Battenburg markings

Markings used on emergency vehicles

This article is about emergency vehicle markings. For other uses, see Battenberg (disambiguation).

A Volvo pump truck from South Australian Fire with red-and-yellow Battenburg markings

Battenburg markings or Battenberg markings[a] are a pattern of high-visibility markings developed in the United Kingdom in the 1990s and currently seen on many types of emergency service vehicles in the UK, Crown dependencies, British Overseas Territories and several other European countries including the Czech Republic, Iceland, Sweden, Germany, Romania, Spain, Ireland, and Belgium as well as in Commonwealth nations including Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, and more recently, Canada. The name comes from its similarity in appearance to the cross-section of a Battenberg cake.

## History[edit]

Northern Constabulary vehicles that were changed to Battenburg markings

Battenburg markings were developed in the mid-1990s in the United Kingdom by the Police Scientific Development Branch (now the Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology) at the request of the national motorway policing sub-committee of the Association of Chief Police Officers. They were first developed for traffic patrol cars for United Kingdom police forces; private organisations and civil emergency services have also used them since then.

The brief was to design a livery for motorway and trunk road police vehicles that would maximise the vehicles' visibility, from a distance of up to 500 metres (1,600 ft), when stopped either in daylight or under headlights, and which distinctively marked them as police vehicles.[1]

The primary objectives were to design markings that:[2]

* Made officers and vehicles more conspicuous (e.g. to prevent collisions when stopped)
* Made police vehicles recognisable at a distance of up to 500 metres (1,600 ft) in daylight
* Assisted in high-visibility policing for public reassurance and deterrence of traffic violations
* Made police vehicles nationally recognisable
* Were an equal-cost option compared to existing markings
* Were acceptable to at least 75% of the staff

## Conspicuity[edit]

A Czech ambulance with green-and-yellow Battenburg markings

Battenburg design uses a regular pattern and the contrast between a light and a dark colour to increase conspicuity for the human eye. The lighter colour is daylight-fluorescent (such as fluorescent-yellow) for better visibility in daytime, dusk and dawn. For night-time visibility, the complete pattern is retroreflective.

The Battenburg design typically has two rows of alternating rectangles, usually starting with yellow at the top corner, then the alternating colour, along the sides of a vehicle. Most cars use two block rows in the design (so-called full-Battenburg scheme). Some car designs use a single row (so-called half-Battenburg scheme) or one and a half rows.

Unless precautions are taken, pattern markings can have a camouflage effect, concealing a vehicle's outline, particularly in front of a cluttered background.[3][4] With Battenburg markings, this can be avoided by:

* Making rectangles large enough for optical resolution from distance—at least 600 × 300 mm.[1] A typical car pattern consists of seven blocks along the vehicle side. (An odd number of blocks also allows both top corner blocks to be the same fluorescent colour.)
* Clearly marking cars' outlines in fluorescent colour along the roof pillars
* Avoiding designs with more than two block rows (even for higher vehicles) by including a large area of plain or daylight-fluorescent colour.
* Avoiding hybrid designs of Battenburg markings and other high-visibility patterns or check patterns.[2]

The Battenburg livery is not used on the rear of vehicles; upward-facing chevrons of yellow and red are most commonly used there.

### Sillitoe tartan[edit]

A Victoria Police vehicle with blue-and-white Sillitoe tartan

In the development of Battenburg markings, one of the key goals was to clearly identify vehicles associated with police. In this regard, the pattern was reminiscent of the Sillitoe tartan black-and-white or blue-and-white chequered markings first introduced by the City of Glasgow Police in the 1930s, which were subsequently adopted as a symbol of police services throughout the United Kingdom; they are also used by the Chicago Police Department, Australia,[5] and New Zealand. (Although Sillitoe patterns identified vehicles associated with police and other emergency services, they were not highly visible.)

After the launch of Battenburg markings, police added retro-reflective Sillitoe tartan markings to their uniforms, usually in blue and white.

## Safety[edit]

Belgian Red Cross ambulances with yellow-and-green Battenburg markings on the side and chevrons on the rear

Battenburg side markings and chevron front-and-rear markings provide conspicuity for emergency vehicles, helping to reduce accidents, especially when they are in unusual traffic situations—e.g. stopped in fast-moving traffic, or moving at different speeds or in different directions.

Several criticisms of the Battenburg scheme were stated at the 3rd Annual US Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Safety Summit in October 2010 about their use on ambulances, including:

* The difficulty of applying them to small, curved, and oddly-shaped surfaces
* The high costs of adopting the markings
* The confusing pattern caused when several parked Battenburg vehicles visually overlap
* Obscuring the vehicle's shapes against complex backgrounds, or with open doors and hatches
* Combinations other than police yellow-and-blue being less effective, and sometimes even making emergency personnel harder to see
* Confronting the public with unfamiliar markings

The pattern's use by services other than UK police, and in other countries, was also criticised.

The high-visibility chevrons often used on the rear and front of Battenburg-marked vehicles, "through popular opinion rather than by a scientific process of testing and research", were found ineffective at reducing rear-end collisions. Stationary vehicles on high-speed roads were likely to be noticed, but not the fact that they were stopped. Parking at an angle was found a far more effective way of indicating the vehicles were stopped.[2]

## Usage by country[edit]

### Australia[edit]

A New South Wales Ambulance response vehicle, with red-and-white Battenburg markings and additional reflective stripes intended to increase overall visibility

In Western Australia, St John Ambulance Western Australia uses green-and-yellow markings, while New South Wales Ambulance uses red-and-white Battenburg markings on ambulances and patient transport vehicles.[6] Australian police utilise the similar Sillitoe tartan markings.

Battenburg markings used in Australia  Battenburg  | Service  | Colours  | Example

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| St John Ambulance Western Australia | Yellow and green  |
| New South Wales Ambulance | Red and white  |
| South Australian Country Fire Service | Yellow and red  |

### Barbados[edit]

The Barbados Police Service uses yellow-and-blue half-Battenburg markings on most of their fleet. However, some police vehicles in Barbados use white-and-blue half-Battenburg markings.

| Barbados Police Service | Yellow and blue

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| Barbados Police Service  | White and blue

* A Chevrolet Trax using yellow-and-blue markings

* A Suzuki Vitara SUV with white-and-blue markings

### Belgium[edit]

Ambulances in Belgium, 2018 Fire services vehicle, 2018

In response to the terrorist attacks on 13 November 2015 in Paris and 22 March 2016 in Brussels, the Belgian federal government conducted an analysis on the functioning of the emergency services during terrorist attacks. The main issue identified regarding the emergency medical services was that their recognizability (of both vehicles and personnel) had to improve, so that emergency workers would be able to identify qualified medical providers more quickly during an intervention.

An agreement was made between the federal government and the communities and regions to implement the same new vehicle markings and uniforms. Specifically, emergency ambulances and response vehicles would keep the yellow base colour, whilst non-emergency ambulances would get a white base colour. Both types of vehicles would be marked with retroreflective yellow-and-green Battenburg markings, similar to British ambulances.

A new uniform for medical personnel was also introduced, with different colours for the Star of Life for the different types of workers.[7]

Aside from medical vehicles, some new fire brigade, Civil Protection and highway services vehicles also use respectively yellow-and-red, blue-and-orange and yellow-and-black Battenburg markings.

Battenburg markings used in Belgium  Battenburg  | Service  | Colours  | Example

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| Emergency medical services  | Yellow and green  |
| Police[8] | Yellow and blue  |
| Fire services

Lifeguard

| Yellow and red  |
| Roadside assistance

Taxicabs in Brussels

| Yellow and black  |
| Belgian Civil Protection | Orange and blue  |

### Canada[edit]

A Mercedes Sprinter ambulance in the Niagara Region of Ontario, with small half-Battenburg markings in Oxford blue and green.

In Canada, Battenburg markings on law enforcement vehicles are uncommon. However, in recent decades, Canada has slowly integrated some Battenburg markings on EMS vehicles, particularly in Ontario and Quebec.

A yellow and black Battenburg snowplow used in Saskatchewan

Battenburg markings are used on plow trucks for transportation and infrastructure in some parts of Canada, primarily on the back to increase visibility and alert people driving on a highway during poor road conditions that there is a plow truck in use and they must slow down. The general colour scheme for a snowplow's rear reflective panel is yellow-green and black.[9]

#### Ontario[edit]

The parts of Ontario that utilize Battenburg markings, which are generally used by EMS vehicles, include the Region of Niagara,[10] Greater Sudbury,[11] Peterborough,[12] Lanark County,[13][14] and Frontenac County.[15]

A Ford Explorer police cruiser with yellow-and-blue Battenburg markings in St. Thomas, Ontario

Battenburg markings on police vehicles are not a common sight. The first regional police service to ever officially use Battenburg markings on its vehicles was the St. Thomas Police Service when it tested its new police interceptors with Battenburg markings, which were inspired by the UK's Battenburg design with the familiar blue and yellow reflective markings, in order to help enhance visibility within the city.[16][17]

The Barrie Police Service later took a similar approach to redesigning its vehicle wraps, which was announced on 26 July 2022, when it unveiled a half-Battenburg marked police cruiser as part of a pilot project to evaluate its visibility within the community.[18] This design featured the same blue and yellow reflective markings as those seen in the UK and Europe.[19][20] As of 12 May 2023, the Barrie Police Service has officially adopted half-Battenburg markings on all of their fleets, eliminating stealthy dark navy body-colored vehicles and replacing them with white instead.[21]

During the autumn of 2023, the Cobourg Police Service (CPS) was the third police service in Canada to adopt Battenburg markings.[22] But it is said to have implemented a high-visibility cruiser as part of their pilot project for 24 months.[23]

#### Quebec[edit]

In Quebec, Battenburg-style markings are used on various EMS vehicles, though some of the markings are reminiscent of Sillitoe tartan.

* A Dodge Caravan EMS vehicle in Montreal, featuring white-and-blue Battenburg markings.

* A paramedic truck parked in Montreal with Battenburg markings.

* A Ford Explorer EMS supervisor cruiser in Montreal with half-Battenburg markings.

Common Battenburg markings used in Canada (by region)  Battenburg | Service  | Colours  | Example

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| Barrie Police Service

Cobourg Police Service (pilot project)

St. Thomas Police Service (pilot project)

Lanark County Paramedic Service (Ambulance/EMS)[24]

Frontenac Paramedic Services (Ambulance/EMS)[25][26]

| Yellow and blue  |
| Peterborough County-City Paramedics (Ambulance)[27] | Orange and blue  |
| Niagara Region EMS (Ambulance/EMS)  | Oxford blue and green  |
| Provincial Transportation and Infrastructure (Snowplow)[28][29] | Yellow and black  |
| Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services (Ambulance/EMS)[30]

Québec Urgences-santé/Health Emergencies (EMS vehicles, optional)[31]

| White and blue  |
| Québec Urgences-santé/Health Emergencies (EMS supervisor vehicles)[32][33] | Yellow and ultramarine blue  |

### China[edit]

#### Hong Kong[edit]

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Hong Kong was a British Dependent Territory until 1997. Some emergency vehicles and special vehicles in the Hong Kong Police Force, Hong Kong Fire Services Department, Auxiliary Medical Service, and Hong Kong St. John Ambulance use Battenburg markings.

Common Battenburg markings used in Hong Kong  | Police Force, Traffic Branch Headquarters  | Yellow and blue

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| Police Force, a few other vehicles  | White and blue
| Fire Services Department, Mobile Casualty Treatment Centre  | Yellow and green
| Fire Services Department, Hazmat Tender, and Fire Motorcycle  | Yellow and red
Fire Services Department, Mobile Publicity Unit, and Fire Safety Education Bus
Fire Services Department, Emergency Medical Assistant Motorcycle, Rapid Response Vehicle and Paramedic Equipment Tender
| Fire Services Department, Mobile Command Unit, and Forward Command Car  | White and red
| Auxiliary Medical Service, Paramedic motorcycle  | Yellow and green
Hong Kong St. John Ambulance, Ambulance

### Czech Republic[edit]

Ambulance in the Czech Republic, 2012

All Czech emergency vehicles, such as ambulances, use yellow-and-green Batternburg markings.

Common Battenburg markings used in the Czech Republic  | Emergency medical services  | Yellow and green

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### Denmark[edit]

Danish emergency vehicles can have one of two options: a series of diagonal lines, or a Battenburg pattern. The diagonal lines must be either red-and-white or red-and-yellow at an angle of 45° ± 5° and have a width of 100 mm ± 2,5 mm. In the front and rear of the vehicle, the markings must be made symmetrical in a way that traffic is lead around the vehicle.[34]

Common Battenburg markings used in Denmark  Battenburg  | Service  | Colours  | Example

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| Police  | Yellow and blue  |
| Ambulances, doctor cars and similar  | Yellow and green  |
| Fire Department  | Yellow and red  |

Vehicles may have a reflective text in the above colours, describing their function; for example "POLITI" (Police), "ALARM 112", "AMBULANCE", "LÆGEVAGT" (Doctor), "INDSATSLEDER" (Incident Commander) or similar text.

The above patterns are not obligatory. For example, the Danish Emergency Management Agency have chosen to simply not have any reflective marking on their vehicles.

### Germany[edit]

An Ambulance in the German city of Kiel

All rescue vehicles in Bavaria which have been procured uniformly since 2017 have a foiling in the Battenburg marker.[35] From 2019 the ambulance service in Schleswig-Holstein started to adapt the design.

Battenburg markings used in Germany  | Bavarian Red Cross

Schleswig-Holstein Ambulance

| Orange and yellow

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### Iceland[edit]

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In 2018 the Icelandic police started marking new police cars with blue and neon yellow markings similar to Battenburg markings used in Europe. Since then the police cars in the capital region have been made even more visible. In 2020 were Icelandic ambulances changed to look more like ambulances in Europe, adopting yellow and green markings. Icelandic Search and Rescue started adopting Battenburg markings in 2016 with red and yellow markings similar to the fire services.

Battenburg markings used in Iceland  ?  | Police  | Yellow and blue[citation needed]

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| Ambulances  | Yellow and green
| Fire Department  | Yellow and red
Icelandic SAR

### Ireland[edit]

A Land Rover Defender field ambulance from Dublin Civil Defence, Ireland Emergency ambulance in Dublin Ireland

In Ireland, the majority of the emergency services have adopted the Battenburg style of markings.

Vehicles of the IRCG Common Battenburg markings used in Ireland  Battenburg  | Service  | Colours  | Example

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| Garda Síochána (police)
Airport Police Service
Military Police | Yellow and blue  |
| HSE National Ambulance Service

St John Ambulance Ireland

| Yellow and green  |
| Fire and Rescue
Order of Malta | Yellow and red  |
| Civil Defence | Blue and orange  |
| Coast Guard | Orange and yellow  |
| Mountain Rescue | White and orange  | Link to image
| Red Cross | Red and blue  | Link to image

### New Zealand[edit]

A New Zealand Police car

The New Zealand Police use yellow-and-blue Battenburg markings on some vehicles.[36] Until October 2008 general duties vehicles were marked in orange and blue, with yellow and blue for highway patrol units; orange and blue was phased out in 2014.[37] Vehicles of New Zealand's St John's Ambulance Service/ Wellington Free Ambulance are marked with green-and-yellow Battenburg markings or rows of green-and-yellow half-chevrons. On 1 July 2017, New Zealand's urban and rural firefighting organisations amalgamated into Fire and Emergency New Zealand, with a new brand including Battenburg markings to be rolled out to the fleet.[38]

Common Battenburg markings used in New Zealand  Battenburg  | Service  | Colours  | Example

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| Police  | Yellow and blue  |
| St John Ambulance/Wellington Free Ambulance  | Yellow and green  |
| Fire and Emergency New Zealand  | Yellow and red  |

### Pakistan[edit]

A Toyota Hilux Motorway Police pickup truck

In Pakistan, the National Highways & Motorways Police use yellow-and-blue Battenburg markings on most of their fleets.

| National Highways & Motorways (Police)  | Yellow and blue

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### Sweden[edit]

Swedish Volvo V90 police car with Battenburg markings (2017) Saab 9-5 (2011)

Originally Swedish Police vehicles were painted with black roofs and doors or black roofs, bonnet, and boot. During the 1980s the cars became white with the word "Polis" written on the side in a semi-futuristic typeface. Later[when?] the livery became simply blue and white. In 2005 they began using a light blue and fluorescent yellow Battenburg livery. Swedish police cars have been Saabs, Volvos or Volkswagens, with the same livery all over Sweden. Many Swedish road agencies, contractors and consultants use Battenburg markings on road maintenance vehicles, with an orange-and-blue colour scheme, as in the UK rail response type shown above. This practice was established after a study in 2008 by the Swedish Road Administration, which showed a significant traffic calming effect when using orange-and-blue Battenburg marking to improve the visibility of road maintenance vehicles.[39]

Common Battenburg markings used in Sweden  Battenburg  | Service  | Colours  | Example

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| Police  | Yellow and blue  |
| Ambulance  | Yellow and green  |
| Fire Brigade  | Yellow and red  |
| Road maintenance  | Blue and orange  |

### Switzerland[edit]

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Swiss Border Guard vehicle

The first Swiss ambulance service with Battenburg markings was the emergency medical services in Zofingen. Since 2008, they have used Battenburg markings on their Volkswagen Crafters and Mercedes-Benz Sprinters. They use white-and-red markings on their ALS units.

Another Swiss service with Battenburg markings is the Swiss Border Guard agency, which uses yellow block markings on its vehicles.

Common Battenburg markings used in Switzerland  | Swiss Border Guard | Yellow and navy blue

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### Thailand[edit]

A Toyota Hiace ambulance in Khon Kaen, Thailand

In Khon Kaen Province of Thailand, the Kohn Kaen Hospital features yellow-and-green Battenburg markings on their ambulances.

| Khon Kaen Hospital (Ambulance)  | Yellow and green

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### Trinidad and Tobago[edit]

A Toyota RAV4 Battenburg Police SUV

The T.T.P.S. Police of Trinidad and Tobago uses half Battenburg yellow-and-blue Battenburg reflective markings on some of their vehicles.

| National Highways & Motorways (Police Force)  | Yellow and blue

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### United Kingdom[edit]

A BMW X5 of the Metropolitan Police Service in London, with half-Battenburg markings A Land Rover Discovery used by National Highways traffic officers with yellow-and-black Battenburg markings A Network Rail van with a narrow strip of red-and-blue Battenburg markings

In the United Kingdom, the majority of the emergency services have adopted the Battenburg style of markings; nearly half of all police forces adopted the markings within three years of their introduction, and over three quarters were using it by 2003.[1]

In 2004, following the widespread adoption and recognition of the Battenburg markings on police vehicles, the Home Office recommended that all police vehicles, not just those on traffic duty, use "half-Battenburg" livery, formalising the practice of a number of forces.

In the United Kingdom each emergency service has been allocated a specified darker colour in addition to yellow, with the police continuing to use blue, ambulances using green, and the fire service their traditional red. Other government agencies such as immigration enforcement have adopted a variation, without using the reflective yellow.[40]

The use of these colours in retro-reflective material is controlled by the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989, with vehicles only legally allowed the use of amber reflective material (and red near the rear of the vehicle).[41][42] A number of civilian organisations have also adopted the pattern, which is not legally protected, and a number of these also use other reflective colours.

An alternative to the use of reflective materials is the use of fluorescent or other non-reflective markings, which may be used by any vehicle.

Common Battenburg markings used in the United Kingdom[43][44] Battenburg  | Service  | Colours  | Example

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| Police | Yellow and blue  |
| Ambulance and Doctors | Yellow and green  |
| Fire and Rescue | Yellow and red  |
| NHS Blood and Transplant, Blood Bikes and some 4×4 responders  | Yellow and orange  |
| National Highways traffic officers, Welsh Government traffic officers and DVSA | Yellow and black  |
| Rail Response | Red and blue  |
| Mountain Rescue, Lowland Rescue, and Cave Rescue and most 4×4 responders  | White and orange[44][45][46][47] |
| HM Coastguard | Yellow and navy blue  |
| Civil Defence, such as The Joint Civil Aid Corps | Orange and blue[48] |
| Immigration Enforcement, Border Force,[49][50] HM Customs and Excise[citation needed] | Sky blue and navy blue[40] |
| Mine Rescue Service  | Green and Blue  | Link to image

### United States[edit]

A Sillitoe tartan-marked police car used by the Chicago Police Department

Battenburg markings on emergency vehicles are uncommon in the United States. However, many municipalities have begun to use the markings in recent years.[citation needed]

The Miami Township Police Department in Ohio has previously used ones similar to those found in the UK on their police cars.[51] Battenburg markings are also used in South Carolina's Charleston County for EMS vehicles.[52]

From 2017 to 2021, the Pittsburgh Police used Sillitoe tartan markings on some of their fleets. The design was updated to include black-and-gold Battenburg markings in 2021 to represent the city's official colours. City authorities stated that the markings would also be applied to all future municipal vehicles.[53]

The Chicago Police Department began using Sillitoe tartan markings on their police vehicles in 2018,[54] while the hats of officers have used them since 1967.[55]

The Red and Yellow Battenburg Markings can be seen on most of the ambulances in the City of Chicago for the Chicago Fire Department.

## See also[edit]

* Sillitoe tartan
* Aerial roof markings
* Blues and twos
* Panda car
* Jam sandwich (police car)

## References[edit]

1. ^ The cake was named after the Battenberg family, in turn named after the town of Battenberg. "Battenburg" with a "u" is a misspelling of the family name, but an acceptable spelling for the markings.

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