Category: Blood Service

PN06 SVK Bloodrun Emergency Voluntary Service (EVS) Kawazaki KLE 500 used in North East England

RL02 VSM Bloodrun Emergency Voluntary Service (EVS) Honda ST1300 used by volunteers to service North East England NHS Hospitals and Trusts. It is fitted with amber and blue flashing lights but mostly they are not needed as the bike has great road presence.

City Sprint Healthcare operate a number of mopeds carrying ‘urgent blood delivery’ wording in central London. Most of them carry L-plates.

K12 BMM Shropshire and Staffordshire Blood Bikes BMW K 1200 GT

OV59 WZM A Bloodfast Skoda Octavia



The rear



The logo on the doors

SG62 RFX A Scottish Emergency Rider Voluntary Service (ScotERVS) Skoda Octavia emergency blood car



The rear

WX62 JWL A Mitsubishi Outlander used by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service



The rear

Mike Zero 2, an ST1100 on the fleet of CRS Blood Bikes in Belfast

RL02 VSP A Honda ST1300P used by Midland Freewheelers (emergency rider voluntary service).



A closer look at the badge on the side of the blue-light vehicle.



The rear view.

HW05 ABU A Ford Transit Connect that is used for blood transportation by the Isle of Wight NHS.



The rear view from above.

MJ61 JSV A Ford Transit used for emergency blood work by the NHS.



The rear.

Five motorbikes and riders line up for a publicity shot for Blood Bikes Manchester.



CX55 UYR, SF02 NSV Two four-wheel vehicles from Blood Bikes Manchester line up with the five bikes. The white van is a Ford Transit Connect and the car is a Volvo V70.

SF08 NXJ A BMW motorbike used by Northumbria Blood Bikes, a charity that was set up in 2013.



The rear.



A close up look at the logo on the front of the bike.

These two mini motos are decked out in blood service colours to promote Northumbria Blood Bikes.

WX07 NNY A BMW motorbike used by Freewheelers in the West Country.



The rear.

LG12 XNC A Piaggio MP3 three-wheeled bike used by Freewheelers blood service charity.



The side view.

A mini moto that is used to publicise the Freewheelers blood bike service.

MA60 CNY An NBS Ford Focus used for urgent blood transportation.



The rear view of the 2010 car.

MA12 GWX This Ford Focus estate is fleet number C0023 in the NHS’s National Blood Service.



The rear view of the Focus.

SH10 OAW The Scottish Blood Transfusion Service have this Vauxhall Zafira as part of their fleet.



A side-on view of the car outside a blood donation centre.

LD58 DNO A Yamaha FJR that is used as a special blood bike to replenish sticks carried by the Kent Air Ambulance. It is the first bike of its type and is an ex-police bike that is now operated by SERV Kent. The bike goes to the air base each night to swap unused blood for fresh.



The side of the bike. The bike is also able to replenish the air ambulance at an emergency scene if required.



The rear of the FJR. The bike is fitted with blue lights and siren and is registered as an emergency vehicle and the blue lights are used by trained, experienced riders. Note the covert blue lights in the indicator clusters rather than a traditional light pole fitted to the pannier.

SG62 RFX The Scottish Emergency Rider Volunteer Service (ScotsERVS) have this Skoda Scout 2.0 4×4. The car is useful in poor weather when the team’s emergency motorcycles are dangerous to use. The car is used to transport blood and also donor breast milk.



A second view of the car.

KM09 ZPG This is the Kent section of SERV’s Suzuki Hayabusa blood bike. It is used for routine transport of blood and blood products along with emergency response call outs and promotional work. It is fitted with blue lights and a bright colour scheme.

MW11 ZXJ The NBS have this 2011 Skoda Octavia for emergency blood transportation.



The rear view of the 4×4 car.

GV10 NTN This Honda SH 125 is used by a medical courier company to transport urgent blood amongst other things. It is rare to see an operational “emergency” vehicle carrying learner plates.

SERV, Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers, have marked up this mini moto in their colours and fitted blue flashing lights. The bike is used for publicity purposes only.

LT57 MXO This Ford Transit Connect is operated by London-based Medical Services and is fitted with blue lights as it is used from time to time for urgent blood transportation work.

RJ06 AXM SERV Bloodrunners’ Sussex Division has this Honda Pan European 1300. This photo was taken on a rider training day in Hastings, Sussex.

This is one of Whiteknights blood bikes, a Honda ST1100. Based in Yorkshire, this service was set up by volunteers to carry out free medical transfers for the NHS.

Another of Whiteknights’ bikes, showing white lights where the blue flashing lights are usually mounted on the front of the bike. A blue light can still be operated on the rear pole.