Category: POLICE

A Vauxhall Senator which is used on the skid pan. The tyres are bald and pumped up to 60 p.s.i. and the registration plate is “Skidpan 1”!

W154 PBB is a Peugeot 406 and N139 NTN is a Ford Mondeo used for Durham Police Driver training.

W311 PPT is a Vauxhall Astra and W157 PBB is a Volvo S70 used for Durham Police Driver training.

S853 KCU is a BMW 5 series used Durham Police Driver training seen here with a Volvo 850.

R448 JTN is a Land Rover 110.

R156 PNL is a LDV used for personnel carrying.

R154 PNL is a Iveco truck in the Durham livery. It has yellow flashing lights, not blue. Its uses include towing the incident trailer below.

A mobile police office.

R458 JTN is a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van used by the accident investigation branch.

N317 NTN is A Durham Constabulary Ford Escort Van.

This is a Honda Goldwing motorbike.

A general view of police motorbikes from various forces.

A Volvo V70 T-5 in normal Durham markings, featuring the V arrangement of the roof lights. Apparently the blue stripes above the headlights serve no purpose at all!

M917 GJU is a Ford Transit, decked out in checker markings of North Yorkshire



The rear view of the same Transit.

Now this is a rare sight; two police scrambler bikes. The bikes seem to be unmarked, but the riders have luminous vests with ‘police’ written on. They are obviously used off road to patrol large hilly, rocky areas, clamp down on off-road motor-biking and searching for burnt out cars.

This is an armoured Range Rover armed police car, belonging to North Yorkshire Police. It is semi-covert, with clear glass to the roof-mounted blue flashing light, and lights and siren on the front semi-hidden.



The rear view of the same car. This is no longer used by the police and this is why it is shown here.

Below is an off-road police scrambler motorbike alongside its road-going equivalent.

Here is a display trailer, used by the road policing group to promote better driving.



Another such trailer.

A Ford police prisoner transportation truck from North Yorkshire.



The rear view.

Here we have an Iveco van with roof storage ability. Observe the extra blue flashing lights mounted high on the front of the roof.

N308 NTN is a Vauxhall Cavalier and a R434 JTN is a Peugeot 306 from a selection of training vehicles, used on public roads. They are minimally marked with small blue lights on the front, the Durham crest to the rear of each side, and a small sign on the back stating it is being used for training purposes

T691 OEW is a Durham Ford Focus.

T260 AFT is a Durham Vauxhall Astra.

P183 CFL is a Ford Galaxy people carrier converted into an Accident Investigation Unit.

R448 JTN is a Land Rover 100 Accident Investigation Unit.

This is a Volvo 850 T5 speeding past with its lights and siren on. This type of Volvo is a very fast and versatile machine.

This is a very special view of the arrangement of lights on top of a BMW police car. They form a ‘V’ shape and because of this coloured light can be seen from whichever direction you are looking at it.

A Honda Blackbird police bike (capable of 200mph+) with a side car? It must be for show only.

A West Yorkshire Police Honda Blackbird.