25 March 2019, Gaydon, UK – Land Rover has handed over the first of a new fleet of Discovery vehicles to Highways England, which will begin patrolling England’s motorways this month, becoming the latest in a long lineage of Discovery public services vehicles, stretching back to the original Discovery in 1989.

A fleet of 70 Highways England Land Rover Discoverys have been specially modified for the needs of traffic officers, including a roof‑mounted light array, programmable rear LED board, iconic Battenburg livery and a cavernous reinforced load area. Traffic officers have to carry over 600kg of equipment, including lights, traffic cones and safety barriers. Often called into action to tow stranded vehicles, the Discovery’s mighty 3,500kg maximum towing capacity and its 700Nm of torque demonstrates its suitability for the job.

The Land Rover Discovery SE 3.0 Sd6 models will be in service with Highways England for roughly four years, with each expected to cover around 250,000 miles on England’s motorways and major highways.

The Highways England Land Rover Discovery partnership was born from Jaguar Land Rover’s status as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Services Vehicle Purchase Framework, which sees Jaguar Land Rover supplying vehicles to numerous Government agencies including UK Police Forces.

The Discoverys, clearly identified as Highways England vehicles with their striking livery, provide a safe working environment for traffic officers thanks to its five star Euro NCAP safety rating. Operating across 38 network outstations, the Discoverys will be one of the on road partners for traffic officers as they take on a variety of challenges each day to keep UK motorists on track. Traffic officers support customers during incidents on the network, manage traffic to reduce incident related congestion, clear debris from carriageways and work to help keep routes safe, and flowing as freely as possible in all conditions, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.