Drivers who live with specific medical conditions and don't inform the DVLA may be hit with a heavy fine - and the list is surprisingly long.
Given the lengthy index of ailments, there could be potentially millions of drivers that are unaware they need to disclose their condition to the DVLA.
As reported by The Mirror, some inclusions are unsurprising - like those that affect the eyes or induce blackouts.
However, many other conditions on the list may not normally be associated with impaired driving.
For example, anxiety, depression and certain types of cancer are all on the list, so in theory could land you with a fine if not disclosed to the DVLA.
According to the driving authority, failure to disclose a medical condition that could affect driving skill may result in a fine of up to £1,000.
You may also be prosecuted if you’re involved in an accident as a result.
As well as needing to declare any of the listed medical conditions, there are some circumstances when you need to surrender your licence to the DVLA.
They include:
- Your doctor tells you to stop driving for three months or more
- Your medical condition affects your ability to drive safely and lasts for three months or more
- You do not meet the required standards for driving because of your medical condition
For more information on the medical conditions you need to tell the DVLA about, you can check out their website here.
A
- Absence seizures
- Acoustic neuroma
- Addison’s disease
- Agoraphobia
- AIDS
- Alcohol problems
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Amaurosis fugax
- Amputations
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Angina
- Angioma
- Angioplasty
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anxiety
- Aortic aneurysm
- Arachnoid cyst
- Arrhythmia
- Atrial defibrillator
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Arthritis
- Asperger syndrome
- Ataxia
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Autistic spectrum condition (ASC)
B
- Balloon angioplasty (leg)
- Bipolar disorder
- Blackouts
- Blepharospasm
- Blood clots
- Blood pressure
- Brachial plexus injury
- Brain abscess, cyst or encephalitis
- Brain aneurysm
- Brain angioma
- Brain haemorrhage
- Brain injury (traumatic)
- Brain tumours
- Branch retinal vein occlusion
- Broken limbs and driving
- Brugada syndrome
- Burr hole surgery
C
- Caesarean section
- Cancer
- Cataracts
- Catheter ablation
- Cardiac problems
- Carotid artery stenosis
- Cataplexy
- Central venous thrombosis
- Cerebral palsy
- Chiari malformation
- Chronic aortic dissection
- Cognitive problems
- Congenital heart disease
- Convulsions
- Coronary artery bypass or disease
- Coronary angioplasty
- Cystic fibrosis
D
- Deafness
- Defibrillator
- Déjà vu
- Dementia
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Diplopia (double vision)
- Dizziness
- Drug misuse
E
- Eating disorders
- Empyema (brain)
- Epilepsy
- Essential tremor
F
- Fainting
- Fits
- Fractured skull
- Friedreich’s ataxia
G
- Glaucoma
- Global amnesia
- Grand mal seizures
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
H
- Head injury
- Heart attack
- Heart arrhythmia
- Heart failure
- Heart murmurs
- Heart palpitations
- Heart valve disease or replacement valve
- Hemianopia
- High blood pressure
- HIV
- Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Huntington’s disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Hypoglycaemia
- Hypoxic brain damage
- Hysterectomy
I
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
- Intracerebral haemorrhage
- Ischaemic heart disease
K
- Kidney dialysis
- Kidney problems
- Korsakoff’s syndrome
L
- Labyrinthitis
- Learning difficulties
- Left bundle branch block
- Leukaemia
- Lewy body dementia
- Limb disability
- Long QT syndrome
- Low blood sugar
- Lumboperitoneal shunt
- Lung cancer
- Lymphoma
M
- Macular degeneration
- Malignant brain tumours
- Malignant melanoma
- Manic depressive psychosis
- Marfan syndrome
- Medulloblastoma
- Memory problems (severe)
- Meningioma
- Mini-stroke
- Monocular vision
- Motor neurone disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Myocardial infarction
- Myoclonus
N
- Narcolepsy
- Night blindness
- Nystagmus
O
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Obstructive sleep apnoea
- Optic atrophy
- Optic neuritis
P
- Pacemakers
- Palpitations
- Paranoia
- Paranoid schizophrenia
- Paraplegia
- Parkinson’s disease
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Personality disorder
- Petit mal seizures
- Pituitary tumour
- Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Psychosis
- Psychotic depression
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension
R
- Renal dialysis
- Retinal artery fugax
- Retinal treatment
- Retinopathy
S
- Schizo-affective disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Scotoma
- Seizures
- Severe communication disorders
- Sight in one eye only
- Sleep apnoea
- Sleepiness (excessive)
- Spinal problems and injuries and driving
- Stroke
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage
- Surgery
- Syncope
T
- Tachycardia
- Temporal lobe epilepsy
- Tonic clonic fits
- Tourette’s syndrome
- Transient global amnesia
- Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
- Tunnel vision
U
- Usher syndrome
V
- Valve disease or replacement valve
- Ventricular defibrillator
- Vertigo
- Vision in one eye only
- Visual acuity (reduced)
- Visual field defects
- VP shunts
W
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
