Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Group 1 driving licences have been revoked for eyesight related conditions by age in each of the last five years.
The information held at Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does not differentiate between the driving licences that have been refused and those that have been revoked. The number of Group 1 licences that have been refused or revoked for eyesight related conditions by age in each of the last five years is shown in the table below:
Age | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
17 | 84 | 80 | 84 | 78 | 68 |
18 | 74 | 79 | 72 | 74 | 65 |
19 | 58 | 45 | 59 | 50 | 78 |
20 | 44 | 45 | 60 | 50 | 53 |
21 | 38 | 54 | 40 | 49 | 39 |
22 | 44 | 53 | 34 | 39 | 43 |
23 | 54 | 38 | 28 | 39 | 48 |
24 | 37 | 42 | 39 | 49 | 39 |
25 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 41 | 49 |
26 | 31 | 46 | 37 | 45 | 38 |
27 | 38 | 42 | 32 | 45 | 44 |
28 | 39 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 40 |
29 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 27 | 45 |
30 | 38 | 29 | 32 | 28 | 45 |
31 | 34 | 42 | 26 | 35 | 49 |
32 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 44 | 35 |
33 | 23 | 44 | 36 | 31 | 44 |
34 | 30 | 37 | 30 | 34 | 35 |
35 | 25 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 34 |
36 | 39 | 36 | 26 | 47 | 34 |
37 | 31 | 38 | 30 | 28 | 25 |
38 | 25 | 23 | 31 | 46 | 24 |
39 | 38 | 55 | 33 | 29 | 23 |
40 | 28 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 32 |
41 | 26 | 28 | 37 | 42 | 29 |
42 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 42 | 36 |
43 | 28 | 43 | 42 | 47 | 41 |
44 | 31 | 37 | 50 | 44 | 41 |
45 | 39 | 41 | 41 | 58 | 59 |
46 | 47 | 35 | 24 | 52 | 54 |
47 | 39 | 40 | 50 | 52 | 47 |
48 | 43 | 56 | 52 | 38 | 61 |
49 | 64 | 50 | 45 | 45 | 46 |
50 | 45 | 64 | 60 | 66 | 45 |
51 | 52 | 64 | 51 | 62 | 47 |
52 | 43 | 51 | 46 | 58 | 56 |
53 | 55 | 63 | 69 | 56 | 43 |
54 | 67 | 65 | 49 | 37 | 50 |
55 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 56 | 66 |
56 | 63 | 57 | 61 | 63 | 58 |
57 | 53 | 68 | 71 | 62 | 66 |
58 | 55 | 61 | 56 | 57 | 46 |
59 | 75 | 50 | 59 | 60 | 52 |
60 | 61 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 70 |
61 | 52 | 64 | 69 | 56 | 59 |
62 | 64 | 77 | 58 | 61 | 66 |
63 | 59 | 56 | 68 | 62 | 64 |
64 | 52 | 60 | 73 | 71 | 58 |
65 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 62 | 89 |
66 | 61 | 85 | 90 | 86 | 96 |
67 | 80 | 83 | 109 | 110 | 78 |
68 | 82 | 102 | 117 | 98 | 93 |
69 | 453 | 455 | 271 | 176 | 212 |
70 | 202 | 210 | 270 | 302 | 243 |
71 | 93 | 113 | 116 | 121 | 95 |
72 | 278 | 284 | 230 | 157 | 201 |
73 | 201 | 218 | 296 | 261 | 247 |
74 | 125 | 131 | 104 | 111 | 124 |
75 | 235 | 261 | 230 | 193 | 262 |
76 | 172 | 242 | 342 | 369 | 291 |
77 | 130 | 135 | 148 | 136 | 154 |
78 | 267 | 310 | 253 | 209 | 263 |
79 | 211 | 275 | 371 | 379 | 305 |
80 | 150 | 180 | 182 | 150 | 142 |
81 | 279 | 319 | 227 | 207 | 236 |
82 | 277 | 286 | 342 | 420 | 322 |
83 | 144 | 147 | 159 | 170 | 134 |
84 | 243 | 267 | 206 | 156 | 210 |
85 | 196 | 262 | 341 | 307 | 247 |
86 | 121 | 138 | 154 | 123 | 113 |
87 | 183 | 193 | 119 | 110 | 153 |
88 | 150 | 198 | 198 | 229 | 195 |
89 | 71 | 95 | 67 | 88 | 82 |
90 | 95 | 116 | 80 | 61 | 66 |
91 | 73 | 91 | 99 | 103 | 79 |
92 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 34 | 39 |
93 | 30 | 27 | 41 | 23 | 31 |
94 | 24 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 8 |
95 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
96 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
97 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
98 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
101 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
103 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 6,954 | 7,789 | 7,605 | 7,342 | 7,127 |