A TEAM who monitor taxis across Glasgow have deemed hundreds of vehicles unfit to operate on city roads.

A Freedom of Information request submitted to Glasgow City Council has revealed that 337 private hire vehicles were subject to a notification, putting the vehicles off the road.

The figure was lower for taxi vehicles with 140 subject to a notification, putting the vehicles off the road.

The council’s taxi and private hire enforcement team were responsible for putting the vehicles off the road.

The local authority revealed that vehicles will only be suspended if there are any serious or dangerous defects.

They can also be put off the road for any matters where public safety is a concern.

The most common faults found when inspecting vehicles included worn tyres, faulty door locks or no rear signage identifying the taxi firm.

The figures, which are for 2016, also revealed that the taxi and private hire enforcement team carried out 3807 checks on taxi vehicles.

More checks were carried out on private hire vehicles with 4612 inspections taking place.

Some taxi drivers also had their vehicles checked several times.

A total of 869 individual taxi vehicles were checked multiple times.

The figure was higher for individual private hire vehicles with 1142 checked multiple times.

A spokeswoman for the Glasgow City Council said: “Ensuring passenger safety is always the priority for the testing and licensing regime.

“The vast majority of issues are quickly resolved.

“But where there are more serious concerns, a licence can be suspended or ultimately, revoked.”

The Glasgow City Council spokeswoman added: “Vehicles will only be suspended if there are any serious or dangerous defects, or for any matters where public safety is a concern.

“Our taxi enforcement officers concentrate on known hot spots during peak times to try and deter any illegal activity, however, the most common faults found when inspecting vehicles on the street are worn tyres, faulty door locks, or no rear signage identifying the radio base (i.e. the taxi firm).”