DVLA’s 106 medical conditions full list that can end in £1,000 fine for drivers

Drivers with certain medical conditions need to inform DVLA of their diagnosis and potentially any updates if their health changes. Not doing so could trigger £1,000 fine while some people may need to surrender their licences too.

If you get into an accident and your undisclosed condition is deemed to have played a role, there may be more “severe consequences” ahead. Experts at BigWantsYourCar.com highlighted over 100 conditions currently on the DVLA’s “extensive list” of conditions that could impact driving ability.

This ranges from certain cancers to arthritis and anxiety. You can check online on Gov.uk if your condition needs to be reported to the DVLA. In some circumstances, only certain forms or severity levels of a condition must be reported.

For example, if you have diabetes you only need to inform the DVLA if your insulin therapy is expected or does extend beyond three months. If you suffer from incapacitating hypoglycaemia or gestational diabetes you’ll also need to tell the DVLA.

If you have cancer or lymphoma, you may only need to alert the DVLA to your diagnosis if you experience issues related to your brain or nervous system, your doctor advises you might not be fit for driving or side effects from your medication might impact your ability to drive. Additionally, if you are limited to certain types of vehicles or require vehicle adaptations you’ll need to inform the DVLA.

The experts warned: “For those uncertain about whether their condition is notifiable, consulting with a healthcare professional is highly advised. It’s better to stay on the side of caution and ensure compliance with DVLA regulations to avoid potential legal and financial repercussions.”

You may be able to voluntarily surrender your licence due to your health if your condition affects your ability to drive safely and lasts for three months or more. If your doctor tells you to stop driving for three months or more you’ll also need to surrender your licence to the DVLA.

If these conditions apply to you but you don’t want to voluntarily surrender your licence you’ll still need to let the DVLA know. The department will then decide if you can continue holding a driving licence.

How you report conditions largely depends on what licence you have. If you have a car or motorcycle licence you’ll likely be able to use the online service or by printing and posting a paper form.

If you hold a bus, lorry or coach licence or live in Northern Ireland there are other ways to report your health condition. Some conditions will also need to be reported on the paper form regardless of your licence.

You must tell DVLA if you have a driving licence and:

• you develop a ‘notifiable’ medical condition or disability
• a condition or disability has got worse since you got your licence

Notifiable conditions are anything that could affect your ability to drive safely.

The experts highlight some conditions on the DVLA’s extensive list that drivers need to make the department aware of:

1. Agoraphobia
2. Alcohol problems
3. Alzheimer’s disease
4. Amputations
5. Angiomas or cavernomas
6. Ankylosing spondylitis
7. Anorexia nervosa
8. Anxiety
9. Aortic aneurysm
10. Arachnoid cyst
11. Arrhythmia
12. Arteriovenous malformation
13. Arthritis
14. Ataxia
15. ADHD
16. AIDS
17. Bipolar disorder (manic depression)
18. Blood clots
19. Blood pressure
20. Brachial plexus injury
21. Brain abscess, cyst or encephalitis
22. Brain aneurysm
23. Brain haemorrhage
24. Traumatic brain injury
25. Brain tumour
26. Broken limbs
27. Brugada syndrome
28. Burr hole surgery
29. Cataracts
30. Cataplexy
31. Central venous thrombosis (if still having problems after one month)
32. Cerebral palsy
33. Cognitive problems
34. Congenital heart disease
35. Fits, seizures or convulsions and driving
36. Déjà vu and driving
37. Defibrillators
38. Dementia
39. Depression (if it impacts your ability to drive safely)
40. Diplopia (double vision)
41. Dizziness or vertigo (if sudden, disabling or recurrent)
42. Drug use
43. Empyema (brain)
44. Essential tremor (if it impacts your ability to drive safely)
45. Eye conditions
46. Guillain Barré syndrome
47. Head injury (serious)
48. Heart failure (if it impacts your ability to drive safely)
49. Heart palpitations
50. Hemianopia
51. Hodgkin’s lymphoma
52. Huntington’s disease
53. Hydrocephalus
54. Hypoglycaemia
55. Hypoxic brain damage
56. Intracerebral haemorrhage
57. Korsakoff’s syndrome
58. Labyrinthitis (if symptoms last three months or longer)
59. Learning disabilities
60. Lewy body dementia
61. Limb disability
62. Long QT syndrome
63. Marfan’s syndrome
64. Medulloblastoma
65. Meningioma (if it impacts your ability to drive safely)
66. Motor neurone disease
67. Muscular dystrophy
68. Myasthenia gravis
69. Myoclonus
70. Narcolepsy
71. Night blindness
72. Obsessive compulsive disorder (if it impacts your ability to drive safely)
73. Excessive sleepiness
74. Optic atrophy
75. Pacemakers
76. Paranoid schizophrenia
77. Paraplegia
78. Parkinson’s disease
79. Peripheral neuropathy
80. Personality disorder
81. Pituitary tumour
82. Post traumatic stress disorder (if it impacts your ability to drive safely)
83. Psychosis
84. Psychotic depression
85. Pulmonary arterial hypertension
86. Severe memory problems
87. Stroke (if you’re still having problems after one month)
88. Surgery (if you’re still unable to drive three months later)
89. Syncope (including blackouts or fainting)
90. Seizures/epilepsy
91. Sleep apnoea
92. Schizo-affective disorder
93. Schizophrenia
94. Scotoma
95. Severe communication disorders (if it impacts your ability to drive safely)
96. Spinal conditions, injuries or spinal surgery
97. Subarachnoid haemorrhage
98. Tachycardia
99. Tourette’s syndrome (if it impacts your ability to drive safely)
100. Tunnel vision
101. Usher syndrome
102. Reduced visual acuity
103. Vertigo
104. Visual field defect
105. VP shunts
106. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome