More than half a million UK drivers have had their licences revoked based on medical grounds in the past decade, exclusive figures for This is Money have revealed
Written by on June 29, 2023
More than half a million UK drivers have had their licences revoked based on medical grounds in the past decade, exclusive figures for This is Money have revealed.
Almost 580,000 motorists have been taken off the road due a health issues between 1 January 2014 and 1 June 2023, according to official records.
And we can reveal the ten most common conditions that have led to drivers having their licences revoked in Britain as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency deems them no longer fit to be behind the wheel.
Almost 580,000 drivers in the UK have had their licences revoked on medical grounds since the start of 2014
The data has been shared following a Freedom of Information request made to the DVLA by car leasing comparison site LeaseLoco.
It shows that some 579,493 licences have been stripped in total since the beginning of 2014 as the agency cracked down on drivers it deemed no longer fit for the road.
The figures show that revoked licences peaked in 2018, with 73,724 being medically terminated that year.
And already in 2023 (up to 1 June), 23,669 UK drivers have lost their right to get behind the wheel due to medical conditions.
Almost nine in ten (88 per cent) of these are car and motorcycle licence holders (20,712), while the remaining 2,957 are lorry or bus drivers.
And the data shows that just under 90,000 drivers (89,361) have had their licences cancelled since the start of 2022 until the start of this month.
Of these, more than two-thirds (59,930) of drivers were 50 years old or over, 8,650 were under 30 and 1,810 teenage drivers lost their licences due to medical conditions.
Most common conditions costing drivers their licences
Dementia and باکسر ۱۵۰ alcohol dependency were two most common reasons for the DVLA to medically revoke a driving licence, with more than 16,000 cancelled licences since the start of 2022.
Among the top ten medical conditions resulting in terminated licences is double vision, epilepsy, vascular or arterial disease, cataracts, seizure, giddiness, being unsafe due to medication and sleep apnoea.
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