Author: UK Emergency Vehicles

This Porsche Cayenne Turbo is used as an emergency medical support vehicle for the British Touring Cars Championship. It is seen following the cars on the first lap when the chance of accidents is greatest. It also caries out this role in all of the support races. A doctor, a surgeon and a paramedic are driven by an experienced racing driver. In previous years, this car was fitted with green flashing lights, but since 2009 has had blue lights fitted for use on-track.

This silver Skoda Fabia is used by the Northern Doctors Urgent Care service. It is used to provide out of hours GP coverage in the North East of England. The rear view, showing the full-width green light bar.

This is a minimally liveried Nissan X-trail that is used by BASICS doctors and nurses.

This is a Subaru Forester that is used by Hampshire BASICS doctors. It is carrying "Trauma Team" wording on the bonnet and is fitted with a half-width light bar.

This is an emergency doctor's car supplied by Ipswich Toyota. It is a silver Toyota RAV4. Notice the small piece of green and yellow striping added to the front wings and the racy bonnet air scoop.

This is a red Honda Civic that is used as a doctor car in support of the Tour of Britain cycle race. The sign on the windscreen says 'race doctor'. It is fitted with a magnetically mounted green rotating beacon on the roof and various race sponsors down the sides. The rear view of the Civic.

This photograph shows a Renault Megane estate decked out in doctors colours. The bonnet has had a large yellow graphic added to increase the cars conspicuity and a green light bar has been fitted to the roof rails.

This is a Honda CR-V that is used by Hull PCT out-of-hours doctor service.

In this photograph we can see a London HEMS doctor riding a St. John Ambulance cycle as part of a demonstration.

This Skoda Octavia vrs is a 2008 addition to London HEMS's fleet. It is the first vehicle to carry prominent advertising for sponsor Saints Transport. It is fitted with a blue/green roof light bar, dashboard flasher unit and leds behind the grille. The rear view of the Skoda. "Not in use" signs can be seen as the vehicle awaits being made operational.

A London HEMS doctor and paramedic return to their car in Hyde Park after a training session.

This is a VW Sharan TDI which is also operated by BrisDoc which operates within the South of Bristol. The rear view of the VW Sharan MPV.

This is a Peugeot 307 HDI estate operated by BrisDoc (Bristol doctors on call) out of hours service. It is decked out with ambulance-style green and yellow battenburg markings and a yellow bonnet. A full-width green light bar is also attached to the roof rails.

An overhead view of one of the HEMS Skoda Octavia's. Notice the 'H05' roof markings, enabling the vehicle to be easily identified from above.

This is a Skoda Octavia VRS that is used by the HEMS doctors in London. It is used in addition to the air ambulance to get highly trained doctors to serious medical incidents in the capital. The vehicle is sponsored by D&G cars. The rear view of the Octavia. You can see the NHS logo, London Ambulance Service logo as well as subtle adverts for the sponsoring company.

This is another Skoda Octavia VRS that is sponsored by SP Services. The car has the sponsors logo on all sides and also carries the personalised registration plate 'SPS'. If you look closely at the grille, you can see cut-outs for the repeating flashing lights.

This Volvo V70 is used as a doctor's emergency car. It carries full-height ambulance battenburg markings on the sides and is fitted with small blue flashing lights around the bodywork. It also can be fitted with a full width green and blue light bar onto the roof rails. It is used by a BASICS doctor in Suffolk.

This is a VW Passat estate used by the Thamesdoc service.

This is a Peugeot 307 emergency doctor's car. It has a simple green and white chequered band down the sides and over the bonnet. A green flashing light is attached to the roof rails and can have the 'doctor' sign separately illuminated.

This Mercedes Benz Vito van is decked out in ambulance-style battenburg markings. It has a clear light bar that flashes green, along with the repeaters in the front grille and wings. It has no writing on it expect for an 'NHS' logo. The central part of the vehicle has three seats for transporting people.

Here is one of four Audi A4s that are used for emergency medical support at Silverstone race circuit in Northamptonshire. They all carry green flashing lights on the roof and a large Audi sign on the side from their sponsors.

This Honda CRV is an NHS emergency doctors' car. It is an ex-TENYAS rapid response vehicle. After the collapse of North Yorkshire Emergency Doctors, TENYAS took over the service. The TENYAS wording was removed from the rearmost side windows and the blue lights changed to green. The rear view of the CRV. Notice that the roof light bar contains red lights to the rear that can be used when the vehicle is stationary.

This is a green Ford Focus doctors car. 'Doctor On Call' is written along the back, the sides have green and white checker markings and the front has 'Gateshead Doctors On Call' written in mirror. The roof has a mag-mount green flashing light. [inset: front view]

This is an ex-HEMS (London) Subaru that is now used by BASICS Hampshire in Basingstoke. It has call sign 'IMCARE 0200' and operates largely up and down the M3.

This is a Subaru Impreza used by HEMS doctors in London when they are not in their helicopter. It is a slight departure from their previous vehicles as the bodywork is bright blue rather than dark blue. It still has the blue and green flashing lights and distinctive livery. The side view of the same Impreza. The doctors and paramedics that are part of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service are easily recognised by their orange jumpsuits. The website shown along the door sills is for a medical supplies company that sponsor them.

This is a Honda BASICS emergency doctor's motorbike. It operates out of Portsmouth and is an ex-Hampshire police bike. It is very rare to see a motorbike fitted with green flashing lights. This will be short-lived however, as it is due to re-fitted with blue lights in early 2005. The same motorbike now fitted with blue lights. This medical response motorcycle was extensively used for Medical Incident Officer duties during the 2005 Portsmouth International Fleet Review and International Festival of the Sea. It's role is displayed on a large placard on the front.

This is a Subaru Impreza ambulance / doctor car. It is used by London's Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) team to get to emergency calls when the helicopter is unavailable. The 4WD turbo-charged Impreza has lightening-quick acceleration and superb handling, but these qualities will be rarely used on the capital's congested roads. The rear view, showing the high visibility markings and the roof-mounted green and blue flashing lights, very rare in the UK. They can be used because a doctor and a paramedic will be in the vehicle.

This is another of the HEMS road-going vehicles. It is a Subaru Forrester, in blue, with the same markings and light bar as the Impreza above. Notice the image of the aircraft on the bonnet of all the cars. The rear shot.

This is a third HEMS Subaru car. This time it is a Subaru Legacy in the same livery. The rear view of the Legacy. The HEMS cars are unsurprisingly sponsored by Subaru.

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.

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.