D676 FBP
Hamshire Constabulary
BMW E28 5 Series
This preserved traffic car was based at Cosham and patrolled the motorways around Portsmouth in the late 1980s. The car has 185 bhp and a top speed of 140 mph. Notice the boot-mounted police spoiler housing the police and stop signs. A multi-use vehicle, it also carried a gun box for armed deployments.
BX14 HER
Metropolitan Police Service
Ford Focus
Carrying out a traffic stop
RE62 YVZ
London Ambulance Service
Honda ST 1300
GJ04 TWZ
Billingsgate Market Constabulary
Vauxhall Vivaro
This became the only vehicle used by the constabulary in 2017. It doesn’t carry any constabulary wording, just the City of London corporation crests. It replaces a P registration Vauxhall Astra estate dating from 1996.
LX13 DGE
British Transport Police
Mercedes Vito
On armed reassurance patrols at Waterloo station
BX66 HGC
Metropolitan Police Service
BMW 330D
CF14 BYR
ETS Medical
Skoda Superb
Emergency NHS Blood and Transplant Team
RX53 KXJ
London Fire Brigade
Mercedes Atego
Based at LFB’s museum
RK04 BLZ
London Fire Brigade
Mercedes Atego
FRU8, a rescue unit based at LFB’s museum
BX17 DYT
Metropolitan Police Service
Ford Transit
With extra locks fitted to all doors
WX17 XZY
London Fire Brigade
Mercedes Atego / Emergency One
Soho’s DPL 169
BX17 ZDH, BX14 EOT, NV63 WNY
Metropolitan Police Service
A stream of vehicles responding on blue lights snaking their way through the congested streets of the capital
WP09 AJU
British Transport Police
Mercedes Sprinter
Used for high-reach or at height policing. Ladders are mounted on the roof
LJ66 FNP
British Transport Police
Mercedes Vito
Used by the Network Incident Response Team in London, keeping London moving by bring together BTP and Transport for London to respond to technical and medical emergencies
YR65 SVA
BEARS (British Emergency Ambulance Response Service)
Renault Master
Used by Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in London for the ECMO retrieval team
LV63 LLR
London Ambulance Service
Skoda Octavia
LX15 AEU
London Ambulance Service
VW Tiguan
LO62 HNR
St John Ambulance
Ford Transit
Cycle Support Unit
York Minster Police
Examples of the uniforms worn in 2017
Blood Service
Ford Focus
Fleet number A0046
Demonstrator
Peugeot 308 SW
The rear seats have been replaced with a solid plastic cell to house arrested persons
BX17 HWH
RAF Police
Ford Ranger
SP58 UOR
CTG Medical Services
Nissan Navara
Demonstrator
Peugeot 207
Demonstrator
Vauxhall Astra
EJ07 WPX
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Hyundai Getz
New in service in July 2007 and based at Ely. After 210k miles it was retired in April 2017.
Demonstrator
Volvo V60, V90 and XC90 comparison
Demonstrator
Volvo XC90
AE66 DZN
Demonstrator
Peugeot 308
OU66 XLO
Metropolitan Police Service
VW Passatt
With electric charging port on the front