Alert as 10 million drivers could be fined £1,000 for failing to tell DVLA one thing

More than 10 million people in the UK could face a costly fine for failing to tell the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) one thing. Motorists can be fined £1,000 if they don't tell the DVLA about certain medical conditions, including some that are quite common.

If you have a condition that affects your driving, you are legally required to disclose it. One such condition is arthritis, which is reported to affect more than 10 million people in the UK. Other notable conditions on the list include anxiety, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

Once a condition is reported to the DVLA, the agency will assess the situation and determine the appropriate action. The DVLA warns: "You need to tell DVLA about some medical conditions as they can affect your driving.

"You can be fined up to £1,000 if you do not tell DVLA about a medical condition that affects your driving." You can voluntarily give up your licence.

You might choose to do this if, for example:

• Your doctor tells you to stop driving for three months or more
• Your medical condition affects your ability to drive safely and lasts for three months or more

• You do not meet the required standards for driving because of your medical condition

The Government website clarifies: "You'll need to tell DVLA and send them your licence. If you have a medical condition that affects your driving and do not voluntarily give up your licence, you must inform DVLA.

"They will decide if you can continue holding a driving licence."

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Below is the full list of conditions you may need to declare to the DVLA:

• Absence seizures
• Acoustic neuroma
• Addison's disease
• Agoraphobia
• Alcohol problems
• Alzheimer's disease
• Amaurosis fugax
• Amputations
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Angina
• Angioplasty
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Anorexia nervosa
• Anxiety
• Aortic aneurysm
• Arachnoid cyst
• Arrhythmia
• Atrial defibrillator
• Arteriovenous malformation
• Arthritis
• Asperger syndrome
• Ataxia
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Autistic spectrum condition
• 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
• Broken limbs
• Brugada syndrome
• Burr hole surgery
• Caesarean section
• Cancer
• Cataracts
• Catheter ablation
• Cardiac problems
• Carotid artery stenosis
• Cataplexy
• Cavernoma
• Central venous thrombosis
• Cerebral palsy
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
• Chiari malformation
• Chronic aortic dissection
• Cognitive problems
• Congenital heart disease
• Convulsions
• Coronary artery bypass or disease
• Coronary angioplasty
• Cranial nerve palsy (with double vision
• Cystic fibrosis
• Deafness
• Defibrillator
• Déjà vu
• Dementia
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Diplopia (double vision)
• Dizziness
• Drug misuse
• Eating disorders
• Empyema (brain)
• Epilepsy
• Essential tremor
• Eye conditions
• Fainting
• Fits
• Fractured skull
• Friedreich's ataxia
• 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
• High blood pressure
• HIV or AIDS
• 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
• Long QT syndrome
• Loss of an eye
• Low blood sugar
• Lumboperitoneal shunt
• Lung cancer
• Lymphoma
• Macular degeneration
• Malignant brain tumours
• Malignant melanoma
• Manic depressive psychosis
• Marfan's syndrome
• Medulloblastoma
• Memory problems (severe)
• Meningioma
• Mini-stroke
• Monocular vision (sight in one eye only)
• Motor neurone disease
• Multiple sclerosis
• Muscular dystrophy
• Myasthenia gravis
• Myocardial infarction
• Myoclonus
• Narcolepsy
• Night blindness
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Obstructive sleep apnoea
• Ocular myasthenia gravis (with double vision)
• Ophthalmoplegia (with double vision)
• 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
• Pulmonary arterial hypertension
• Renal dialysis
• Retinal artery fugax
• Retinitis pigmentosa
• Retinopathy (with laser treatment)
• Schizo-affective disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Scotoma
• Seizures
• Severe communication disorders
• Severe depression
• Sight in one eye only
• Sleep apnoea
• Sleepiness (excessive)
• Spinal problems and injuries
• Stroke
• Subarachnoid haemorrhage
• Surgery
• Syncope
• Tachycardia
• Temporal lobe epilepsy
• Tonic clonic fits
• Tourette's syndrome
• Transient global amnesia
• Transient ischaemic attack
• Tunnel vision
• Usher syndrome
• Valve disease or replacement valve
• Ventricular defibrillator
• Vertigo
• Vision in one eye only
• Visual acuity (reduced)
• Visual field defect
• VP shunts
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

For more information, visit the Government website here. If your condition does not appear on the list but you believe it impacts your driving, it's advised to contact the DVLA.