Driving Licences: Health
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licences were revoked or refused following medical assessments by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last five years; and how many such cases there were in each year, broken down by age band.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The table below shows the number of driving licences revoked or applications refused for both group 1 (cars and motorcycles) and group 2 (lorry and bus) licences by age and year.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Under 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
16-19 | 799 | 1,354 | 1,419 | 1,367 | 1,691 |
20-29 | 3,326 | 5,021 | 5,407 | 5,137 | 5,816 |
30-39 | 4,548 | 6,702 | 7,891 | 7,161 | 7,624 |
40-49 | 5,591 | 8,368 | 9,253 | 8,691 | 8,872 |
50-59 | 7,687 | 11,570 | 12,170 | 11,265 | 11,018 |
60-69 | 6,746 | 10,714 | 11,190 | 11,360 | 12,145 |
70-79 | 7,962 | 12,961 | 12,542 | 13,248 | 15,712 |
80-89 | 5,213 | 8,312 | 7,720 | 8,936 | 11,111 |
Over 90 | 663 | 1,048 | 956 | 996 | 1,370 |
Please note that a driver may have had both Group 1 and Group 2 licences revoked. In these instances, both revocations are included in the figures above. Also, please note that someone can apply for their first provisional driving licence for a car, motorbike, moped or other vehicle at the age of 15 years and nine months.
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