South Yorkshire Police Series III Riot Van

The record

In the late 1970s South Yorkshire Police, like several English forces, ran Series III Land Rover hard tops as public-order vans: tough, simple vehicles that could carry a serial of officers and their shields and take a stoning. YYX 315T, registered in 1978, carries the classic fittings — a hinged mesh guard over the windscreen, blue lamps beside the grille, a spot lamp on the bonnet and POLICE on the hard-top sides — in the force's dark navy. It is preserved by the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield, where ukemergency.co.uk photographed it displayed with a riot-equipped officer, a reminder of the force's role in the 1984–85 miners' strike.

The registry's model is a Series III 109 hard top in navy with the screen mesh, grille blues, bonnet lamp, POLICE lettering, black wheels and plates; in the game it carries the blue-light boost.

Specification

MANUFACTURERLand Rover (Series III 109-inch hard top)

MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERSouth Yorkshire Police workshops (public-order fit)

MANUFACTUREDT registration

ENGINERover 2.25 L four-cylinder petrol

PRODUCTION RUNProduction variant; count unknown

COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom

OPERATED INUnited Kingdom

STATUSpreserved

REGISTRATIONYYX 315T

FITTINGSWindscreen mesh guard, grille blue lamps, bonnet spot lamp

RECORD KINDNamed model

MODEL LINESeries III

WHEELS4

NOMINAL WHEELBASE109″

CATEGORYSpecial · Police

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Renders & references

South Yorkshire Police Series III Riot Van — front three-quarter view, registry 3D render — **Front three-quarter**Registry render

South Yorkshire Police Series III Riot Van — three-quarter view, registry 3D render — **Three-quarter**Registry render

South Yorkshire Police Series III Riot Van — side view, registry 3D render — **Side**Registry render

South Yorkshire Police Series III Riot Van — rear view, registry 3D render — **Rear**Registry render

South Yorkshire Police Series III Riot Van — front view, registry 3D render — **Front**Registry render

South Yorkshire Police Series III Riot Van — YYX 315T at the National Emergency Services Museum — the reference for this model; linked only. — **YYX 315T at the National Emergency Services Museum — the reference for this model; linked only.**ukemergency.co.uk ↗

Where it was

GB United Kingdom1978–1990 · South Yorkshire Police public order; 1984–85 miners' strike

BasedSouth Yorkshire Police, SheffieldUnited Kingdom · 1978–199053.38, -1.47
PreservedNational Emergency Services Museum, SheffieldUnited Kingdom53.39, -1.47