Who Can Hire from Alco Van Hire?

Normal Driver

A Normal Driver is someone who:

• is aged from 25 up to 75 years and 364 days;
• has held a full UK driving licence for at least 24 months;
• has no DVLA-notifiable medical condition that has not been correctly notified;
• has had no accidents or claims, irrespective of fault, in the previous 36 months; and
• has no current points, penalties, bans or endorsements affecting the standard terms.

If all of those apply, our standard insurance terms and excesses normally apply. If not, one of the sections below may still allow us to hire to you.

Younger Drivers

Under 21: we cannot hire to you under our current insurer rules.

Age 21-22: you must have held a full UK licence for at least 24 months and it must be free from endorsements or penalty points. The current additional charge is £15 per day.

Age 23-24: you must have held a full UK licence for at least 24 months. Up to 3 points for an acceptable minor offence may be permitted. The current additional charge is £8 per day.

Drivers Aged 76 and Over

Drivers up to age 80 years and 364 days can generally be considered with prior insurer authorisation. Contact Us before booking so that we can obtain approval.

Under the current insurer rules we cannot hire to a driver aged 81 or over.

Less Than 24 Months' Full-Licence Experience

If you are aged 25 to 65 and have held your full licence for at least 12 months, we may be able to obtain insurer approval. Contact Us before booking. Younger drivers who have not held a full licence for 24 months cannot normally be accepted.

Non-UK Driving Licences

Acceptance depends on the country that issued the licence, how long you have held it, whether it is current and whether it can be readily understood. Additional identification and declarations may be required.

The nominated countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

If your licence is from one of these countries, we require more than 24 months' driving experience, a current licence and a licence that can be understood by an English-speaking person. An additional declaration is also required. If your licence is from elsewhere, Contact Us before booking.

Medical Conditions

If you have a DVLA-notifiable medical condition, the DVLA must have been correctly informed and your driving entitlement must remain valid. Tell us about the relevant circumstances so that we can satisfy the insurer requirements.

Accidents and Claims

Recent accidents or claims do not automatically mean that we cannot hire to you. We will need the date, fault status, circumstances and insurer outlay, and some cases require prior insurer approval.

• If you are under 25 and have had an accident in the previous 36 months, Contact Us before booking for insurer approval.
• A non-fault incident involving a third party where you did not have to pay your excess can normally be recorded without preventing hire.
• For a fault accident involving a third party and no injuries, we will ask for the total insurer outlay for your vehicle and the third-party vehicle. If that total exceeds £5,000, Contact Us for advice before booking.
• More than one accident or claim in the previous 36 months requires insurer approval. Contact Us for advice before booking.
• If you also have licence endorsements, we will need the relevant licence information & DVLA Check Code as well as the claim details.

Points, Endorsements and Convictions

Eligibility depends on the offence code, age of the conviction and total current points. Use the official DVLA service to check your record and, provide a DVLA Check Code.

Major+ offences

CD40, CD50, CD60, CD70, DG10, DG60, DR10, DR20, DR30, DR31, DR61, DR80.

We cannot hire until five years have passed since the date of the offence. These endorsements can remain on the licence for 11 years. After the five-year exclusion period, while the endorsement remains recorded, an additional £7.50 insurance charge is payable and is per endorsement, per hire period.

Major offences

AC10, AC20, AC30, BA10, BA30, BA40, BA60, CD80, CD90, DD10, DD40, DD60, DD80, DD90, DG40, DR40, DR50, DR60, DR70, DR90, LC30, LC40, LC50, MR09, MR19, MR29, MR49, MR59, MS50, MS60, MS70, MS80, MS90, NE99, TT99, XX99, UT50.

We cannot hire until five years have passed since the date of the offence; after that point these offences are ignored for the purpose of insurance.

Minor offences

CU10, CU20, CU30, CU40, CU50, CU80, CD10, CD20, CD30, LC20, MR39, MS10, MS20, MS30, MW10, PC10, PC20, PC30, PL10, PL20, PL30, PL40, PL50, SP10, SP20, SP30, SP40, SP50, TS10, TS20, TS30, TS40, TS50, TS60, TS70.

Our insurer permits hire where the driver has fewer than six points in total, subject to the other eligibility rules. While the points are treated as current, an additional £4.75 insurance charge per endorsement is charged, per hire period.

IN10

An IN10 requires individual consideration. Contact Us before booking so we can obtain insurer approval.

Additional and Authorised Drivers

Every person who will drive must be approved, complete the required declaration, provide their own documents and be named on the rental agreement. Nobody else may drive the vehicle.

See Driver Requirements for requirements which apply to every driver.