Driving: Diabetes
(asked on 26th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers have lost their licence due to hypoglycaemic incidents in each of the last five years.
The number of drivers who have had their driving licence revoked or their application for a driving licence refused due to a hypoglycaemic incident in each of the last five years is set out below:
Year | Number of licences refused/ revoked due to hypoglycaemic incident |
2009 | 210 |
2010 | 298 |
2011 | 703 |
2012 | 1,426 |
2013 | 1,066 |
The increase in the number of driving licences revoked or refused from 2011 results from the introduction of the changes to the minimum health standards for drivers with diabetes.