FP51 OLR This is a 2001 Mercedes E-class estate. It has the same City Police livery as the M-class above.



A look at the rear of the E-class.

LX51 GHZ A Met police Range Rover on a blue light run makes progress through London traffic.

NX53 AYD This is a Cleveland police Volvo S60.

RO04 EWD This Cleveland motorbike is covered in blue and yellow checkers, similar to the blue and yellow rectangles seen on larger vehicles. Two traffic officers stand in the background.

YN05 OUF This is a South Yorks. Land Rover Defender in a rural setting – to which it is ideally suited.

PX04 DXN This is a Cumbria Police Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII, or ‘Evo 8’ for short. It is a very fast and agile car that is used for traffic policing on the motorways and twisty country roads of Cumbria.

NX53 JVZ This VW is with Cleveland Police as a cctv and crime prevention van. It does not have any blue lights as it usually stays in one area. It has a high telescopic mast with a video camera on top. The nearside also has a canopy and can be formed into a police information point.

Cumbria police also operate this silver Honda Blackbird 1100. It looks to be a temporary addition to the fleet because of the lack of blue lights on it. It is often used as an ice-breaker to talk to motorcyclists and would only patrol alongside another police bike.

A Honda Varadero XL1000v ABS motorbike in police livery.



The rear view showing the full extent of the battenburg livery and high visibility markings.

Here we have one of West Yorkshire Police’s forward command Mercedes Sprinters. The vehicles are equipped with satellite communication facilities to enable secure communications.

NX51 LDN This Cleveland Police VW Transporter is being used to transport equipment relating to collision investigations. The traffic officers are surrounded by police signs, cones, theodolites and floodlights.



The rear view of the same scene. Notice that the VW has a vector light bar on the front and a standard rectangular bar on the rear of its roof.

PN03 BXE This is North Yorkshire’s mobile major incident unit. Notice the satellite dish on the roof.

PN03 BWX Here is a North Yorks. dog unit Peugeot Expert. Previously seen unmarked, it has now been liveried in yellow and blue squares. It has blue lights on the front grille only, and a siren.

YJ54 VLX It is not often you see a police car with some ladders strapped to the roof! Here a tactical planning unit is transporting ladders as part of a security operation.

Y492 DCH A Ford Iveco community police office from North Yorkshire Police. Its livery is very sparse compared to its sister mobile police stations.

This is a semi-overt black Range Rover used by the Metropolitan Police’s royalty protection team (SO14). It is one of a fleet of identical Range Rovers which are used to protect royalty at home and abroad, visiting foreign royalty and royal buildings.



The rear view of another from the fleet. The temporary blue light bar (with police wording) is fixed to the roof rails and wired through the door seal. The Met logos are magnetic. The means the car can be quickly converted between covert and semi-overt guises depending on its use. The registration plates have been digitally disguised due to the work of these vehicles.

This is a Vauxhall Vectra 3.2, capable of 159 mph, as proven by PC Milton in a court case as he ‘familiarised himself’ with his new police car.

PX03 CCN This is a Cumbria Constabulary Ford Transit personnel / prisoner transport vehicle. The rear section (without windows) houses a caged area for prisoners. Notice the short blue light bars at diagonally opposite corners of the roof, along with two directional white spot lights in the other corners.

SV05 CXP This 2005 Jaguar X-type estate is in service with Grampian Police.

LM53 OJA is a silver BMW used by the City of London Police.

Y907 PMX This is an example of a 2001 personnel carrier belonging to the City Police in London. It is a white Mercedes Sprinter van with single yellow stripe down the sides. It has a riot grille and two blue light bars.

N206 OYL This is an equivalent vehicle the above, but dating from 1996. It is an LDV with an identical livery.

YW52 LLP This Humberside Proton Wira has had the force’s non-emergency telephone number added to the side: 0845 60 60 222. Also notice the flashing lights mounted on the rear parcel shelf.

NA52 AJX is a long wheel base Ford Transit personnel carrier from Northumbria Police.



The rear view showing the high visibility striping.

S628 CRO is a Vauxhall Omega and BF02 OWZ is a Subaru Impreza Turbo photographed at the Yorkshire TV studios in Leeds. They are used for filming purposes and are not real Police cars. Both vehicles have their blue lights covered up and tape across their Police markings.



The side view of the Omega. You can just see the sign in the offside rear window stating the vehicle is used for filming.

YJ05 ACZ is a North Yorks Volvo traffic car. It is one of a number with consecutive registration plates. Notice the lack of badges and wording down the sides, only the non-emergency number is written in the gap below the rear-most window.

NK51 WWU This is a Northumbria Police Ford Transit, used as a mobile cctv unit. The phrase ‘caught on camera’ is written down the side and a white camera pod can be seen sticking out of the roof.



The side-on view of a regular Northumbria Police personnel carrier.

V259 ECN Before the introduction of battenburg markings, Northumbria’s Transits used to look like this. This HiCube model has a single orange stripe down the sides and large police wording on the bonnet. Four rotating blue beacons are on the roof, and two small repeaters on the grille.



The rear view of the same Transit. This example has accrued an unhealthy amount of rust as it nears the end of its police life. It was approximately 5½ years old when this photo was taken.

YJ04 CCD Very rarely police vehicles are involved in road traffic collisions en-route to emergency calls. After passing through a red traffic light at a busy junction, this North Yorkshire Police Ford Focus was involved in a low-speed collision with a member of the public in a J-reg black Mazda. Colleagues are quickly on the scene to direct traffic and investigate the incident.

On the right of the picture is the motorist being breathalysed by a plain-clothed police officer. This is standard practice for all drivers in collisions. An officer can be in plain clothing at any time to make the requirement for a breath test, but must be in uniform to administer the test, unless it is after a road traffic collision.

YE52 URT In this scene two West Yorkshire Vauxhall Zafiras have been escorted into York city centre on blue lights by a local North Yorkshire Volvo V70 traffic car. The officers are being briefed at the scene of a decontamination emergency. Fire and ambulance service personnel can be seen in the background, along with inflatable decontamination tents. In the rear of the Zafiras are racks of equipment.