Category: Ambulance (General)

V788 WUG A Renault Master West Midlands paramedic ambulance.

This 2001 Citroen Picasso is used by Hampshire Ambulance Service.



The rear view.

SF53 ZGV This Peugeot Expert van is used by Pennine Ambulance, a private medical company. Notice the combination of a side stripe and battenburg markings.

R931 SBC This Ford Mondeo ambulance car is operational with East Midlands Ambulance Service.

PN04 KGZ A Renault Master ambulance demonstrator.

KE03 YHG This is a white Iveco ambulance demo.

AY04 KJV An East Anglian ambulance, with chassis by Mercedes-Benz and bodywork by UV Modular. The bodywork colour is Euro Yellow RAL1016, the European standard colour for ambulances.

J717 NLR This Ford ambulance is run by the Thames Valley Ambulance & Paramedic Service, based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It is very rare, being a left-hand drive model in use in the UK.

M78 ACL This Vauxhall Omega is a rapid response car owned by Thames Valley, which is a private ambulance company.

A rare vehicle is this red quad all-terrain vehicle in battenburg and ‘paramedic’ markings.



The rear view of the Honda Fourtrax 200.

P999 TVA Thames Valley Ambulance also run this Ford Iveco ambulance which carries their own personalised registration plate. Note the odd yellow bonnet.

J57 SGS Another TVA rapid response car is this Land Rover Discovery.

R459 CBD This 1998 Ford Escort estate completes the line up of Thames Valley’s ambulances on this page.

This demonstration Volvo XC70 has four wheel drive and raised suspension. It is fitted with blue lights on the roof, on the front bumper and on the dashboard.



The rear view of this estate car.

We now have the smaller Volvo V50 estate in ambulance markings.



The rear view of this smart looking estate.

GY53 ENO is a Toyota Avensis estate in ambulance livery. Notice how it is fitted with an ultra slim light bar on the roof rails as well as a small additional unit below the front grill.



The rear view. Notice the extra high visibility markings and light bar strips on the open boot. This is to aid with the visibility of the car at an incident when it is parked with the boot open.

This is a Nissan Xtrail demonstrator. Apart from the markings, it is identical to a Xtrail police demonstrator.

Here we have the rear view of a Honda CRV four wheel drive.

This is a Honda TRX 450 quad bike intended to be used by paramedics in rough or inhospitable terrain. From this shot you can see the front mounted blue lights and the sump guard to protect the drive components.



The rear shots show the additional rear blue lights. Equipment can be mounted on either the front or rear racks.

RX53 AUD This Ford Transit Connect is used by Royal Berkshire Ambulance Service for maintenance of its fleet of vehicles. It is fitted with a set of orange lights.

This is a Ford Focus C-MAX demonstrator in ambulance yellow. This vehicle is highly visible with its additional blue lights on the front grill and bumper.

This is a silver Renault Clio rapid response car from Coventry & Warwickshire Ambulance Service.

BF53 UHY A silver Land Rover Freelander paramedic demonstrator vehicle.



The rear view, showing the lettering on the wind-down rear screen.

This is a yellow Mercedes Benz Vito ambulance with Profile bodywork. Notice the additional spot lights on the front grille, the repeater blue flashing lights on the wing mirrors, and the non-British colour scheme.

A close up look at a Renault Master ambulance belonging to St. John.

Y464 BBC In the foreground is a Renault Scenic RX4 fast response vehicle from Loughborough Ambulance Station, with a traditional Renault emergency ambulance in the background.

OU03 FPC is a St. John Cambridgshire Nissan Patrol. Notice the height of the roof and the floodlight perched on the top.



The rear view of the same car shows the rear doors and cubbyholes open for access to equipment. Also note how the lights are recessed into the bodywork.

This is a St. John Ford Transit Connect in standrad SJA livery.

A close up look at the tail lift of a McNellie Ford Transit. Look at the thought that has gone into it. When the rear door is swung up, duplicates of the exterior lights it covers are revealed and operated.

WX04 XYU A TENYAS Mercedes minibus patient transportation ambulance.

AG53 DXH This Ford Focus hatchback is a Ford demonstrator with livery by RVG.

A Volvo V50 ambulance rapid response demonstrator car.

GY52 ZDW This is an East Midlands Ambulance Service Toyota Rav4 paramedic ‘response manager’ car.



The side view, with the rear door swung open.

J999 FCA This Vauxhall Zafira Club is liveried as an ambulance and is run by a private company, First Choice Ambulance Service, which are based in Bramley, Leeds. There is no company name or logo on this vehicle, just ‘FCA’ on the private registration plate and roof marking.



The rear view showing the rest of the livery and the optional ‘slow’ sign on the rear of the roof bar.

YE52 KZR Here is a side view of a WAS-bodied Mercedes Benz 416CDI. Notice the nearside and rear entrance doors, the stretcher lift and the equipment store.

T130 JWX is a WYMAS intensive care ambulance. It is a Renault van with UVG bodywork.

HX04 NNM This is a prototype mark-four Crusader ambulance designed specifically for St. John Ambulance. It is liveried as Felixstowe Division (Suffolk). Changes from the mark-three include brighter lightbars, optional amber airfield lights, fewer windows and lots of small internal improvements.

V277 FOR, HX51 VVY and V274 FOR Three examples of SJA North Yorkshire & Teesside Crusaders at the Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate.

W682 PRM This Ford Focus estate is used by Cumbria Ambulance to quickly respond to emergencies in the largely rural Cumbrian Lake District.

P220 ERM A Cumbria Ambulance Service Ford Transit emergency ambulance.



The rear view of this 1997 example.

THE 560Y This Range Rover is in service with Severn Ambulance and Medical Services. It was previously used by Derbyshire Ambulance and later by various St John Ambulance divisions.



The rear view, showing the modern livery on this 1982 vehicle.



Here is the same vehicle when it was in use with Surrey St. John Ambulance.

H945 UHH is a Ford Transit ambulance at Croft motor racing circuit. It has a mis-match livery, and an extra-high roofline courtesy of the the Customline bodywork.

K206 APY is a Mercedes Benz 3100 ambulance. It is liveried as St John Ambulance. Notice the large spotlights on the back and sides of the vehicle that are built into the bodywork.

K207 APY is the sister of the above vehicle. There are subtle differences in the livery and this one is run by volunteers of the Norton Division of St John.

N984 JUG This Ford Transit is another St John Ambulance Brigade vehicle, liveried as belonging to Great Ayton. It has blue lights built into the sides, a combined blue light and siren unit on the roof and grille repeaters. The yellow stripe has somewhat faded on this example.

C9 MPC This is a largely unmarked Peugeot used for a volunteer paramedic to respond to emergencies in rural areas via an organisation called LIVES. They are based in Lincolnshire and are a ‘basics scheme’ with a number of doctors and paramedics responding in their own vehicles. This green Peugeot is fitted with blue grill lamps and a magnetic light bar and replaced a Ford Scorpio used for the same purpose.

M110 GAG is a Ford Transit Lazer Ambulance. It has had a very varied life, working for Humberside Ambulance Service, Liberty Medical Service, St John Ambulance (in Magherafelt, Northen Ireland), on the Isle of Wight and for MedicPlus Ambulance & Medical Service.

YM52 RUH This Vauxhall Zafira Club ambulance is owned and run by UK Event Medical Services Ltd. They provide pro-active ambulance personnel and equipment at large events.



The side view of the same car.



The rear view. It is clear that this is a private ambulance as there is no ambulance service crest or ‘NHS’ logo in its livery, and the company name is written on the rear.

T583 KAG is a private ambulance, previously used as a front line ambulance by North Yorkshire Ambulance Service.



The rear and side view, showing another ‘private’ sign that has been added to the livery.

H76 PNO is an ex-Ministry of Defence ambulance which is based at British Aerospace Filton, near Bristol.



The rear view of the ambulance. It was made in 1990 and was re-liveried in 2003.