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P86 YJR is not a blood service vehicle, but it does do a similar job. This ambulance is used solely for the transportation of human organs. The drivers are on call to respond to organ transportation emergencies. There may be a liver at ‘A’ wanted by a patient at ‘B’; and it’s life span outside of a human body is severely limited.
R982 CYG This is a non-emergency blood service Mercedes van, which carries the same livery as the emergency cars from the same era do.
This is a smaller Mercedes Vito van which serves the same purpose. Notice the defunct telephone number starting ‘0345’.
S869 BUB is a mk.2 Ford Mondeo. Note the extra blue strobe lights mounted next to the headlights.
DK06 WBP This is a Ford Galaxy that is used by the Mersey Tunnels Police. It is fitted with a matrix sign on the front grille and a standard police colourscheme. Notice the use of singular and plural: “Tunnels” is written on the bonnet and “Tunnel” on the light bar. Lack of attention to detail on the paperwork requesting these signs is blamed!
The rear view of the Galaxy, showing the low-level flashing leds.
LT57 MXO This Ford Transit Connect is operated by London-based Medical Services and is fitted with blue lights as it is used from time to time for urgent blood transportation work.
SG52 RTZ is a Mercedes Sprinter ambulance from the Port of Felixstowe private service.
YX53 HJE is a Volvo rapid response car from South Yorkshire ambulance’s fleet.
This Renault is displaying the livery of the British Red Cross.
This Volvo S40 appears to be in an all over yellow paint scheme. However, upon closer inspection, the vehicle is actually white. All of the yellow is provided by several sections of adhesive reflective material.
The rear view of the car showing its low profile light bar.
Next, we have a Ford Transit Connect TDCI used by the Coventry and Warwickshire Ambulance NHS trust. An interesting feature on this vehicle is the power connecter on the front wing which would normally by found on larger ambulance vehicles.
M343 SNT is a St. John Ambulance from Shropshire’s Oswestry Division. It is a Land Rover 300 TDI with stationwagon base and hightened roof. It carries a simple livery and is show here with some of the equipment it carries.
Two views of a red ‘Heathrow Air Ambulance’ vehicle. New in 2005, this Chevrolet-based ambulance looks similar to American ambulances run by fire brigades. Another of their vehicles in a reverse-colour livery can be seen lower down this page.
YX54 FKT This is one ambulance from the first batch in North Yorks. to be liveried in the European standard colour for ambulances. It is a UV Modular-bodied Mercedes Benz Sprinter 416 CDI.
The rear view, showing the beaver-tail lift to load the stretcher. Notice the front and rear lightbars have amber lights fitted alongside the LED blue lights.
RA03 MWK This Honda CRV is a demonstrator vehicle. Demonstrators are loaned to ambulance services for short periods and are put into active service for evaluation.
The rear of the Honda. Notice that it does not have any county-specific livery.
C9 MPC This Saab is liveried as a ‘Lives’ volunteer paramedic vehicle and is used in Lincolnshire.
A 1998 Shropshire St. John Ambulance Land Rover Defender.
V944 LGS This white Vauxhall Astra carries almost the minimum livery for an ambulance vehicle. It has ambulance wording on four sides and a double blue flashing light on the roof. Notice a couple of odd features: it has a sunroof and does not have the Vauxhall standard roof mount for the light bar. It is owned by 1st Choice Ambulance.
T130 JWX This West Yorks. Renault ambulance is liveried as an ‘Intensive Care Ambulance’ and carries the traditional ‘heartbeat’ striping.
W385 WGF is Honda Pan-European rapid response paramedic motorcycle used by the London Ambulance Service.
The rear view of the bike. They are essential for zipping through London’s often grid-locked traffic.
X449 GGO is a London Ambulance Service rapid response car. It has many unusual features such as the white paint work but with an ambulance yellow bonnet, side mounted blue repeaters and a light bar which does not damage the roof of the car.
The rear view of this car. This is a high specification petrol model, and unusually for a emergency vehicle, has attractive alloy wheels.
W634 XTP is a minimally marked Renault Master ambulance photographed in central London. Until August 2004 it was used by ‘All Wales Ambulance Services Limited’ based in Cwmbran in South Wales. It started life by being converted by Oughtred and Harrison, Yorkshire.
KE03 YGY is an Iveco based ambulance outside Great Ormond Street Hospital. Although this vehicle is equipped with battenburg markings, it is part of a varied fleet operated by ‘Medical Services’ which is a subsidiary company of the courier firm Lewis Day in London.
M507 USC is a rather tired looking Ford Transit that was operated by the private Thames Ambulance Service until January 2005.
BU04 HVD is a specially equipped children’s intensive care ambulance. Its is operated along with its sister vehicles HVE and HVF by the St John’s Ambulance service for the Childrens’ Acute Transfer Service (NHS). This vehicle is based at GOSH and covers the North Thames and Anglia areas. The two sister vehicles are based at Guy’s Hospital for the South Thames area.
A16 HAA is a specially modified American Ford van used by the private Heathrow Air Ambulance company.
The rear view showing the vehicles unique livery. This vehicle has the call sign of ‘Medic 4’.
S743 RKU In this busy picture, a WYMAS Mercedes Ambulance attends a RTA in Leeds. Fortunately, both the driver and passenger of the car escaped serious injury.
YX03 KND is a WYMAS Volvo V40 attending the same RTA. Notice how part of the battenburg high visibility yellow is missing from the drivers door.