diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index d5992b2..69686d3 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ const liveMarkers = new Map();  // imei → maplibregl.Marker (individual vehicl
 const clusterMarkers = new Map(); // cluster_id → maplibregl.Marker (count bubbles)
 let liveFeatures = [];          // deduped (one device per vehicle) — see dedupeLiveFeatures
 let cluster = null;             // Supercluster index of the currently-filtered fleet
+let liveSpecialists = [];       // crane/motorbike/pick-up — drawn individually, never clustered
 const CLUSTER_RADIUS = 60;      // px cluster radius
 const CLUSTER_MAXZOOM = 11;     // above this, clusters disband into individual pins (~city zoom)
 const VEHICLE_META = new Map(); // plate → {cost_centre, assigned_city}
@@ -735,12 +736,22 @@ function filteredLiveFeatures() {
   });
 }
 
+// A vehicle is exempt from clustering exactly when it carries a specialist icon
+// (crane / motorbike / pick-up) — keyed off the feed's vehicle_type / fleet_segment.
+function isSpecialist(p) {
+  return !!(p && (SPECIALIST_ICONS[p.vehicle_type] || p.fleet_segment === 'specialist'));
+}
+
 // Load the filtered fleet into supercluster, redraw bubbles+pins, recompute KPIs.
 function applyLiveFilters() {
   if (mode !== 'live') return;
   const filtered = filteredLiveFeatures();
+  // Specialists are never clustered — they always render as individual icons so
+  // they stand out. Only the rest of the fleet feeds supercluster.
+  liveSpecialists = filtered.filter(f => isSpecialist(f.properties));
+  const clusterable = filtered.filter(f => !isSpecialist(f.properties));
   cluster = new Supercluster({ radius: CLUSTER_RADIUS, maxZoom: CLUSTER_MAXZOOM });
-  cluster.load(filtered.map(f => ({
+  cluster.load(clusterable.map(f => ({
     type: 'Feature',
     properties: { ...f.properties },
     geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: f.geometry.coordinates },
@@ -799,6 +810,12 @@ function renderClusters() {
       upsertLiveMarker(it.properties, c, it);
     }
   });
+  // Specialists: always drawn individually, at every zoom (never clustered).
+  liveSpecialists.forEach(f => {
+    if (!Array.isArray(f.geometry && f.geometry.coordinates)) return;
+    seenVeh.add(f.properties.imei);
+    upsertLiveMarker(f.properties, f.geometry.coordinates, f);
+  });
   for (const [imei, m] of liveMarkers) { if (!seenVeh.has(imei)) { m.remove(); liveMarkers.delete(imei); } }
   for (const [id, m] of clusterMarkers) { if (!seenClu.has(id)) { m.remove(); clusterMarkers.delete(id); } }
   // If the popped-open vehicle got absorbed into a cluster, close its popup.