Category: Police (General)

T264 AFT is a 1999 Volvo S70.

NK51 DBV is one of Durham’s Suzuki scrambler bikes for off-road work. It has small crests on all sides and a small ‘police’ sign at the front. The rider would wear high-visibility clothing marked with ‘police’ as well.

This is a demonstrator of the Honda ST1300 Pan European motorbike. Honda liveries the bikes, and provides integrated blue flashing lights, sirens and most of the equipment.

JGR 687T is a 1978 Vauxhall Victor police car. It has a four cylinder engine and manual gearbox.



The side shot of the same car. The Victor was used by Durham from 1972 to 1980.

R448 JTN is a rugged Landrover Defender 110.

YJ03 NNG is a 2003 Ford Transit personnel carrier / prisoner transporter.



The side and rear of this van showing the eye-catching livery.

A Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary Honda ST1100 motorbike.

A brand new and unregistered Peugeot 307 estate is awaiting the completion of its police conversion at Durham Constabulary’s workshops.

A BMW 530 traffic policing car on false registration plates.



The rear view.



This is a 53 registration Vauxhall Vivaro beat support unit. It comprises of seats in the front for officers and a caged area at the rear for prisoners.

NK03 FPL is one of a fleet of Vivaros used by scene of crime officers.

On Durham Police’s training skidpan is a navy blue aged Ford Granada, registration ‘skidpan 4’.

X553 WBB is a Mercedes M270 used to police County Durham.

ML02 HGC is a Smart police car from Avon and Somerset’s fleet.

R926 AWP This is a battenburged NYP Vauxhall Astra.

LV52 TTJ A 2002 Metropolitan Police Ford Transit van, used by community support officers.

LV02 HTL A 2002 Vauxhall Astra from the Met’s fleet.

A Met police outrider in central London.

VE02 JVC This is a Vauxhall Astra from North Yorkshire Police’s fleet. It does not carry any blue lights but is battenburg marked.



This is the rear view of the Astra.

X257 JNT A Ford Transit police support unit, based at North Yorkshire Police’s central area headquarters.



The rear view. This vehicle is used to carry items for policing purposes, but is not used for emergency responses.

W642 JJA A Vauxhall Astra from Greater Manchester Police.

OY52 RNA, PN52 XPW and W742 DNW are a line up of three North Yorks. police trials bikes. They are battenburg marked and are used to patrol areas that are inaccessible to regular vehicles.



The rear view of the three bikes.

D297 TGT This is a mobile police museum exhibition unit. It is a converted 1984 Leyland bus that was spotted in Teesside.

YJ03 NNH A North Yorks. 2003 Ford Transit personnel carrier.

S735 HUB A NYP Volvo S70 with a Vector light bar and amber flashing lights to the rear.

S776 MKH is a Humberside Police Vauxhall Omega estate.



The rear view of the Omega, showing the high visibility markings and Humberside livery.

Many Humberside traffic vehicles have light bars with a matrix sign in the centre. The lightbar on the Omega can only show two words, ‘police’ and ‘stop’. The front-facing sign is in mirror image (shown) whereas the rear-facing sign is written in the regular way.

P759 TTC Humberside Police decided to go with the lesser-known Proton Persona 1.3 LSi for their main panda cars. Here is one of their 1997 examples, somewhat lacking in livery when viewed from head on.



The side view shows the traditional red stripe of Humberside Police. This Proton is a sensible alternative to Ford’s and Vauxhall’s offering for beat cars. In 1997 Persona LSi would have only cost £8800 in the showroom, and even less when bought in bulk by the police.



The rear view, again showing the lack of livery.

YX02 NXR Humberside continued to get Personas for a number of years. Pictured is a 2002 plate example. It has been given a more eye-catching livery as well as blue lights mounted on the parcel shelf. Note that the body shape has not changed from the 1997 example.

YX02 GUW A Humberside Mercedes Sprinter van in riot guise.



The rear view, showing the wall of high visibility hatch markings on the rear doors.

S405 JRH Another Sprinter, this time in regular patrol livery. It has only two rotating blue beacons on the roof and dates from 1998.