In the month of October, vans rose 26.3% with 22,473 registrations and posted growth of 11% over the year so far with 227,477 registrations.
According to the SMMT, the overall commercial vehicle market is up 9.8% for the year-to-date, at 266,934 units.
Commenting on the results, SMMT's commercial manager, Nigel Base, said: ‘Both the van and truck markets showed great strength in October boosting the sector by 27.3% and taking the 2013 growth rate to almost 10%.
‘We anticipated this late strength in the truck market and SMMT has raised its forecast for van registrations to 264,100 a 10.2% rise on last year.’
UK van and truck registrations: 2013 and % change on 2012
| Type | October | % change | Year-to-date | % change | Rolling Year | % change |
| Vans | 22,473 | 26.3% | 227,477 | 11.0% | 262,257 | 6.6% |
| Trucks | 5,105 | 32.0% | 39,457 | 3.2% | 46,921 | -0.9% |
| Total | 27,578 | 27.3% | 266,934 | 9.8% | 309,178 | 5.4% |
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