This beautiful blue Subaru Impreza Turbo leads a secret life: green lights behind the grille indicate that it is used by an emergency doctor. The private registration (partly disguised) also hints at its emergency use, by having ‘999’ as the numerical element.

KC02 WXU This BASICS doctor Audi estate has green/yellow battenburg livery and unusually is fitted with blue flashing lights. Notice how the roof lights and grille lights are fitted without drilling, to help maintain the sell-on value of the car.



The rear of the car, this time with the doors closed. It is sponsored by Medi-Logistics.

A Peugeot 406 Emergency Doctor’s Car with simple green and white checker striping.

T767 AUA is a Volkswagen Passat estate used by North Yorkshire Emergency Doctors.



The rear view of the same car

R644 DCX is a Vauxhall Vectra emergency doctor’s car. Notice the additional front fog lamps.



The rear view of the Vectra.

A close-up of the bar of green lights on an emergency doctor’s car’s roof.

R189 EAD is a rare sight, a black emergency vehicle. This Dihatsu Fourtrak may have been donated to the emergency doctors or could be the doctor’s private car adapted to carry the green lights and livery. It’s callsign is M14 and was spotted in York.

V192 PAG A Land Rover Freelander with call sign M14. This photograph was taken when the vehicle was brand new and was to be used for the first time later the same day! It is not fitted with a siren, just the green lights.

PN52 HKV A Skoda Octavia 20V turbo emergency doctor’s car. This car is operated by Med Alert, a Lancashire emergency response team charity, affiliated to BASICS.



The rear view of the Skoda. Notice the illuminated ‘accident’ sign on the roof lights and the Skoda dealer’s sticker stating “Oh no, another great Skoda…”!

YY03 UMW is a North Yorkshire Emergency Doctor’s Peugeot 307 HDi estate.



The rear three-quarter view of the same car.

Y946 LJX is an imposing emergency doctor’s car from North Yorkshire Emergency Doctors.

A Hampshire BASICS (The British Association for Immediate Care) doctor with a Volvo V40 Police Specification T4. As well as the standard mobile phone and VHF communications equipment, this vehicle is fitted with satellite navigation and a global positioning system for vehicle location, so ambulance control can ‘see’ where it is. It’s call sign is IMCARE 0221.



The same vehicle with some of the equipment carried. BASICS doctors are trained to drive on blue (or green) lights to attend emergencies where a doctor’s skill, experience and prescriptive authority is required.

YK02 DYB Here we have a 2002 Land Rover Freelander that is used by the North Yorks emergency doctors.



This diesel powered model provides sufficient performance for this vehicle to still be quick. It is also ideal for carrying a large amount of equipment.

YB02 JUV This VW Passat was bought by North Yorkshire Emergency Doctors in June 2002. It replaces the previous “M01” vehicle which was a 1999 version of the Passat. It is not fitted with a siren but the green flashing light can aid a doctor’s progress to a casualty. The green lights are used about five times per week to attend emergencies.

YF02 FWX The sister vehicle “M06”. This identical Passat carries a defibrillator, nebuliser, oxygen, drugs (some that can only be administered by a doctor) and other first aid equipment.

Y368 OLF and Y436 OFL are two Mercedes A-Class doctor’s cars. These vehicles are liveried up and may be operated with a green flashing beacon on the roof.

A Y-registration Subaru Impreza from the Hampshire Technical Rescue Unit Doctors. The Impreza underwent a facelift in 2001, with the most noticeable changes being the headlight clusters and the grille reshaping. It is still one of the most affordable agile and fast accelerating production cars available.