Drivers must tell DVLA of 10 conditions or risk £1,000 fine and void insurance

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Aside from following the rules of the road, drivers with certain medical conditions are obligated to inform the DVLA and their insurance provider.Not updating the DVLA could risk a £1,000 fine and even prosecution if you're involved in an accident.

What's more, drivers could be left unprotected and have to foot the bill of a crash on their own.Some conditions may seem to obviously impact people behind the wheel, while others are less known.

The experts at Quotezone.co.uk have set out a list of conditions that must be declared to the DVLA from diabetes to glaucoma.As reported by the Mirror, Quotezone founder Greg Wilson urged drivers that the risk is too big not to check out."A serious medical diagnosis on top of the fear of losing transportation and independence can be devastating," he said. "However, many conditions and medications won’t impair driving, which the DVLA and insurance providers recognise – but they do need to be keep up to date with any changes."He added: "Taking all precautions to be safe on the road is extremely important and drivers must play their part to ensure their wellbeing and the wellbeing of other road users is protected to the best of their knowledge."The DVLA has a list of over a 100 conditions which could impair or impact driving ability.

Some must be reported to the DVLA and others could legally stop people from driving."If drivers have been diagnosed with any of these conditions they need to inform both the DVLA and their insurance provider, since having inaccurate details on the insurance policy can void the insurance and leave drivers unprotected."Read on for 10 of the health conditions drivers must declare to the DVLA.While diabetes is not a condition which rules you out of driving