This is a Honda TRX 450 quad bike intended to be used by paramedics in rough or inhospitable terrain. From this shot you can see the front mounted blue lights and the sump guard to protect the drive components.
The rear shots show the additional rear blue lights. Equipment can be mounted on either the front or rear racks.
RX53 AUD This Ford Transit Connect is used by Royal Berkshire Ambulance Service for maintenance of its fleet of vehicles. It is fitted with a set of orange lights.
RO04 EWA is a Honda ST 1300 Pan-European motorbike. It is fitted with two dot matrix displays mounted on to the rear of the bike. The rider can control the message displayed by the sign by using a controller mounted on to the handlebars. Note the additional signs are on a free standing unit behind the bike.
This is a Ford Focus C-MAX demonstrator in ambulance yellow. This vehicle is highly visible with its additional blue lights on the front grill and bumper.
This is a silver Renault Clio rapid response car from Coventry & Warwickshire Ambulance Service.
BF53 UHY A silver Land Rover Freelander paramedic demonstrator vehicle.
The rear view, showing the lettering on the wind-down rear screen.
This is a yellow Mercedes Benz Vito ambulance with Profile bodywork. Notice the additional spot lights on the front grille, the repeater blue flashing lights on the wing mirrors, and the non-British colour scheme.
A close up look at a Renault Master ambulance belonging to St. John.
Y464 BBC In the foreground is a Renault Scenic RX4 fast response vehicle from Loughborough Ambulance Station, with a traditional Renault emergency ambulance in the background.
OU03 FPC is a St. John Cambridgshire Nissan Patrol. Notice the height of the roof and the floodlight perched on the top.
The rear view of the same car shows the rear doors and cubbyholes open for access to equipment. Also note how the lights are recessed into the bodywork.
This is a St. John Ford Transit Connect in standrad SJA livery.
A close up look at the tail lift of a McNellie Ford Transit. Look at the thought that has gone into it. When the rear door is swung up, duplicates of the exterior lights it covers are revealed and operated.
WX04 XYU A TENYAS Mercedes minibus patient transportation ambulance.
AG53 DXH This Ford Focus hatchback is a Ford demonstrator with livery by RVG.
A Volvo V50 ambulance rapid response demonstrator car.
GY52 ZDW This is an East Midlands Ambulance Service Toyota Rav4 paramedic ‘response manager’ car.
The side view, with the rear door swung open.
J999 FCA This Vauxhall Zafira Club is liveried as an ambulance and is run by a private company, First Choice Ambulance Service, which are based in Bramley, Leeds. There is no company name or logo on this vehicle, just ‘FCA’ on the private registration plate and roof marking.
The rear view showing the rest of the livery and the optional ‘slow’ sign on the rear of the roof bar.
YE52 KZR Here is a side view of a WAS-bodied Mercedes Benz 416CDI. Notice the nearside and rear entrance doors, the stretcher lift and the equipment store.
T130 JWX is a WYMAS intensive care ambulance. It is a Renault van with UVG bodywork.
HX04 NNM This is a prototype mark-four Crusader ambulance designed specifically for St. John Ambulance. It is liveried as Felixstowe Division (Suffolk). Changes from the mark-three include brighter lightbars, optional amber airfield lights, fewer windows and lots of small internal improvements.
V277 FOR, HX51 VVY and V274 FOR Three examples of SJA North Yorkshire & Teesside Crusaders at the Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate.
W682 PRM This Ford Focus estate is used by Cumbria Ambulance to quickly respond to emergencies in the largely rural Cumbrian Lake District.
P220 ERM A Cumbria Ambulance Service Ford Transit emergency ambulance.
The rear view of this 1997 example.
THE 560Y This Range Rover is in service with Severn Ambulance and Medical Services. It was previously used by Derbyshire Ambulance and later by various St John Ambulance divisions.
The rear view, showing the modern livery on this 1982 vehicle.
Here is the same vehicle when it was in use with Surrey St. John Ambulance.
H945 UHH is a Ford Transit ambulance at Croft motor racing circuit. It has a mis-match livery, and an extra-high roofline courtesy of the the Customline bodywork.
K206 APY is a Mercedes Benz 3100 ambulance. It is liveried as St John Ambulance. Notice the large spotlights on the back and sides of the vehicle that are built into the bodywork.
K207 APY is the sister of the above vehicle. There are subtle differences in the livery and this one is run by volunteers of the Norton Division of St John.
N984 JUG This Ford Transit is another St John Ambulance Brigade vehicle, liveried as belonging to Great Ayton. It has blue lights built into the sides, a combined blue light and siren unit on the roof and grille repeaters. The yellow stripe has somewhat faded on this example.
C9 MPC This is a largely unmarked Peugeot used for a volunteer paramedic to respond to emergencies in rural areas via an organisation called LIVES. They are based in Lincolnshire and are a ‘basics scheme’ with a number of doctors and paramedics responding in their own vehicles. This green Peugeot is fitted with blue grill lamps and a magnetic light bar and replaced a Ford Scorpio used for the same purpose.
M110 GAG is a Ford Transit Lazer Ambulance. It has had a very varied life, working for Humberside Ambulance Service, Liberty Medical Service, St John Ambulance (in Magherafelt, Northen Ireland), on the Isle of Wight and for MedicPlus Ambulance & Medical Service.