{"id":6407,"date":"2026-04-05T07:22:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/6407\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T07:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:22:33","slug":"dvla-cancels-33000-driving-licences-after-becoming-aware-of-specific-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/6407\/","title":{"rendered":"DVLA cancels 33,000 driving licences after becoming aware of specific condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of people were barred from driving after the DVLA stepped in\"DVLA<\/p>\n

The DVLA has revoked thousands of licences.<\/p>\n

Almost 33,000 driving licences have been cancelled by the DVLA over specific conditions.<\/p>\n

The motoring authority stepped in to either revoke or refuse renewal of licences over concerns motorists could pose a danger on the roads.<\/p>\n

These cases involved eyesight-related conditions – and it comes as the Government is launching a crackdown over the issue among older drivers.<\/p>\n

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The DVLA barred people from driving after becoming aware of eyesight conditions which could make drivers a danger on the roads.<\/p>\n

There were a total of 32,944 of these cases over the last four years, freedom of information data from Marshall Motor Group<\/a> found.<\/p>\n

Drivers must alert the DVLA to any eyesight-related conditions which could impact their ability to drive safely.<\/p>\n

The Government has announced mandatory eyesight tests for drivers over 70, amid concerns current rules are not strong enough.<\/p>\n

People have to renew their driving licences when they turn 70 and every three years after that<\/p>\n

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The tougher laws could result in more driving licences being revoked.<\/p>\n

While it wasn’t only over-70s who lost their licences due to their eyesight, numbers were higher.<\/p>\n

The 70-79 age bracket saw the highest number of cancelled licences – 10,794.<\/p>\n

There were another 8,060 for those aged 80 to 89 and 1,202 over 90.<\/p>\n

Ben Welham, motoring expert at Marshall Motor Group, said: “Eyesight deterioration usually happens gradually, so drivers might not notice small changes over time.<\/p>\n

“The data shows this isn\u2019t limited to one age group, so maintaining good vision is relevant at every stage of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegular professional eye tests remain the safest way to make sure you meet the legal standard and can continue driving confidently.<\/p>\n

“Drivers should be able to clearly read a standard number plate from 20 metres away.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of people were barred from driving after the DVLA stepped in The DVLA has revoked thousands of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3459,619,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-6407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-dvla","9":"tag-motoring","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116350900210253760","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}