Driving: Medical Examinations
(asked on 7th June 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many D4 medical examination applications have been refused during (a) each of the five years prior to December 2014 and (b) each year since December 2014.
This question was answered on 12th June 2019
The table below shows the number of lorry or bus driving licence applications that have been refused or revoked for medical reasons over the last 10 years. However, not all these applications will have been supported by a D4 medical examination report.
Year | Group 2 licence applications |
2009 | Not held |
2010 | 4,583 |
2011 | 5,539 |
2012 | 6,122 |
2013 | 7,464 |
2014 | 7,494 |
2015 | 8,095 |
2016 | 10,665 |
2017 | 11,213 |
2018 | 12,242 |
2019 (until the end of May) | 4,639 |