 279 |
| 2011 | 869 | 285 |
| 2012 | 658 | 247 |
| 2013 | 498 | 259 |
| 2014 | 370 | 251 |
| 2015 | 290 | 281 |
| 2016 | 210 | 314 |
| 2017 | 182 | 314 |
| 2018 | 158 | 320 |
| 2019 | 130 | 324 |
| 2020 | 106 | 335 |
| 2021 | 108 | 324 |
| 2022 | 100 | 330 |
| 2023 | 93 | 327 |
| 2024 | 92 | 313 |
| 2025 | 86 | 303 |
| 2026 | 103 | 284 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
How many Ford Escort Calypsos have survived?
17.3% of Ford Escort Calypsos are still registered (licensed or SORN), measured against the most on the road at any year end since 1995. For other versions of the Ford Escort from the same era, the figure is 1.5%, so Ford Escort Calypsos are 11.7 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 33 other versions of the Ford Escort from the same era.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Ford Escort Calypso | 17.3% |
| Other Ford Escort versions of the same age | 1.5% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
Ford Escort MOT reliability
We do not show MOT figures for the Ford Escort: 17% of those on the DVLA record are vans, and DVSA's results do not separate car and van tests of the same model.
Other versions of the Ford Escort
Versions of the Ford Escort with their own page. The Ford Escort page covers all 13,890 licensed, whatever the version.
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Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed and SORN counts | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | End of June 2026 | 387 Ford Escort Calypso records (licensed and SORN) | 2 October 2026 |
- Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
- Licensed counts are vehicles with a current tax or exemption at the end of each year (or the latest quarter). SORN counts are shown separately, from 2007.
- This version groups DVLA’s detailed model names “ESCORT CALYPSO”. Engine size, gearbox, number of doors and fuel are ignored, so every engine and gearbox counts together.
- Survival compares the number still registered (licensed or SORN) with the most licensed at any year end since 1994, plus any first registered after that year. Other versions are those of the same model whose licensed count peaked in the same years, up to 2001.
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