A previous version of this article inaccurately stated in the headline and story that anyone with the listed conditions must make a disclosure to the DVLA. The story has been updated to reflect that there are exceptions. More details are available here.
Drivers could face £1,000 fines or even lose their driving licence if they do not declare one of 182 medical conditions, the DVLA has warned.
According to the government website, there is a long list of conditions drivers must tell the DVLA when applying for their licence.
Failure to do so could land them in hot water, although it is worth noting that there are exceptions specific to different medical conditions.
It comes as the government agency has urged drivers of any age to inform them of any conditions that may affect their driving or be subject to a £1000 penalty.
Recently, lawyers and leading driving experts have called for a bi-annual check to assess motorists' abilities to help clamp down on potential accidents.
The DVLA has reminded drivers should have good eyesight is needed to detect road hazards and prevent accidents.
It has also recommended to motorists that they should attend regular eye checks and assess themselves from home.
A full A to Z of medical conditions that require reporting to the government agency is on the DVLA website.
Full list of medical conditions you may need to tell the DVLA about
- Absence seizures
- Acoustic neuroma
- Addison’s disease
- Agoraphobia
- AIDS
- Alcohol problems
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Amputations
- Angina
- Angioma
- Angioplasty
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anxiety
- Aortic aneurysm
- Arachnoid cyst
- Arnold-Chiari malformation
- Arrhythmia
- Atrial defibrillator
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Arthritis
- Asperger syndrome
- Ataxia
- Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD)
- 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
- Burr hole surgery
- Caesarean section
- Cancer
- Cataracts
- Catheter ablation
- Cardiac problems
- Carotid artery stenosis
- Cataplexy
- Cerebral palsy
- Chronic aortic dissection
- Cognitive problems
- Congenital heart disease
- Convulsions
- Coronary artery bypass or disease
- Coronary angioplasty
- Cystic fibrosis
- Deafness
- Defibrillator
- Déjà vu
- Dementia
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Diplopia (double vision)
- Dizziness
- Drug misuse
- Eating disorders
- Empyema (brain)
- Epilepsy
- Essential tremor
- Fainting
- Fits
- Fractured skull
- Friedreich’s ataxia
- Giddiness (recurring)
- Glaucoma
- Global amnesia
- Grand mal seizures
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- 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
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
- Intracerebral haemorrhage
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Kidney dialysis
- Kidney problems
- Korsakoff’s syndrome
- Labyrinthitis
- Learning difficulties
- Left bundle branch block
- Leukaemia
- Lewy body dementia
- Limb disability
- Low blood sugar
- Lumboperitoneal shunt
- Lung cancer
- Lymphoma
- 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
- Myasthenia gravis
- Myocardial infarction
- Myoclonus
- Narcolepsy
- Night blindness
- Nystagmus
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Obstructive sleep apnoea
- Optic atrophy
- Optic neuritis
- 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
- Renal dialysis
- Retinal treatment
- Retinopathy
- Schizo-affective disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Scotoma
- Seizures
- Sight in one eye only
- Sleep apnoea
- Sleepiness (excessive daytime)
- Spinal problems and injuries and driving
- Stroke
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage
- Surgery
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Temporal lobe epilepsy
- Tonic clonic fits
- Tourette’s syndrome
- Transient global amnesia
- Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
- Tunnel vision
- Usher syndrome
- Valve disease or replacement valve
- Ventricular defibrillator
- Vertigo
- Vision in one eye only
- Visual acuity (reduced)
- Visual field defects
- VP shunts
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Failing to report your condition could land you a £1000 fine or prosecution.
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