Category: AMBULANCE

LJ53 BXZ This yellow Vauxhall Zafira is also with the LAS. It is used by the Duty Station Officer to respond to emergencies and travel around their area. On the roof is a full-width blue light bar, with an amber beacon on top for airfield use. Repeater small flashing blue lights are on all sides of the car.



The rear view of the Vauxhall, showing the racks of equipment in the rear.

LJ05 BSY This is a very similar looking Zafira but without the ‘Duty Station Officer’ wording. It also has a clear light bar on the roof and is approximately 18 months newer than the above example.

LG52 NXB and LX54 VVD (behind). These two Vauxhall Corsas are used by the LAS too. Despite having different body colours they have the same sparse livery. The newer silver car is a much higher specification than the older white one. This higher spec includes alloy wheels and fancier body trim.

YN05 RHU and YN05 XUL (left to right). A 2005 South Yorkshire Renault Master ambulance is joined by a 2005 Volvo V70 rapid response car.

This is a Vauxhall Astra Estate rapid response car. One of the most notable features on this vehicle is the number of LED repeater lights it has on the front. There are two mounted on the grill, two mounted on the sides of the bumper and two integrated into the door mirrors.

Here we have a Renault Megane II 1.9 dci estate in an unusual partial ambulance yellow livery. This car also features repeater lights in the grill and on the wings.



The rear shot of the car.

DX54 XER This is a St. John Ambulance Land Rover. Notice the four LEDs in the front grille and the amber lights in the roof light bar.



The rear and side views of this smart vehicle. Notice how the lights at the rear of the vehicle are on a spoiler at the rear of the roof.

D519 UGN A blast from the past is this Bedford CF showing the livery of London Ambulance Service. This was never a real London Ambulance Vehicle, it was an ex-Military ambulance from USAF Upper Heyford and purchased for a business supplying ambulances for films and TV, normally running on false London number plates.  It has appeared in The Bill, Mr Bean and many others. It was spotted in Newcastle in spring 2005.

The rear view, showing the stereotypical shape of an 80’s ambulance.

YN04 VGL This silver Nissan Terrano ambulance is fitted out with a removable livery and blue lights. Magnetic sign are attached to the sides and there are two blue lights on the roof and one on the dashboard. You can just see an ‘ambulance’ sign on the passenger’s sun visor. It is run by ABC Medical Services.

KE51 HXF is a Vauxhall Frontera 4×4. It is used by St. John Ambulance Service in partnership with West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (WYMAS).

K712 GUA is a Ford Transit ambulance operated by St. John Ambulance. The vehicle was presented to the Leeds area by the Leeds Hospital fund charitable trust.

YX03 HWL is a WYMAS Volvo V40 rapid response car. It is seen here passing a West Yorkshire Police Honda Pan-European motorbike.

L89 UOT This 1993 Renault Master-based ambulance is liveried as belonging to KC Ambulances.

YJ04 ZZF This is a Ford Transit Operational Support Unit from TENYAS’s fleet. It has a band of green and yellow squares down both sides but no blue lights. It is used to transport equipment such as decontamination tents.

HX54 DYG This Hampshire Renault Master ambulance is marked as a ‘special transfer unit’.



The rear view.

SG52 RTZ is a Mercedes Sprinter ambulance from the Port of Felixstowe private service.

YX53 HJE is a Volvo rapid response car from South Yorkshire ambulance’s fleet.

This Renault is displaying the livery of the British Red Cross.

This Volvo S40 appears to be in an all over yellow paint scheme. However, upon closer inspection, the vehicle is actually white. All of the yellow is provided by several sections of adhesive reflective material.



The rear view of the car showing its low profile light bar.

Next, we have a Ford Transit Connect TDCI used by the Coventry and Warwickshire Ambulance NHS trust. An interesting feature on this vehicle is the power connecter on the front wing which would normally by found on larger ambulance vehicles.

M343 SNT is a St. John Ambulance from Shropshire’s Oswestry Division. It is a Land Rover 300 TDI with stationwagon base and hightened roof. It carries a simple livery and is show here with some of the equipment it carries.

Two views of a red ‘Heathrow Air Ambulance’ vehicle. New in 2005, this Chevrolet-based ambulance looks similar to American ambulances run by fire brigades. Another of their vehicles in a reverse-colour livery can be seen lower down this page.

YX54 FKT This is one ambulance from the first batch in North Yorks. to be liveried in the European standard colour for ambulances. It is a UV Modular-bodied Mercedes Benz Sprinter 416 CDI.



The rear view, showing the beaver-tail lift to load the stretcher. Notice the front and rear lightbars have amber lights fitted alongside the LED blue lights.

RA03 MWK This Honda CRV is a demonstrator vehicle. Demonstrators are loaned to ambulance services for short periods and are put into active service for evaluation.



The rear of the Honda. Notice that it does not have any county-specific livery.

C9 MPC This Saab is liveried as a ‘Lives’ volunteer paramedic vehicle and is used in Lincolnshire.

A 1998 Shropshire St. John Ambulance Land Rover Defender.

V944 LGS This white Vauxhall Astra carries almost the minimum livery for an ambulance vehicle. It has ambulance wording on four sides and a double blue flashing light on the roof. Notice a couple of odd features: it has a sunroof and does not have the Vauxhall standard roof mount for the light bar. It is owned by 1st Choice Ambulance.

T130 JWX This West Yorks. Renault ambulance is liveried as an ‘Intensive Care Ambulance’ and carries the traditional ‘heartbeat’ striping.